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(Clockwise from left) Hondll's Ted Worrell, here et the noon gas check. w.. the oV81'811 winner. NatIonal Chemp Dick Burleson atruggl.. through the
beaver swamp. High pOint A rider Bill Berroth. A bridge under the beaver swamp broke apert. resulting In acenaa like this.
AMA National Championship Enduro
Series: Round seven
Greylock National
to Worrell
By Boyd Reynolds
Photos by Todd and Boyd Reynolds
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MIDDLEFIELD, MA, AUG. 24
Persistence paid off for Ted Worrell as he took
the overall win in the Greylock Riders M.e.
sponsored IOO-mile Greylock National. Team
Honda rider Worrell edged Suzuki's Drew
Smith, his former teammate, by
a scant one point. For Worrell,
it was the end of a long dry spell
which saw injury and other prob·
lems keep him out of the lime·
light.
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"Fhe demanding course, designed by
ISDT specialist AI Eames, took its toll
on the 200 eager competitors. Wor·
rell's winning score was 16 points - an
indication that it was a run worthy of
being a National.
When asked how he liked riding a
Honda two-stroke over the Suzuki PE
he competed on for several years,
Worrell's reply was, "The first few
bikes weren't too great, but this one
really goes. When we get it dialed in
we'll be tough. "
Worrell really did well all along the
course, although ,his late number
almost did him in at the beaver swamp
only three miles from the finish.
National Champion Dick Burleson,
riding over 30 numbers ahead,' was one
of the last to make it through the
swamp as the wood bridge under the
water began to break up and float to
the surface. Kurt Johnson, Dick Flood ,
(an appropriate name) and' Allen
Eastwood of the Greylock Riders trail
crew went into the water to their
shoulders removing timbers between
riders and almost carrying about 20 of
the entries through the five to six feet
deepwater.
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Spectators then pitched in and built
a makeshift bridge with the timbers
along the edge of the beaver dam.
Riders walked their bikes, with many
hands along the way helping, to the
other side. In all about eight riders
were submer.ged and drowned .out. ,
from the nearly 150 that passed
through the water section.
It had been nine years since a
National started from the Middlefield
Fairgrounds, once the starting point of
the Berkshire International, a popular
two·day contest. In 1973 the ISDT
traversed many of the same trails.
It was a day typical of the weather
New England is famous for. Middle·
field is high in elevation and not too
accessible to interstate highways, but
there is everything any woods rider
would want in variety.
From October Mountain to West
Mountain, the trails are a woods riders
dream. It was in this section that
Burleson picked up a flat tire and rode
20 miles before being able to cbange
it. The resulting loss of time tumbled
bim to fourth in the AA class. The
powerline sections were very familiar
to riders who had competed in the
1973 ISDT. Rock strewn sections with
steep inclines and descents like the
area from Cheshire to Dalton, took a
toll on both bike and body. One of
those to retire here was Jack Penton
after a particularly bruising ride.
Three miles into the run. a steep
bank on a telephone cable line be·
came a bottleneck. Bob Knocke arrived
with a flat and decided to stop there
and help Connecticut dealer Jesse Hills
haul guys over the top. Riders did
some amazing.wheelies with these two
helpers catching the bike in mid·air
while the rider tumbled head over
heels down the hill. This kept the air
bristling with excitement.
Two points behind Drew Smith was
Can-Am's John Martin with 19.
Martin almost lost it all in the beaver
swamp as he went flailing for a footing
that wasn't there. Trail crewman Dick
Flood caullb.t< Martin and, pushed him
back upright with a superior football
shoulder block.
John Fero kept a steady throttle on
his IT Yamaha for a 20 point loss
ahead of Burleson wbo led Kevin
Snapp (25), Ron Ribolzi (33) and Rick
Munyon (47).
Bill Berroth took High Point A
honors losing 22.
Fred Towsley dropped 37 and had a
hard time beating off a whole crew of
top B division riders who wanted his
High Point trophy.
Dave Spino did it in C class with a
66. He was going to go home too,
thinking he didn't eyen place.
Rod Bush was again right up there
with a 23 poi n t loss to capture the
200cc A class. Darryl Kuenzer tied
with Bill Berroth, but lost on the tie·
breaker battle for High·Point A and
was awarded the 250cc A class trophy.
Randy Martin did it in Open A with
24 penalty points.
Saturday night prior to the event
movies were shown after the Hinsdale
Fire Company fed the campers on
hand. The Hi·Point 1973 ISDT ftlm
brought cheers from the crowd when
the narrator credited AI Eames for his
guidance in that prt!rnier event. Eames
and the Greylock Riders M.C. are to
be congratula.ted again for this cham·
pionship event.
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Results
OVERAlL: Ted Warren, 16 (Honl.
HIGH POINT A: Bill Berroth, 22 (KTM).
HIGH POINT B: Fred Towsley. 37.
HIGH POINT C: Cave Spino, 66.
AA: 1. Crew Smith. 17 (Suzl; 2. John Martin. 19 IC·
Al; 3. John Fero, 20 (Varni; 4. Dick Burleson, 23 IHusl;
5. Kevin Snapp, 25 (Suzl.
200cc A: 1. Rod Bush. 23 IKTM); 2. T. Rocha, 32; 3.
V. Ely, 33 IKTMI; 4. Gary Elmond, 35 IKewl: 5. Mark
Hyda. 37 (Kawl.
250cc A: 1. D. Kuenzer, 22IKTMI; 2. T. LeimbBch, 24
(Kawl; 3. H. Reidel, 2S IKTM); 4. J. Kortenecki. 27; 5. A.
WICkBtand, 38.
OPEN A: 1. R. Martin. 241Suzl; 2. 1. Cunningham, 2r
• IHuol; 3. S. .Ely,.32;,4. J. _ I , 34; S. hl. .B