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'. .s 11II t Rock Run w inner Dick Burleson (centerl follows another rider through a stream crossing and past spectators while another rider works to get his bike started. The w in clinched Burleson's (inset) fourth National Championl;hip enduro title. King Richard racks up _ Roek Run, the .ellnehes fourth Natlonal Chanlpionship By Boyd Reynolds BARN ESVIL LE . PA . • AU G. 21 Four points separated AMA National Enduro Champion Dick Burleson's High Point score from the second best performance among the 450 contestants at .the Lehigh . Valley Dirt Riders' 125 Mile Rock Run National Endu ro. Riding his to compete in th e 52nd International Six Days T rial. , I employer's brand. the H usqvarna Ser vice Manager dropped only nine pain - • ts in the Pennsylvania contest to sew up his fourth consecutive National Championship crown onl y a ' week before heading 0u.t for Czechoslovakia ' Un lucky thirteen was turned into lucky thirteen for T eam Suzuki rid er Hurluf Johnson of Massachusetts as he became th e number two man overall , High -Point A , in what many felt was the best end uro of th e seaso n . Following closely behind the popular New England Trail Rider winner was ' the equally popular East Coast End u ro Association rider Bruce Kenny of New Jersey. Bru ce dropped only 14 points on another Team Su zuki PE250. At many events there is a con sidera b le point spread between .the A riders and the B contingen t. This was not the case today , however, as B rider D.C . Graver sq ueez ed his Ossa into fourth overall with a loss of on ly 19 points. Along with his H igh Point silver bowl . Gra ver also received congratulations from the AMA's AI Eames for becoming a Class A rid er , Several years -ba ck . in an effort 10 find not only a better way to promote their eV~!lt. but 10 gi ve the rid ers Herluf Johnson sp lashes hi s way past Wolfgang Krause on hi s way to taking H igh·Point A honors. The River Run crossing was near the end of the event . j, 18 Ms. class winner Beth Cooper picks her way cautiously through ' - the rocks. something usefu l. th e Lehigh Vall ey Dirt Riders decided to present silver wa re ra ther th an trophies as do most other cl ubs . Their event is now one of th e most popular in the east , and cer tainly the awards are the most sought after. Heavyweight riders T . Cieman a nd R. Goodpaster followed in the overall scoring with a 21 and 22 point loss. Both riders were ro de Mai cos, Can .Am te am rid er Skip Ol son ha d a bad day, but his tra veling partner Kevin - Snapp won the m edium weigh t class with a 29 point loss right behind light weight cha mpio n K. Qebul who lost 24 po ints on a Penton . N ew Je rsey's Bet h Cooper won women's honors on a Honda . and B. Bowen took Senior on a'Suzuki , Rock Run is noted not only for it s rocks but for it s precision in plannin g and promot ion . It is held in th e coa l district of East ern Pennsvlvania, and th e, open terrain up on~ ridge a nd down th e next is vast and challenging . The trails a re rideable and , the marking su pe rb . Large 36x40 "X" road crossing signs greet riders before every entry onto pav em ent and if the area was congested or dangerous there was a brightly clothed flagman there 10 stop eit her riders or a utomobile traffic as necessary . _ • The cl ub has virt ually computerized the whole event , tach rider received in advance a large post card with an attach ed computer tab tha t listed his rid er num ber a nd any ot her pertinent data . Printed on the card wer e the speed cha nges and averages . layove rs and gas stop statistics. Battery