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California 400 T . S hmid-G . Shm l d Hanson.oMosely Wln ters -5l lll n gs 2 50 360 Mon t go m er y -Hal m a n A shley-Ash ley Spangler.oGray 400 125 36 0 HlmmelrlckoCarlson 185 Prouty-Hafland CD ~ H lentz.oSellings ~ 2 50 Yam Hus Man Suz Pe n Hus 0" Suz Oss H o ll iS .-H ~ r 5 Iy For t h -Sm i th McPar t la n d Jr McPartllJnd 1 4 u. 0- Barns-HHts w IIfplalne Z Forbes-Wa W ...J U >- U • "It was a nice, boring day" By Jim Brooks T he sun went down and with it the BARST OW, CAL ., Jan . 29, 1972 - By tem perature to about 40 degrees. The 9:30 Saturday m o rn in g there were 19 pit area was turned into a mass of bon Sp o rt sm en and one Master entered in fires . th e Califo rn ia 400. There was an The riders slo wed down to abou t 70 agreement between the officials and th e minutes per lap. The leaders still had one team in the Masters class tha t they three laps to go - in the dark hours. would ride Sportsman because of the The p ack h eld their posi tions wai ting single entry in th e Masters class. for No. 14 to finish t hat 1 1th lap. And true sportsmen th ey were, too. Around 9 p .m. 100 freezing b od ies The course was laid out over 35 miles of were standing at the finish line. A ll were Barstow county land. It consisted of looking for that flicker of a light over a many fast fireroads, one sandwash over distant h ill, II hours 14 m inutes and 35 five m iles long and m an y wide m ountain seconds after 10 a.m. Tom Schmid tra ils, rocky and d usty . rolled across the finish line. Fifteen The first of th e II lap s was a quiet minutes and 15 seconds later the but exciting one. Torry Hollis, riding a Hanso n and Mosely team came in fo r a 400 Suz uki, came in fo r his firs t pit stop second overall and a first in the Open with a th ree- min ute lead over t he class. Third overall was a second' place team of Tom and Gordon Winters·Sellings Montesa team which Sch mid on a b o x-stoc k 250 Yamaha went generally unnoticed all day MX. The third p lace team of Hanson because they h ad an uneventful ride and Mosley on a 360 H usky we re only just 400 trouble-free miles. abou t 6 0 seconds beh ind the second The crowds' favorite team, Ashley & place. Ash ley . a fat h er-a nd-so n team, ca me in T he second lap was m uch the same fifth o verall o n a 125 Pen to n. except th is tim e th e n umber o ne Suzuki The starting fie ld was 20, th e team came in with a six- min ute lead a nd finis hi ng was 12 . T hat is mig hty good withou t a pipe. T hat is just the tim e it odds fo r 400 m iles. took them to p ut on a new pipe, so th ey Rescue 3 rep o rt ed nothing more th an pulled out of th e pits barely ahead of minor cuts and bruises. "'A real nice, the second place Y am ah a. boring day ." Some time d urin g the th ird lap the Pit racin g was there, mostly by the Suzuki was pushed to its limit; he came spectators in dune buggies. None of in late and with a broken frame. them real racers, just fun riders. You The Schmid brothers, Tom and could find them anywhere on the Gordon, were the only actual Expert course. anytime during the race. riders in the race. The Husky team of Even though there were only twenty Hanson and Mosely were j. [ov, and no riders you won't find a more dedicated match for the strong, steady pa ce of the group or any more of a competitive Experts. They were finally overtaken spirit in any race, anywhere. right before dark by the flying 250 ' from Yamaha of Goleta. Over all winner Tom Schmidt (we ll , hi s brother Gordon helped some) heads for the pits. WID $150 WORTH 'O F PROTO TOOLS GE T A HEAD START ON SU MMER . . . Win a set of t ools · SE ND $1 FOR au R '72 CA TAL OG the latest in Co m petit ion Part s and Accesso ries. 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The other races of the Series will be listed in the Calendar section of this publication. The race will start and finish at kilometer post 37, 22 miles west of Mexicali on th e Tijuana Ilighway. The southbound course fo llows roads made by woodcutters and ranchers for the most part. It leads a long the base of the Sierra de J uarez mountains west of Lag una Salada, through Con st itu ci o n National Park, over the Sierra and d own in to Valle de T rinidad . 120 miles from the start. Check number one will be at about the 60 mile point w ith water and gas available. Valle de Trinidad will be check number two and the main refueling point. From there the route follows the road to San Felipe for 19 miles to Cerro Borego, then up a crooked sand wash for six miles. The course then becomes very rough , rocky and crooked as it leads over a mountain pal\s and down into the spectacular Arroyo Grande. Arroyo Grand is a smooth sand wash nearly 20 mi les long and varies from 10 to 100 feet wide with cliffs risin g on either side to 1000 feet in p laces . It has many very sharp turns. Too bad the racers won't have time to enjoy the wild beauty of this canyon. From the mouth of Arroyo Grande the track leads north toward the south end of Laguna Salada and veers left and rounds the tip of the Sierra de la Palmita range to check nu mber three which will be the same as check number one . The homestretch retraces the sou thbound route to the finish line. Radio communications will be maintained between the start-finish lin e and the check points. Personnel rescue will be provided. The entry fee for the Hotel Lucema 250 will be $ 150 per vehicle. Membership in Baja Racing Association will be req uired of all contestants and costs 50 pesos ($4) for the year. Impound and inspection will be on Friday, April 7th at the Hotel Lucerna. The Off-Road Owners and Drivers Assn., under the direction of Butch Dunn has been asked to handle technical inspection and rule interpretation. Rules, regulations, and car classes will generally follow those used by such organizations as SKaRE, ARVARA, and the Mint, Motorcycle classes will be 125,250 and Open. Drawing for starting positions will be held at the Hotel Lucema in Mexicali at 8 p .m. on March 1 1. Subsequent entries will be assigned positions in o rder of receip t.