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to m ak e up ab out 3 minutes every mil e. In sp ite o f a heal thy helping of mud , mo st of th e ru n was d ry and so me of it qu ite dust y. Dust in that area is som e wh at more irritating th an in o ther areas because it is in good p art organic ma terial an d its reddis h colo r is even h ard er to see thro ugh than n ormal beige desert dust. Bob War d n o ted on his score card, "You need a big w ater truck fo r th e seco nd loop or rain four da y s and 32 minutes b efo re th e event." The Po lka D o ts agr ee d wi th hi s cal cul a tion and said they had o rde red it , but God failed to p ro vid e. In spite o f some b ottlen ecks (none of th em to o serious) an d the dus t , alm ost every one thought th e run was p re tt y great, which is wh y the Polka D o ts ge t an entry of about 700 riders every ye ar .. Ab out fifty p er cen t fin ish ed. In th e ten year history of th e Polka Do ts ru n tw o gu ys have won th e swe epstak es t ro phy three times apiece, bu t n either has three consec u tive wins , whi ch is wh at it takes to re tire th e tr ophy. J ohn Ne lson wo n in 64 , 70 , and 72. Geroge Newso m won in '67, '69 and 71. Both were on h and today to try fo r the co nsecu tive wins, but neither had much luc k. This ye ar belonged to th e Jenkins, with Jerry taking sweepstak es and Open A clas s with -17 and J im J en kin s, h older of th e number one Dist rict 3 6 en duro p late, takin g 1st 125A class . Hawle y Slaton, an eng ine er fro m Reno , Nevada , took t he 25 0A class with. ยท 28 p oin ts. Team results h aven' t been compute d as yet but T eam Bu ltaco (Dav e and G reg Ekins an d Tom Patton) loo ks p re t ty good. O th er resul ts on page 36. All Resul ts are still very much provisional as a lot of checking rem ains to be done. The award for m ost enthusiastic par ticipa tion goes to the Dirt Digger s M.C. Between t heir two co ntinge n ts fro m the no rth and the so uth they h ad over 70 entrants, which is quite a b unch fro m one club ! Over the weekend the m ili tary put on a "fireworks di splay" in nearby Roseville. One of the Polka D o ts who used to live there co m m en ted that they were pl anning a desert race to be held on the site of the fo rmer town. It h as som e in teresting po ssibili ties. Cheaters wh o get off co urse wi ll be blo wn up . Do n't h it the ro cks - they explode! Think I'll pass th at one, bu t I'm loo kin g fo rward to next y ear 's F o rty -N ine r. Who kn ows? If I can get a number in th e first hour, 1 m igh t even finis h one of th ese years. Trees and Mud Make an eo > . ::< CIl ;: w Z W ..J tJ >o .,