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Corps. " It was a rea l scramble to ge t our bikes off th e grass befor e it wen t to mud." Now it looked like th at rain o u t migh t repea t itself. So me Love R iders left ea rly; most hung in fo r the raffl es a nd awards. Poster chi ld Ama nda p u ll ed a ticket from the tumbler - a lucky g uy named J im Cooper won the Sp ringer Softail. T he longest d istance tra veled awa rd went to Maria, the Ca nadian lady who £lew her co u ntry's h uge maple leaf flag.all the way fro m Toronto, her dog Scoo ter o n th e buddy sea t o f her unrivaled full dresser. H igh-rollin g individual dona to rs wo n trips to H awaii a nd Mex ico. ABAT E was hon ored as the la rgest co nt r ib u tin g assoc ia tion . O range Co unty's HOG Ch apter go t th e cl ub salu te for th e most money rai sed . And, a ll th e whi le, ·television producer Denny Kin g d irected his camera crews in ta p ing a documentary o n th e da y, from helicopter view s o f th e massive start, to a last lap interview with Oliver a nd Willie G ., o ut of th e rain , under a tent. Sa id Willie to Denn y, " Welco me aboard!" " Aboard" means the wide wor ld of motorcycle MDA charity eventing. Li ke H arl ey-Davidson's hu ~el y sue.- cessfu l H om ecomin g RIde la st su m mer, a nd Denver 's " Freedo m H arley-Da vid son." And more. And t he co n ti n u i n g urge n cy fo r a national awareness o f what mo torcyclis ts are doing to give something o f th em sel ves to help so mebody. Going ho me was a wet a nd emotiona lly melan cho ly affair, bu t laced with th e hig hest admiration for th e Lov e Riders. My daugh ter and I were o ne o f the last 10 leave th e Calamigos pink in g lot. We sto p ped a t th e ga te to th ank the three duster-cla d ranch rangers sitti ng hi gh in th e sadd le on th eir Appal oo sas. T hey were gratefu l for our gesture, a nd o ne o f the m said , " Yo u be carefu l o u t th ere in th e rain." I smiled , interna lly co m paring th ei r m oun ts to mi ne, a nd rep lied, " We' ll try." ~ I got Oliver Sho kou h on the phone a co u p le of days lat er. H e .was up ein th e Sierras wi th some frie nds , surrou nd ed by fresh snow and crystal clean air. We recalled Love Ride 5 and reflected on its val ue. "Giving . the kids the Am eri can eagle st uffed toys from ABATE was a rea l n ice touch, " sai d O liver, having tim e no w to remem berall the fine moments. " It reinforc ed the fact that thi s is for th e children. T here are a lot of ot her good ca uses o u t there, but at leas t we are doing some good fo r o ne of th e ma n y." O liver ga thered him self 1 a bit, th en told me, " I love Wi lli e G ., he's a person. I reall y admire a lot a nd have trem endous respe ct for. " I ' I asked him wh at next? " I ca n see L ove R ide 101" he a nswered wi th ' exhila ra tio n, then gr ew ser io us, ". - as lon g as we don 't have an y 'traged ies, o r acci de n ts with maj or la w suits; as long as everything is (still fun," H e waited a moment, a nd said, " It was prett y unpopular when I got on stage in th e middle of David Crosb y a nd ann ounced we wer e going to shut the beer orr in 10 mi n ut es. I got a lot of boos o u t of . tha t, b ut somebod y had to do it. Unfortu nately, beer seems to be a necessary ingred ient there." We bo th acknow ledge d the fact that suds are . .ex pec ted a nd so ld a t races p ractica ll y .everywhere, a nd .tha t ad u lt peop le sim ply have to be tru sted to govern the mselves. But th e spe cter sti ll troubled him , weig hing a lo ng with <'t he lab or of pu tt in g h is win ning ;,s ho w together each year - a nd I sudde n ly understood why he was ,there in the Sierras, cold as it was , to breathe in the fresh a ir. Ol iver Sho ko u h was gett ing ready for Love Ride 6. To ma ke it th e biggest a nd best ever. Agai n. • 1989 19th Annual·Florida Winter AMA Motocross Series THE NATION'S OLDEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS MOTOCROSS SERIES! AMATEUR CLASSES 51 cc to 500cc Championship Style Trophies Each Event! AMA OVERAll AWARDS AT SERIES FINAL COCOA, FlORIDA JANUARY 22nd SANC T IO N ED Each Saturday -. Amateur Championship Races Each Sunday - Professional Championship Races Schedule Each Day: Practice - ~:oo am Haces - 12:00 Noon " A U Cl asses Will Run On Sat urda y And May A lso Run Again On Sunday With Pros. N o Pro Card W ill Be Required. This Is AWorldsports Point Paying Event Worldspo rts Membership Will Be Required. 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