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by Ron Schneiders
Ph o to s b y R on and Elle n Sc hneiders
TW ENTY-NI N E PALMS, CAL ., Mar. 4,
197 3 - R o y She ridan, riding a Pen ton,
wo n th e Sweepsta kes Trophy of th e
Ch aparral's Coy ote En d uro with a scor e
o f minus o ne . T hi s sim ple state me nt
migh t n ot so un d p articularly impressive
b u t it is fo r two 're aso ns. Firs t, it
represents a gigantic b reakthrough for
S ou th ern Cali forn ia en d uro riders. For
th e first time in an im portan t end uro
th e winner has b een an no unce d th e day
of the eve nt with n o qualification s o r
guesswo rk in vol ved. An y en d uro rid e r
wh o has waited three agonizin g weeks
to find o ut if he won his class or go t
dis q ua lified because a checke r di dn ' t see
h im will appreciate this ac hievement .
More o n this lat er in th e article.
Secondly, th is en d uro, by th e nature
of the terr ain in vo lved, favor ed big
bikes. In fac t, th e next five pl ac es
overall we nt to heavyweigh ts, so
Sheridan w on a d ouble victory, n o t on ly
getting the b est sco re , but also d oing it
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on a 100cc bike.
T he Coy ote w as laid o ut in an area
r ou ghly
3 0 miles n ortheast of
T we n ty-Nine Palm s, in qui t e d esolate
de sert th at in previ ous years has be en
used as a b omb in g ran ge. T he fir st lo o p
was about 45 mil es lon g and h ad quite a
fe w in terestin g fe atures fo r th e rid er s.
Undoub te d ly th e mo st fun was to be
had in th e "airplane" can y on s, wh ich
Th e flip-card system o f time kee ping was used an d very successfully, Complaints were al most no n-existant.
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