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~ LOCAL EVENTS e Bill Fullmer finished secon d behind Co yot e Derby winner Jason Ingersoll. Kevin Hines steadies himself while crossin g a frozen stream at th e Snow R un Enduro. The ��irst wave of riders leave th e line at the start of the Coyote Derby End uro. Ingersoll scores Coyote DerbyEnduro win By Jim my K. L ew is RED MOUNTAIN. CA, M I AR: o n g a fter most rid ers th ou ght th e race wa s over. "Raci ri' " Jason Inger soll b ro u g h t hi s H on d a CRI25 th rough th e last chec k with a o ne minute adva ntage over th e ent ire field . " I d id p retty good . I o n ly drop ped th ree," sa id Ventura Co unty M.C"s In gersoll befo re being to ld th at th ree was th e best score. It was th e 22n d time th e Cha parrals put o n a three loop. l Ofl -m i le e n d u ro . Us i ng th e n e w Di strict 37 format of a Crider-oriented fir st loop. th e beginning 40 miles took th e racers acro ss T eagl e -Wash Vall ey to Nav y Road an d back a lo ng th e edge of th e Sand Hills. L 50 "T he first loop was a n abso lu te blast," sa id C rid er An ni e Cra wsha w. " Lots o f twi sts a nd tu rn s. no thing too easy a nd n othing too hard . real fun. " The tw ists a n d turn s played to In gersoll's adva n tage , as he cloc ked an ea rly lead in th e first spec ia l test over XR 's Only rid ei Bill y Fu ll mer a nd T ea m Green 's Pau l Krau se. " It was a great co u rse. lot s o f turns. p lus m y mileage wa s rig ht o n. th e on ly prob lem th at I had was losing m y rear bra ke pivot bolt nea r th e end o f th e loop. But I fixed it ," sa id In gersoll. T ed Hunnicutt. fresh o ff a hare a nd hound victo rv o ne week earlier. h ad hi s lu ck run sho rt toda y. " My odo wen t o u t. I burnt some chec ks a nd th en I didn 't care. I just rode for fun .' ��. T op Criders j ess McKinnely andJosh Gr aham-came off the first loop with a few more points than they wanted. " We were catch ing up in the 36 mph section and the speed cha nged to 15 mph so we burnt the check," said McKinnely. T h e seco n d lo o p wa s la id o u t through the moon rocks in Cha rli e's Pl ace where th e seco nd specia l test too k place. T he to p rid ers were o n ly losing one mi n ut e even with a litt le ge tt ing lost. Krause had a few ten se seco nds . as he lost th e tra il in th e spec ia l test but th is was on ly a sma ll problem . "I ran m y stoc k ta nk a nd ra n o ut o f gas." Lucki ly T ed Hunn icutt was right behind a nd a ble to spare enough to . g et Kra use to th e fin ish w it h o ut losin g a ny time. Finishi ng up th e secon d loop it was still Ingersoll a head by o ne po int a n d Krause a nd Fu llmer trailing. T akin g th e win in the C rider class was T im Schmid t wi th a 12 point ride fo llo wed b y J o s h Gra h am wi th 13, W red e Whitn ey 14. J ess McKin nel y 14 a n d Da ve Den ny 15. Kra use's dad. Bob. fin ish ed the race in top for m . " T ha t was toug h . I had to sto p a nd ta ke a res t b u t it was a good th in g," sa id th e Super Seni or C rider. " I didn 't hour ou t." The th ird loo p turned o u t to be a desert race hi dden in a n end u ro . T he pace was fast fro m the start and li ke m an y r id e rs . Seni or Expert T .V. H o lmes found h im self in trouble. " T here wa s a big M ra in ru t th a t I po wersli d into a nd went ass over tea kett les. I en ded-u p upside dow n in a fo u r-foot hol e." . T he sa me hole cos t Pa ul Krause va lua b le tim e . " I dropped two I shou ld n ' t ha ve. I di d a b ig header into a wa shou t in th e m ud hills," sa id Kra use. Wh en Fullmer cro ssed th e finish line. wit h a sco re o f four minutes dro pped . h is big co n cern was how Krause was doing. " If Pa ul . being a desert racer. goes into th a t secti on wide ope n, he'l l beat me." Kra use crossed th e line with a five mi n u te ride and Fullmer 's fea rs were put to rest. Fullmer h ad to lea ve q uickly to get back to hi s job a s a Sa n Diego sheriff. so he left thinking he was a win ner for th e da y. not realizing th at Ingerso ll was still o u t o n th e co u rse with th e lo west sco re. Fullmer la ter sa id . " I for got abo u t J ason , a t least I th ough t I was a win ncr for a da y." As m in u te 66 ca me up In gersoll ro lled ac ro ss th e fin ish lin e. a nd in doi n g so. sco red th e overa ll win. " I have to th ank Bob fro m th e Ch ap arral s. H e ga ve me th e brak e a rm piv ot bo lt tha t I lost du rin g the first loop . I co u ld n' t ha ve won without a brak e," sa id Ka l-G a rd /O'Nea IlSpike Ra ci n gbacked In gersol l. " Usua ll y lo ts of (bad thi ngs) happen. but toda y noth ing.'' Ta k i ng fourth ov era ll wa s L ee Sch effer s. The Vet 250cc rid er had a flaw less ride. " I was keying off Ken n Parry. I wa tch ed h im b urn a chec so I d idn 't ." . Fifth overa ll went to I25cc rid Da na Van Stee , " I burned a few , b I h ad fu n ge tt ing to ride with Pa Kra u se. H e wa s a m inute behind m an d he'd p ass me in the specia l tests" T ra i n ing Wh eel .s mem ber Ti Moore put in a n eigh t-m in u te ri d to g rab si x th p la ce a n d seco n d in th Open cl a ss. J a son G ard n er p ut th th ird 200cc bike into th e top 10 b u sin g J a s on In g er s oll as h i co m p u ter. " I just follow ed J ason an d ro d smoo th . but I a lso took big chanc a nd tri ed to win a t a ll cos ts," sai Gard n er revea li n g scra tche d a r m Ku rt Hintz tu rn ed in a nine-min ut ride to claim eigh th overa ll but w more worried abo ut th e scra tches h put in hi s n ew helmet pa int job fro a sp ill o n th e thi rd loop. J eff Alt er took th e 250cc cla ss wi o n h is KTM with a n ine minute rid Kenny Parry was. " . . . ju st lea rnin how to timek eep aga in," 'an d scttle for secon d in cla ss a n d 10th overa l T a kin g th e win in th e Vet O pen cla was Yamaha rider Gary Scheid ler. N umb er o ne se n i o r r id er J a c La br u m co nti n ue d wher e he left a an d took th e Sen ior class win over T. \ H olmes. L ab ru m sa id. " I ro de ce nser va t ive . ��I m issed a few c hecks b seco nds." Women B ri de r Kell y Ber gen . ridin her fir st en duro a s a B rider . sa id sh ga ve th e race her a ll. " My goa l w to be less th an 20 minutes lat e a t th fin ish a nd I d id it. I even had to dr a m y bike acro ss th e rail ro ad tracks a the seco n d loo p ." Winnin g th e Super Seni or cla ss w Morr is Norma n. wh ile topp in g th e cla ss wa s Lonni e Peder son in II t ov era ll. H e wa s follo wed by 250cc rider Mac G ri tto n an d fini shing thir was Bill G ra ha m . Resul ts O J A: I. Jason In gersoll (H o n ); 2. Bill Fullm 3. Pa u l Krau se (Ka w ): '1. Lee Schaffe Jr. (H o n ); (SUl ); 5. Dan a Van SIn: ( Ka w): 6. Tim Moor e (Kaw 7. J aso n Gard ner ( Ka w ): 8. Ku rt H intz (Ka w) ; 9. je Aller (KT M); 10. Kenn y Parr y (Ka w ): II. Lon n Pedersen (Hon); 12. Steve j en sen (SUl); 13. En Mat so n (H e n ): 14. M ac Gritto n (Yam) ; IS. Te H u n n icutt ( Kaw ): 16. Steve Ogren (Ka w]: 17. Ga . Sch eidl er (Yam ); 1M Mark Ga tzfrid (Ka w) : 19. j a( Le bru n (Bon ); 20. Mik e Keen (S uz): 2 1. Bill C ra ha (Su z); 22. Do ug C lar k (Hun ); 23. Brett H oHma (Bon ); 24. Mi ke McGrl'go r (Kaw): 25. Pete Babcoc ( H o n ). NETRA End uro Series: Round I Hoess hot at Snow Run Enduro . By M ichael Snyder W STAFFORD. CT, FEB. 23 . he o pe n in g round of the Nort Ea stern Trail R iders Associa tio En du ro Seri es a ttracted just u nd 200 ride rs to th e 39th running o f th Sn o w Run Enduro. a nd it wa s multo time ISDE gold medal winner Fre H oess scoring th e overall win . Bu t it wa s close. Hoess, riding a Husqvarna 350c four-stroke. n ipped Kawasaki KXI 2 rid er Pa t Royer o n the tie-br eakers. a both rider s dropped 10 full point T h ird overa ll was AA clas s winner an defending NETRA Enduro Champio Ru ss Stearns with II points dropped. " I had a good day ," sa id winne H oess, who is Husqvarna's factory o f road m anager. " Every th in g worke well co ns ideri ng I haven 't ridden a I sinc e last year's Six Day s in Septernb e I burned che ck eigh t; I came into i ab out four or five seconds hot a nd rode like h ell to take some time a th e tw o minutes I dropped there. I T

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