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John Haaker rode his Husky to first Open Four-Stroke. the special test , th e ride rs fou nd m anmade wat er bars, or chan n els dug into th e trails to ro u te ra in wa ter runoff. Man y of th e wat er bars ca ugh t riders o ff guard around bl ind turns at speed. So me of the chan nels were a few feet deep. " I was scared o f th e water bars in th e special test ,' : sa id Daniel. " I ha d some bad experiences in th e m orning. Man , I h it so me of th ose wa ter bars a nd did some flyi ng 'Ws' li ke crazy. so in th a t firs t special. I'd go aroun d the co rners a nd I wo ul d be lookin g for those things. So my times were a littl e bit slo w." The seco nd tim e arou n d o n th e sam e specia l tes t sec tion. speed s p icked up a n d it was Roeseler, this time. cloc kin g off the quickest time, three seco nds over H a lco mb. Iielsen and Bertram tied agai n in th e 500cc class, while Dan Smi th, on ce again. was to p Four-Stroke. H yde contin ued to burn th e tra il s in the 125cc class with th e fa stest sco re, to pping Hon da -m o u nted riders T az Harvey and Mill er. Drew Smi th ma in tained h is u ppe rhand in th e Li gh tweight Fo u r-Stroke class. After ri ding more th an 120 miles th ro ugh four loops, th e las! three m iles fea tu red the final special test of th e day, one o f th e to ughest specia l tests o f the wee kend. T he narr ow, somewha t muddy a nd rocky trai l zig. zagged through the den se forest. an d it was 125cc ri der Donnie Simon e surp rising everyone with th e fastest tim e at 365 seco nds. Second best time was H aak er 's 369 score followed by Nielsen 's 372 an d Roeseler 's 377. Ha lcom b fini shed three seco nds off Roeseler's pace. O vera ll scores after th e first day , however, favored Halcomb who led Roeseler by five seco nds, 1099-1104. Next came Haaker a t 1111, followed by Nielsen (1112), Bertram (1123), Dan Smith ( 113 1), Drew Sm ith ( 1132) and H yde (1139). Day Two J eff Irwin, riding a Husky in the big-bore Four-Stroke class, began day two on a so ur no te wh en his mot orcycle di d n 't fire within h is start m inute and he dropped 60 pe nalty poi nts. " Basi ca lly e ve ry th in g s ta rted going wrong yesterday morni ng at eight o 'clock," jok ed Ir wi n . " Actu a lly, I lost a wa ter p ump seal early yesterday; th e bi ke started running really hot, so it lost some com p ressio n. I carried a litt le containe r with me because water was dripping from the b ike reall y fast. I co u ld go about four o r five m iles, stop a t all th e creeks and put wat er in it. I replaced the seal this morning, but it wouldn 't start within my minute. It was a BRAKES TEAM SUZUKI Wins With EBe BRAKES 1 st Place 0 1 A and 1 st Place Heavyweig ht Sup erbike W ERA/EBC Brakes Nation al Endurance Series Round Seven, Granan, MI July 4 , 19 87 ASKFOIl ESC BRAKES AT YOUR LOCAL DEALER OffCiIl' Brllkes Of WERA fRdurllllCe Series I Hy -Tech MotoTcycie Component s • 12860 Bradley A ve., Sylmar, CA 91342 • . (81 8) 362-7408