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CAN-AM SOOMX IT B ~BE IT ISN'T .. Our new 500MX has advantages ~"ft ~ equipped with Ouad Unk, a suotherOpen Oass bikes don't Uke its '#.. ''''~~ perb rev« rear suspension system inside track on Rotax techro/ogy. I developed in co-operation with For years, our Austrian engine ~l} Ohlins to deliver a true60% rising division madeour bedrock reliable C~ rate through 320mm of wheel 400MXengine perform like a 480. travel! Forsomeother things, it Now they've got our nevvreed valve 482 comes with the nevv, progressive Marzocchi forks, Reynolds 531 frame. Dunlop tires. doinga great impression of a 6001 Thatmakes the new can-Am 500MX Akrontrims. Grimeca hubs, Domino levers anything but peaky./t pumps out monster and straight-pull throttle. a works-typeseat! power all over the range. Onceyou get tankcombination. And it's row available your emotions undercontrol, that's thekind with a 5-speed gearbox See the nevv, strictly legal 500MXat your of power trars easiest to ride. And win with. Can-Am dealer's. We builtit foryou to win Our new 500MX is morethanjust an incredible engine on wheels. For one thing. it's with. And wrers fair got to do with that7 ro.,. il'JR'ft JH,i! 'j .. points. New En gl and 's J oe Morell was forc ed to seule for secon d. A class ic duel for th e S upe r Seni or win o nce aga in in vo lved Ri ch ard Lenover a nd J ohn Buffal oe. Len over ueak ed pa st Buffal oe by a si ng le point to ta ke ho me th e first pl ace tro p hy. Ted Sch wa rtz fini shed th ird . After driving so me 24 hours with hi s girlfriend Kim , Fritz Kadlec wa s unable to improve his AA sta nding . At th e first gas, Kadlec was for ced to remove the Kawasaki KX 250 en g ine fro m its fram e, and the nut which holds th e clutch basket fell off . Kadlec fixed the clutch and continued riding, although he had lost so me 16 minutes in th e process. "I rode like a mad dog after 1 got going again," said Kadlec. Russell Brothers, Jr. , one of the organizers summed things up: 'T oday we had exactly the kind of enduro we wanted. You hav e to put th e run on for the B riders." • Results OVERALL: 1. Mike-M,jlton (Hus) B; 2 . John Mar· tin (e · A) 9; 3 . Terry Cunningham (Hus) 10; 4 . Kevin Hines (Hus) 11; 5. Oa.id Bertram (Hus ) 11; 6. Mark Hyde (Hus) 12; 7 . Rick Scharphorn (Hus) 13; B. Jeff Fredette (Kaw) 14; 9 . Darryl Kuenzer (KTM ) 16; 10. Rait Ribolz i (Hus) 17 . - HIGH POINT A ; Dwight Rudder (Hus) 1B. l JiIGH POINT B: Chr i..an Rodemann IV (Hus) 32. t zsee A : 1. Bobby Thom.. 30; 2. Charles Nash ' WE WILL WIN YOU! 39 ; 3. Thomas Opichka 75 : 4 . James Gross 100. 200cc A : 1. Tom Howard 38 ; 2. Mike Detjens 44 ; 3. Erdan Keen 46 ; 4. G. John Bias ini 48 ; 5. Sammy Paulk 48 . 250cc A : 1. Tony Mitchell 20; 2. Eddie Keen 23 ; 3. Kpvin Brown 24 ; 4 . Greg Koontz 28; 5 . Dean Kronenwetter 29. OPEN A : 1. Alvin McCannon 30; 2. Dav id Kerwell 3~; Just in G . Cowye rs 44; 4 . Bobby J oh ns 45; 5. Crai g Kennedy 45 . 4· STROKE A : Benny Galbraith 76 . SR A : 1. Emmet Cox 26 ; 2. Joseph B. M ore l 36; 3. C. Scharphorn 40; 4 . Geor ge DeVeny 45 ; 5. Harold Thom es 48 . 125ec B: 1. Randal Jo ne s 52; 2. ChriS Bu rk 54 ; 3. Oon Stauffer 64 ; 4 . Butc h M cMa sters 69 ; 5. Jerry W~Thor nb u r g 74 . 200cc B: 1. Ken Jove e 37; 2. David Newton 42; 3 . Nora n Conon 57: 4. Mike Cantrell 57; 5. M ike For- ney 60 . 25 0Cc B: 1. Dale Hulsey 34 ; 2. Tom Krivi 36; 3. Je rry Spenc e 38; 4 . David Lunden 40; 5 . Dennis But ler 40. ( OPEN B: 1. F. Lambert 4 2; 2. Rick McDonald 44; 3. Guy Anderson 49; 4 . Robert Wright 52 ; 5. Ronald Rose 54 . ' 4 · STROKE B: I . Randy Wilson 51 : 2. Bob Johnson 64 ; 3 . Clardy Phipps 97 ; 4 . Bred Saxby 98. SR B: 1. Ron Scheffel 46 ; 2. Wally Wallenger 58 ; 3. E.J . Nichols. Jr. 73 ; 4 . Cart Donelson 82 ; 5 . James Layne 99. SUPER SR: 1. Richard Lenover 63 ; 2. John Buffa~ loe 64; 3 . Ted SChwartz 114; 4 . Dan Barstow 126; 5 . Thomas A. Bar r 128 WOMEN : 1. Sur; B. Fann 84 ; 2. Gale VandeWater 13B. AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURO SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Mike Melton (106); 2. John Martin (76) : 3. Terry Cunningham (71) ; 4 . Kevin Hines (7 1); 5. (TIE) Jeff Fredelle/Ron Riborzi 1521 7. David Bertram (45) ; B. Rich Scherphorn (37); ; 9. (":IE) John Fero /Mark Hyde (36) . 17