Issue link: http://trailridermagazine.uberflip.com/i/1522963
10 Trail Rider www.TrailRider.com Pentons, Hodakas, DT and MX Yamahas, CZs, SL and XL Hondas, some beau fully restored, some looking like they had been pulled out of a dusty 30-year slumber in the barn just last week. The 100-miler used all of the vintage course but added the high-speed stuff and an op- onal hard enduro sec on. The "hard" line had a variety of obstacles including the usual tractor res and huge logs, but also an automobile you had to go up and over front to back, and a stack of concrete rectangular highway barricades that looked like stuff from a modern stop and hop trials course. The "easy" line was about three-quarters of a mile of fast grass track, already well burned in as the vintage racers all used it. The hard enduro sec on was lined with hundreds of spectators and it was a party atmosphere for sure. Back in town, hundreds more spectators lined the Main Street start and the local families lined their backyards with lawn chairs and barbeque grills, cheering and waving at rac- ers. One romp down an alleyway featured a big sign reading "Wheelie Alley" and had probably four dozen local families out there hoo ng whenever a rider obliged them with a front wheel in the sky. The start is similar to the old Hangtown GP with riders off their bikes and facing their bikes. When the starter yells go, the racers had to climb over their bikes, get them fired up, and race to the first of several 90-degree turns, all on brick streets. There's always a few over-anxious racers that overshoot the corners or lay it down, much to the delight of the crowds, as well as the parts counter guys at the motorcycle shops the following week. A er winding through town, down a railroad right of way past the long-closed depot, back into town, and then back out across a narrow bridge, the racers hit the single track for a couple of miles to the vintage-GP split. The vintage headed back into town, the GP hung a right under a highway over- pass and headed to Hamburger Hill. "Fast Fred" Hoess out front and soon to be gone! "Fast Fred" Hoess out front and soon to be gone!