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" '" '" 0M r- ID o N .ri " u. ~ w Z W ..J U >U Mark Adent was third overall, first 250 Expert on the less·t han-250·mor e·th an·125 DKW, His The Mo ose Run w as mo tocross in th e Moj ave. T he ste epest d ownhill was a sa nd one wh ich m o st riders to o k na t o u t. The slo west l" o vice I tal ked to sai d he l ook it in third gea r. Maybe th e rain h elped in th at in st an ce, giving a little te x t u re to th e sand . BUI on th e uphills , none o f which we re steep , the rain was n o help at all. R id e rs slip pe d an d slip, push in g big bi kes up little h ills , falli ng and roIling in the mud a nd generally ha vin g a terrib le time of it. Bu t they all had fu n. T he whole id ea was to try to fi nish. First T railbike was.. .guess who! Well , I guess I should tel l the new readers. First Trailbike was, of course, Cordis Bro o ks (D KW) . Somebody di dn't like th e speeds at which Co rdis was Iraveling arid ca me over and borrowed a p en and p ap er so th ey could pro lest . T hey to n: the bi ke d own an d m easu red it and th e unofficial word is th at the bi ke measures 5.8' cubic inc hes. 6. 1 cubin inc hes equals (about) 10 0 cc so Cord is' DKW is abou t 98cc. They a re sending th e m e a suremen ts to Flande rs for official ap proval, but it lo o ks lik e Cordi s is well within the legal limits . (I tell you, the kid is j us I fast!) T he rain ca use d so me problems. A .C. Bak ken said hi s bike wouldn 't run. Oh, it w ould p lu g alon g , bUI it w ouldn't get up and h aul th e way it sh ould. Ma ybe a plugged fuel line. Larry Pfutzen reuter could n ' t se e for th e mud on goggles a nd glasses a nd the n his pipe ca me o ff and he ca lle d it quits. Art Kn app wouldn't sa y what t ook h im so lo ng t o ge t 10 th e fi n ish line. Wayn e C oo k (used t o ride a Baja) was on a 400 Husk y today an d he h ad to pl ay . muleskin ncr to get it to run. Jim Fish back had th e brake leve r wrapped around his han d so he b roke it off, th en he lost a foo tpeg an d several o ther grueso me things happen ed an d he called it qui ts. R ich Mar k sai d things jusl weren't goi ng righ t fo r h im . He sat on the finis h line h o ld in g a na ked th rottle cable in h is h an d . Th ings w en t O. K. for Tom Smith ( Yam) and Tod d Cornish (CZ) fi nis hi ng fifth an d sixth ove rall. T hey eve n sa id it was fun, althoug h a lillie m uddy. Allen Lund m ust have h ad a ro ugh d ay . J ack (h is D ad ) push ed th e Bu l a way fo r him. But Allen cherred rig ht u p wh en he learned th at he was secon d 25 0 Ex pe r t and hung aro un d to razz all th e 25 0 E xperts b ehind h im . Bill Fria n t (Puc) was second D iv II Lightweigh t a t a bo ut t en th overall. He had all th e girls screaming an d giggling , o ffe ring 10 ki ss th em, Bill w as just cove red with slimey mud an d san d and did lo ok a little wild . La rry Foesele r (Baj ) h ad evide n tly given up th e idea of rid in g a 250. He pil oted hi s 100cc Harley Baj a in fo r second Trail Ex pe r t today, Mike Car tl ed ge (Hod ) was thi rd trail Ex pe rt today . Looks like he a nd brother Ch uck m ay be laking tu r n s, (No, you go ahead. No, go o n, you lake it to d ay .) Ha ! T he first three A mateurs in were all 250 '5. Phil Daw so n ( Yam) , Dave Lap rai k (AJS), an d Bill Beard (Yam) . Bill Eisele (S u z) and Heath Hib b ard (Hus) got o ne and two in the O pe n class. Yo u know that guy with the big " R " on his j u mper who was leading the No vice race ? T haI is th at J im Evel and fell o w fr om the R o ver s - ~I.C . Jim has been d o in g p re tty well latel y, b ut today first class win. The IOO-Mile Motocross he reall y go t it t ogeth er an d led right off the lin e t o th e finish. G reat ride. A fe w more of th o se an d Larry Hal e y (25 0 p oints ste ward) will transfer yo u to Amateur. Don't lo ok so h appy. That is limbo. You go th er e and nobody hears from yo u for six m onths or so. Ke n Ev an s (H us] was runnin g a ro u nd fourth Nov ice through th e pits, b u t he was really aft e r Jim and in his has te he managed to p ass everybody b u t J im , finish ing up secon d N ovice ove ral l an d fir st Open Nov ice. I kn ow Ken must be abo ut to tran sfer. I even recognize his name. '[)en nis Scam mell (Hod) must be one of those Trail Novices I used to miss all the ti me . Somehow he gOI 10 b e an A mate ur w ith ou t eve r ge t ti ng his n ame . in th e p ap er. And h e is a fast o ne. Got firsl in his class t oday , with George Cuiles (Hod) h o t o n h is h eals. D o ug Martin (Hod) to ok pi ty o n all of us who we re stan di ng o n the finish line to see wh o would be firs I Trail N ovice. He h u rried, and won h is class. Dean Hart (Hod) loo ked pre tt y clean wh en h e p ull ed in fo r second T rail Novice, but m a ybe he sto p pe d and h ad a quick w ash -off b efore he came in. Up in the Div . II Am at eurs, Dean Modesett (D KW) ask ed how he d id. " I think I got a second, maybe ." he said. "Th ey said in the pits th at I was fourth and I think I passed two guys in my class." I t was a first , Dean. You p assed all three of them ! Tracy Huyck (DKW) m ay h ave been on e o f them . H e got a second , fo llo we d b y Don Finey (Pe n) . Kath y An glin (DKW) w as fir st girl today . Ka th y is j us t an Amate u r, so she got firs I in abo ut th ree d ifferent d irections. Little kid T ommy Walton w as o u t there again today , on an Indian this time. Tommy's dad was going 10 ride . one loop with h im, but the big bike broke down and T o m m y went the loop b y himself. He go es pretty darn good for a nine-y ear-old on a tiny little bike. Gino Massara , riding a bike' with his own pi ston rings (He works for Poppy and th e y make pist on rin gs for b ik es) almo st tran sfered wi th ou t eve r getting hi s name in the p ap e r and that would b e a real sh am e. G in o was fo ur th 2 5 0 Novi ce today. Congra tulations, I h ope yo u have fun in limbo . Were we ever gra tef ul for Res cue 3 and their heads-up first aid today ! The on e guy in that accidenl today had a leg com p o un d ed six times within eigh t in ch es and possible brain damage, and was about out o f it from sh oc k. Let us all hope th at we ne ver have 10 put their skills 10 a test lik e that again ...while being thankful th at th ey have th ose skills. Four A ce s put' on a fu n race . Even with th e rain th e guys sa id they had a go o d tim e. 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