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Hines arrived at the gas stop eight minutes late with a hole in the radiator of his Husky 400 WR and a pair of mismatched boots. He said, "My ankle was too swollen up to get the other boot on. I hurt it at the National hare scrambles last weekend, and I jammed my foot again today." He rode the second half of the enduro with a galIon jug half fuJI of water strapped to his fanny pack. Honda riders Jerry Morgan and Jim Ford finished 1-2 in Open A. Ford, who dropped 29 points, said, "I got lost before the fifth check and carried the points to the next check. I've run the Alligator 13 times, and it seems like they screw up my scoring every time." The initial results showed Ford in fourth place with 3 I points dropped. Mark McQuade was third in Open A, and said, "I've ridden the Alligator many times, and this was better than most. It could have been arrowed better, though. Being on the seventh row, I passed everybody and was the first one through, so I was the trailblazer." Barb Hurka was the only woman to start the run, and she houred out at the dieck before the gas stop by two .minutes, 14 seconds. She started on the 46th minute and said, "The mud ,was deep on a late number. You had to work your way around it. Other than that, they did a much better job than last year. This was my third time, and I was a little nervous starting out, because I broke my arm here last year." It was the second Alligator for father-and-son team Bill and Brent Herrmann of New England. Brent was first in 125cc B with his dad finishing third behind Bob Bruehl. He called the course, "Tight and brushy. It was hard finding the arrows sometimes. " Gary Phillips of Jermyn, Pennsylvania, won the 200cc B class and said, "This was only my second enduro, ever. My first one was last year's Alligator. I used to race motocross and I got too old for that, so I thought I'd start enduro riding. I had an odometer, but it got ripped out after six miles." Enduro grandpappy John Penton rodeo-and finished--the Alligator and said, "This one was nice. It was real fun. The only thing I did was fall down twice, right in front of Dave Coombs. As Super Senior rider Benny Bootie put it, "Between old man Penton and' me, we've ridden 66 Alligators." And that, folks, is the stuff that enduro legends are made of. • Results HIGH POINT: Mike Melton (Hus). A HIGH POINT: Mark Stevens (Hus). e HIGH POINT: Marion Tankersley (Hon). AA: 1. Mike Melton IHus); 2. John Martin (e-AI: 3. Kevin Hines (Hutl; 4. Otck Burleson (Hus). OPEN A: 1. Jerry Morgan iHon); 2. Jim Ford (Hon); 3. Mark McQuade (Hus); 4. Tommy Harris (Hus); 5. Scon Forand (KTM). 250Cc A: 1. Mark Stevens (Hus); 2. Randy Morgan (Hus); 3. Bob Bean (Hus); 4. Brian Blanchard (Hus); 5. Harvey Whipple (C-A). 200cc A: 1. Gray leonard (C-AI: 2. Keith Moore (Kaw): 3. David Pierce; 4. Michael Detjens (Kaw); 5. Dennis Wegner fKaw). OPEN B: 1. Randall Durham (Yam); 2. Shay Tankersley (Husl; 3. Ed Schulenberg (Mai); 4. Mark McCrimmon (Hus); 5. Rob Toole (Hus). 250cc B: 1. Marion Tankersley (Hon); 2. Gary DeBock (Hon); 3. Paul Milliken (Hus); 4, Barry Crone; 5. Phillip Strsss (Hus). 200cc B: 1. Gary Phillips (Su.); 2. Gregg Reid (Han); 3. Paul LeClerc (Hon); 4. Darrell Wood (Yam); 5. Bryan Stoughton (Hon). 125cc B; 1. Brent Herrman (KTM); 2. Robert Bruehl (KTM); 3. Bill Herrmann (Yam): 4. D.nny· Ward (Han); 5. Barry Cole (Y.m). SR: 1. Dwayne Folsom (Hus); 2. Larry Hayes (CA); 3. Bob Gibson (KTM); 4. Bill Poston (Yam); 5. R.lph Siobe (Mai). SUPER SR: 1. Donald Lawson (Yam);.2. A.H. Ray (Hon~ 3. Dew Hen,yIHus); 4. Bob Milliken (Hus~ 5. D.vid Humor (Hus). WOMEN: 1. B.rb Hum (Yam). the chin strap, we'll trade you:" A new Snell-approved Hondaline helmet for your old one. Free of charge. Just call or go see your local Honda dealer. After confirmation, we'll get you a replacement helmet of comparable value. 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