Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e ..~ > W ..J Cl z 5 > a: a: 5 > III en 0 I0 ~ 00 O"l J: l1. ~ C(') ..c u l-o C'i:l ~ Tight sections of the 1 OO-plus mile course provided little room to pass . Much of the course wound around large boulders. Bu tle r (D u r al u be / Ya rn) w i t h fi ve p oints down vSarnpson took th e A250 cl ass win . In at fif th overall was n orth ern Ca liforn ia rid er J eff Irwi n Kurt Butler was riding fo r FRA and 0 -37 points, He was second at t he (H us) who nabbed th e A-Open victwo-loop mark. and fourth overall after the full three .Ioo ps, to ry, d ropping six points. T he n ext four ride rs were a nother point behind a t seven p o ints lost; Bill Fullmer J r. (KT M), Al Baker (u sing a p re-production XR600 to win th e Four-Stroke class), ISD E rider Chip Howell (H us), Kolbe H onda-sponsored Robb Mesecher ( Han) a nd a nother n orthern Ca lifornia tr av eler , J eff H enn i ng (KTM), to ro u nd o u t th e top 10. T he en d uro started in the T ea gl e Wash a rea north o f R ed Mountain a nd ra n in a clover lea f fashi on for th e three lo ops. The fir st loo p ra n n orth towards C har lie's Pl ace a n d m ade a loop thro ugh th e Span gl er Hill s. The entire loop was run a t 24 mph . It was n' t d iffic u lt exce p t for o ne ro ck y wash th a t ca use d a lo t o f p roblem s By Larry Lan gl ey wi th so me o ne -lo o p riders. Sa n dy Va nce( Hon) sta lled h er XR200 in th e RED MO UNTAIN , CA, MAR. 3 wash a n d it to ok h er over a n h our to get res ta rted. Sco tt J acobsen (D ural u be/Gea r P ro ducts/Ka w) d ropped just o ne poi nt for th e A-Mini win , beat ing o u t Yamaha -m ounted Brett Bai nbridge wh o dropped two points. Another m in i rider, Mike Chamberla in Jr. (Yam) to ok the thi rd overall positio n by losin g three po ints. Fourth M.e. T he AMA D-37 en d u ro tim es but all in a ll most rid ers th ought o vera ll a n d first B Mini was a yo u ng also paid Family Raci ng Assoth e co ncep t ca me off very well . T he la dy by th e name o f Lori Bortree ciation (FRA) points in an effort Cha p arrals and FRA seemed ver y (Ya m) w h o showed the g uys the right to attract m ore riders to the p leased a t th e turnou t a nd p la n o n stu ff. Lorni Vin cen t (Han) ro u nde d wor ki n g ver y cl osel y in fin e tuni ng even t. Th e effo rt p aid o ff in a go od o u t th e top five, taking th e C- Women turnout o f an esti m a ted 375 entr ies. next yea r 's even t. class w in h ome. Entrants had th e o p tio n o f riding just Bertram a n d Sm ith lost just th ree T he second lo o p ran in th e Radafor 0-37 points, just for FRA po ints, p oin ts ove r th e 100+ mil e co u rse. mach er a rea a bo ve Ridgecrest a n d or both. FRA riders only rode th e fir st Both rid ers zero ed th e first loop, lo st featured th e ti ghtest special test ever two loo p s, which wer e laid o u t fo r tw o o n th e secon d loop a nd dropped seen in the desert . While m ost desert th em , whil e th e harder third loop just one po in t o n the th ird loo p . specia l tests a re sch edu led a t 36 mph , was just fo r 0-37 A a nd B-c1a ss ri de rs. When th e seconds from th e th ree tiethis o ne o n ly had a 30 mph average It was the C haparra ls' fi rs t a ttemp t br eak er checks wer e adde d up , Ber b ut i t was more th an enough as the in 10 years to add a fam il y-o ri ented tram had dro p ped 160 seconds wh il e best sco re was tw o points d ro p ped. It fla vor to their en duro - th ey've hosted Sm ith was just o ff th e pace with 162. wound up a n d dow n th rough fun Na tional end uros in the past . The Bertram was o n hi s trust y Husk y 500 terr a in . with a co up le o f cha lle nging tri ck was to bl end speeds a nd terrain Automa tic wh ile Smith wa s m ounted do w nhill s th rown in . Most o f the o n a 1985 pre-produ ction XR 350 to m ake it ea sy enough fo r th e famil y ti m e the r id ers wer e in seco nd a nd H onda four-st roke. It looks like H an- _ rid ers ye t inter esting enoug h for th e thi rd gear a nd it was tu rn, turn , turn . m ost skille d D-37 ride rs. T hey m ostl y da ha s a wi n ner in th eir second ge nT he rese t a fter the check-ou t was a succeeded . A co uple o f sectio ns turned era tion XR . welcome to res t th ose weary arms . o u t to be ve ry chall eng in g for th e Follo wing th e two natio nall y-rankR id ers go ing for FRA poin ts wer e beginner-type riders a n d th e speeds ed rider s home wer e local r ide rs Sco tt sco re d after tw o lo o p s a n d Sco tt co uld have- been slo wed-down-a-bit a! - - - -Sa mpson-tfj u ra l u be-H o n ) and-Kur t- • • -Sa m ps o n- f-H e n } edged - Ku r t &ttler' Golden State Enduro Championship Series: Round 3 Bertram edges Smith in Chaparrals D-37 enduro Team H u sky rider Dave Bertra m edged out Honda test rider Drew Smith by just two secon ds to win round three of the Golden State Enduro Series hosted by the Ch a p arrals 30 o u t for the FRA 250cc AA class win and ov erall honors. Mesech er (H o n ) a nd Mark Weichman (Ya m) followed in for a 250cc sweep of th e top four positions. Vet eran rid er Mark Cook took six th ov erall with a five-point loss. Kaw asaki rider Donnie Simone slipped by John E . J acobsen (D u ralube/Scott USA/ Ka w) for the 200cc AA win . Lakewood H ondamechanic Martin Blais stroked his XR250 to the Four-Stroke win , losing just five poi n ts in th e process . T he th ird loop was ch all enging in terrain and featured a long specia l test for th e D-37 A and B r iders . A very m em orable downhill into check M had a lot o f specta to rs p resent to wa tch th e varying riding styles. 0 -37 End uro Steward Art More (Yam) made h is wa y d own th e hill ver y ni cel y but p ro ceeded to fli p hi s bike in a m ost spectacu la r wa y through th e ch eck flags a nd into th e check. scattering pe rson ne l. More was shake n up but was a ble to co llect h imself, exa m ine a very dented a nd g ouged helmet , a nd m ak e it the last six mi les into the fi n is h. Senior r id er R on Fry (Hon) p ro vid ed so me m ore thrill s by duplica tin g More' s crash in th e sa me exact spo t. Luckily h e wasn't hurt ei ther. Bill Fulmer Jr. made it do wn th e hi ll rather well co nsideri n g his front bra ke was n on -fun cti oning. " It wa s a litt le scary " sa id Fu ll mer. " L uc ki ly th ere wasn ' t a n vo ne in front o f m e and I was a ble to just le t the bike run o u t." Steve Jense n. so n o f J AR T owner Art J ensen, wa s o ne o f th e few riders ' to burn th e check a nd wa s dumbfou nded . H e sat a t th e chec k for aw hi le sha ki ng hi s h ead a nd try ing to figu re out what he h ad done wrong. Mesecher soon joined h im as h e accu m u la ted two o f h is seven p o ints lost by arriving a minute early, • Unofficial Results ONE LOOP: 1. Scott J acobsen (Kawl: 2. Brett Ba inbridge( Yam) ; 3 . M ike Cha mberlain Jr. (Ya m); 4 . Lori Bc rtree (Yam); 5. Lorni Vincent (Ho n); 6. M . Ouezembra (Kaw) ; 7. Kim Hanlan; 8 . Jo hn Hanlan; 9 . D. Olson; 10 . J . Ri m m er. TW O LOOPS : 1. Scott Sampson (Hon) ; 2. Kurt But ler (Yam); 3 . Robb Mesecher (Ho n); 4. Ma rk Weichma n (Yam) ; 5. D. Fost er (Kaw); 6. Mark Cook (Yam); 7 . Donnie Sim on e (Kaw) ; 8 . John E. Jacobsen (Kaw); 9 . S, 'r evtor (Hon); 10 . Dave Keit h (M ai). THREE LOOPS : 1. Dave Bertram (Hus); 2. Dr ew Sm it h (Hon ): 3. Sco tt Sampson (Hon); 4 . Kur t Bu t ler (Yam); 5. Jeff Ir wi n (Hus); 6 . Bill Full m er Jr . (KTM); 7. AI Baker IHo n); B. Chip Howell (Hus); 9. Robb M esecher (Hon); 10 . Jeff Henn ing j KTMI, '! -

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