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... " '" e o GIA T DESE T M .... m COP-OUT! m '" > '" s LAPO Badgers M.C. Cop-Out Hare and Hou nd ~ w Z W by A lice Rhea Photos by Al ice Rh ea & Marcia Ho lley RE D MO UNT AI N , CA L ., May 20 Mitch Mayes (Hus) and Tom Broo ks (D KW) ran a tight race up to the smo kebornb , flashi ng past the spectators almost neck in neck , with Brooks sligh t1y in the lead. So mewhere on the first loop Brooks got off, and altho ugh he wo uld no t co mmen t, obvio usly damaged his bike as he DNF'd. Mayes kept the lead , extending it d uring the second lo op to take another first o veral l, h is th ird in the desert this year. J im Fishbac k (C Z) h as cau ght his stride agai n and m an aged t o hold off the aggressiv e Mark Aden t (DKW) to ' take the win in th e D ivisio n I Ligh tweight class at second overall with Ad en t taking seco nd 250 at thir d overal l. ..J U > U Tom Smith (Yam) an d Bryan Brecker (Bul) round ed o ut th e top five with Smith ta kin g second He avywe igh t Experts an d Brec ke r th ird. Co rd is Brooks, aga in rode his DKW in for th e win in the T rail bike class at about eig h th overall w ith Mik e j o hnso n (Yam) taking second in th at' class . The Badgers M.C. is c omp osed of me mbers of the Los Angeles Police, and although is might no t have been expected, they put on a fine race, one . that riders said was among the best the y had ever ridden. Good pub lic re lations fo r the fo rce; dese rt racers learned tha t cops aren't such ba d guys after all. Riders, ro unding th e bomb , we re disappoin ted to see t h at familiar n arr ow canyon where so ma ny races have bo ttlen ecked, b ut, once th ro ugh, the co u rse ran ove r coun try wh ich ha d never be en ridden and, aItho ugh the re we re a couple o f di fficult hill s with two Down pleasel M itch Mayes on th e way to fi rst overall on his Husky . Lemme see ...wh ich. way was I going? Jim Fishback took the same elevator and came home seco nd fo r first 250. . separate loops, the re were none of th e usual prob lem s o f No vice ge tti ng st uc k and st ill bein g there blo cking traffic wh en th e Expe rts ca me aro un d th e second time . With Tom Bro oks ou t of th e race, firs t Division II U gh tw eigh t showed up at 13th ove rall, Bren t WalIin gsford on a DK W, wit h Dean Mo dese tt, also riding DK W in for secon d in tha t class. Novices had a great race going between Ron Pinion on a 250 Yamaha, Ernest Harleybue on a 4 00 Hus ky, an d Tom Bullock o n a 250 Yamaha. When the dust cleared th e three of the m sat on the fin ish line in that o rder. . With the Los Angeles Polic em en puttin g on the race you may rest assu red that every th ing w as o rde rly and t here was n o pit raci ng for a change. T he course w as well marked and fun to ride desp it e the he at and du st . RESULTS: I ' OVERALL : 1. Mitch May es (Hus ): 2. Jim Fishbac k (CZ ); 3. Mark Ad ent ยท (DK WI ; 4 . Bryan Brecker (CZ) ; 5 . Jimmy Brown (Bull; 5 . Doug Wi nchell (Bul). . DIV II : 1. Brent Wall ing sfo rd IDKW I ; 2 . Dean Modem ID KW). A M: 1. Larry Laruent (Yam); 2 . Bob Williams (Hu s}: 3 . Bob Roemi ne (Suzl; 4 . Jeff Fr ies " , " (H o n) . You have to keep the gas on . TRAI LAM : 1. Roger Reed (Pen); 2 . Steve All ey (Hod). TRAIL ES: 1. Cord is Brooks (D KW) ; 2. Mike John son (Y am). NOV : 1. Ron Pin ion (Y am ); 2 . Ernest Harleybue (Hus) : 3 , Tom Bullock (Y am) ; 4 . Steve Pyle (Y am) ; 5 . Ron Mar x (Yam). T RAI L NOV : 1. St eve Nestle (Hod ); 2. Roldan Rodman (Hodl ; 3 . V ance Schm id (Hod ).