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Ron Bohn Tops Stone Mtn. National Endmo-Maybe & " 0- ,... M Ol M ~ " :< ~ w Z W ...J o >o Abo ve left : While Bohn scooted up th e hill , most of the other riders st ruggled, footed , grunted and cursed for forward progress. Righ t: T he O ld Ma n himself, John Pento n, showed up w ith a collection of relat ives on one -two-fives, Below : T his mou ntain-climbing with a motorcycle on y our back is a tough sports . j by Tod Rafferty DAL T ON , GA. , Marc h 4, 1973 - The foo th ills of the S moky Mountains wer e th e setting for th e continuing b attle twix Ron Boh n and Bill Kain fo r the National Endu ro Ch ampio nship. At this wri tin g it ap pears Bo hn n arr o wly edged Kain for the overall win in the Stone Moun tai n Enduro. T h e s co rin g hassles are still unr eso lved since the re was so me evide nc e that a number o f rider s falsified th eir scorecards an d later claimed th a t the times were erroneous ly entere d in the score book. The complete an d , hopefu lly, acc ura te results may be available for th e next issue. It was n' t a muddy run, bu t th e tight woods an d ro ck y trail s soon fat igued many rid er s. Hill City was th e p rim e sp ectator spot, an d, t ho ugh it provid ed co n tinuo us amuse ment for the crow d, it off ered only agony for th e riders unable to make it to t he ' top . Faced with a 5 0 0·foot inclin e of san d, clay and ch ert , many riders mad e a h alf-d ozen attemp ts before reaching th e crest. O the rs spe nt mos t of th e afternoon on the hillsi de, al ternately resting and d o ing the grun t-wh eeze-and-push . Ron Boh n n ego ti ated the hill with a sm ooth , unin te rrupted cha rge to the top. Most of t h e b e tt er riders did likewise, incl udi ng Pap a J ohn Pento n, wh o charged about half wa y up and cas ua lly f o ot ·padd led a nd throttle-blip ped th e re st o f the way. Bu t, of ove r 600 entries, it see me d th at at least 500 spe nt a mi ghty lon g spell o n th e side o f t hat hill. Nearly everyone agreed, however. that it was a fin e run . AI Eames remarked th at it w as on e of th e best endures he 'd attended. The Geo rgia Crackers MC is now in the pro cess of so rting o ut the sco ring problems, an d intends to m ail th e trophies to all wh o d eserve th em within th e n ex t two weeks. It is h op ed that the names of all th ose who cheated will be no ted an d duly recorded in a little b lack b ook for futu re referen ce. All score sh eets are being ch ec ked agains t th e master sheet to find any discrepancies. Bill Ol iver, Corvallis, Ore. , rides the Astro 350 to be come the first out-of-st ate rider ever to win an y Novice T .T . ' event at Ascot Park. When you u nc rate a Bultaco, we only lea ve you t hree things t o do : 1. Put on the front wheel, 2 . Hook up the hand lebars, 3 . Go out and win . Need we say more... Just a litt le more : Asc o t -T _ . Nov ice F ina l Feb . 25th T 1st : Bill Ol iver 2 nd : J eff .Dav idso n 4th: Ric k Milner AVAILABL E AT ALL FINE BULTACO SHOPS Astro 350 Astro 350 " .. Astro 350