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o Sand, Sand, Nothing but Sand - '" :E ~ z w W ..J U >U Two-hundred twenty riders cha rge thr o uqh chok ing dus t and each o th er . 100-Mile Hare Scrambles Don Jame s (Jaw) packs Ron Long double across th e Or egon d eser t on " the ugliest b ik e i n t he rac e" - wh ich ke pt r unni ng wh en o th ers f ailed . Chuck le. • .......:. ~. ~: -Inc. '- b y J an Newm an When the dust had settled. th e e ngines co o led II ER~lI S T O:-:, OR E ., Fe b. 25, 19 73 and the re sults tallied. t he o vera ll win ner was Curt Brewer (Y amaha). H e got th e sp oils after At II :4 0 'he shot was heard and 22 0 --= iC ng:..; ith Harriman . d::::i:.; w riders raced fo r th ei r bi kes . T hose wh o h ad to . k ic k ' he se cond time faced a clou d o f du st o n th e w ay t o the smo ke b omb. The c o u rse w a s laid o u t over 2 5 miles o f vary ing sa n d. A I the rider s' m ee tin g it w as an nou n ce d th a t th ere we re tw o . ro cks... b o th well ma rked wit h red. We h e a rd n o repo rt s of anyo ne hitting either one of them . Thc lu mps and b ru ise s w e saw we re mos tlv a result o f w hoop-de-des and a d ry co u rse w h ich beca m e rough er as the d ay \ven t hy. I ' Was a good sta r t. Mo st of the b ik es wh ich broke w a ited unt il th ey were mu ch far th e r from th e p it s. O ne suc h bike b el o nged t o Ron Lon g, As h e ap p roache d p o ssihl y th e far thes t poin t from th e pit area in thi rd pl a ce hi s CZ _ c o ugh e d and died. Disc c u ragin a as "tha t ma y be it 's n ot n early as h u m iliating as hi tchin g a ride back to the pits o n the u gl ie st bike o n t he c o u rse. A s riaorrnortis .se t in ' h e CZ , Ro n cl imbed 0;; beh in d Don J am e s o n -a 2 50J aw a for the re turn to the p its. Curt Brewer and ;"Iatt lI a rriman, b oth riding 250 Yam ah as, e xchange d th e lead for three lap s. S ho r tly afte r h e began th e final lap, Harriman re turn ed to th e p its wi th a flat t ire an d was o u t. Brew er went o n to w in fir st ove ra ll. Mi ke J aekel (S u z) an d Ve rn Simm on s (;"Iai) were run n in g a close se cond and th ird as they c a me to the finish. Th e y the b o th kept the throttle on rig h t up wi re wi th Jaekel ge t ting 'he ed ge for second a nd first Open bike . S im m o ns w as fi rst 25 0 , No t fa r h ehind was the w inner of the 125 class. ;"leI Tho mpson fin ished fou rth on a Pu ch , Ch a rles Wells (lI od ) w as th e fi rst 100 fin ish er. e leve n th o verall. Way ne Davi d so n (Yam ) w as fir st in the 200 class. Bo th the 14 and Un de r and :l 9 and Ove r cl asses ran o n ly tw o la ps . J e rr Feger! was 'h e le ade r fo r t he kids. J ohn GeeJan fi n ish ed first for the 3 9 an d Over cl ass j us t ahead o f J im Xewman, '0 WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ACK PRODUCTS, 676 Auzera is Ave., San Jose, Ca 95125 408-293-5 111 E.T. 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