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. Husqvarna rider Dave Bertram was second overall and f irst AA ri der after the addit ion error was corrected. He beat Lafferty by two points. there was nothing betw een there and th e finish, and Bennett hadn't waited for th e reset. They were off in a shot, but it was too late. Bennett finished up with . j w o points off at the last check , 'Lafferty did a five. " He came up on me go ing into 13, and I just had to let him by," La ffert y said about Bennett. " We rod e together for a while, but he was just flying. I 'cou ldn 't keep up." Bertram a nd Russell came in with a six a nd a seven , but th en co mplained that th e flip cards wer e wrong .during scoring. Wh en they checked the check clock a nd backup shee ts they were satisfied that th e error was on their part and th e protest was withdrawn. Being th e 50th Anniversa ry of th e Sa n dy L an e , th e Meteor Club incl uded a Vintage class, for bikes 15 years o ld o r o lder, a nd th ey drew som e interesting en tr ies. It was easy 10 tell that most of the Vint age class riders were old hands. because most never turned in their cards a t th e end of th e run, figuring a DNF d idn 't mean a ny thing! Jim Smith, father of Drew, wowed the crowd by sta rt ing on a Norton, and J im Hoar turned h undreds of hea ds by making it as far as check seven on a n 'a ncient H o nda CT90 step -t h ro ugh ! T h e class was' won by Mik e Slat e, o n a bea u tiful T riu mph 500 twin. Dave Tu cker emerged fro m th e l25cc B class to take th e Hi gh Po int B honors with 70 poin ts, and Kevin Sm ith came from all th e way back . on minute 85 to win Hi gh Point C with 32 points (the C rid ers were fini shed a t th e third gas sto p), The Women's class cont enders also ran a shortened course, and Kathy Campbell was first in with a 41 over the 65 of Linda Luhn. In the Super Senior class, past ECEA President John Cooper once again took th e honors, this time with a 29 points score over the 37 points posted by Joe Morel from Massachusetts. South Jersey Enduro Riders #1 Team took the team Iion ors . The cards were turn ed iri and the Newly-crowned National Champion Kevin Hines was within one point of Bennett before dropping out after 1 14 m iles w ith an ailing clutch . co mp uters turned on, and scoring took a few hours after the first riders came in. Everybody was groani ng and aching, but it was agreed tha t the 50th Sandy Lane will go down , in hi story as a real enduro. Still, just before the trophies were handed out Meteor scorekeeper Bob Henry took th e microphone and asked the crowd, " Wha t did you think of the course?" Immediately a ch ant went up " Kill Dale Freitas! Kill Dal e Freitas!" Freitas, of course, was nowhere to be found. With the smoke and steam settling out of the tig h t and wet sections of th e co urse, the Sandy La ne wound down; and with it the National and ECEA Champion ships. It was a tough year for the incumbents, and a great year for the challengers, with Laffert y being deposed by Bennett, and Bertram and Husqvarna being toppled by Hines a nd KTM. " I' m just glad it's finall y over," sa id '87 champion Hines. " It was a good year, and Dave (Bertra m) was a grea t gu y to rid e agains t. I reall y resp ect him as a 'good, fair rid er - but I'm still glad I beat him ! I had a lot of help from KTM America, from H &H KTM in Mableton, Georgi a; from Duralube, Dunlop , Malc ol m Smi th, Z Racin g a nd Ara i, and I'm reall y thankful for that . Next year may be we' ll do it again!" Unofficial Results GRAND CHAMPION : Kevin Benn ett (Yam). HIGH POINT A : All en Gravitt. HIGH POINT B: Dave Tucker. HIGH POINT C: Kevin Smi th. AA: 1. Dave Bertram (Hus) 2. Jack Lafferty Jr. (HusJ: 3. Jeff Russell (Hus); 4 . Jo hn Rogers; 5. Ken Yankowsk i. . A 125 : 1. T. Shann: 2. T. Napier ; 3. R. Baulch; 4. C. Leonard; 5 . O. l e nn on. A 200 : 1. M irh ell; 2. B. Dana; 3. S. Wolfe rsburger; 4 . Gaertn er; 5. O. Burn en . A 250 : 1. J. Rosenb urg; 2. S. Hodgson; 3 . R. Mollenkopf; 4 . S. Vanass e; 5. A. Bylsm a A OPEN: 1. D. Scott en; 2. K. Wells; 3. T. Recchia; 4. C. Tenney; 5. J. Millard. A SR:· 1. B. Higgins; 2. J. Palumbo: 3 . B. Triplen: 4. A. Zina ; 5. R. Ryan. A 4-STRK: 1. B. Bennett; 2. K. Clark; 3. W. Wickline; 4. J . Smith; 5. P. Ruggiero. B 125 : 1. W . Ryan; 2. M. Lane; 3. G. Malasrski; 4 . K. Me Intyre; 5. S. Anderson . B 200: 1. J . M ayer; 2. B. Hickman; 3. T. Topham; 4. E. Kin iber; 5. M . Reszkows ki. B 250: 1. D. Clemence; 2. M . Larsen; 3. J . Theurkau f; 4. M. Harrin gt on; 5. C. O'Br ien. Team Husqvama rider Jeff Russe ll fin ished f ifth overall and third in the AA class. Russell was amazed by Bennett's speed. B OPEN: 1. A. Tomazell o; 2. E. A lbert; 3 . B. Shamr ock; 4. R. Cornelius; 5. L Gottsha liL B SR: 1. R. Darpino; 2. T. Ebersole; 3. A. A stle; 4 . G. Dell; 5. E. Mellor. B 4 ·STRK: 1. R. Emmons; 2. N. Pope; 3. J . Cooper; 4 . D. King; 5. W . Hess. WMN: 1. It. Campbell; 2. D. Hickma n; 3. L Luhn; 4 . V. M an in. S/SR: 1. J. Cooper; 2. J. Morel; 3. D. Burn ett; 4 . R. Sape; 5. E. Baker. TEAMS : 1. S.J.E.R. #1; 2. Ridge Riders #1; 3. . Tri CountY Hammer; 4 . S.J.E.R. #2; 5. C.J.E.R. "Good" . • C 200: 1. J. Castaldi; 2. M . Lafferty; 3. J . Dengler; 4 ; M . Costner ; 5. W . Adamchik. C 250: 1. R. Gregory; 2. S. Browr ; 3. K. DuHy; 4. K. Dout hitt; 5. M . Bianco. C OPEN: 1. B. Al kenson; 2. M. Str ickland; 3. B. Bayer; 4. F. Lillo; 5. J . Reynolds. C 4-STRK: 1. B. Desimone; 2. D. Lehrba um; 3. R. Lee Farl ey; 4. K. Wi lli th; 5. S. Schann e. VINT: 1. M . Slate ; 2. J. Hoar. 9