Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

logging roads clai m ing, " It co u ld ha ve weII been a 30 m p h a verage." wh ile man y o f th e A a nd B riders wou ld h ave lik~d very much to ha ve it a n 18 m ph a verage ra the r th an the a lloued 24 mph . T he eve n t wa s run in th e infa mous T iIlamook Burns a rea o r-t he T illamook Xar ional Forest whi ch is very g rueli ng terrai n . T he forest burned from o u tsi de of Portl and 10 th e coast in the 1930s but has grown back well a nd last wa s h ost 10 AMA Enduro Reg ional s in 1981 a nd 1983. T h ree week s ago, th ere wa s five feet of snow in so me a reas, accordi ng to club members, whi ch made for a co u rse a ltera tio n . and Fredett e added th at a no the r tou gh sect io n would be ni ce, " I would have hat ed to have been a B ride r, so me of th e downhills were . dow nrig h t scary." Dave Bertram took top honors in the 100 m ile Tillamook. Oregon. by dropping only two points. AMA National Enduro Series: Round 1. Bertram leads Hus.~sweep By C lay Light TILLA~IOO K, O R, :'>1 AY 26 Husqvarna teamster Dave Bertram broke Kawasaki 's J eff Fredette's two National win strea k bv winning the 100 mile Oregon , a tio n a l enduro in very rugged Oregon coasta l terrain nea r th e town of Tillamook. Bert ram led a th ree rider Husq va rn a sweep of th e gruel ing Na tiona l eve n t, d rop- 16 ping o n ly two p oi nt s in th e process, Points lead er Terry C u nn ingha m h ad a n exce lle nt day o n ly losing o ne p oint. Cu n n ingham lost tim e in a n uphill sec tio n th at man y rid ers will not soon for get. Cu n ni ngha m, lik e th e ot h er AA ri ders , had a mi serabl e time with th e uph ill a nd lost po ints d ue 10 a bo ul en eck o f A a n d B ri de rs u nleas he d some 20 m in utes ahead. T he race was well promoted by Lo bo 's :'>I. C. o f Portl an d . O rego n and was we ll liked by the majority of the riders, incl udi ng Bert ram . Cunni ng ham a nd Nort he rn California teammate Jeff Irwin , o ne of two H usq va rn a members rid ing water-cool ed XCs. Irwin finished thi rd ahead o f Frede tte and like all AA ride rs said th e co u rse was too ea sv in some a reas but verv rugged in the other portions of t h~ 100 mile cou rse, T h e co urs e did ta ke its 1011 on ma n y bik es a nd riders wi th su ch areas as th e West For k o f th e North Fork river crossing. whi ch was lin ed by sli my roc ks a nd fa lle n de bris th at made th i ngs tricky for a ll but the AA ride rs a nd a few A rid ers, A lig h t th u ndershower Sa tu rdav n ight m oi sten ed th e th ick ly wooded ' mountain o us turf a nd made thi ngs quite tra cti onabl e wh en af ternoo n suns h ine d ri ed it to per fecti on . Both Ir win an d C un n ingha m di sl iked th e lo w morni ng clouds th at hung over the moun ta ins a nd ma de fo r ~ slick ride . C un ning ha m co m me n ted, " Even with good tires on mv 500AE it was still ea sy 10 get sidewa ys." All the AA riders zeroed check one excep t Will ia m Perkins (H u s 500 AE). Per kin s went on 10 have a misera ble second checkpo in t score d ropping severa l poi nts in th e p ro cess by being botrl en ecked with th e A a nd B ri ders th at started as much as 20 m inu tes ahead. Bert ra m had no th ing good to say a bo u t th e seco nd . checkpo in t, d roppin g h is o n ly two po int s in th e sectio n, as did reamma tes C u n n i ngham , Irwin . Kevin Hines a nd Fritz ' Kadl ec. Kadl ec d ropped eig h t p oints a nd lost ou t in th e chao tic uphill. a nd lik e man y of hi s AA teamm at es, " V sed th e A and B riders machin erv for tracion." . Fredett e had hi s problems o n hi s Kawa sak i-su ppo rt ed KDX 200, i ncl ud ing co mi ng into the firs t ch eck so me 30 seco nds ahead of time. Frede ue gave it a ll it had 10 loc k-tern-up and slide. arrivi ng three seconds ea rl y 10 lo se a point and go o n 10 lose four in th e second chec k aft er arriving four minutes lat e tr yin g to ge l a ro u nd th e firs t bo tt len eck. some 16 miles from the start. Fredett e went o n 10 zero the remaining chec ks a nd rode mag nificently as did th e su rprise of the da y, Du ke Lambert. Lambert (H us 250 ) dropped only five p oints in th e event 10 win the 250cc A class a nd finished amidst th e AA riders in th e overa lls. T he tiebrea ker sep a ra ted Lambert from Hi nes a nd Frede tte, who won the position by mere seco nds, and after winning the two previous Na tiona ls wa s look in g fo r a co nsis tent top five fin ish o n h is Sierr a Dist./Jon es/Kaw asak i/H allman ride and is ge lli ng add itio n a l support fro m Kawasak i in th e way o f gas expe nses. Bertra m zeroed the remaini ng seven checks and th e Rodeo , Ca lif orni an 's win ca me of n o surpris e 10 a ny on e. incl uding teammat es C u n n ingha m a nd Ir wi n a nd sta ted , " T h e co urse ha d quite a few good spots, " but wasn't ent h used with a ll th e rock y Man y rid ers had probl ems with chec k number six but from th ere on in it wa s pretty much fair sailin g. Check nine was th e final checkp oi nt before th e finish and was conveni ently hidden on a horrendous downhi ll sectio n, whi ch a lo ng with th e R i p pl e Cr eek sectio n was densely wooded a nd lin ed with gnar ly ro ck s a nd ver y narrow trails . At o ne point of th e downhill . th e trail was o n lv 16 in ch es wid e and crested a 400 foot ~reek- li ned drop-o ff. AA rider s Irwin a nd Cunni ngha m rode down th e hill in close formatio n and ro de th e section with ease. From check n in e, th e ride rs had ~ ,4 mi les of brea th-ta ki ng down hi lls to co n tend wi th a nd high speed logging road back 10 J ones Creek Pa rk where the riders wou ld finish . ISD E rider Barret t Bro wn was o n ha nd at the final ch eckpo in t a nd wa s disappo inted at nOI being a ble to ride due to not ~ etli ng h is factory backed 1\1St ar ready. He th ought th e traction was perfect asdid Irwin, wh o rode th e fin al 40 mil es without mu ch clutch. Irw in a lso lost th e use of his speed o me ter and used th e "Brai lle method ." Ir w in had praise fo r m uc h of th e co urse but agreed with Bertram tha t there were far too manv easv checks. C u n n ing ha m wo u ld' h av~ lik ed to pa d his point s lea d wi th a win , he had a good tim e a n d rode we ll co m mentin g, " Wha t th ey had was goo d, but not enough o f th e ro ugh stuff. Th e bou lcneck screwed us- up (AA riders) a nd I went three, bein g o n tim e until the bou lcn eck to ok us o u t. Bert ra m won th e chec ks th at co u n ted a nd deserved to win. " Cu n n ingha m won bo th eme rge ncy checks a nd fini sh ed seco nd behind Bert ra m i n the o vera ll. T he O pen A class was wo n by a very smoo th . co n sistent ri de from J oe Ni elso n (H us). N ielson d ropped 10 po ints 10 fi n ish eighth o verall behi nd 250cc A winner La mer t, Kadl ec. and a head of Dan Logan (Yam). Logan won out in a tiebreaker wit h Dan H arte (H us 500) by six seconds, whi le Suzuki rider Chuck Steahy rode 10 11th . • Res ults AA: 1. Dave Bert ram (Hus); 2. TerrvCu nn ingnam (Husl ; 3 . J eff Irwin (Hus); 4 . J eff Fredette (Ka w) ; 5 . Kevi n Hin es (Hu s]: 6. Fritz Kad lec (Husl; 7. W i lliam Perkin s (Husl. O PEN A : 1. John Nie lson (H usl: 2. Dan Logan (Vam); 3 . Ron G uston (Vam) ; 4 . Gar y Lan de (Hu s); 5. Dave Bower s (Husl; 6 . Steve Sim on (Yam ); 7. Damon Bee (Yam). 250 A : 1. Du ke Lamber t (Hus) ; 2. Dan Hart e (Hus ); 3 . Ch uck Sl eah y (SUl); 4 . Fred Rockmor e (Hus ); 5. Dave Marcin (Husl ; 6 . J .D. Bent ley (Husl; 7. Wa yn e Anderson (Kaw) . 200 A: 1. Haro ld Perepalk in (Yam); 2. Darr en Burt (Yam); 3 . Len Orrico (Kaw) . OPEN B; 1. David G ib son (Hus) ; 2 . Paul Merna ugh (Husl: 3. Dar en Fil asi (Husl , 250 B: 1. Pet e Pigon tH u s); 2. Bob Pigoll tHu s); 3 . Br ian Fuller (Hu s). SA B: 1. Gen e Brown (Hus l: 2 . Ken Kenney (Yam) ; 3 . St eve Doa ne (Husl. SUPER SR B: 1, Oon Rhod es (Hus) : 2. Ric h ard Seigle (v e rn). 200 B: 1. Don Dougla s (Ho n ); 2. Kevi n Cosgrove (Yam ); 3. Mike M oor e IKa w) . OVERALL: 1. Dav e Ben ram (Hus); 2. Terry c o nni ngha m (Hus) ; 3 . Jeff Irwin (Hus); 4 . J eff Fred ett e I K a ~ l; 5. Ke vin Hin es (Hus ); 6. Duke Lamben IHus); 7. Fritz Kadlec (Hus); 8. John Nielso n (Hus); 9. Dan Loga n (Vam ); 10 . Oan Harte (H us); 11. Ch uc k Steady (Suz ); 12. Ron Guston (Yam); 13 . Ron Dou gtas (Hon), Drag bike (Co n ti n u ed from page 1-1 ) Th e sem is found Van ce agains t cu sto mer an d friend Mafaro , " Pizza J ohn " ca me o u t first. bu t h is lead was go bbled u p im me d ia tely by Van ce w ho ro lle d 10 th e win a t 8.3 95/ 157.6 1 10 put Mafar o o n th e trai ler. Keyt e a nd hi s S up er bik e M ik e Eng ineeri ng Suzu ki were o ut next against Miles. Keyrc's bike was begin ning 10 puff smo ke as h e did his burn o u t. " A cyli nder went bad a t Cincinnati last weeken d, " exp lai ned Keyre. Well, th e leak down o n th at cvlinder was not a Iacror as Mil es beat himself with a red light. Keyte's reaction tim e wa s a ,480 for hi s 8.576/1 54.16 run. Mil es sa id, " I want ed to stage seco n d. I was looking a t the wh eel an d wh en I thought I was pre-stag ed I looked up a t th e lights to find I had staged. As I began 10 back o u t, Mik e slipped in and stag ed and wh en the lights came down I wa s in a fix. " It was Van ce a n d Kevre in th e final. Everyo ne wa s an tici pa ting a n 8,20 pass from Van ce. H e had lan e cho ice and took th e seem ingly qui cker left lane. As Keyre sta rted h is Suzuki hi s p roblem s reall y becam e evide nt . It wa s puffin g smo ke badl y an d looked lik e it was burni ng so methi ng mor e a kin to coa l th an gaso line. Keyte kn ew he had 10 get out first if he wa n ted to have a nv cha nce at a ll since the lac k of power in o ne cylinder cou ld ha ve p ut h im a way aga ins t someo ne o f similar pow er while aga i nst Van ce a nd h is 8.30s th ings looked bleak . The IWO staged a n d the ligh ts came down. Keyte was o ff th e line first, but red -lighted aw ay any cha nces. Van ce ca me o ff th e lin e hard , but got o ut of shape an d began drifting 10 th e righ t and almost crossed the cen ter Iin e. He backed o ff the throttle and coasted to th e win . Keyte's losin g time wa s an 8.565/ 154.58. Next u p was Schu ltz aga inst Ga torna tiona l winner Pizza J ohn :'>Iafaro o n hi s P. ]. Perforrn an ceiLaw/Van ce & H ines-backed Suzuki. When the light s ca rur down, :'>1a fa 1'0 had th e hol e-sh ot o f th e wee ke nd with a .4 19 reacti on time. He ca rr ied the lead un ti l the bik e shan-shi fted from seco nd to th ird a nd fell o ff th e power -band . Ju st as it looked lik e Sc h u lt z wou ld bl ow by Mafa ro , Sch u ltz's igniti on went a way. Ma faro wa s o n th e power a nd gone. Mason 's Kaw a saki seized th e engi ne o n Sa turday d uri ng hi s seco nd qua lifyin g pa ss. T he engi ne wo rk ed fine in Su nday's first ro und . Keyte in ro u nd two : rn rne off the lin e first with ;\la son edging up slig htly before appeari ng 10 fa ll off the pace. T he motor had seized agai n a nd Keyte was in, whil e :'>[ason was turned in to a spectator. ;\Iiles ra n Jo" Folgore next and: co rning off his defeat o f Kog u t, was morr a n xio us to get 10 the li ne to see if th e bik e's transmiss io n was go ing to work a/-:ain ra ther than th ink ing a bo u t wh o h e was ru nning. Folgore, was o n a new S uzuki CS 11 50ES which he is still dialing in. The lights came down, Miles" tran sm issi on shifted whe n he shi fted it. a nd Fo lgoie was o n the tra iler - 8.538/ 155.01 to 8.750/ 1'16.77. •

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