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o Arizona Dog and Bunny to Tibblin " t" ... '" M en :;: w Z W ...J U >- U Rolf T ibb lin shows the w ay at the Flume as he nears horne and first place . RESULTS: OPEN: 1. Rolf Tibb lin (Hus): 2. Mick Quade (Husl; 3. J . Halford (Yam); 4. B. Thornbu rg (Hus); 5 . Paul Valente (Husl. 250 NOV: 1. Darryl Tussing (Hon); 2. Dave Miller (Husl: 3. 'John Koslik [Suz}; 4 . Clark Also ISuz); 5 . Paul Edwards (Yaml. 125 NOV: 1. John Fo x IDKW) ; 2. Roger Brown (Penl; 3 . Don Stevens (Pucl ; 4. Charlie Fife (DKW) ; 5 . Dan Smith (Penl. OPEN BEG: 1. Dennis O'Brian (MAl; 2. Wayne Forward IHusl: 3 . Grover Ward (CZ); 4 . George Tonnel (Yam); 5 . J im Boyer (Husl. POWDER PUFF; 1. Barb Keeme (CZ); 2 . Lori Matassa (Husl. 250 BEG: 1. Tom Cooper IHon); 2 . Richard Masters (Yaml ; 3. Lewis Lyons (Husl; 4. Evan Wallen (Kewl: 5. J im Guice {Husl. t25 BEG: 1. Mark Wasson (Suz); 2 . Kevin Muskun (Yam); 3 . Keit h Marsh (Yam); 4 . Andy Evans (Honl. OVER 40 : ,1. Bob Edwards (Yam); 2. Don Mueller (Suzl; 3. J . Liddle (Yaml. John Kozlik (370) leads Jim Halford and Tibblin into the left turn after the smoke bomb at start. by Ed & Ed LaPlante PHOENIX, A RIZ ., Apr. 29 , 1973 - In the Hi e ro glyph ic Mountains 30 mil es No rt hwest o f Phoen ix, the " G o ld Rush 75 " H are 'n' H ound was held. T h is wa s th e first H 'n ' H in th e area. The re is mu ch i nt e re s t i n c r o ss-co u n tr y , point-to -p oint races. Wea the r tu rned op t to be typical Ari zona all the way , ho we ver this was o ne race th at started on ti me , on ly a h al f h our late . T he start was th e usual ru n to th e smoke abo ut a mi le di stan t , b ut the re the sim ilar i ty en ded. At the smoke mark e r, the trail narrowed fro m mi le-wide to me re yards wide as the co urse made a tight le ft tum o nto a new p ower lin e road. Fo r man y th e p ower lin e was a w elc ome sight , with visio ns o f gra de d road all th e way . T his was soon shattered w ith a tig h t , off-camber righ t tu m tha t led into a was h (rive r be d ). T he trail follo wed a cow p ath o f sorts, up river through assorted cac ti, trees and ,b ushe s ove r m o stl y loos e sand , sc a tte red with boulders. A ny vision of a can dy run were n ow en ded. At 3 mil es o u t, a 25 0 Novice, Da rryll Tussin g led the pac k, fo llowed by J on Mill er, J im Halford, R andy Carnea, R ol f T ib b lin a n d Mick Q ua de. After th e fron t ru nners p assed, the rest see me d to co m e in packs accompanied by clouds o f d ust and much co nfusion as so me tried to fall b ac k morc or less in line. Farther up , t he wash led through the on ly watcr th a t thcy would see all day . Up to now the trail was y ar ds wi de, bu t soon it dropped to bi ke -widths in good wash san d a n d gravel. A ft er abou t three miles o f e x tra -n arrow wash, they ca me upon ch ec kp o in t No . I followed in an othe r three miles b y ch ec k poin t No .2. Fro m che ck 2 the trail p ic ked up an ol d j eep trail that I would n ot lik e to try in an o ld Jee p. T he cou rse wa s run a t 1,600-1,800 fee t e le va ti o n m ost o f t he way , but , after c hec k 2 it ran by Sa d d le ba ck Mountain an d Twin Bu tt es (2,3 75-2 ,200 feet el eva tion). All m o un t ain trails h ave th eir pitfal ls and th is wa s n o exception. A- p it ch ec k wa s t he d own fall o f m an y. The pit sto p w as mi ssed, ma ybe in th e con fusio n or m a ybe in quest of re pairs o r a d rin k. One would no t thin k it wo uld b e mi ssed in tentionally be ca use it wo uld only knock o ff a mil e , more or less. Th ings n obody saw: Sn akes h ad be en predicted, n on e were re ported; be autiful co u n tr y , man y will be b ack j us t to lo ok it over ; c h ec k p oin t 2 h ad so me sun b athing go ing o n , sorry fellows, the y we n t h ome or whereve r they go; dus t in th e p its we kn o w abo ut, a wa ter t ru ck would h a ve been n ice . All rid ers an d sp ec tato rs h ave .gr ip es, but in al l, thi s wa s well organ ize d and ru n . C he c ks well man ne d . REA CT (local citizens-ban d gro up ) mus t be thanke d for their se rv ic e s in rad i o 'c o m m unication and 4 -wh eeI drive support . firs t-aid, w ater, et c . Larry Bayne (left) and Mike Tanner struggle with tank card. Rider John cross has other interests. LET KatH8RD KOTE YOUR ENGINE WHEN YOU THINK YOU CAN'T BUILD IT TO GO ANY FASTER. THAT 'S WHERE WE START. B 10 e ~ I ...JIl 9 • I V I , % o 8 R I • D • • • • R V ,, , I , L Kal-Gard 7118 Gerald Ave. Van Nuys, Ca. 91406 (213) 997-1673 .JlI ,. - ,, , I ~G lt l if I .. R C 6S00 1000 7~