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Ike Grasscatcher was the win ner of the under fou r year s, etc. mini class desp ite almost losing it in the second thirty minute mo ta . Fortunately, it was fou nd in time .
Farrenby Squeaks After Grasscatcher Breaks
lap wh en she tan gled with th e numbe r
tw o rider. A sr-r ew d river w as fo u n d in
h er fr ont spokes, but sh e is ex pec te d to
b e re leased from th e h ospital in time fo r
Christmas . \Ve wen;" a ll g lad to see Ire ne
ge t up an d tak e the vic tory wit h a 2 -~ -I
fin ish . Despite her broken b a ck , Susie
Mae w as a bad spor t eno ug h to ge t up
and fin ish . Fo r tu n ate ly sh e ca me in
fift h , droppin g h er to se cond .
T h e 125 ~ ov icc class w as d omin a ted
b y Irvin g Grassc at cher, J r. who never
looked back as h e p o wered to a 1.1 ·1
sw ee p of those oth er t urk eys. A
pos t-r ace protest o f th e w in n e r w as
disallowed by the, president of th e cl ub ,
Irvin g Grasscatc ber , Sr. , wh o was
q u oted as sayin g. "I d on 't th ink h e was
ru n nin g a 5 0 I . and e ve n if he was, it is
riding ah ilit y th at counts," This is
ce rt ain ly true on this tw o m ile c o u rse
wit h its 7/8 mile u ph ill strai ght and
th ree d em and ing turns.
T he high light o f th e day w as th e
Open A ma t ure cl ass w hi ch w as led all
th e w ay b y I s a a c
" Ir on m a n"
Grasscatcher w ho j u s t re cen tly m oved
into this n ew Arn a tu re divi sion. \Vhen
th e flap; fe ll lronman sho t int o th e first
tum an d w as n eve r h eaded us h e
pow ered his H arl e y to th e flag o u t o f
sigh t o f - an y com p e tit io n in air th ree
m o lo s. If a nvone els e ev e r de cide s to
ru n in this divis ion, th ey h ad bette r b e
ca re fu l, Issac say s h e's go ing to sell h is
H y d ra -G lid e an d hu y a n ew Sports ter.
Wat ch ou t !
A lo t of p eo p le as ke d m e to mention
the 2 50 E xpert class , so I will , alt h ough
it d idn't se e m ve ry inte re s tin g to me.
J oh n Farrenby w as th e w inn er h e re
ab oard his T riump h alt h ough he d idn' t
do a very good j oh of i t an d alm o s t lo s t
th e win wit h his p oor ridin g o n the
straightaway . li e a lso go t had s tart s and
had to make u p for it hy ridin g wa y
ov e r h is h ead and th ereb y en dan ge ring
the lives o f all t h os e of us wh o w ere
fo rce d to wa tc h . llis o n lv re a l
c ompet itio n f ad ed w h en ' I v an
Grasscatcber 's CZ fouled a p lug at the
start. Ivan was q uo ted as say in g, "Of
c o u rse I co uld h av e b ea ten a ll those
squids if m y' bike h ad kep t ru n nin g.
T hat spar k plug h as w orked for six y e a rs
and th ere w as no reaso n fo r it to qui t
n o w except for that c ru m m y Commie
m a ch in e . I 'm go in g to se ll it and get a
good A m eric an m a chi n e lik e my lill ie
b ro th e r. Th en I 'll dust them off for
sure.
Any way , Farrenb y sq u eake d
thro ugh with a bare 2 ·2 · 1 vie t or y .
Se c o nd an d th ird pl ace s w ent t o som e
guys wh o I thi nk we re first tim e E xperts
beca use I h ave n ' t se em them in t his class
before . Roger DeCoster w a s second
and Brad Lackev was th ird .
T he ra ce w as perfectly o rg ani ze d and
all the ev en ts w ere fin ished b y 9 : 15
P . ~'l. w hen the guy w ho o wns the
p as tu re foun d us th er e and ki cked us
off. O ur ne x t ra ce will be held on April
3 1 and w ill d e termine the world
ch am p io n sh ip . Ira Crass c a tc her lo o ks
lik e th e one to wa tch for in th a t since
h e j ust got a ne w Ho nd a 750 whi ch , I
und e rstand, is an A merican bike. Come
o n o ut for some mo re o f this
action -packed sport. R eme mber, it t ake s
steel bol ts to rid e m oto cr o ss.
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