Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Q a: a ~ w ..J a: ::E w > a:l III 5 :I: e, John Martin finished second overall but won the AA class. Jeff Fredette dropped 29 points at the Burr Oak National Enduro and narrowly beat Can -Am's John Martin by three points for the overall . AltA National Championship Enduro Series: Round 5 Fredette batters Burr Oak By Merle Acord ROSELAWN, IN , MAY 12 Kawasaki Team . Green's Jeff Fredette dropped 29 points to beat "Can -Am 's john Martin by three points for the overall win at the Burr Oak National Enduro. The run was o rganized b y the Mid-W est National Enduro Riders. Af ter th is round of th e series , ' Fredette and Husqvarna s T erry 8 Cunnin gham eac h have a p air o f wi ns a nd one seco nd, bu t defending cha m p Cunnin gham is sti ll leadi ng the ser ies by virt ue o f h is two additional fi nis hes -one fo urth, and fifth in th e Burr Oak . " It's too ea rly in th e season," sai d Cunnin gham, " to worry a bo ut who's leadin g in th e point standings. The m ain th in g is to finish high in th e ea rly runs so yo u don' t have to use up yo ur thro wa way rides," A rid er 's 10 best scores' in the 12ro und series are counted for championshi p points. Da ve Rawlin g, th e o rga ni zi ng club's event coordin ato r, h ad 132.8 gro u nd miles with II ob serv ation checks, 14 timed chec ks, three m ileage resets (for a tota l o f 28. 1 miles), plus two speed cha nges. " It 's difficu lt to tak e poi nts away from th e AA rid ers," said Ra wl in gs, "without losing th e rest of the rid ers. O n e way is to h ave a coup le of 30 m iles-per-hou r section with resets at the end, whic h we did , as well as pl ac- in g a ch ~ck , i n a dd i t i on to th e n o rm al c hec k -I n /c heck -out s~quence, so mewhere aro~nd the mi dd le of a lo ng woods section. We took away 29 points from th e winner a nd th at was abo ut' th e way I had it figured." " I've been nerv ous th is week," sai d J ones C oggl es/ Freden e Racing-su pported Fredette. " I kn ew I had to p ush h ard , but o ne o f the problems h ere is not to ge t hot . Some of th ese sectio ns ca n be ridden fas ter th an 24 m iles-pe r-h our. They get prett y tricky wi th th e check .p lacemen ts." Fre de tte was asked if Ka wa sa ki wa nted h im to make a serio us bid for the Nation al Enduro Champ ionsh ip since h e h as suc h a good start. "T hey a re ge lling enth used," sai d Frede tte, " I' ll call the m tom orro w mornin g, for su re. I didn 't ca ll o n Mon day after I won th e Mich ig an ro u nd last week, a n d they wer e a littl e dis tu rbed, An ywa y, we'll di scu ss m y going to the Oregon Nat io nal on Ma y 26. Persona lly, I want to go for it. " Ma rt in an d Fredett e ea ch h ad dropped 23 points by th e third ga s ( 113 miles ), but Martin co llected a nother nine points to th e six o f Fredet te to fini sh second overall. " You co u ld tell th ey did a lo t of work findin g ar eas to run yo u in and o ut. o f," sai d Martin. " T b ev did a good job; I just wish th ey wouldn 't use th ose black a nd wh ite arrows." Husky-supported GaryJohnston finis hed th ird overa ll wit h a score of 38 an d di d n 't have trouble with the arrows, just with h is timekeeping equipment. " I had a terrib le day," sa id J o h nsto n. " My clock quit and look what happened to this wat ch I borrowed from Dwig ht (R udde r)- I smashed th e crys tal. It still works, but I' m going to rep lace it. It 's just tha t eac h tim e I ask R udder how much h e wants Ior th e wat ch , it goes up SIOO. I qu it as king at 300. "I burned th e seventh check," co ntinued J ohnsto n , " bu t I got through th e foll owi n g section quick enough a nd o n ly lost six . (Kevin) H in es lost eigh t, so I didn 't lose an y time against h is score. I di d ha ve problems toward s the end; I lost a bo lt o ut of my clutch lever , a n d I had a flat tire. By th en , we h ad go ne th rough the las t tim ed chec k a nd a ll that was left wa s an o bserva tion check. I reall y didn ' t care; a li i wanted wa s to get out of th e wood s." Husky's Hines, wh o ti ed J ohnston with 38 points but lost o u t o n th e tiebreaker to fini sh fourth overa ll, had trouble, but not with hi s time keeping equipment. " I go t lost a n d ran one loop twi ce," sa id H in es. " I' m putting in ex tra tim e, but not co l-. lect in g any overtime from Husky wh en I do th at. I didn't h ave a bad ride, but wh at I'm do in g is loo king forward to Morgantown , West Virg in ia, a nd th e Na tiona l Hare Scram bles th ere next week. I rid e en duros mainl y to keep in shape for th e har e scra m bles. " I may go home for a litt le wh ile a fter Morgantown ," contin ued Hines, who lives in Weston, Massachusetts, " I h aven 't been home in over two months. I don't know if I'll go to th e Oregon Na tion al. " " T hey m ade yo u th ink a bo u t wh at yo u were doing toda y," sa id Cunningham. " T hey checked us in and out of long sectio ns and th e chec k p lace me nt wa s good . My bike worked ba sicall y flawlessly a nd I on ly fell down o nce. I felt good a bo u t every th ing. I may ge t beat , but let 's put it th is wa y, I didn 't mak e enough m istak es to ge t beat by much . The sco res will tell. " Wh en th e sco res were ' p o st ed , C unnin gham 's 39 points p laced him fifth overa ll. Husk y's Dave Bert ram, wh o mak es h is home in Ro d eo , Ca li fo rn ia, dropped 50 poi nts to fin ish eight h in th e AA class , and he was no t as happy with his performa nce as Cu n n ingham was with h is. " I don't lik eall the dust," said Bertram . "I think I had o ne of m y worst rides ever. I was passing one of th e slower riders , crash ed o ver th e handl ebars, a nd stuc k th e bar s into my sto mach . I did every th in g wrong." Ra y Mungena st collected th e majoritv of h is 57 poin ts wh en he sto pped in th e first section to aid Ron Ribolzi , wh o had h it a tree an d was knocked unconscious. " Ro n had th e fro nt fender o f hi s Husky wrapped arou nd a tree 'a nd h e was layin g on th e gro u n d, n ot m o ving," sa id Mungen ast. " I jumped o ff m y bike a nd ran ove r to h im; it scared the h ell ou t of m e. H e ca me arou n d in a few minutes a nd started telling me to go ahead, tha t he was alrigh t. I staye d a co u p le of more minutes just to make sure. He's m y frien d an d h e would have done as much for me. I ca rr ied th e lost tim e until th e first .reset. " Randy Kline rode a Yamaha 250 to High Point A honors, droppin g 45 points, th e sa me total as MCC Husky rider Dave Pu ch arich . Klin e won on the tiebr eak er by 92 secon ds. Eri ck Shafer beat o u t J ay H all by six points for seco nd in the 250cc A class beh ind Puch arich, but Erick' s big co n versa tion pi ece will be a bo u t beating hi s father, Don , wh o dr opped 65 po ints for third in th e Sen ior A class. Bill Gusse a n d hi s Bike Barn Can -Am won th e Senior A class wi th a score of 47. J eHSm ith, Ca n-Am's p roduct manager, rides an occasion a l enduro in the Super Senior class a nd a t this event he dropped 87 p oints to win th e class. " I th in k 160 miles wa s too far for m e," sai d Smi th . " I wanted to come back to the pi ts a fter 50 m iles, but th ey kept steering us into th e woods. They didn 't h ave to do tha t; I had already surrendered." Scott Levert on, on a Bike Barn Can-Am, didn 't surre nder, a nd neit her did Gary Wi lliams a nd h is Ft. Dod ge Ka wa sak i ; th ey ea ch drop p ed 78 points to tie for H igh Po int B, with Sco tt wi n ni ng the tie brea ker and in sta nt adva ncement to A class sta tus. Sco tt said, " I like winn in g , but I don 't rea lly need to be an A rider ," Rawlings th anked la yout ca p tai n Bob Br o wn a n d th e o t he r cl u b members a nd volunteers wh ose efforts made th e event a success . Special th anks go out to Ci ssy Webb for her effort s in o bta in ing a mountain of co ntin genc y prizes from H i-Point Ra cing Produ ct s, Smith Goggl es, Oury Grips, J eff Fredette Ra cing, Power Motors of Pal atine, Illinois, MCC of Lombard, Illinoi s, H allman Racing, B&C Cycle of Roselawn , In di ana , Aero P .A. o f Elgin, Ill in ois, and Spectr o . • Results OVERAll: Jeff Fredene (K.w) 29 . HIGH POINT A : R.ndy Kline (Y.m) 45 . HIGH POINT B: Scan Leverton (C-A) 78 . M : 1. John M.rtin(C·A); 2. G.ryJohnston (Husl; 3. Kev in Hines (Hus); 4 . Ter ry Cunningham (Hus); 5. Richard Scharphorn (Hus) ; 6 . M ike Toole (Hus); 7. Dav id Bertram (Hus); 8 . Kevin Brown (C· A); 9 . Fritl K.dlec (Hus); 10. R.y M ungenast (Hus); 11. Jeff Russell (Hus). 200cc A: 1. Gene O·N.il (V. ml 2. G. ry Peterson (C-A); 3. Troy McDon.ld (Hus); 4. Rod Miller (C·A); 5. Billy Toth (Y.m). 250cc A: 1. D.vid Pucher ich (Hus); 2. Ericlt Sh.fe r (Hus); 3. J.y H.II (Hu sl; 4 . Craig Heves (Husl; 5. Geoff Me llinger (Husl. OPEN A: 1. Rick Ingold (KTM ); 2. Ron Wh ipple (C· A); 3. Thomas Dr.ke (Hus); 4 . Scan Luc. (Husl; 5. Robert Be.n (Husl. SR. A : 1. Bill Gusse (C-A); 2. Steve Sm igiel (Hus); 3 . Jon Sha fe r (Hu s); 4 . Richard Cromer (Kaw); 5 . carl Scha rphorn (Hus) . 4 ·STROKE : 1. Corl Alt ier (Honl 2. Stephen Bacon (Han); 3. BI.ir Rodes (Han); 4. Joe Kelly (Han); 5. Gordon B.rdflied (Suz). SUPER SR: 1. Jeff Smith (C-A): 2. H.rold D.nny (Yam ); 3 . Phillip Patt erson (Kaw); 4 . Don Bersterd (Hus); 5 . George Townsend (Kawl. 125cc B: 1. John Haas (Hon); 2. Paul Hugg ins (Yam); 3 . Kenneth Rinholt (Hus); 4 . Jeffery Keegan (Husl. 200ccB: 1. GaryWilliam(Kaw); 2. Bruce Denney (V. ml; 3. Tim Serdyke(V.m); 4 .Jim Redill a (Kew); 5. Greg Serdyk e (V. m). 250cc B: 1. James Park er (Hu s); 2 . Richard Stin es (Suzl; 3. Doug Wilkins (C·A); 4. M ike Scott (Hus); 5. Eddie Eberts (KTMI . . OPEN B: 1. M ike C. rev (Hu sl: 2. Cow in Lamb; 3. Tom Secklin (Yam ); 4 . M ike Goo ker (KTM ); 5. James Lipp (KTM). SA. 8 : 1. Ja ck M enss en (Kaw ); 2 . Donav en Young (M ai); 3 . Dale Whitton (Hus); 4 . Richard Rot h (Kaw); 5. David Prices (Kaw) . W OM EN: 1. Gale Vandewater (Hu s). .

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