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o 00 0'> (Cl oc k wise from top left) Overall winner Dick Burleson 1300) and second Open A FriU Kadlec await the start. Kevin Snapp. sixth in the AA class. dropped 13. Burl~son and Kadlec get ready t o leave. while John Martin (bac k groun d) picks up his bike. Steve Swanson checks his watch in the proper enduro manner. AMA National Champ-ionship- Enduro Series: Round 5 Burleson tops RayHernesman Memorial Na-tional By Doug Frazeur GRAND RAPIDS , MN ,JUNE 15 Four seconds made the difference for Dick Bu rleson as he won the Ray Hernesman Memorial National End u ro . 20 Husqvarna's Burleson dropped 10 points on the Dan Bergerson des igned cou rse that he described as "enjoyable and cha llenging." The Ra nge Riders M.e . gOI perfect weather for their run partly cloudy and cool . with a light sp ri nkle in th e morning to grease up th e trails. Randy Martin . a Suzuki team rider . ca me within five seconds of th e win . He a nd Burleson both carded tens . " I beat h im on the first emergency check . but then on th e second he go t me ba ck , plus four seconds." sai d Mart in. Rand y. no relation 10 Can -Am rider John Martin . left on m inu te 20 . a nd like th e AA rid ers did n't h ave 10 contend with the mud ruts of th e lat er num bers . T he other Mart in'. Joh n. red iscovered an end uro a xiom : chec k th e plug wire firs t. A branch pulled his plug cap loose a t th e 20 m ile ma rk . He lost five points befor e he discovered th e problem ," It happened twenty m iles in." he sa id . " I knew Dick hadn't lost any yet. so I just held it ope n and hoped ," 90 m iles into the 100 m ile enduro , Martin was fres h enough 10 pull a huge full -lock wheeli e into th e n inth check. a nd SlOp right on t he number. He dropped 13 total . Honda's T eddy Worrell. seemi ng ly rid ing on th e edge all d ay . lost II points and topped the AA class . Worrell was on a lighten ed CR 250 R . whil e Mik e Godfrey, th e o the r Honda teamster . rode an XR 10 th e othe r end of the AA class with a 26 . John Fer o rook second AA on his Yamaha . Behind him wer e John Martin . Mike Hannon . Kevin Snapp and Ron Ribo lzi; all on e point down at 13 . T eam Kawasaki rid er Jack Penton won the 200c c A class on his KDX . He dropped 15 points wh ile runnin g on m inute nine . H is teamm at e Mark H yde was on minute six. Ma rk broke tra il all day. bu t when he finis hed he looked like he'd stopped at th e last chec k and cha nged jerseys. Area rid er La rry Schwappach took third . KT'M 's Da rr yl Kuenzer topped the 250 cc A class dropping II : second pla ce Vic Ely lost three more . T h e Open A class was very tight. T erry Cunn in gha m pro ve d you d on ' t ha ve 10 loo k old to win . Wh en Bu rleson menti on ed T erry's 12 point loss. Terry. sta ndi ng nearby. just grinned a litt le wider. Fritz Kadlec. dropped only 13 with his Ca n - Am fo r second in class . Frill rode in fast com pa ny wit h Kin g Richard on mi nu te thi rty . KTM 's Rod Bush and Kawasaki mounted Jeff Hill finished t hi rd a nd fou rt h. . Ray H e rnesm a n J r. . son of Ray Sr. in whose m emorv th e end uro was na med . dropped 20 points fo r fifth . Overall B winner was John Markham . Scott Barlow won the 250cc B cla ss on a Husqvarna . Gr egJohnson brought his Yamaha all th e way from Nebraska to win 200 cc B. and Dick Moore . on a Mai co out of Iowa , won th e Open B class . T im Zierrnan , on a KT M. won th e Senior class . Richard Lenover dropped only 49 points 10 win th e Super Senior class . " Doc" Martin . father to riders John and Wayne, was signed to ride his Yamah a TT 250 . but doctor's orders due 10 a slig ht health problem prevented him from competing. He exp ressed his heartfelt ·~ra ti t u de for th e assista nce and enco u ragem ent of th e riders following th e ac cidental death of his son Dennis at a n Illinois end uro a few weeks ago. "T he guys were really great. Enduro riders care." said Doc. After the fifth run , King Richa rd ha s a 51 point edge on Mik e Hannon . 132 10 81. Aft er Rand y Martin 's overa ll A win . he is tied for fifth with the o the r Martin . J ohn. Th e y both hav e 57 poi nts . Randy co uld n't have been happier . His Su zu ki PE ra n like a top . he and his frie nds e njoyed a birthday ca ke (his) in the ba ck of th e Suzuki truck. On Monday. whil e va ns from all over headed home . he would be flying back 10 New Hampshire . co u rt esy of U. S. Suzuki. "T ea m Suzuki?" Ra ndy smiled broadly. " It' s just gr eat ," • Results Overall: Dick Bur leson tHus} 10. Overall A: Randy Mart in (Suz) to . Overall B: J ohn Markham (Hus) 33 AA : 1. Teddv Worrell (Hon ) 11; 2. John Fero (Yaml 12; 3. Mike Hannon (Yam) 13; 4. John Man ln (C·Al 13: 5. Ron Ribo lzi (Yam) 13; 6. Kevin Snapp (Suz) 13; 7. Rick Munvon (Yaml 16: 8. M ike Godfrey (HonI26. , 2QOcc A : 1. Jack Penton (Kaw l 15; 2. Mark Hyde (Kaw l 19 : 3. Larry Schwappach (Ka wI 24. 250cc A : 1. Darryl Kuenzer IKTM) 11; 2. Vic Ely {KTM I 14; 3. Dane Leimbach IKaw l. Open A : 1. Terrv Cunningham (Hus) 12; 2. Fritz Kadlec (C·Al 13: 3. Rod Bush IKTMI16. 250cc B: t . SCon Barlow (Husl 34: 2. M ike Finckbone fYaml36; 3. Gary Frey 37. 200cc B; 1. Greg Johnson IYaml 37; 2. VInce Johnson IYam) 45: 3. Clint Lindberg IYam) 58. ()pen B: 1. Dick Moore (M ai) 55; 2. Steve Friebe IHonl 56; 3. Rick Bolduc (HonI 5B. Tea m : 1. Hill. Leimbach (Penl . Sr : t . Tim Zierman (KTM ) 29: 2. Dale Greenwa ld IHonl 30; 3. Jerrv Stewart ISW MI 35 Super Sr: 1. Richard Lenover (SuzI 49; 2. Clint Pon... (Yam) 198.