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.And Preston Gerbers Wins One in Idaho by John Larsen BOISE IDAHO, Apr. 29, 1973 - A h undrcdand tw elve miles · of rough bru sh and d unes stood in the wa y o f Preston Ge rbers , who piloted his 35 0 Pursang in fo r first overall in the J ack · Rabbit Ha re 'n' Ho und and the $400 that goes along with it. Mo re than 340 rid ers had d riven fro m as far away as Neb raska to ta ke a shot at one of th e top d ese rt races in the No rthwe st an d see if th ey could take h o me so me of th e S 1, 100 of prize m oney or a cheris he d fin isher pin. The J ack Rabbit 100 is o ne of the diminishing few real cross-co untry de sert races meanin g onl y a fe w mil es are run on exist ing roads and trails , leaving the riders to slug it o u t wit h miles o f unridden dun es , sagebrush and hidden gullies. Gerbers was havin g a b ar to bar duel wi th fell ow Bul rid er Don Full er , but a fou led plu g le ft Fuller am o ng th e b ig cro wd o ut in t he d un es who were watchi ng th e 86 finis he rs go by. Bo b Sword came in out of the du st an d wi nd for second overall on his 450 N " '" rf l'? .... '" N N . > :E Husky, followed ·b y fcllo w Hus ky rid er Cotton Guio. Xe x t in th e ove rall line-up an d first 25 0 was Carl Struthe rs who ro de t he n ew Kawasaki MX in for top ho nors in that class . This year's co urse in clu de d the back side of the Bruneau Sand Du nes whic h are A me rica's hig hest dunes , and ma ke a ro ugh trian gle down was hes and across grass-co vered flats. Wayn e Larsen rod e in for fir st in t he 17 5 cla ss with Terry Bryan second o n a Yam ah a. Suzu ki stayed in the top three with Ll oyd Sh aw er getting third m o ney in th e class . The 125 h on ors were collected by Dave Newe ll o n a Mo nark with Hu sk y riders J im Pu ett and Tagg Guio getting th e top three spots. When the last of th e ride rs were in and h ad b een h an d ed a cold Millers by th e man agem ent, they all agre ed that th e co urse had been a de man ding on e, with some fin ish ers wande rin g around , like th ey co uld n' t believe it was real ly o ver. That is w hat ma kes a good deser t Hare ·n' Ho und an d separates it from j us t another long motocro ss. '" s Z W ..J U >U It wa sn't a easy run . JACK RABB IT 10 0 ~~ir~e2~~~~~3 by John L arsen O PEN · Prest on Ge rb ers Bob Sw or d Cott on Gu io 2 5 0 cc Carl St r u t tte r Ro n Ro gers John Harrelson 175cc W ay ne La rsen T er ry Brya n . Llo y d S hawer 125cc David N ewell Ji m Pue tt Tagg Guio IOOcc T ommy Pratt Bul H us Hus Kaw S uz B ul S uz Yam S uz Ma n Hus H us Han H -D J im Ph ill i p s R ussell Ro st M IN I D enn ie Lee Den n is R ich a rd son Ro d M arcum POWDE R P U F F Sh a ron Purrvi s San dr a Ba rre tt K a ren Masc hma n Preston Gerbers led the race fro m start to fi nish on his Bultaco 350 . H an Han H on Yam Y am Y am Han Rav H ale congrat ulates Carl St ruth ers, t he 250 w in ner. COMPLETE COVERAGE FROM TRACKSIDE fj ~( :.. ~ TIME TRIALS MAY 19&20 RACE BROADCAST· MAY2B- BAM Brought to you by: • • • • • • BRYANT AIR CONDITIONING GABRIEL SHOCK ABSORBERS MILLER HIGH LIFE BEER PARNELLI JONES FIRESTONE PEYTON L1NCOLN·MERCURY POSTAL INSTANT PRESS A4oo74 CALIFORNIA - L I F E STYLE I