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Ski p Van Leeu wen won the o pener fo f T rium ph bac k in 1969. Odom led t he race last year u ntil the final lap b efore his rear axle broke, giving the win to Man n , The 12-man final was all Californ ia, th e first time in National history that the en tire Main Event was all fro m o ne state. Van Leeuwen has some kind of record goi ng in th e Hou st o n TT's. Skipper has finis h ed in the t op three a ll t h ree yea rs bu t he will reall y have to hustle on the 28 th to kee p th e string go ing . T he short track races o n th e n igh t of t h e J anuary 29 are unique in racing. Th e dirt ova l is nearly a quarter of a mile in I U o n occasio n. They ar e head lining Bar t Mar kel and Nix on so it appears th at th e fast b oy s fro m California haven ' t b een Nor t h ern invited . don' t kno w abo ut it . or can 't get the ir vans slowed down in time to stop in and say, "H owdy. " weekend followi ng th e T he Ast rodome races there is anot he r ind oor slated fo r Houston on concre te at a locatio n o n the other side of Oil Cit y . Up in the Fo rt Wor th ·Dallas area t here will also be an indo o r event. So if the non-money win ners fail to sco re a t t he 'Dome th ere is st ill h op e in Houston and on the No rthside a wee k later. There wil l be many non- money winners at Houston as we ll over 200 riders are expected for eac h class within the Expert and Junior d ivision s. Let 's make that 200. R em ember when the month of J anuary was jus t a t win kle in th e ey e o f th e rid er or th e fan t ha t was ju st starting to thin k about getting read y fo r Daytona ? Did the season reall y end sometime d uring 19 7 1, o r di d we just take an in termi ssio n. or make a pit sto p for a license rene wa l? 800 Essay CERA Enduro By Ch arl es Clayton INDIO , CAL.. J an . 9 ,197 2 - In th e low des er t a mo bile ci t y arrived. Cam p ers, trailers, van s and motorhomes disgorged th eir cargoes o f dirt b ik es, glittering in the sun. T he de sert was ne w again afte r the winter rain . I felt as if I were t he first man to See it, sm o oth and virgin lik e a snowy mead ow. Over 800 ent ries b uz zed o ff in group s, minu te ' by min ut e for a 100-mile rid e laid out b y Ed Wight and his California Enduro Riders Associate s. Man y local Trials ex perts were en te red , in tr ain in g fo r th e 6- Da ys tr ype of trials riding wh ich is th e comi ng thing. The co urse was tw o lo o ps an d mild , alternatin g 5 , 8 and 12·mile secti o ns of sandwash , dir t r oa d , rockb eds ·and ra b bit trails. It was as eas y as a hare scram b les co urs e, which it will b e Feb . 6 when Dingus Wat kins h ost s th e l st annual Nostalgia R un (Palm Springs 100) on t h e very same route fo r all th e retired d esert ti gers su ch as Bud Ekins, Ve rn Hancock, Ch ar lie Hockie, et c. CERA always starts their enduro y ea r eas y like this , so as no t t o tarnish the new Xmas t o ys and allo w fo r th e rid ers' flaccid co nd it io n . Ar riving to o la te t o enter a ft er a wild night of motorcycl e m eetings a t the Lo ng Beach Sh o w , I w on Wight's perm ission to ride the second lo op on co ndit io n of no ting t he numb er s of th e bro ken down en tra nts I fo und strand ed alo ng the w ay . Course markin g was st ill intac t even afte r so me 80 0 rid ers had passed . It was near ly im possib le to get lost. I co ncen tra te d o n improvin g m y sand wash t echnique and d isco vered that by pullin g back evenly o n the handlebars, h o lding th e fr on t wh eel straight, m y co ntro l stayed p erf ec t. Wh y didn't so mebody tell me th is ten y ears ago ? For the first ti me I truly en jo ye d riding d eep sand. About a d o zen rid ers were d isc over ed in vario us states of disrepair, wait ing fo r th eir friends t o fetch th em o ut of th e d eser t. .Nigh t came early wh ile the p ick up cre ws p robed the sh ad owed san ds with fiashligh ts . (Results to b e published in two o r three weeks) . - _ . _ .., . •- ._ ,, _ ..... - 'i , - - ._..,