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Novice. Sharon Rosenauer (Suz) always has a smil e wh en sh e crosses th e finish lin e and today sh e didn ' t lo ok nearl y as tired as m ost of th e I(UYS as she p iloted h er Suzuki in to take first girl, aga in . Linda Griffing o n a 125 DK W was first girl Novice today . She finish ed late, but she finished . She n ot on ly has a lot of gu ts, she is re all y cu te! Two o f my favorite cre ations showed up today ...Sideh acks! First across w as team Don Davis and Fr ed Acevedo on a Triumph which h ad a fla t o n th e stuck-o n p ar t. A little lat er J oh n Monohan and Brian Ramsd en (Y am) p utted up. Hear th at the Tri missed ch ec k five ...drat it ! Rim Runners reall y deserve a lot of cred it for this ra ce . Comp laints we re he ard ab o u t h ow h ard the co urse was, but there were few rocks, just a lot of cross-d rainage and no place to sit down during the en tire 76 mil es. The co urse was very w ell m ark ed , and th e dangero u s p lace s were p o in te d ou t. They even limed a lot o f ro cks that we re o n the tr ail. This is th e Rim Run ne rs' fir st eve nt and th e planning, co -ord ina tio n an d p lain hard w ork th at wen t into it w ere evident. Nice job , Rim Runners. Rescue Three did their usual excellent job today, tre ating about eigh teen injuries , in cluding o ne n ast y broken leg, and J ack Knebel' s broken shoulde r. Rescue T hree w as still working when we left, lo oking fo r a super-dum b 2 0 yea r-o ld girl in tennis shoes , w ith out a crash helme t , m oun ted o n a mini-b ike . Sh e wen t o u t on th e co urse lo o kin g for he r b o yfriend, w ho is now ou t loo king for he r. '" '" '" '" Q. .... '" m r-- '" c '" -, " til ~ W Z W .J U >U When a desert -prepped Sui is hot , it' s really hot . Th en the re are the ot her ti mes. .... Art Knapp , No . 7 Heavyweight Expert , after his first ove rall w in in modern times. DMCA Hare Scrambles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Is she th ere to get Jim Sovle' s aut ograph or on t rash pic kup? By Wild Bill CA LIFORN IA C ITY , CAL. , Ju ne I I , 197 2 - J ack Mor gan, five tim es Nu mber I District 37 trail bik e, 1st tr ailbike Elsino re G ran d Prix 72 , 1st 0ยท25 0 Expert Sunday Elsinore G ra nd Pri x , e tc , e tc , tu rned his thro ttle hand to fo rm the Desert Moto rcy cle Compe tition Association . T his clu b is set up to give us Super Ben ch R acers a p lace to pra cti ce what we p reach. J ack is so concerned over these Begin ner and Novice even ts th at In ternational R adio Crew were there along wi th a real live ambulance. Jack h im self rode to the b an ner after the Novices sta rte d to be sure all h ad a clean st art wit h no mi sh ap s before releasing the Beginners on the course. Sun shine and 75-d egree weather gree ted th e race rs at Ca lifo rn ia City . T h e we ll m ar ked 19 -mile co urse and lots of h ard work by every one invol ved made super racing for Powder Pu ffers, yo ung racers and young at heart racers. The 8 o 'clock start was "R igh t O n!" . A cl oud of d ust from 4 0 Novices charged tow ards th e Web co b anner o n the hi ll. Al Hu ll (360 Yam ) h ad a sh o rt lead at th e banner o n Desert Foxes' Paul ca me Mc Gill ( 175 Yam ). Ne xt cream- o-city , d ust, b ikes, flying rocks. The next eve nt will be July 2: watch CN fo r the scoop. If you wan t to get tuned fo r b ig time, co me on ou t an d give it a try. You super b en ch racers, let' s p ut your Jofa , where y ou r mouth is! ~ SRA Early Bird - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . Fast and f lat through th e home check . 11'1 " J J U By Lo u Wh itney ADELANTO , CAL., June 4 , 1972 When Bill Cam ron of Van Nuys sign ed up at the S RA p its o n Saturday he questioned officials as to the ir cour se markings. " Best marked co urse I've ever see n" was the winn ing remark as Bill bested over 400 riders to win by two minutes o n th e fu n-fast 42 m ile terrain. His 400 H usky nev er see med tp be in trouble, b ut Don D rew itz, also Hu sk y mo unted h ad picked up some territo ry ' and slid in for the secon d slo t. F irst 250 an d fi fth overa ll w as Dave Hall's Yamaha ju st seco nds in fro m t of Mike Wades Bu lt aco Pursan g. 125 ho n o rs we n t to 16 year o ld Craig Kin g and h is tru sty Yamrnie , wi th T ed Overh ol t an d his Suzuki n ailin g d ow n to p h on o rs in the 10 0 No vice class . The Begi nners le ft the line at 8:04 and the four mi n ute lea d was q u ickly ea te d up as the faster o nes be ga n ca tching the Novices not too far past the smo ke b omb. One earn es t Beginner ignored the three lime st ripes, the down arrows , an d two fr antically w aving flagmen in h is ze al to catch the Novices about six miles o u t at Sh ad ow Mou ntain Road. The startled look on his face w o uld have done w o nd er s to Lau rel and H ard v as his not too graceful flying " W" graced th e road crossing. Ts k,tsk! The co urse w o und aroun d some foo th ills, st aying pretty fa st all the w ay, the n recrossed the road and came a long the most b itch in windy fire road th at re sembled so me kind of banked tes t track for q u ar t er mid gets. Eac h curve was abo ut fifty feet away from the last one with a be rm bu ilt up on each one, be autiful! T he two checks we re in areas where no o ne co uld stray very far from th e course and n o t miss o ne of them. Besides, cheating has not fo un d it's way int o Beginn er and No vice class races in a big w ay. T he pop ulari ty of fun racing as st ar ted an d p erfe ct ed b y SRA, proves tha t every o ne is not a " an ything goes" rider. Husk y co n tinued to d omin at e the day as J oe J o ne s ma n aged a cred ita b le 55th o verall to take to p Beginner ho n ors with th e Yam ah a of Tom Fo rbes right be hind for fir st 250. S RA has p ioneered a n ew innovatio n in desert ra cing th at seems to be th e answer fo r pit racers. They st ring abo ut a hal f mile o f steame rs in a ericle aro un d p art o f th e pits th at b orders th e co urse an d th ey d o not allo w any riding in this area. T h e rid ers can b ack th eir rigs up to the ribbo n and lea ve their bi kes o n th e ou tside, then camp on the inside without fear of b eing im paled o n a set of handleh ar s. It wo rks so well I alm ost never qui t drinking b eer o n Sa tu rday .