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Riders Clean House at MORE/AMXT Fest co '" '" '" 0.. N .... Ol III C. « '" '!= ~ w d ~ By Marg ar et Ear ne st SANTA MARIA, CAL., Ap ril 9 , 1972 A record number of rid ers and sp ecato rs sho wed up along with gust y winds for today's b enefit moto cross b y th e Lompoc Slo-Pokes and San ta Mari a Mota-Cross Enterprises. with all proceeds donated to the AMXT and MORE . A large co ntingen t of the " Old T ime rs Club" st aged an exhibiti on to the d elight of the spectato rs. Whoever said li fe begins at 40 must h ave b een a d irt rid ers cause these fellas seem to h ave a ball. T he speed and sk ill of these guys took everybod y by surprise . They are good and fast. Everybody was ridi ng full bore as th er e we re lots of goodies p lus the usual to be awa rded. Kat hy t rophies Montgomery (Pe n) an d Linda Ha le (Ya m) w ere both anxio us to cop first in the Powder Pu ff ex hibitio n. The lead ch ang ed back and fo rth between these two gals but Lin d a n osed h er o ut at th e finish for the overa ll win . Both gals were happy with th eir loot, a pair of Curn utt shocks an d a gift certificate . A wheel-t o-wh eel batt le went o n b etw een Davi d Harrell (CZ) an d Chu ck Czerwinski (Mai) in the Open J unio rs. These tw o lo ok ed like Siamese twins mo st of th e ti me , taki ng the co m ers simultan eously. Chuck would ge t around David and th en David saw h is chance and made h is move, this little game was pl ay ed each mota but Harrell got th e lead at the checkered fo r th e first o verall a nd Chuck settling fo r second. T h ird pla ce was so far b ehind these tw o rid ers ma ybe they should no longer b e Juniors. Draw ings were h eld through th e d ay for the good st uff donated b y lots of in tere sted dealers and d istrib uto rs. T he . May or o f Lompoc did th e draw in g of th e ticke ts wh ich adde d a little flavor and t h e winner of t he n ew Suz uki was o n hand to receive it . T he guy was spe echl ess. Russ San fo rd of MORE was o n hand to answer questions and Sherman (the "Iii" devil) Schneller tried his hand at t he game of catch-up afte r his first mota spill. d rawings we re held for MO RE m emb ers whi ch gave a lit tl e in centive to th e guy co ntemp lat ing cutting loose w it h a buck fo r t he ca use . A couple of supe r helmets we re do nated b y Internat ional Cycle sell membership s and said h e signe d up a record number of n ew MORE m embers whi ch was good to hear. Special House that we re given aw ay . It was a lo ng day and th e weathe r left alo t to be desired an d a few b o o b o os were mad e, fo rtunately no thing serious. The riders who wai te d aro und aft er they rec eived their tro phies fo r the goo di es we re n't d isappoi n ted an d lo ts of co in was generat ed fo r tw o good ca uses, th e AMXT an d MORE. (R esults o n Page 40) TRY USYOU'LL LIKE US I BLACK SUPER BARS Super tough Chrome Moly. 4" , 6" , 8" rises. Guara nte ed 90 days. Sp ecial With X Bar $14.95 W!O X Bar $10.95 Cross-bar Chingard leat he r sna p-o n $ 3.95 I f yo u rea d t h is tell no o ne , but br ing t his ad t o T HE CYCLE H OUSE t o receiv e an addit iona l 10 % o ff th e ab ove sale pr ice of an y pa ir of Ma veric k snock s, G ood o nly w e e k o f Apr'll 2 1-2 8 , 197 2 . r CONTEST ENTRV;:;;B~L ~::;::=====~~~~~~~~~~~ : ~A~N~K I I C N1~ i THE NAME : :,::R ESS I ~':':'V:::O~E~ ' TATE ". : ~C~_ -.J ~~~TV~~~~I~~~~I ~R~~c;~ciE~~So:~t; s.... SALES T AX . S END CHECK OR MONEV O RDE R T O : • eve L E HOUSE COMP LETE LIN E_ OF ACCESSORI ES Qept. CN '16 p . O. Bo x 100$9 , Sanla A na, Ca lif . 92711 Start of the Open Experts ~'t Spill-;"'ay Park found Ron DeSoto (RD) charging to the point. lack of Aech-Two-Ooh Gives Arise to Clogged Air By John C. Clausen OAKHURST, CAL.~ April 9, 19 72 Oakhurst had no rain in t he m onth previous to Sierr a 100 Enduro. So dust was t he prob lem at th e st art and on so me of the co urse. However, th ere was wet du st in the creek b o tt oms th at made for so me h ilarious pe rfo rmances. To q uote o ne anguished victim of th e glop, "They u sed my b ik e fo r t ractio n. Tore off the muffler and broke my gas tank before I co uld rescu e it." They've got b lack, re d and ye llow mud in t hose woods. T he te rrain arou nd Allen's Cycle Par k where t his bash started is so me of th e best riding territory in California. It w ill be revis ited April 23 by t h e 750 en trants of the Ch ick en End uro. If yo u're no t entered in this o ne either, tuff chicken . We had a preview of the co urse - it's challenging. The Sierra 100's snakey co urse th ro ugh the piney woods, 30 add miles from Yosemite Park was not a big bike course , but the high point riders were B. Bowers, 994 and J. Nelson. 993 o n 400 Huskies. F. Bauer was third with 993 on aD KW. T his run was u n iq ue in a co uple of ways. The mo st no ta b le was the tr ophy presen tat io n one hou r after t h e last finis he r was in. Another was a 20 mp h average for th e en tire ru n a f 100 plus miles - H mmm! So me of th e first lo op trail was used on the second loop, but with a d ifferen t start. A lousy . dusty and rocky uph ill th at left bikes and riders hanging in the b ushes (b ushes are 10 0 feet ta ll in t his country). th en back in to the wetter woodsy stuff of the fir st lo op. The riders felt lik e " they'd b een here before" and they did get off in the same pla ces as th e first tim e aro u nd , lo oking a b it confused. T he uphills and d ownhills are beautiful - the best in th e West. If yo u have problems, the trunks of those big damn bushes stop y o u within a few feet - keeps the trails narrow, too. The consensus was "good show" . (R esults on Page 40)