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R i'J ::3 ~ ~ ~ .... V ...0 6 V >o Z John Neilsen prepares to head out into t he final section o n hi s way to a fifth overall finish. Bertram (left) and Hawkins (righ t) were close throughout t he entire enduro and f in ished w ith 17 and 18-point scores, respective ly. the rid ers h eaded o u t for th e fin al few miles a nd th e finish . At th e end o f th e run Bertram held th e to p spot with hi s 17-p oilll lo ss, j ust beating hi s fell o w Husk y rid er H awkin s ' 18-point total for th e ove ra ll victory. Hines fini sh ed with a 20-poilll ta lly, '" mad e o ut prett y good toward s th e end ," sa id Bertram , " b u t it was kind o f a struggle. My odo meter qu it o n the first loo p, then ' fix ed it a nd it qu itagain .8 m iles into th e third loop, so , went th e wh ol e th ird loop wi th no odometer. So it was kind o f a struggle, b ut , think everyt hi ng .worked o u t a lrig h t, , bea t Ra nd y (H a wkins) by one point. '" th ought it was a good en d uro , ' the co u rse wa s well marked a nd we had perfect co nd itio ns, you co u ld n' t ask for an y bett er. , rea ll y lik ed that tig h t section ' th ey had , it was defi- . n itel y interestin g ." '" h ad a p reuygood ride today," sa id Hawkins, " I'm co m ing back a n d I' m prett y healthy aft er my kn ee in jury ba ck in January. I'm feeli ng a lot m ore co m fortab le o n th e bike, " After th e first part o f the run I ha d a p oin t o n him ," co n tin ued H a wkins, " b u t Da ve ca me back a nd ca ugh t m e in the last two sectio ns a nd won it. , reall y d idn 't have a n y p robl ems , , d id h ave two bad cra shes, but you ha ve those every no w a nd then, "T his is quite a cha nge from last week ," sa id H a wkins, '" saw more rocks last week th an m y ho me sta te o f South Caro lin a has." "They (the club ) d id a su pe r job o f laying ou t th e run ," said H in es, '" had a few lillie prob lems, b u t I was j us t here to rid e a n d h ave a sa fe rid e. I wra p ped .u p th e cha m p io nship last week so , d idn't have to win , that too k a lill ie o f th e pressure off. , didn 't try as hard , ' d id n ' t have th e desire. '" j us t got bo tt le-necked a co u p le ti mes; There were two guys stuck on logs a nd there was no wa y ' co u ld ge t arou nd th em a nd t ha t cost 'm e a minu te, two mi n u tes, bu t it was no big dea l. "T h at section in th e th ird loop was tight, it wa s a lot o f muscle work, yo u j ust had to m uscle th e bike through, it was go od." '" rode as good as I co u ld ride," sa id fourth overa ll finish er R ussell , '" h urt m yself o u t in th e desert last week , whe n ' went over th e bars in Hi nes was runn ing with the leading Husky duo at the bu t his 20-point score gave him a th ird overa ll f inish, o ne o f th ose sa nd was hes . I hit m y leg pr etty bad a nd I' ve got a pretty m assive bru ise o n m y thigh. O n ri gh t hand jum s it was hard to keep my leg out. So I just went ou t a nd tri ed to keep a co nse rva tive pace a nd go as fast as I co u ld . . " G rea t tr ail , good traction a nd no dust, yo u co u ld n ' t ask for a n y better co nditions. All in a ll I wi sh ' co u ld ha ve been 100%," said R ussell. Hu sk y fo ur-stroke rider Irwin wh o ca rded a sixth o vera ll sa id, " Yo u co u ld n't have as ked for bet ter co nditi ons. There was a lo t of tra il a nd har dl y a ny road sections . Most of the trai l the a verages were mai ntain ab le a t 18 or 20 mi les a n ho ur, the n wh en th ey'd kick it up to 24, yo u co uldn' t avera ge it. . " T he one sectio n th at they h ad in th ere befo re the last tie-break er chec k wa s eq uiva le n t to th a t Te xas Natio na l En d u ro w her e evervo ne ho ured o u t. It wa s real tigh t. ' d idn ' t reall y have a ny tro ub les, ' j ust di d n' t go that fast. T ha t bi ke's pretty big to be in that tigh t, tig h t stuff." In th e B cla sses Ba rn es cla imed top h on ors a nd sco red th e victory in th e . I gas stop, O pe n B cl ass. Open cl ass b ikes proved to be a good cho ice a t th e Buckhorn as th e to p C rider wa s a lso mounted on an Open bike. Cr aig look top C laurel s a nd scored th e victory in the O pen Cra nk s. • Results OVERALL: 1. Dave Bertr am (Hus); 2. Randy Haw kin s (Hus); 3. Kevin Hin es (KTM ); 4 . Jef f Russell (Hus ); 5. Joh n Nielsen (Hus); 6. Jeff Irw in (Hus); 7. Duke Lambert: B. Ed Arn et (KTM); 9. Donnie Sim one (Kaw); 10 . Dc n Hoag land. 200 A: 1. Donnie Simone; 2. G. Peterson; 3. D. Wells. . 250 A : 1. S. Shoemaker; 2. S. Reyn olds; 3. M . Wa lden . . OPEN A: 1. John Nielsen; 2. Ed Arnet; 3. Don Hoagland . V ET A : 1. J . W etz ler ; 2 . R. A dan ; 3 . T. Lucchesi. SR A : 1. F. Show ers; 2. R. Ch r ist ian; 3. D. Behr . S/S R A : 1. K. Reiser; 2 . So re n se n; 3 . R. W ebster. 200 B: 1. B. Cavenel; 2. E. Westerhoff ; 3. ' S. Heywood . 250 B: 1. L Thomp son; 2. B. St ene; 3. R. Hit chcock. OPEN B: 1. Lynn Barnes; 2. M art in; 3. J . Porte r. VeT B: 1. S. Forest er; 2. P. Watki ns; 3. D. Carpenter. SR B: 1. T. Bishop: 2. M . Lawm an; 3. C. Elderton . 4-STRK B: 1. T. Deam. 200 C: 1. N. Hlckmont. 2. M . Barber; 3. J. Seltl. 250 C: 1. S. Litt le; 2. R. A ustin; 3. R. Cavana ugh. OPEN C: 1. J ames Craig; 2. Robinson; 3. L. M cKin ley. . VET C: 1. Hall; 2. K. Edgemont; 3. L Shepherd. SR C: 1. T. Robin son; 2. J . Litt le 3. W. Hopkin s. 4-STRK C: 1. D. Bachand; 2. R. Wh ite; 3. E. Eng man . " C" C: 1. Ken ny St ewart . 9