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Lucerne Yalley - Red_ouataia - Plaster City -SearchIiPt- Sldewlnder-Road - SU....tItIon.ouatala _ 'ean - Raad Mountains - Lucerne YaUey .... Mo~ Desert Hotline Lewellyn. SR OPEN AM: 1. M. VanSickle; 2. G. Gibbons. SR 250 EX: 1. O. Whitehorn; 2. A. Guzman; 3. C. Goodban. SR 250 AM: 1. 74; 2. 71; 3. T. Blackstock.. SR 250 BEG: 1. D. Wilson. SR C EX: 1. O. Kersting; 2. W. Eveland; 3. T. Webb. SR CAM: 1. R. Hansing; 2. C. Smith; 3. J. Wilson. WOMEN EX: 1. D. Holeman. WOMEN AM: 1. D. Engstrom; 2. P. Payne; 3. C. Waggoner. . WOMEN NOV: 1. S. Dietz. ... 00 ~ Livingston bombs Mine Shaft Scrambles v ,.0 8 v ·U By Loretta Pipkin o CALEXICO, CA, NOV. 14 v Leon Livingston (Kearney Mesa Yam-H u.s) took home the gold in Fudpucker Racing Team's Mine Shaft Scrambles. Fanned Chuck Steams took the overall win in the SoCal M.C. hare 'n' hound. (File photo.) Stearns smokes SoCal H&H By Shirley Upp fREMONT VALLEY, CA, NOV. 21 Chuck Stearns poured the coals to his Honda CR480, taking 'the point position at the smokebomb and leading all the wa¥Jo take the overall win in the SoCaI M.C. AMA D-37 hare 'n' hound. The banner dropped first for the Amateurs and Experts, and Stearns edged past Chris Crandall (KTM) at the smokebOmb to take the lead, with Open Amateur Dave Willis running third and Stearns'Baja teammate Lee _Scheffers (Hon) fourth.. Dick Postma suffered a crash on the bomb run, but in trying to get away from his bike he was hit by another rider, resulting in a broken leg and a dislocated shoulder. We wish Dick aspeedy recovery. The Novice/~eginner start saw Jerald jazarowski leading past the bomb with Steve Williams second. Running strong on his C bike (175cc class) was H. Giese. The first loop was 35 miles, with a little of everything thrown in. Some riders were having trouble overshooting turns, and those who did often found themselves sliding'down steep hills. As the riders came off the first loop, ·Steamswas still out front. Dan Smith -----.-14 . .. {Hus) had come from sixth at the . bomb to run second, in sight of Stearns. ~heffers had 'moved up to third, and Willis was fourth, but still leading the Amateurs. Crandall was fifth, and Dan Ashcraft (Hus) was sixth. Ashcraft had suffered one of the WOISt starts of his career, and went past the bomb in the 60s. In the 250cc Expert ranks, Howard McCasland (Hon) had the lead with Ed Pierce and Charles Barney run· ning behind him. Tom Elias was leading the C bike class, and Richard . Jackson (Hus) and Morris Norman . (Hus) were doing the same in the Vet and Senior classes, respectively. Running 12th overall into home check on a Honda CR 125 was Honda motocross star Brian Myerscough. Myerscough had discovered a cracked frame before the start, but said "To heck with it," and raced anyway. The second loop was 45 miles of work, fun and challenge. Back in the pack, Ken Upp had returned from an injury-induced layoff and was dicing with Senior rider Norm Stuart. Sharon Dietz, leading the Women's Novice class, had time to help her husband after he crashed and still win her class. At the'finish it was Stearns in at first overall, turning in a super performance. Stearns said he had a good ride with ito problems. Second was Dave Wasden, but Wasden's ride might be in jeopardy due to lack of checks. Third overall was Crandall, who passed Smith after Smith came up.. with two flat tires. Ash~raft came ... -.. ...- up to finish fifth, with Myerscough really pushing his small bore to finish sixth, although he won't get the points. Seventh overall and first 250cc Expert was McCasland, earning a Honda sweep of the displacement classes. Scheffers was eighth, one position ahead of first 250cc Amateur Andy Mathews (Suz). Brett Howell finished 10th overall and second C bike; but he will get top points since Myerscough rode pie plate. At 11th overall, Morris Norman took home another in a long line of Senior wins. First overall Novice honors went to Steve Williams. Results OPEN EX: 1. C. Stearns; 2. D. Wasden; 3. C. Crandall. OPEN AM: 1. D. KloI'ir; 2. J. Bennington; 3. J. Rapp. ". OPEN NOV: 1. S. Williams; 2. J. Bosenko; 3. M. Finkle. OPEN BEG: 1. C. Davis; 2. M. Evangelista; 3. T. Alkire. 250 EX: 1. H. McCasland; 2. T. Mattow. 250 AM: 1. A. Mathews; 2. R. Hethringto,,; 3. D. Criske. . 250 NOV: 1. L. Tidwell; 2. H. Allen; 3. K. Rapp. 250 BEG: 1. G. Tamura; 2. 1; 3. D. Edelstein. 125 EX: 1. B. Myerscough; 2. B. Howell; 3. T. Elias. 125 AM: 1. E. Hallgam; 2. R. Waters; 3. J. Braasch. 125 NOV: 1. H. Giese. 125 BEG: 1. L Stolts; 2. M. McCoy. VET OPEN EX: 1. G. Cha"ers; 2. R. Jackson; 3. M. Force. VET OPEN AM: 1. J. Draves; 2. 145; 3. J. Thompson. VET OPEN NOV: 1. J. Dills; 2. B. Murray; 3. R. Smith. VET OPEN BEG: 1. B. Gillan; 2. J. Corre; 3. S. Cameron. . VET 250 EX: 1. J. Bringhurst; 2. L. Gorden; 3. M. Lee. . 250 AM: 1. R. Paproski; 2. D. DeSimone. VET 250 BEG: 1. M. Cole. SR OPEN EX; 1. M. Norman; 2. R. Surber; 3. B. • t, I r out over the rocky terrain, it started in two waves a minute apart. Paul Eddy and Bob Larson faded to the right along a smooth ridge. Eddy was so far ahead of the pack at check one the checkers held him feeling something was amiss. In the middle of the arguments Scot Harden blew in and the pack was dosing the distance. Th~y marked Eddy and Hardin and bo~h took 0((. Seems Eddy and Larson were the only ones who listened dosely at the riders' meeting where it was ..' stated you can get to the smokebomb anyway you like, an4 both chose the ridge. Harden seized a 'mile from check one. Livingston was smokin' as he passed Hamen, who threw up his hand for one rider ahead. "That surprised me," said Livingston, "But I didn't have time to think about it." Later he admitted he missed the riders' meeting. Eddy piited 10 feet ahead of Livingston, but Livingston got out first. They continued to dice throughout the four 22\2 mile loops. Eddy's 250 did better in some areas while Livingston's 500 roared where he could turn it loose. Livingston finished a minute ahead of Eddy, who was good natured about the holdup at check one. It was the contention of both riders that they would rather race dose as it didn't leave any time for boredom. D.ale Conner held down third position for three laps while Matt Hope and Gordon Clark dogged his trail. In the long sandwash Hope's muffler split a seam burning a hole in the gas tank and drenching everything with gas. Lady Luck did give him one break: the bike didn't burst into flame. Clark flew by Hope, catching and passing Conner two lJliles before the finish. "I laid it down in the rollers after Clark passed," said ·Conner. "I got right up, but by that time Clark . was out of sight." Clark sailed in for third overall while Conner coHected fourth and the Amateur 250cc class wIn. Roger Adsit took the Senior class Expert win. "I put a 490 barrel and piston in my 465, sure gave it more poop," he said. "I got a good start, but got 0(( in the rough stu((, and 30 riders must have passed me before I got going. It took me two laps before I caught up to W.C. Thorton." Thorton finished second and Charlie Baker was third in class. It is near heads-up points in the hotly competitive Vets class. John Peterson, Monte Lee and Ed Mundy were going for it. Lee, back with a lumpy davical, was after Peterson who was hangin' on to the class lead like a dog with a bone. Mundy was in there perched for one of them to make a mistake. Peterson got a flat in the pit and 'Lee and Mundy flew by. Lee got the win with Mundy right behind him. ... ~.o .. .... ~ ~ " A ~ .. ~ .~