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(A bo ve) Terry Cunningham took hi s first overa ll win of t he season w it h a narrow victory over teammate Mike
Melton (t o p right). (M iddle rig ht) Northern Ca liforn ia 's Dave Be rtram scored a third overall. (Bottom right) Ca n -Am 's Joh n Martin f ixes a f lat ti re.
AMA National Cllampionship Enduro Series: Round 5
Cunningham wins Lonesome Pine Enduro
By John R. West
ABIN G DO N. VA. MAY 15
Defending Nationa l Champion Terry Cunningham took his first overall National win
of the '83 season, besting Husqvarna teammate Mike Melton on two of the th ree ti ebreaker che cks at th e ISO-mile
Lon esome P ine Enduro.
Northern California Husk y
Su p port rider Dave Bertram was
14
th e on ly r id er to ch a ll en ge the tw o
front -r u n ners bv scoring a seven to
their pair o f sixes. Can -Am's J ohn
Martin fo ll owed with a 10 whi ch
in cl uded a n ex tra tw o ho t points .
Martin sa id th e mishap occu rred af ter
a charge to rega in lost tim e ca used by
a not her rider bl ock in g h is wa y. "I
knew I had g otten behin d. bu t I g uess
it was n ot as much as I th ough t.
Before I h ad tim e to check, the check
popped up ." Martin is cu rr e nt ly
seco n d in the Natio na l sta n d ings
behi nd Melton.
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Husky's Dw igh t R ud der m ade i t
two overa ll A class wi ns in a row for
h is Nationa l efforts by scori ng a 14
fo r seve nth ov era l l. Ru dd er 's sco re
a lso in clud ed two ho t po ints . R id in g
row th ree, R ud der bro ke trai l most of
th e da y.
That th e race was goi ng 10 be
. betw een th e nati on 's two lOp rid er s
becam e a p pa re nt a t th e fir st gas stop
as bo th C u n ni ng ha m a nd Mel ton
pi tted with o n ly th re e points aga inst
th em. Th rou gh th e first tw o po int -
ta ki ng c h ec ks. C u n n i ng ha m was
down o ne minute a nd 15 seconds .
and tw o m inutes fl at. Mel ton was
dow n o ne minute and 46 seco nds .
a nd tw o mi nut es and 33 seco n ds.
" T here a re a lo t o f o ne la n e trai ls
o u t there. T here' s not m uch room to
pass. " Melt o n sa id at th e firs t gas .
" It' s hurt m e som e b ut I guess it's
probably h i tti n g everyo ne th e same."
. Cu nningha m sa id it was h is th ird
trip 10 the L on esom e Pin e, a nd so far
had been a good o ne . " I' ve gone o ne
a n d two so far a nd th e tw o a n d no
secon ds wasn ' t that close. I had 10
wa i t before I got scored. T he trails a re
hard 10 pass o n a n d it slo ws yo u . bu t
it's been a good o ne. "
