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w atch. Bry an is just fifteen, too young
to d rive a car on the city street, b ut he
is rap id ly learn in g to han dle a 400 CZ . ,
Bryan finished sixth overall and fourth
Open Expert on today's fast course .
Larry Ro eseler (Baj) turned
seventeen today and what b e tter
birthday present than to take first T rail
Expert? Larry, who is a very consisten t
finisher led for most of the race and
be at out two m o re who finish regularly ,
Mike Cartledge (Hod) and Bru ce Ogilvie,
who says he rides a totally stock Baja.
Mark Storms (Suz) led the Novi ce
race until about four mi les past the
smokeb ornb bu t just co uld n 't hang onto
tha t p osition, dropping back to fourth
Op en N ovice by th e finish . Mik e Powers
suffered a similar fat e, leading th e wh ole
sec ond loop, dropping his Montesa
twice and letting J im Eveland (Ya m)
slip aro un d a t th e last minute.
Penton-mounted Roge r Reed got
first T rail N ovice again today with Marc
Cartwrigh t, also on a Pen ton, fini shing
second. Marc, 'an d third Trail Novi ce
Kevin Haynes (Hod ), b oth go t th eir last
transfe r rid es today and soon will be
sporting that y ellow st ripe wh ich is so
apt to make on e in visible to ' CN
reporters.
Gee . wo nder wh at well -known desert c lub these guys are in?
by A lice Rh ea
RIDGECREST, CAL., Feb. 25 , 1973 Boy, you just should hav e b een there.
A.C. Bakken (H us) charged past the
bomb, sliding around th e comers on the
road with Rich Mark (Hu s), Mitch
Mayes (Hus), Jim Fish bac k (C Z), and
Tom Brooks (DKW) in hot pursuit. I
mean th ey we re all ridin g lik e their lives
depended on it !
Fantastic we ather b ro ught every body
out and the Am/Ex st art was huge. With
around 790 entries just about every
class can co unt on max imum po ints .
A.C. almost ate it on a ro ck at the
bomb, b u t he saved it , as did several
other Experts and Amateurs who were
unl ucky enough to hit the same ro ck. .
And they just ke pt thu nd ering by . "
Rai n as re cently as Friday evening kept
dust to a min imum. The re wa s jus t
en ough to make mo re cautio us riders
leery of the few ro cks in t he area.
Five miles past the bomb, A.C. let
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Annual DesertM. C.
o ff just a lad and zap. Zap. Zap. Brooks ;
then Fishback and Mayes whizzed by.
The real ra ce of the day was betwee n
Mitch Mayes on his 450 H usky and J im
Fishback o n his 25 0 CZ. They fought it
out down to the wire, altho ugh th ey are
in d iffe ren t classes, with Mitch taking
the lead both ' through the pits an d a t
th e fin ish line.
Brook s had su ch a strong lead that
by th e tim e they starte d on the second
loop the re wasn't much h ope of
ca tc hing him unless h e bro ke d own an d
Tom's DK rarely breaks. It certainly
didn't today . Broo ks had a full minu te
and m ore o n Mayes at th e fin ish .
Jack Knebel (CZ) somehow managed
to get in fron t of Bakken nea r th e end
of th e race and A.C ., in ten t on ge tt in g
, and staying in fro nt of Knebel, oversh o t
the finis h and Knebel pulled in fourth
overall and secon d Ope n Expert.
This sort of thing h as happ ened"
before" and the p recedent h as been set.
Th e fin ish is at t he chec kered flag, so
Bakken is fourth overall an d second
'Op en Expert wit h Knebel at fifth
overall.
Young Bryan Brecker is one to
J an D itson, wh om I perso nally heard
say was reti ring from co mpetit ion , to ok
th e Hodaka o ut o f m o thballs today and
in her inimitable , quiet manner finished
first girl. J an is known to many o f the
rid ers as the An gel of the Desert as she
will always st op to help a rider who
appears to be hurt , even it it means
losing the ra ce. Nic e to see h er back in
action.
Sandb l a sters, loo king so mewhat
surprised, reported. that the local offi ce
of th e BLM was supe r-coo pe ra tive.
There w as on e of , the few rangers
present, Rhio J ackso n , and if Mr.
J ack son is typica l, may be there is so me
h ope for us yet. Rhio (p ro nounc ed
Re-oh) wen t ou t to the fourth chec k
and when injuries got so thic k th at
Rescue 3 h ad th eir hands full , well, he
roll ed up his sleeves and pitched in.
He lat er said that he wasn't o ffici ally
supposed t o render first aid (i.e. , it isn 't
part of his j ob de scrip tion) b u t tha t he
felt ob ligated 10 help . He rides a
m o tor cycle, 100 , so maybe th a t is wh a t
mak es him an all right guy.
Rhi o J acks on was offi cially and
personally app alle d at th e pi t racing that
went o n today . S o wa s I! Not just the
motorcy cles, either, Did any of you ever
try 10 stop ab ru p tly in a on e-ton van ?
Jackson said he didn't think that the
BLM was going to have rangers oUI at
_ the races citing any b od y , but the CHP
and co un ty sheriff migh t. Co me on,
fellas, use yo ur heads. Let's clean up our
own act wh ile we still have an ac t to
perform.
Most of the ride rs who finished said
the co urse was really good, witha fast
Hare'N'Hound!
With an en try of 890 r id ers, o ur 125cc
DISW _was fi rst' across the f inish
' ,,\
line . Our 250cc was fo urt h
across , a nd our 100cc
" ,'
_ I."" '\ . ro u nded it out at ' f iftee nth
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overa ll, fi rst trail bike.
Prov ing aga in beyo nd any
doubt, DKW's superio r
handl ing ,
....-!~.--!!lIII re I ia b j Iit y ,
and
power.
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"Well, the secret to my success is diet . I only eat chocol ate milk, tow rope and dav-old hot dogs.
That's what makes me go so fast: ' Wow, A.C.. we can hardly wait to try itl .
