AMA National Enduro Series:
IAbove and below) A rocky downhill and a log step combined to give Fred
Boettner a spot of trouble.IAbove rightl Unofficial results gave Kawasaki's
Kevin Lavoie 16A)the overall win and Randy Martin 16B)the Open A win.
Round four
Oregon State
National rated
"too easy"
By Action OZ
DIAMOND MILL. OR, MAY 18
First the good news. It didn't rain in Oregon. In
point of fact ·it was very dusty in spots. Now the
bad news. The AA riders, to a man, said the
course was too easy •
event started ~ad he worked ~ little
more closely WIth the club. This does
It seems that most of the enduros in the West are too easy. I
wouldn't know because I saw
sweat and heard a lot of str~nge
words , mostly from the A & B riders.
Dick Burleson (Hus) said he thought
the average should have been 24 mph .
He was not the only one.
Mike Hannon (Yam) sa id at the first
gas stop that it was way too easy . He's
ridden this area many times. After
having covered a few endures I keep
hearing this complaint . I also heard
that the course could have been
marked better. This again from the
AA riders. No complaints were voiced
by the A and B riders.
As the Pros began pulling into the
pits the rumors of protests filled the
firs . One of the main complaints was
that the AMA referee could have
solved most of the problems before the
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seem reasonable - I know how hard
the Lobos worked on this one. They
had a b,,;d rap two years ago when
Drew Smith zeroed the course. Drew
was not present today because he reinjured his wrist and stayed in New
Jersey .
There was some question as to how
legal the gas checks were in distance.
Some felt that they were in error.
Asked what he thought of the run A
rider John Wilkey (Yam) said that
they, the double A boys, "don't get
enough money doing what they do and
how well they do it."
The Lobos' Gary Nelson was assigned
to lead me to the "crash 'n burn"
areas. The first one was a narrow
uphill through lots of loas;e stuff and
then there were steep uphills through
the trees and over th~ shale. Ruts
began to form as NOVIce and Inter(Continued to page 2M
