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The Quade-Utsey Husley Goes faster, Longer, Milder?
Th en Pam elli c arn e through . H is
Bronc o lo oked li ke a piece o f number
ten b ond which had been resigned to
th e trash b asket in a cru nc he d wad .
Rep orts said h e had be en upside down
at least tw ice . The c a r was bare ly
rec ogn izab le . But, as usual, he was goin g
ungodly fas t. He b ar e le y cam e to a stop
in th e p its. Eve ry one wondered if
Parnelli 's sp eed cou ld b e e nough in th e
d arkne ss t o be at the fly in g Ti b b lin . Pure
happ en stan ce a nswe re d the question .
About 80 mi les o ut o f Ense riada Ro lf
was p ro c eedin g at a rapid rate wh en his
headlight w ent ou t. The m o onless night
helped him qu ickly find hi s wa y into a
tree. He w as unco nscious fo r a few
min ut es, and wh en he ca me to he was
not th oroughl y su re of what he was
doing . T he in c re d ib le racer' s ur ge go t
him bac k o n h is bike an d raci ng agai n .
A ft er a n u mber of miles two b ik es
p assed h im goi ng the o pposit e wa y in
th e d arkn ess. It was Howa rd Utsey an d
Gene Dempse y ru nn in g f airly closely
togeth er. Rol f figured ou t th at he was
ru nnin g th e wro n g 'Way, but th e d amage
had b een d one. Th e Tibblin -Ma y es
Husk y w as t o be fo u r thbike ,
H ow ard Utsey wa s th e fi rs t vehicle to
arrive in Ensenad a, but Pam elli flogged
hi s Ford in fast e noug h to make his 3 0;
starting minute th e winning number.
S tarting five hours la t e r than th e first
bike h e h ad hit th e h o t places when
Last year's 10 00 runner ups Bishop and Bohannon ran rapidl y until D on (Bohannon) got off in D iablo D ry Lake.
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R ES U L TS (Bi k e onl y) :
OVE R 1 2 5 : 1. Mickey Quade & Howa rd
Ut sey (Hus ) 1 3 :54.2 . Ge ne & Sam D emp se y
(T rl )
15:10. 3. B ill Sil vert horn & Jo h n
K en y on (H o n ) 15 :21. 4 . M itch Mayes & R o lf
The Sil verthorn -Kenvon (F ett y ?) Honda tea m wo rked out we ll moving up to third bike by the
f inish .
Tibblin
\.'jiUSl. 5 : R o la nd
Reed & Fred
Germa in ( on) . 6 . N ile s Us sery & D ick Vl ck
(Hus). 7 . Jo h n Wa tkins a nd Todd Martella
(sue) .
125 : 1. Pr est o n Pett y & Dick Miller ( DKW)
16 : 02 . 2 . To m Br o o k s & Mark A d en t ( D KW)
1 6 : 3 7 . 3 . L arry Roseter & J im Sum mer s
( H . D) 18 :09 .
