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en N " '" " .., e, THE DESERT' RACE ~ .... N ~ w Z Gary Bailey' Cliff C arr' Gary Chaplin Jimmy Chen' Jon Ciener • Sonny Defeo Yvon DuHamel, Dave Evans ' Jimmy E vans Pat Evans · Gary Fisher ' Len Fitch , Ron Grant · Jerry Greene· Fred Gullner • Ray Hempstead' Ted Henter • Barry Higgins A keJonnson • Gary Jones ' PiersKarsmakers Brad Lackey ' Peter Lamppu • Mike Lane Doug Libby ' Kurt Liebman ' Johnny Long H Maisch' Jeff March' Duane Mc· ans Daniels ' Steve McLaugh lin' Bart Meyers Ron Muir· John Nash • Jody Nicholas Gary Nixon· Chuck Palmgren ' Dr. Bob Pepper' Ron Pierce ' Cal Rayborn ' Phil Read · Bob Rechteriwold • Kenny Roberts Joh n Sartorious • Tom Schroeder' Merle Shanks' Paul Smart· Dave Smith ' Conrad Urbanowski • D enny Varnes' Jimmy W einert · Peter Will iams w ~ U >- U Congr a t Ulations th e course was great, "J ust like Las Vegas !" Bryan Brecker (C Z) seem s to have go t te n o ver his s trea k 'o f bad luck an d fini sh ed seven th ove rall and fou rth Op en Expert. lI e ge ts p o ints for third th ough b ec au se pi c-plater Dave w on 't receive Dis trict 3 7 p oints for his rid e . (Sorry , Dave. ) Jim Fishback say s he knows whe re all Bry an's lilli e problems went. jle go t ' em . J im said he slung his cha in off on ever y hump and each tim e it came o ff , it took an other part of his b ike with it, ' til he fin all y gave up in disgust . C ord is Bro oks sproing-sproin ged across the desert like a jack rabbit on a Sunday o uti ng, lo llygagging in the warm sunshine and nonchalan tly putted h is lillie DK\\' acro ss the finish line for firs t in the Trailbike cia.ss aga in . A c tually, Cord is o nly loo ks like he isn ' t go in g fas t whe n you see him fro m a dis ta n ce . Corn ing throu gh the pits he hard-charges j ust like th e hi g bikes and is gone a lmos t b e fo re y o u r brain h as tim e , to co mp u te "IT" in to " Cordis Bro ok s" . Ho wever, Larry R oeseler h as his Baja in t here for second almos t eve ry Sunday , as he did today, just to kee p Co rd is o n his toes. An d Mike Ca rtledge (lIod) is h anging in th ere in third pl ace read y to take over th e lead if Cordis or Larry goof. J e ff Kirk (Yam) is the only person in the his tory o f desert racing to take more secon d places th an A.C. Bak ken . He is almost alwa ys se cond A mateur Of second 25 0 Am ateur. T oday, his luck ch ange d and he brough t it in for first Amateur o verall at ab out thirteenth , j us t in time , as he is about to become an Expert. Don Drewi t z (Hus) and Bob Doin g (Suz) fou ght it out for first and second Open Amateur and finis hed in that o rde r, for second and th ird Amateurs o ve rall. And y Kirker (Yam) really got it together today for second Divisi on II Exper t. . And y explained h is good ride : "Well , o ne of th e e ng ine m o unts crac ke d and it vibrated reall y bad un less I kept it wide open ... " li e added that it was really a good c o u rse. 250 A mat eur, Rand y Fleming (Yam) go t aro und Ope n Amate ur J oe J on es (lI us) wh en J on es go t lost after th e pi ts. Bu t J o nes got b a ck o n course in tim e to save his p ositi on ahead o r fourth Open Am at eu r, Dav e Gruver (CZ), Th ird 25 0 Am ateur Mik e Porter (CZ) lost hi s tan k ca rd a t the secon d ch eck and ke pt ove rshoo ting the course, really ma king for a miser abl e ride. However , he rescued his tan k card and ca rrie d it the who le d istance cl ut ched be tween his teeth .. Be t it tasted good with a ll the gas that slos hed on it . Pa tho oie! Si mi Valley Sport Cycle p ro babl y appreciate his makes it big! a sandwash and turned b ut somebodv tr o mped o n the a rro ws in tha t spo t and the lat er Am ateu rs and all the i'\ ovices h ad t ro ub le with th e spo t, with hoards o f th em co mi ng in to th e fin ish line a t a 45 degree a ngle , o nly to learn that th ey would h ave to go ba ck an d pic k up ano the r check . Chuck C arr (lI us) was lead in g th e At the N ational ROadRaces,E nduros, Dirt Tracks, Moto-Cross , \ as wellas the nation's turnpikes andcow-trails! N ovi ce s wh en he got lo s t a nd Ken Evan s (H us) w as second but had to drop o u t with ignition probl em s. Rover J im Eveland (Ya m) d idn' t get lo st o r have any bike problems an d h e go t h is second first Xovi ce win today with AI Th om as (Yam) an d Chuck Carr close h ehind. First Divisio n II No vice Cas ey Perkins (DKW) said it w as " a reall y nea t KDNI hydraUlically adjustable shocks are engineered to replace standard units when improved road·holding, cornering and handling are desired. Enjoy cat-like traction, on and off ·the·road, with "bolt-on" KDN I shocks. KDNls give you that extra control, stability and comfort at ,any speed over all types of terrain. Only KONl's compet ition te sted and proven shocks offer a patented adjusting feature, in addition to spring pre-lea d, that permits the owner of any type of bike a "customized" ride. ra ce, " but wh at else can y o u sa y when y o u win? Victor Triepke (O KW) Was second Division II Novi ce, ma king it a good day for OK W b u t Art Bartle sneaked his Pen to n in for third, there by spoiling a swoop b y OK W. Swee t Duck Suzuki's own Sharon R o se n au er Wa s first gir l agai n today. fin ish ing her seco nd o f five starts 't h is year. Sher liked t he co urse (She likes all the co urses) b ut said "I gue ss I'm just not to o enth usiastic today ." Roger Reed (Pen) seemed a lillie su rprised a t bei ng to ld he was first T rail Novic e and very politely thanked the lad y who told him as if she had a hand in his batt le against all th e o the r T rail Nov ices and the ro cky, twisty, up and dow n h ill course he rode so hard . Ro bert Fisher (Mn k) whose d ad wa s third Divi sion II A ma teur today, on -upped d ad by ge tt ing second in his class. Bob said h e lik ed th e wh ole co urse, "Real well , e xce p t for th e rocky ro ad wh er e I go t o ff o n my head." Kevin Hayn es (Hod) rounded o ut the Trail Novi ce class with a third pla ce. Despite the rough course with it s nasty up and d own hills, twisty-turn}' sandwashe s a nd mix-ups in markings n ear th e e n d . m ost o f the finish ers were smilin g and looked surprisingl y fres h , including T om Brooks, Sr. Tom ki lled his engine in th e wash just hefore the finish and ki cked and kicked. Finally a spectator took pity and advised him top ush it as the finis h line was just arou nd th e comer about 10 0 yard s, Tom loo ked ba lef ully up an d mutte red, " I co uld n ' t push th is th ing two fee t for a hundred doll ars righ t now . " lie fina lly got it started an d cro ssed th e fini sh line lo oking fai rly ple ased with h imsel f. In fact, th e wh ole Bro o ks fam ilv raced today and Mary, m other of th e gro up , also finished. For m torm..' ,u" ""'fi t . 80 _ 500, Mt Po cono . Pol t 834 4 .. For FREE descnpnve KONI br oc h ure. a pphca uo n , hiu t a nd ~ r I CC hs t. wrue OK. another picture o f Torn Broo ks in acti cn, But . admit it , he won overall. 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