Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

;.:.. Q.) ..0 a Q.) ;> o Z J ef f Russell was o ne of the f our Husqvarna rid er s to f i nis h in the top five at t he Buck ho rn Na t io nal. plac ing fourth ov erall. Newly-crowned National End uro Champion Kevin Hines rode w hat he ca ll ed a "safe" race and fin ished third overall . AMA RK Chain National Championship Enduro Series: Round 11 Bertram tames Buckhorn NatiolJal in California By Mike Lar son OA K R U N, CA , NOV. 8 H u sq varn a 's Dave Ber tram sq ueaked ou t the overall victory a t the Buckhorn National En duro, by edging h is Husq varna teammate Randy H awki n s by a single point. 8 Bertram dropped a tota l 'o f 17 point s o n th e the 120-mi le I ru n , ,w h ile H a wkin s turned in a n .l Svp o i n t l o s s . N ew l y crowned 1 ' a iio na l End uro Ch am p ion Kevin Hin es pil oted his KT;\ 1350 10 third o vera ll. just three poi nts behin d wi n ner Bert ram with a to ta lof 20 poin ts. Bet rarn took th e wi n in sp ite of h a vin g serious tro ub le wi th his' odome ter duri ng th e run. Bert ra m 's odome ter quit o n him not o nce , but twice in th e 120-mile even t, Husqvarn a 's J eff R ussell claimed fourth overa ll, whi le the rest o f th e la p 10 were O rego n 's J oh n N ielsen, J eff Irwin , Duk e La m bert, Ed Arn et , Don n ie Simo ne a nd Don H oagl and. The ru n was hosted by th e Red ding Din Riders a nd had a lm ost 280 parti cipants. T he A riders had a 120mil e run , whi le the B riders had to go a to ta l o f 11 6. C riders a nd Sen ior class co m petito rs had a cha lleng ing 86-m ile trai l. Th e ru n -h a d o r igi na lly bee n sch edu led for O ctob er 4, bu t was ca ncelled d ue to th e posting o f a Stag e II fire a lert in the area because o f ext reme ly dr y co n d itio ns in no rth ern Ca lifornia. T he en d u ro was reschedul ed for November 8 after rain s lessen ed th e danger o f fire. R id e rs wer e g ree te d b y co o T tempera tu res a nd rai n la te in th wee k m ad e th e tra il co n d itio ns virrua llv d ust free. ' In the B class th e top rider was Lyn n Barnes. wh ile th e C class was to pped by J am es Cra ig. In the "COO C cla ss (for rid ers who haven 't earned a ny C points in th e distri ct ) Ken n y Stewa rt took top honors. For most o f th e 120-m il e run Bertram , Ha wkin s a nd Hines were runni ng very clo se o n po ints. dropping on ly a few points on th e first two loo ps. wi th Ha wk in s hol d ing a sligh t edge o n th e ot her two. . The club laid out a cha lle ng ing sectio n in th e final part o f the run for the A rid ers, co nsisting of very tig h t, virgi n tra ils. This sect io n, ca lled the " Dead Fo rest," o n the last loo p wo u ld prove to be the critical o ne for th e th e three front-ru n ners. This secti on co nta ined a tie-br eak er chec k a nd wa s l itt ered with fa llen trees and lo w ha nging br a nches. AI the en d of the th is section Haw kin s a nd Bertram had Doth dro pped II po in ts, w h ile H ines dropped 12. After a 30-m in u te reset,

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