Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

J ~ I > W ...J c:J z :5 > a:: a:: ! :5 > '" 0 Vl l!') I- 0 00 O"l I Cl. ....... ~ C'J C'J >-ro ~ David Sweeney surprised everybody in the Senior A class, by beating Ron Fry and Harry Keast. Sweeney dropped four po ints for sixth overall . D-37 Not So Tuff-E-Nuff enduro Howell takes win By Larry Langley RED MOUNTAIN, CA, MAY 5 ISDE a n d Husky Support rider Chip Howell (Hallman R acing) rode his 500XC Husqvarn a to the' overall win a t the United Enduro Assn . (U EA) Annual Not So Tuff-E'N uff AMA D-37 Enduro. Howe II was the o n Iy rider to drop just one point in the two loop, 80-mile event, besting 240 riders. 40 , first four-stroke. And in at 10th over- . a ll was th e first B rid er , J ames Bortree (H us) wit h a fine ride, dropping just five points. Th e U EA' s ph ilosoph y is to p u t o n Howell dropped his single point in a e jun D-37 end uro rather th an a k iller 30 mph spec ia l test that was locat ed typ e a nd th ey su cceeded aga in . Most in th e moon ro cks ar ea just north o f rid ers enjoyed th e run . Du st was a pr obl em .creating visibility problems O ld Charl ie's Pl ace and th en zeroed a tough 36 mph sp ecial test later on in but that wasn't a ny thi n g th e UE A the loop whi ch flabbergas ted event had co n tro l over. Ma rking was ge n referee Ch arlie Brown. " I didn 't th in k era llv good but some rid ers co m an yon e co u ld hav e zeroed the 36 mph plained th at th e first (warni ng)arro ws were pl aced too close to the act ua l specia l test ," said a surprised Brown . " It was very tight terra in. Howell had tum and they wereovershooting the tums . a h ell ora rid e." Bu t it seemed co ns isten t, whi ch is important because th e riders co u ld Seco nd overa ll went to Grant Pa l-' adjus t th eir riding to th e placem ent enske, wh o dropped two points on his Am eri can Honda /O 'N eal -spono f th e arrows. Dust was a fact or lim iting arrow visibi lity. sor ed CR250 Honda. Pal enske won The U EA did something a little th e 250 A cla ss. T h ird o vera ll went to veter an rider Mark Cook (G ra na da different th an seen in most D-37 Yamaha ) who 'ed ged ISDE h opeful en d u ro s - th ey let th e C riders go Bill Fullmer Jr. (KT M) by 15 seconds ' both loo ps in stead of th e usual one after five tiebreaker checks were added loo p. Wayn e Embry (H us ) led all th e up. Both lost just th ree points. C riders with 10 points lost to ta ke th e Old guys.Veterans and Seniors were C Open class honors. well represented in th e top 10, as four The fir st loo p started a t Charli e's Pl ace, cro ssed T ro na Ro ad and made of th e o ver-30 gro u p made it into th e top seven ! David Swee ny (H us) upset a loop in th e Radamach er area beSeni or favorites Ron Fry a nd Ha rry tween Trona Road a nd Highway Kea st to nail down the Senior A class 395. A fun specia l test a bo u t 20 miles win with a very good ride of four ou t had most oft he good riders reall y po ints lost for six th overall. Vernon hustling to make it on th ei r minute Gabbert (Han ) powered his Iour-' - on ly 10 riders or so su cceeded. . •stroke. .Honda .into eighth . ovesall, •.• Winner-H owell just m?d e it into th e O 'Neal-sponsored Grant Palenske was second overall to Chip Howell. Palenske won the 250 A class, dropping just two points over the 80 miles. check a t the end o ft he sect ion with 10 seconds to spare before he dropped another point. Minis, Beginners a nd Women C riders on ly rode the first loop. Yama ha rider Kathy Labrum won overa ll oneloop honors , all decked o ut in pink lea th ers. (H usband J a ck had a good day also, winning the B Vet class, pushing his Yamaha to an exce llent sco re of just five poi nts lost for two loops .) Lori Borrree (Ya m ) took second overall , first Mini . The second loop started in the sa me place as th e first loop a n d us ed th e same trai l for two miles , where it th en spl it off into the before-m en tioned m oon rock area. From there the co u rse wander ed through th e Spangler Hills before heading across th e bi g valley towa rds th e Summit Hills. Th e speed average was a modest 24 mph and it loo ked like flat, boring terrain all the wa y across the valley. Natura ll y, bored riders figured th ey cou ldn ' t h ide a ch eck h ere so th ey tend ed to ride ah ead of schedule a bit. . Mistak e. All of a sudden the ground dro p ped aw ay into a n unseen gully wh ere a sne ak y check awaited the unsuspecting riders. The checkers co u nte d 45 riders wh o burned (arrived ea rlier ) th e check. Many wh o man aged to scru b off eno ugh speed to zero th e chec k still lost a lot of seco nd s as, naturall y, it was a tiebreaker. Ken Lewis Jr. , ch eck ca p ta in. reponed th at a no ther 50 or so riders had scores o f just a co up le o f seconds into their ' m inute. More than on e rider slid into th e chec k uttering somewhat foul language as they kn ew they had been had. It was on e of the better ch eck placem ents seen in a long time. The winnerof the200 A class rea lly ea rne d hi s win. Donnie Simone crashed his KDX200 Kawasaki while playrid in g Sa tur da y, hard enough to ha ve to be pi cked up by IRRC. Simone's brand new Mota 4 h elmet ca rr ied tire tracks from the crash . Then, just 10 . miles into th e enduro, h is bike's odometer broke and he was riding J b lind (so tospeak jran odometer-is an enduro rider's com pass. Wi thout it a ri der has no way of kn owing what mi leage h e is on. Si mone ended up losing eight points to edge Garner Pa len ske (Ka w), wh o also dro p ped eight; Simone had a comfortab le 94second edge over Pa lenske. The B Women were led by Candy Hand (Yam) over frie nd and rival Dana Bell (Ya m! Answer Product! Dura lu be), dro p p ing I I and 13 points respectively. Dave H ut ch ins recovered from his goat-trail inci de nt at the H i-Mountain enduro and captured the Super Senior A win on his CR480 Honda. .. Unofficial results OVERALL: 1. Chip How ell (Hus); 2. Gr ant Pal enske (Han) ; 3 . Ma rk Cook (Vam); 4 . Bill Fu llmer Jr. (KTM); 5. Lowe ll Spiva (Han); 6. David Sw een y (Hus); 7. Gr eg Newland (Hus); 8. Vernon Gabbe rt (Hon ); 9. M ike Gar rett (Yaml; 10 . J am es Bort ree (Hus l. . OPEN A : t , How ell ; 2. Ed Conners (Yam) ; 3 . Rick Dan iel (Hus). . OPEN B: 1. James Sortree (Husl; 2. John Estest (Han) ; 3. M ike Wokal (Hon). OPEN C: 1. Wayne Em bry (Hus ); 2. Lynn (Hus); 3. J im St even s (Suz). 250 A : 1. Gr ant Palen ske (Hon); 2 . Sill Fullmer J r (KTM ); 3 . M ike Garrett (Yam) . 250 B: 1. St eve Herman (KTM ); 2. Mike Ferro (Vern); 3 . Hobie Alter Jr. (Vam). • 250 C: 1. Crai g Ger ald (KTM); 2. Da vid Coulom be (Han); 3. Todd Tat hwell (Yam) . 200 A : 1. Donn ie Simone (Kaw); 2. Ger ner Palen ske (Kaw ); 3. Dave M cGaehan (Kaw) . 200 B: 1. Robert Bus h (Ka w) ; 2. Dale Sam ford (Kaw); 3 . M ich ael Sm it h (Yam). 200 C: 1. J am ie Gonz ales (Kaw) ; 2. Gary Meeker (Vam); 3 . Scott A lle n (Vam). . VET A : 1 . M ar k Cook (Va m); 2. Lowell Sp iva (Han ); 3 . Greg Newla nd (Hu s). V ET B: 1. Jack La bru m (Vam ); 2 . G reg Winkel (Hon ); 3 . Bill Pallott a (Hus). VET C: 1. Terry Bl eyl (Vam); 2. Bob Per ker lHusl; 3 . M ic hael Burnett (KTM ). SR A: 1. David Sw eeny (Hus); 2. Morris Norm an IHusl; 3 . Don M cNamee IHus). . SR 8 : 1. Jo e Holm es (KTM ); 2. Denn is Tooman (Han); 3. Bill Daniel (Hu s). SR C: 1. J ef f Fort (Vam); 2. Pete Markese (KTM); 3. John Barnett (Yam ). 4 STK A : 1. Vernon Gabbe rt (Han); 2 . Tony M agl a (Hon); 3. Pet er Postel (Hon). . 4 STK B: 1. Kim Palm er (Va m); 2. Rick Rodd ewig (Hon); 3. M ark Getzfr id (Hon ). 4 STK C: 1, Arnold Comp ron i II (Hon ); 2. Mike Bauman (Hon); 3 . Scot t"Sa ndefur (Hon). WOMEN B: 1. Cand y Hand (Vam); 2. Dan a Bell . (Vam); 3 . J er il yn Pozn off (Vam ). SUP SR A : 1. Deve Hutch i ns (Han ); 2. Ron Fry (Ha n ); 3 . Bi H Gre en e (Yam ). SUP SR B: 1. Neal Keith IKa w ); 2. Ba sil San ch ez (Kaw ); 3. A I Nourian (Yam). SUP SR C: 1 . V ictor V iscio (Han ). ONE LOOPERS OVERALL : 1. Kathy Labrum (Vam); 2. Lor i Sortree (Yam); 3. Kath y Sweene y (Suz); 4. Glenda Ja ck son (Hon); 5. Anne Crawshaw(Hon ); 6. Robert Hodgson (Hon); 7 . Car l Thompson (Yam); 8. • Mar ianne Smit h tYe m~ 9.·Fr:ank Kanewey (Hon).!1 , • " •

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