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When would you pay $72 for a piece of paper? Back riding for Team Husky, Don Griewe claimed top honors at the Turkey Chase Hare and Hound in Red Mountain, California , H oov er. H oover held h is gro u n d whi le Pen e dr opped o ff the pace. On th e last la p Saunders jammed under H oover for th e win. Pen e h eld on to th ird a head o f a stea dy T om H a liburton. J oey Bocchino led th e seco n d heat until H oov er jumped past. By th e fini sh Saunders had passed both for th e win an d Haliburton too kanother fourth pla ce. Results Well, if that is imported, museum quality D'Arches 22"x19" paper that carries an original Jeff Gundlach Supercross printed in nine permanent colors and was breathed on, signed and numbered by the artist, I'd do it now. Supercross is the last limited edition fine art print in the' series commissioned by Cycle News for you, the reader. 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And re Pene (Han); 3. Joey Crawford (Kaw); 4 . Bob Long (Kaw); 5. Char lie Cutt s (Kaw) . . ENDR: 1. M ike Ham ilton (Han); 2. Jaso n Bragg (Han); 3. J ohn Bragg (Han), J R MINI : 1. J ames Gri er (Yam); 2. J osh M organ (Han); 3. Ronni e J ann ey (Han); 4 . A llen Smith (Kaw); 5. Bryan John son (Kaw). P/W: 1. Jerem y Nevel s (Yam); 2. Mark Ragsdal e (Suz); 3. Ray Perkin s (Yam ). 60 : 1. Jason Gri er (Kaw); 2. Byron Johnson (Kaw ); 3. All en Sm ith (Kaw); 4 . Brandon Hart (Han); 5. Bill y Herr in (Han). Griewe grabs Turkey Chase win By Anne and Tom Van Beveren R ED MO UNTAIN, CA, NOV 8, In h is first ride for Team Husk y, Don Criewe powered hi s new wh ite steed to victory with a co m fortable four minute' win ni ng margin a t th e 43rd Annual Turkev Cha se H ar e an d Hound sponsored by So. Cal. M.e. T he n ew Husk y recru it batt led it ou t in close co m pe titio n fo r th e fi rst ha lf of th e 85-m ile co u rse despite losing h is front brak e ea r ly in th e ru n n ing, a nd th en used th e fast paced terrain o f th e seco n d loop to br eak th roug h to the lead a nd stre tch o u t a n unbea tab le winning margin. "A big roc k flew up .a nd hit m y fro n t brak e ca ble a bo u t half way ro u n d . th e fir st lo op ," Griew e ex p la ined . " It smas hed th e steelbr aid ed lin e a n d a ll tlie oi l came out so , had 110 front brak e for the rest ' o f th e race. I was crossing my fingers th e wh o le .wa y th a t th ey didn ' t ru n us up through th e moun ta in s. , co u ld n ' t have kept the lead up th ere wit h no fro m brak e." As the drag rac e up th e loop A bomb run started to so rt itself out. CR500 pil o t Pa u l Kra use was o u t in from o f the Am at eu r/ Expert s, with Criewe, KT M p ilot Tom Will is a nd YZ250 h otsh o t Darin Cartwright right on hi s tail. Kra use was ha rd ' o n th e gas a nd stre tch ing out hi s lead ing mar gin as th e co urse h ead ed out tow ards th e ba se o f th e Spa ngler Mountains. but th e H onda privat eer 's headlong ru sh for victo ry d id not last long . Krause took a div e o ff th e bike a bo u t 20 mil es in to th e race a n d was out of th e runnin g wi th 10m ligam en ts in h is right a n kle. '" cl ip ped a roc k a nd it pitched m e up o ve r th e b a rs," Kra u se exp la ined. '" landed on m y feet but one of them wa sn 't on quite th e right a ng le and ' twisted m y a n kle when I fell o ver. Everyone that carne by sto ppe d to see if I wa s OK . I was rea ll y im pressed by th at. " Krau se's misfortu ne han ded th e number one spo t o ver to Griewe, bu t th e n ew H usk y p ilo t was soo n overco m e by Cartw rig h t a nd th en relegat ed to third as Will is came ch arg in g th rough. T he th ree to p riders locked ho rn s in a back an d fort h battle for th e rest o f the loo p that p u t Will is o u t in front of Griewe by a scant seven seco nds wi th a not her 23 seconds back to Cartwright as th ey h eaded into p it ro w. Open Exp ert Ro n S h u le r (Ya ma ha) raced th rough in seventh overa ll two ' minu tes beh ind West, J ohn Braasch , J r. had th e I25cc lead in ninth overa ll , an d Mike Sixberv was o u t in front o f th e Vets in I' til overa ll. . Willis was h ard o n th e gas as h e head ed o u t int o th e B loo p but hi s spee d was no mat ch for Criewe's determination. Despite hi s useless front brak e. th e H us ky 500 pi lot sta rted to edg e closer a nd closer to th e race leader as th e'co urse went into th e Lava Mountains , crossed T rona Road a nd th en parall eled H ighwa y 395 o n a northerl y dash tow ards Ridgecrest. ' '" got right up to Will is and th en ' so me th ing happen ed to his bik e abou t 10 mi les in to -th e loop - I th ink mayb e it was h is transmis sio n," sa id Griewe. " H e pu lled over a nd ' just shot past. " " I musi've hi t a ro ck because' broke m y sh ift lever ea rly in th e first loo p and kept m issing gea rs a fter th at ," ex p la ined Will is. '" ended up with no thi rd gear a t a ll and Griewe go t pas t me w he n I was lookin g dow n tryi ng to shift." Once h e lost th e lead , Will is' ride went stea d ily downhill. " J' d hit