Reed Bright and his Husqvarna finished third overall and took second in
the Pro class behind Gerber. Jon Neilson took third.
in the series, was in Mexico preparing for the SCORE Baja 1000 allhe
lime of lhis Tdce, and was unable LO
compele.
Gerber (Rapid Transil Racin~/
Malcolm mith/Lubradyne) lk'scribed the lOO-mile course as "a 10l of
fun."
"1L was a nt'"dl course, really well
marked, and nOl a 10l of dusl," he
said. "The firsl and second loops,
and the firsl half of loop three, were
fun - but the second half of loop
three was awful. h was rocky, bumpy
·and dusty. h was a good third loop
-it was justloo bad il was third and
we were tired!"
Theagony of defeat was wrillen all
over Naylor's face as he salon the
finish line - and his bikedidn'l look
100 happy either with more than hall'
lhe spokes missing from the rear
wheel.
"I noticed the spokes were hilling
coming out of loop lWO, so I was
riding prelly easy bUllrying to keep a
good pace going," said Naylor. "I
was really babying il lrying LO save
lhe wheel al the end and he (Gerber)
gOl by in the last 100 yards. "
Like Gerber, Na)'lor was compeling in only his second Tdce in lhe
championship series, and had finished his first race in second place
behind Smith - in round six of lhe
competilion at Reno, Nevada.
"I likt.'t.! lhewholecourseexceptfor
the last part," said Naylor, who had
been hit by a £lying rock in the final
dash to the checkered flag and was
already developing a black eye.
"The lasl part wasn't mar'ked so
well. I hC'
