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Rudy Abel e manages a grin aft er fin ishing first
T rail Am ateur for the urnptv -umpth tim e.
first Divisio n II Lightwei ght Novice and
Dale Rh ea (Ya m). Th at makes se ven
transfers for Dale a nd we should be
h earing th e last of h im for a while.
J e ff Fries (Hon) m u st have really
been fly ing ove r th e cou rse as his bike
gave up about a mil e fro m the finish line
and J eff ripped off h is tan k car d an d
jogged ac ross th e finish line as first 250
Novice. Se ems th at J eff n ot only rides
fast ; h e is also a good runn er .
Don Urbanek (Yam) , second 250
No vice, sa id h e h ad a fla t, lo st his clutch
an d dropped hi s chain twice, an d o nly
hi s En d u ra Vit amins gave him th e
streng th an d s tam inia to finish .
Sandy Term in (Yam ) sh owed up
abou t her e, t ak ing fir st girl again.
T rail Novices had th eir own start
aga in to day and th e y re ally d ig it. There
is little dust and th ey h ave a pre t ty good
id ea of wh ere they st and . Darren
Kels ey, wh o says he rides a Dicky -tv was
first in that class . Joe Semple (Raja) was
righ t in th ere again, takin g: second,
fo llowed by Bob Lee on a Hodaka VT
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Th e riders w ere enthusiast ic abou t
th e course and most o f the 6 52 star te rs
were able to finish .
One rid er wh o d idn't fin ish in a bi g
way w as Roge r Maahs. His Hod a ka n ow
lives at th e b o t tom of the Monar ch
Min e , wh ich is abou t 100 yards off th e
co urse and was rib boned off. R oger
came jus t 10 fin ge rs fro m goi ng down
wi th th e sh ip. Las t we sa w of h im h e
was sitting in the sh ad e of th e Rescu e 3
van try ing to regain h is co o l.
Mu st be Na tio nal P ol ak wee k o r
so me th ing.. .Master Links gave a trop hy
to first P olak an d th eir fin ish er pi ns
w ere th ose ell te ma ster links you ca n
pi n o n y our sh irt in case of e mergency.
They were very clever and so lde re d the
cl ip on so you w on 't lose it. A ll you
have to do is fi gu re o u t h ow to ge l it
apart wh en you need it.
( Resu lts on page 40)
An unidentifi ed San Gabriel Club memb er fight s the heat, dust, pucker bushes, etc. in pu rsuit of glory and gold .
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Th e cou rse pro mo ted some fie rce di cing. Th is was about four miles past the bom b .
