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sp ring-loaded positio n, the valve is
closed. It 's availa ble at various auto
parts stores; m or e in form ation is
ava ila ble from Furn oto Engineering
o f Am eri ca , Dept. CN, 23228 Hawthorne Blvd. , Suite 202, Torrance,
CA 90505, 213/ 373-9030.
Chris Strang (above) and partner Robert Stroud took t op honors in the
Parker 400.250 class. They claimed 24th overall with a 5 :53:07,4 time.
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sai d . " Co m in g o u t of Ri ce I brok e a
front for k. It wasn 't broken , bu t it
was loose. Goi ng up Thu nder Alley I
passed Dan Ashcraft. At th e top of
T h u nder All ey, m y bro th er got on . I
to ld him to brin g it in the best he
could, an d h e o nly lost a mi nu te to
aft. We fixed th e fork d uri ng
Ash cr
th e ch ange (fro m th e Ca lifornia loop
to th e Arizona loop ). Ph il got a Ilat
midway through th e seco nd lap on
th e Arizona side. H e rode it o n in . We
lost a littl e time, but we co u ldn' t
have cau g h t Smit h a nd Ashcraft. We
co u ldn't cha nge our tire because we
co u ld n ' t get our tru ck out there."
Stroud a n d Strang pulled o ff th e
win in th e 250cc class, even though
S trang ba iled off h ard while ru n ni ng
th e first Ar izona loop . He was ou t of
co m m issio n fo r sever a l minutes.
" C hr is went dow n hard a nd brok e
th e left sidecase. I d id n 't even kn ow it
was broken u nti l I finished th e race,"
Stroud sa id. " He went down in a roc k
pile, a nd sai d he was dow n for abo ut
five m in u tes."
Second p lace 250cc honors went to
john Ma rkin g a nd Ron Desro siers
(KTM ); th ird pl ace trophies were
tak en home by Chri s Cham bers and
brothe r j eff (Ho n) ; fou rt h p lace was
clai med by Mike Eckardt/Kevin H a sten (H on); an d fifth went to David
Ca lla way .
G u ilbeau turned up th e wick in
Ari zon a , a nd passed California loo pwi n ner Kib be in th e I25cc class. Guil bea u fin ished Ar izona's dou ble loop
with a four mi n ute lea d over Kib be,
wh o was teamed wit h Sea n Bradl ey.
The team o f j ohn Bra ash a nd Brett
H o well (Ka w) was li sted in th ird
p lace in early, unoffi cial resu lts, but
later wa s d isq ualified by the Burea u
of Land Management (BL M) for ridin g off th e marked course. Wit h
Braash 's disqua lifica tio n, th ird p lace
honors went to WI'S Enz and j imm y
Rivers ( Kaw). Lori Farmer and partner
Dian e H o leman (Ho n) took fo urth;
Du ane S um mers fin ish ed fifth .
In th e Over 30 division, th e Harri s/
So nes team to ok th e win with a n in eminute adva nt age over Scott Anderson . L uis Zarata and Enriq ue Torres
nabbed th ird ; Neil Ma nninen/Ca ry
Co ving to n (H us) rook Iourth, and
ea rl y leaders Jim Fishback /Mik e
Sixbery (H o n) fin ished fifth. a fter