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The team of Ted Hunnicutt and Kenny Parry finished second overall on their Yamaha after Hunnicutt crashed on the f irst loop. inherited by the Means brothers. " We put in the best ride we could to?a.y,'· said Jimmy Means. who was riding o n lv three weeks after breakin g a co ll~ rbone. " We' re no t used 10 the d us t beca use us ua lly yo u 're out fron t do wn where we' re [rom (Arizona ). Other tha n that we had a good ride." T he Mea ns' machi ne was sponsored by Mean s Mach in e Racin g , Pa rk er Mot or H onda , An swer Products an d · Floyd Burk Mot orcycles. Chris Cr andall , a Class 22 entra nt, wa s round unconscious by members of th e Checkers orr -ro ad team. They radioed [or a h eli copter, a n d by the tim e it arrived Crandall was beginning 10 regain co nscious ness. He wa s first taken 10 San Bern ardino County Hospital , then transferred 10 Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach , wh ere he remain s in tracti on wrih a broken leg . "I h ave a bsolu tely no idea what happened," said Crandall the day aft er the race. " I guess I hit th e same rock that T ed Hunnicutt hit. " (H u n n icu tt crashed o n th e first loop. bending hi s bike's handlebars. ) Class 21 Scou Morris and Darryl Folks were the ea rly (ch eck two) leaders. and they remained one minute ahead of the Mike Eckardt/Phil Gorgone team at the en d of th e fir st lap. Lane and Tucker were eight m inutes ba ck . While th e two leaders had their second-lap pace drop by about six mph in th e traffic, Lane and Tucker managed to stay with in o ne mph of th eir first loop an d th ey passed th e other two , a nd even tua lly finished six m in ut es ahead. " Fo lks a n d I were side-by-side behind a car an d we both cras he d ," sa id Tucker. " T h ere's a few peopl e tha t' ll let yo u by, but o nce yo u get in th e ca nyons it 's the luck of the dra w wheth er yo u get th ere a head o f th em or behind th em . I thi n k th at 's wh a t slowed down the ot her 250s, and allowed us 10 mak e up abou t rive m inutes." T he D-38 duo were ba cked by Ca liforn ia Co m m unica tio ns Systems, Im peri al Vall ey Cycle Center, J .E. La ne Racing, House of Honda an d Ramon a Cycle Ce nte r. Second pl ace was decided by all o f Iour'secorids, with Morris a rid Folks getti ng th e nod. "On the second lap we had to cha nge th e pipe because it was broken in h a lf, a lo ng wi th a rear flat ," sa id Morr is. " Darry l had a pretty bad getorr goi ng into Soggy Dry Lake the seco n d tim e. O th er th a n tha t we had a p rett y good ri de, a lthough m y fro nt axle n u t ca me o rr go ing into ch eck eig h t th e seco nd tim e. Lu ckil y I had an other o ne in m y fan ny p ack. It was hard 10 co ntend with th e cars, but it was a good race." " It was prett y much between us a n d Scott a n d Darryl th e wh ol e wa y, until th ey (La ne a n d Tucker) - I don 't even know where th ey cam e from, " said Eckardt. " We thought we had a good ride going and Phil Gorgone - he's m y buddy - h ad a litt le trouble in this last secti on on the ro ck downhill. Depending o n th e time, we ma y have won it. I don't know . I sur e need it ; it 'd be th e fir st time in six years of SCORE racing. ' 'I'd like to comment on th e ca rs. I went down three times because of th e ca rs. Some drivers ar e excellent, a nd some don 't give a bleep. Overall, I'm j ust happy that I made it h ere." Eckardt a n d Gorgone were lat er penalized II minutes for not stopping at a road crossing, and were bumped back to si xth . Eckardt said lat er th at he couldn't see th e crossing until h e was over it . due to dust from ca rs. Morris and Folks were sponsored b y Husqvarna , Hu sk y Products. Duralube, G rand Sport Tires a n d Sportsman Cycle. Eckardt a nd Gorgo ne were su pported by Po int Racing USA, Sport T racks, Leckich Tun in g , IM S a nd Bel ger Tractor Service. Class 20 After ru n n ing th ird a t th e ha lfway poi nt beh ind the J ohn Braa sch /Brett H o well Ka wa saki a n d th e D uan e Su m me rs Cagiva, Kib be a n d Case took advan tage o f th eir opponents' misfort u n e a nd ro de ho me to a n easy victory. " I saw Brett Howell broken down I'm not sure what ha p pened to himand I thi n k Du an e Summers ran o u t o f gas before Bessemer Min « Road a n d th at p ut us in the lead by abou t 10 m inu tes, so we just cr u ised in fro m th ere," said Kibbe. ; T d lik e to th ank Kevin for su p p lyin g th e bik e a nd The Randy M o ral es/ D errick Paie ment tea m rode an M-Star. but were not a fa cto r in the final Class 22 results. letting m e be nder of record. I'd al so lik e to than k Cycle Sh ack for pa ying the ent ry a nd pu tt ing th e tires o n, and a lso Hall ma n for givi ng me a new set o f ri ding gear. " T he event ua l ru n ne rs - up, Bru ce Tavlo r a nd Wes Enz, were 17 minu tes beh ind th e lead ers. " It was bad th e fir st loop," said T aylor. " We tore [he bars off a n d had to put n ew ones on. We made five minutes up, but a fter th at we just mad e time," The pair rode a Kawasaki. Third went to [he Jim Harper/Alan Harrison Kawasaki , Class 30 " I missed m y ga s cre w a t th e first ch eck so I had [ 0 bum gas at the fifth check. That cost me 10 minutes, so I lost first place," said Sixbery, who a lso cra sh ed once a n d opened up a cu t o n hi s jaw. " I p assed th e gu y who wa s leading right at the end of th e first lap so I h ad plenty of lime in th e lead o n [he la st loop to thi n k abou t it. " T he re wa s a lillie bit of traffic o n th e seco nd loop with th e cars, but they were spaced o u t en o ugh an d th ey wer e co urteous a nd moved over . I'd like 10 th ank Grand Sport Tires, An swer Products, Silkolen e, WD-40, IMS , G aern e, G ra ydon. SCOll, Pl ast icWorks, Man[clair Yamaha , Circl e an d Bel L" Harris a n d Sones brought thei r H onda four-st roke in 13 m inutes beh ind Sixbery . " It was a ro ugh co urse, bu t a lot of fun ," said 'Ha rris. " We had a lilli e tro ubl e w hen we met th e cars ; so me of the peop le in th e back wer en ' t as co urteous as th e cars o u t front ha ve been in [he past. Other th a n that it was a good , fun rid e. Jimm y di d a bea utiful job. He rod e a m aj or portion and had a grea t ride ." H o nd a o f Ind io , Herm es Distributing. Bill's Carpet Care an d So nes Enterprises backed [he Ha rris/'So nes effort, an d Harris a lso had good words for th eir Michelin tir es. Class 38 T here wa s only a m in u te between [he two entrants at [he end o f th e race, but [hal didn 't seem lik ely from th e outset. While Gra y a nd H o ll ister had a fairly ro utine rid e, Etchart and Jackson had to battle back from two fla t tires. "J ackso n was right o n my butt. but I th ink we bea t him th is ti me," sai d G ray, wh o was racing wi th a n inj ured kn ee an d is sched u led for su rge ry this week. " It was a rough co u rse; a lot rougher th an Parker , a lot m ore whoop-de-doc s. And we h ad 10 run with th e cars a t th e en d o f the ra ce. That was tough : th ey run prett y ha rd on this co urse." West rend Development sponsored the pair. " We clipped a rock right out of ch eck two," said Jackson. " We had to ride 40 miles o n a flat tir e. Doc got on th e bike a n d didn' t go a mil e before he got a flat a nd had 10 co me backto th e pit. We cha n ged th e tube th ere because we'd a lrea dy used our spare wheel. We were playing ca tch -u p a ll da y; from 30 m inutes back we a lmost got 'em ," A too-cl ose en co u nter wi th car traffic caused J ackson to crash: " In a lap race lik e this yo u ca tch th e turkeys. It is dangerous. They don 't move o ver, th ey don't understand. th ey don 't use th eir mirrors. They shouldn't be o u t th ere. For th eir own safet y." The n ext SCORE/HDRA event is th e Baja Intemacional , schedu led for June 6-8. • Results CLAS S 22 : 1. Dan Ashcrah /Dan Smi th IHus) 4 :43:58.2; 1. Ted Hunnicun/Kenny Parry {Yam I 5 :07 :50.1: 3 . Phil Means/Jimmy Means (Hon ) 5:13 :35 ,5: 4 . M ichael Alexander/Steve Kirk (Yam ): 5. M itch Shacklett /M ike Shackl ett (Han ); 6. Br ien Kinn ey; 7 . Randy Norman/Roger Hi ckey (Hon). CLASS 2 1: 1. Joey Lan e /Jam es Tucker (Honl 5 :23 :43 .2 ; 2 . Scott M orr is /Darryl Fol ks (H us) 5 :29:26 .1; 3 . M ike Eckardt / Phil Gorg on e (Ho nl 5:29 :30.2; 4 . Nick Young; 5. Robert Johnson/Steve Buckley (Hon) ; 6. Robert Stroud /Chri stop her St ra ng (Hon); 7 . M ark Vanscourt / Joe Bolto n (Hon) ; 8. David Call awa y/Donald Lie b (Kaw); 9. Tony Perry ; 10. Jeff Qu inn/Bill Boyer (Hon); 11 . Paul Kellogg/ Randy Killma n (Yam l. CLASS 20 : 1. Guy Kibbe /Kevin Case (Yam) 5:46 :12 .B; 2 . Wes Enz/B ill y Taylor (Kaw ) 6 :03 :46.3; 3 . J im Harpe r/Ala n Harrison (Kaw ) 6 :10 :44 .4; 4 . Duan e Summers (Cag); 5 . Denn is Chizm a. CLA SS 30: 1. M ike Sixbery (Yam) 5 :3 1;24.1; 2 . Bill Har r is /J im Sones (Hon) 5:44:59 .5; 3. Scott Anderson/R ick Jones (Yam) 5 :48 :24 .0 ; 4 . Wa yne Carlton/Wes Anderson J r . (M-S); 5. David Pon s/ Andy Rocco (Han); 6. Craig Spurney (Vam): 7 . M ike Manin /Peter Hughes (Hus). . . ' • • ~ 9