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.... il) ..0 E il) :> o Z Finishing second place in the B Women's class. Anna Cody navigates down one of the typical tig ht ravine sections during the second loop . up shee ts still showed th at Hines had arrived a t 25.05 a nd th e burn even tua lIy stood. . i, Hines sa id simpl y, " T he check was off. " Hines-probl em s co n ti n ue d at th e fin al ch eck : H e forked out 20 and filed an offi cial prot est o n th e final ch eck a fter being sco red 25.18, H e . pro iested th ai th e clock wa s o ff as well , but accord ing to Pa lenske, a later chec k of th e clock proved it wa s righ t o n tim e. Even if Hines had won ei the r prot est , i t wouldn ' t ha ve c ha n ge d th e o u tco m e. Hin e s would 've wound up in a tic with Roeseler, but Roeseler had a better tie-brea ker score, whi ch would 've kept Hines in seco nd. Hin es was hoping th e chec k would be thrown out. a nd he cou ld 've had a ch a nce to beat Roeseler . A National Ch ampi onship wa s o n the Iin e for Hines a nd he took no cha nce s. H e wan ted every th ing t6 be sco red accurat el y, especia lly since Bertram , after tall ying hi s points for th e first time , wa s si tt ing fourth ove ra ll, whi ch wo u ld have mea n t that Hines co u ld n ' t clin ch th e cha mpi onshi p . But a rech eck of Bert ram 's sco re card lat er th at even ing showed a scoring er ror , whi ch d ro pped Bertram in to a tie for fourth with Arn et , But w he n th e tie-break er points were tall ied, Arnet edged o u t Bertram , putting th e Husky rider in fifth .a n d . giving Hin es th e cha m p io ns h ip , . Ridin g a Husky 250, H awkins locked third overa ll with a solid 16point score, H awkins, who's from T ra velers Rest, So ut h Carolina , said, " I felt g rea t but it ca me a lilli e too la te (in th e seri es). It was qu ite a bit . different riding out here co m pared to back home, .bu t I had fun ." Arnet wh o finish ed fourth, sa id, '" wa s a littl e bit lucky because.I was riding o n Roese ler 's minute. That he lped m e a lot sin ce I'm st ill working on m y timeke eping. I sta yed up until two in the morning tr ying to program m y compu ter. " Frede tte traded hi s usual Kawasak i KDX200 m ount for a KX250, whi ch was more sui ted to th e desert rid in g co ndi tio ns, His sixth p lace o vera ll with a 23-po in t score wa s good enoug h to rea listirnllysecure thi rd o vera ll in th e Na tio na l Cha m pionsh ip Seri es. Hi s n earest ri va l is Hawkins. . Ca li forn ia n Ri ck Danie l pilot ed hi s Yamaha Y l 490 to a 28-p o int d ro p to ca p tu re seven th o vcra ll a nd first Open A. '" cou ldn 't get going duri ng th e fir st loo p ," sa id . Daniel , " bu t I lelt a lot bett er in th e 'seco nd loo p . It wa s a great end u ro ." Fini shing on e point back of Dani el wa s Husk y's .Jeff Russell. wh o ca p tured eig h th o vera ll a hea d o f Four-Stroke o verall wi n ne r Husky 's .Jeff Irwin (30 po int s ), a n d Hu sk y rid er Duk e L amb ert (33 poi ius). . In th e 250cc A class, H onda rider Kurt Hou gh edged K'I 'M vmou nt ed Bill Berrorh by o ne point, 38-39, w hi le Pa ul Will iam s ca p tured th ird wi th 4 1 poi n ts a head of H onda rid er Lowell Sp iva, wh o tal lied 43 po int s. There were o n ly two co nte sta n ts in th e Women B class a nd both Feli cia a nd Anna Cody co m p leted both loops, d roppin g 310 a nd 3 9.~ points. T o p C Wom en was Lori Bor etree. • Steep and rocky down hills prevailed at the Bad Mountain National. O ut of nearly 200 starters, approximately 70 riders f in ished both loo ps. Unofficial Results OVERALL : 1. Larr y Roeseler (Kaw) ; 2. Kevi n Hin es (KTM); 3. Randy Haw kin s (Hus); 4. Ed.Arn et (Han); 5. Dave Bertram tHu s); 6. Jeff Freden e (Kaw ); 7. Rick Daniel (Yam); 8. J eff Russell (Hus); 9. J eff trwin {Husl; 10 . Duke Lambert (Hu s). AA : 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw) ; 2 . Kevin Hines (KTM) ; 3 . Rand y Haw kins (Hus); 4 . Dave Bertram (Hus); 5. Jeff Fredette (Kawl ; 6. J eff Russell (Hus); 7. Jeff Irwin (Hus); 8. Duke Lambert (Hus). A OPEN; 1. Rick Dani el (Yam); 2. J ohn Haaker (Hus); 3 . J . McCormick; 4 . E. Anderson; 5. P. McAllister. A 250 ; 1. Kurt Hough (Han); 2. Bill Berroth (KTM); 3 . P. Will iams; 4 . Low ell Spiva (Hon); 5. Char les Halcomb tS uz). A 200: 1. Ed Arnet (Han ); 2 . Donni e Simone (Kaw); 3 . Kit Pal mer (Yam); 4 . J . Lew is; 5. J . Speigh t. A 4-STRK; 1. Larry Sabastio n (Han). SR A : 1. D. Sw eeney; 2. O. Leos; 3 . A. M ore; 4 . C. English; 5. R. Terr main e. A SU P SR: 1. R. Chr isti an ; 2. D. Hutch ens; 3 .. ' R. Fry; 4 . H. Keast; 5. B. Sorrenson. B OPEN: 1. L. Bar nes; 2. D. Stevens; 3. M . A nde rso n; 4 . J . Alter; 5. l. Heschi ke. South Carolina 's Randy Hawkins d ropped 16 points and wound up f inishing th ird overall behind Roeseler and Kevin Hines. 8250: 1. Tom Karas ; 2.1. Thompson; 3 . R. Scott ; 4 . O. Grah am ; 5 . M . Cast illo. ~ B 200 ; 1. J. Poole; 2. M . Bader; 3. S. Muller; 4 . Ken Car men s; 5. G. Nile s. B 4-STRK; 1. B. Rust; 2. T. Deam; 3. E. Kell ett; 4 . D. St oy; 5 . M . Bau mann . B SR: 1. J . Harpol e; 2. J . Norke. 3 . A . J en son ; 4 . R. Claypoo le. B WOMEN ; 1. Feli cia Cody; 2. Anna Cody. COPEN : 1. N. Davis; 2. T. Shultz; 3. M . Bream; 4 . J . Stov er; 5 . S. Morgan . C 250 ; 1. S. All en; 2. A. W ard; 3. B. Kanatzar; 4 . T. Lawson ; 5 . D. Vi rgilio. C 200: 1. L Varnell; 2. D. Burton; 3 . J . Harri s; 4 . R. Wahlst rom . ' . C 4 ·STRK: 1. C. Kelly; 2. D. Bronson; 3. G. . Du nning; 4 . J . Verhasselt 5. A . Spangler. C SR: 1. A . Folch i; 2 . G. Lombardo; 3 . M . Cevene . C SUP SR: 1. R. Watson. C W OMEN : 1. Lori Bc retr ee: 2. G. J ackson. 9