him, ~s Krause discovered. "I got real
close, to where 1 thought 1 was going to
be able to pass Zitterkopf on a long,
rocky road, but I hit a big rock and
'swapped round, and I had to catch my
breath for a while," Krause said. "That
was about it. Zitterkopf just kept going
away and away and away after that."
As Zitterkopf was pulling away in
front of Krause, KX250-mounted Book
was closing in behind him.
"[ was third into· the canyon off the
start and I just followed Krause after
that, trying to keep close in th.e first part
of the loop," Book said. "[ was trying to
cruise because [ was worried about my
gas situation, but Krause screwed up in
a rock section and 1 got by him and,
once [ worked out [ had enough gas to
make it, 1 started pushing."
Book was lucky to have enough gas.
Most of the top racers who opted to
miss the gas-the-bike-yourself alternate
pit to save time were forced to pull over
and empty a quart or two into their tank
as the 52-mile loop drew to a close.
"I ran out twice on the first loop:'
Zitterkopf said. "I carried some gas and
[ stopped to put that in. Then, when [
m'lde it to the check, they said 1 had like
10 miles to go and 1 only had an inch or
two left. They had a gas can there so 1
said, 'Hey, put some gas in this thing.'''
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