White tops OT
Masters at Glen
FOLKS & MORRIS
BEAT BAJA ODDS;
L.R. AN IRON MAN
HelenMX
By Bob Alloy
RIVERSIDE. CA.
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Anybody will tell you the
Baja 1000 course was
designed for big bore, high
horsepower machines. But
nobody told Las Vegas racers
Scott Morris and Daryl Folks,
who rode a Husqvarna 250
Cross Country to first place in
the 250 class. They also
finished second overall, beating
out a host of entries with more
than t\Nice the engine
displacement.
Running the only two-man
team in the 250cc class 21 ,
Morris and Folks experienced a
trouble-free race aboard their
reliable Husky 250 Cross
Country, which has now won
three major '86 races in its past
five starts.
John Whitedominated the Old
Timers Masters cia sin today's
racing at Glen Helen. While
LOok win in both moLO LO nail
dO\\"Illheoverall. Nice, Indian summer wealher g-reeled the 36 Old Timers
and allh ugh the Irack was a little
O\·t.,.-watered for praClice, Irack condilions were imprO\'t'l1 by Iht' firsl
maLO of each cia s.
Whilt· cOl1lrolkd Illl' first maLO in
lhe OT MaSlers division 10 wke first
place honors. Behind While, Jim
Belll1 ick and Bengt Johansson rounded out the top spots in Ihe first maIO.
MaLO lWO aw \,yhite again OUI front
with Denllis Rosenbeq( in second
and Johansson scori ng another th ird.
Rosenberg-'s second place finish nelted him second overall.
The Expert di vision swrred Kurt
Sofka, who nai1l'd down vicLOries in
both mows lO grab the lOp spot. Buzz
Moller LOok a second place in Ihe
seeoild mow 10 daim 'eeond oVl'l'al1.
Third oventll weill 10 Asher Larnkjear wilh a 3-3 score.
Milion Roybal dominaled the
Amatl:urc1ass with back-lo-back moLO
wins. Dean Ray picked lip second
O\Tra]I wilh Ralph Dickson rounding- out the LOp three SpolS. In Ihl'
i ovice division Pelt' Kla,sen LOok a
win in the firsl moLO and LOok the
overall will ahead of Dellnis Wilson.
The Novice B class saw Marland Me
Mannis and LilT)' Esc
