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~ ~ ~Des T~at ~ The OFF·ROA Best in theDesert Grand Slam C'shi D Series:Final Round - Ciii'rZR • BRAKE PADS (KEVLAR RACING COMPOUND 1532 / S EMI METALLIC CARBON FIBER COMPOUND 1052) • DISC ROTORS (C AST IRON / STEEL) • BRAKE LINES (ALUMINUM OR BRASS FITIINGS) • SYNTHETIC BRAKE FLUID Available at your local dealer D EA LE RS PLEASE CONTACT : (Above) He ld approximately 90 miles south o f Las Vegas in the Nevada desert, th e Laughlin H are Sc rambles cov ered 94 miles ov er a fi g ure-e ight configuration course. (Left> Jim Gray finished thi rd in th e 250cc Pro class . FACTOR Y 800-8 69-0497 S UDCO 2 1 3-74 7 -51 7 3 C Y C LE T ECH 800-255-20 3 5 CALIFORNIA TRAIL RIDES presents the 5th Annual HI DESERT 250 DUAL SPORT RIDE Ja nuary 22/23 . 1994 (pre -entry closes Jan . 17) Two do ys 01 fun ridin g In the high desert. Rand Mounta in, Pinnacles, EI Poso Mountains. lo st Chance Conyon, Jawbone Conyon and more ! Entry Includes our fa mous Saturda y night dinner at Santa Fe Grill. Start lFinish Saturday: Desert Sports Center 41 3 N. China Lake Blvd.. Ridgecrest CA , 7-8 o.rn. Star t Sunday: Heritage Inn Ridgecrest, CA 7-8 a.m. Rid e Hea d quarters: Herit oge Inn, 10 50 N. Norma, Ridgecrest. Special room rat e lor dual spart participants $40/night. Phone 1 191 446 ·65 43 for reservations; 6 mention you're with the d ual sport rid e. Entry Fee: 2 Days $70 [mcludes Dooner & T-Shntl 1 Day $50 hncludes Dmner & T-Shirt) 1 Day $35 INa Dinnerl indudesT·Shlrt) Note: A/IIIA Member, rItCBI.... 15 discoun t! Sendcopy of eurTltnt AMACard With enlry or shaw cord at O nly Pre- Entr ies Recei ve T-Shirt ~. Passengers R FR EI ID,nner & T-Shirt Edral ide E The drawing lorlheSuzuki DRS loa rldvrs who rade a CTR ....liIfIl IQQ3 or. ellglble wi" beMid at the Sa l tllfday nlyhtbanqll8l. In STREET LEGALDUAL SPOR BIKES ONLYI T SPARK ARR ESTORS M ANDATORY INFO 1 141 992 -929 1 7 CALIFORNIA TRAil R IDES 135 W. Or ong" thorpe -33 5. Fullerton. CA 9 26 32 r Diem's Cycle Shop ~ and u.s, MAICO t6 ~ ECEA A Hvwt Champ - TOM FOLKL Timonium Indoor Series Overall Cha mp 1fJ fMdd tde TOM MAJESKI WARREN DIEM Runner-Up ' ~LL RIDING MAICOS! DIEM'S CYCLE SHOP \.. (717) 354-0127 ~ STURGIS RALLY INFO RMAnO N BECOME AFRIENDOf THE RALL andsupport Ihopremier Y mo lorcyclingevant In the world: THE STURGIS RALLYJI Foratee 01 U.s. SID (Outside N AmericaU orth .5.I2O) you l>Ceiveaetul1feInlonnallon yearround onIhoRally. For InIormation orto order, cal orwrite: 58 STURGI RALLY & RACES S P.O 801 18 CN ' Slurgil, SD57785' (605) 347~ . 9 tod ay for some people because it was so tight, but a 250 is a real disadvantage for m e becau se I' m too big," said Hamel, who sta nds 6-foot 2-inches tall. "I really can 't ride one no matter how tight the terr ain is." The racers were begin ning to settle into strid e as the second hall of the figure eight be ga n . Colorado's Donnie Book was 20 seconds behind Zilterkopf fo r fif th overall in the time-adjusted st an dings. Ond as was sixth ahead of Paul Krause, an d Bryan Folks held third 250cc Pro in seven th. Scot Ha rden's K1M was at the head of the Over-30 Pro pa ck in 10th overall and Stephen Tichenor was lead ing the 125cc Pro field . The 27-mile second half of the figure eigh t was a lit tle more open than the first half and speeds started to increase as the riders followed the ribbo ned trail out to the east. Bu t while the pace mounted a t the fro nt of the pack, the casualties were sta rting to mount a little furth er back. Ray Je we t t disappeared from the running near the midway poin t, a nd Utah racer Jeff Lun dgreen crashed five miles off the start. Fred Willert's bid for 125cc Pro honors bit the d ust before it even began when his Honda CR125's transmission went out on the jetting loop more than an hour before race time . Mechanical gremlins were also stalking Yamaha pilot James Loh, "I had a whole bunch of problems," said Loh . "I had two front flats , and a radiator clamp broke - I had to fix that out on the trail and I lost all my water. I fell six times, too; it wasn't hard - just stupid little stuff. But the flat tire an d rad iator killed me." Ha mel completed the second hall of the loop with no problems an d still held the physical lead, but he headed into the seco nd circuit of the course like a man possessed after his pit crew told him that Davis had been a minute ahead on time at the last pit. The news w as e ven worse when Davis hit pit row at the end of his first full loop of the course. The 10<250 racer had pulled even more time on Hamel and was now a minute and 15 seconds ahea d, on adjusted time, d espite running out of gas a mile from the pits . "This is a 1994 10<250 and they don 't m ake a n o ther tank for it ye t," sa id Davis. "I was carrying gas, but it still cost me some time:' The tank cost even more time when the 10<250 reached the pit. Instead of the dry-brake set-up that had Hamel gassed and gone in 10 seconds flat, Davis' refuel was a 25-second ordeal that included removing and refitting a stock, screw-on gas cap, but Davis still left with the lead and showed no signs of slowing down. Zitterkopf raced into the second loop in third overall, two-and-a-hall min u tes behind Davis, after battling long and hard to hold his 250cc Pro rival at bay. "Zitterkopf was holding me up and he knew he was. A couple of times we nearly tangled," said Davis. "When I finally got past him, I just stuffed him, I made him hit the brakes, then I never saw him after that:' Book powered through in fo urth, Ondas held fifth and CRSOO racer John Flores ha d r ocke ted u p fr om 15 th ha lfway thro ugh the loop to sixth in the time-a djus ted sta ndings in his first nonSCORE desert race. Kra use cleared the pits in seven th ahead of Harden, who was comfortably in front of his Over-3D Pro rivals. Colorado's Jim Gray had wo rked his way th rough the dust fro m the back of the 250cc Pro pack to grab ninth in his first race on a KTM, an d Tichenor was still

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