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- - o Is a: - --- --. -- .. _-- --.- w al Z iii ~ o w > ED ~ o J: e, ...... ..... .... 0. ~ Lee Fabray - first 200cc Expert at the ARA desert race. Harris takes ARAwin By Ed Weinberg ST O DDAR D VAL LEY. CA. MAR . 16 Mo ving to a n O pen machine, All-T errain Racing Associa tion (ARA) num ber one p la te hol der Brian H a rris rode h is Malcolm Smith H o nd a en try to the o vera ll wi n in . the ARA desert cha mpionship ser ies , It wa s no t a n easy win for H arr is. however. as he chased H onda- mounted Brad Denham for n earl y 40 m iles wh ile ba nl ing rain . mud a nd n ea rl y impossible visibil ity. Den ha m 's bike wa s eq u ippe d wi th a stoc k gas ta nk . a nd that bro ugh t a bout hi s down fa ll wh en he stopped for fuel a fter th e co m p letio n of th e seco nd loop. Ha rr is mo ved to th e fro nt at tha t poi n t a n d a va lia nt effo rt by Denham fell 30 seconds short a t the checkered flag . W ith th e ra cers rese m bl ing th e m otocro ss riders from th e Sa n Diego S u percross held ear lier in th e m onth , the checkpoin t sco rers had th ei r hands full a nem p ting to sco re th e muddy riders. Outstand in g rides were turned in by Amat eu r ra cer Brian S ipes. who moved to th e Cycle S tu ff Yamaha . sco ri ng h is fi rst 250cc Ama teur win and Lee Fa bry who co nt in ued hi s domination o f th e 200cc Ex pert field with h is th ird win in a row. Yamaha 250cc Ex p ert Ri cha rd H ansing sta yed in a ru t repea ting h is 19th overa ll fini sh in th e February race as d id 250cc Am at eur Yamaha racer J an Lehoten with a nother 13th overa ll fin ish . SCOll McDon ald . a board the T eam Swo llen Ya ma ha 125. had lit tle trou ble in o u td ista nc ing the field co m posed p rima rily o f O pen entries to wi n th e Beginn er race. S ta n Ball ard m o ved h is O p en Husk y en try pa st Suzu ki O pen ra cer Ra y Bakk ed ahl a nd Yam aha -mount ed Neal Hum phrey in the last 20 m iles to sco re seco nd overa II. Dann y T i p to n. fin ish i n g n inth ov era ll. wa s scored firs t 250cc a nd 14th o vera ll finish er H onda -moun ted Allan McLaren went home with th e first pl ace troph y in th e 200cc cla ss. 1824 0 So.Vermont , Gardena CA 90248 213/515 -5115 KAL-GARD CONGRATULATES WENDELL PHILLIPS & LYNN MILLER Team l.ockhert's Phillips and Miller blew away their . competition at the AMA U.S. Endurance Championship Series in St. Louis April 6. Winners ride w ith w inners: Kal-Gard is proud to be a team co-sponsor. Results NOV OR BEITER 200: 1. L Fabry (Ho n). 250: 1. M . M ansfield (Hon); 2. M . S ipe (Vam ): 3. R. Vaughn (Vam ). OPEN : 1. B. Harr i s (Hon); 2. B. Oen ham (Hon); 3. D. Tipton (Hus ). BEG 12 5: 1. S. McDonald (Vam ); 2. O. Ebben s (Yam ); 3 . T. Pride (Varni. THE START OFA GOOD FINISH. 43