Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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Grant Palenske piloted his Honda CR250 to a seve nth overall for a third place in the 250cc class. He f inished 17 po ints beh ind Hawkins. Former AMA End ur o National Ch ampion Dick Bur leson pi loted a big-bo re Husky four-stroke and cap tured the Senior class win at 16th overall (87 poin ts). Second Senior went to Malcolm Smith who finished 27th overa ll on a KTM 350. " I had a pr ett y good day going," sai d Burl eson, "then I had a sprocket bolt come loose in th e last section, costin!? me maybe six minutes. The bolt didn 't come all the way out; it came out far enough , so wh en the rear wheel cam e around, it hit the brak e arm and put on th e brake big t im e. I a bo u t crashed. Then I co uld n' t rotate th e wh eel backwards to get it out, 'ca use it was pushing th e brake o n. I had to fool with it for awhile to get it out." "T hen there was that bottleneck at the begi nnin g," said Burl eson . " I got into some rocks and one of th em knocked my cha in off, so I was there for a coup le of minutes. I guess I'm bu mmed because I lost those points in th e last sectio n which ended my chances I had of doing decent, but, heck, it was a lot of fun." Su zuki RM250-mounted Ch arl es Ha lcomb settled for seventh in class a t 17th overa ll with a gO-point sco re. " I did pr ett y goo d all da y with th e excep tion of tha t one bottleneck in the morning," said Halcomb. " I was carr ying a ga llon of gas on my fanny pa ck, and the fanny pack broke. I had to makeshift a fan ny pack, so I lost some time there. Then I carried that time for a co up le of checks, until I go t to a reset." Recentl y crow ned AMA Enduro National Enduro Champion Kevin Hines started the event but la ter dropped out of contention when he, too, ran out of gas during the first loop. In team compe titio n, th e team of Grant Pal enske, Spiva, Pete Murray and Jim O 'Neal captured th e overall victory. In th e magazine wars, team Cycle News finished up on top, with members Scot Harden , Casey Folks , Max Switzer and Kit Palmer, beating the Di rt Bike (Dan Smith, Ed Arnet, Pete Postel, Rob Messecher), Dirt R ider (Mark Kariya, Karel Kramer, Alan' Sh ehan, Ra n d y H awk ins), Cycl e World (Ron Griewe, Ron Law son , David Edward s, Greg Blackwell ), Dirt Wheels and Super! Mot o Cro ss (Charl ie Morey, Dou g J ohns, Don Maynard, Barry Hi ggi ns ) team s. • Results OVERALL: 1. Randy Hawkins (Hus); 2. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 3. Dave Bertram (Hus); 4 . Rick Daniel (Yam); 5. Fritz Kadlec ( K a w~ 6. Brent Wallingsford (Han); 7. Grant Palenske (Han); 8. Ed . Arnet {Hon~ 9. Dan Smit h ( H u s~ 10. Pete Postel (Kaw); 11. Lowell Spiva (Han); 12. Donn ie Simone (Kaw ); 13 . John Haaker (Hus ); 14 . David Rhodes (Hus); 15. Duke Lambert (Yam); 16. Dick Bur leson (Hus); 17. Charle s Halcomb (SU% 18. Garner ); Palenske {Kaw}; 19. Rick Munyon (Han); 20. J im Ing8r501 (Han); 21 . Pete M urray (Hu s); 22. Tony Meg la (Han); 23 . Tim Crowder (Yam); 24 . Mark Hines (KTM); 25 . Steve Zoll (Kaw) ; 26 . Jack Bougiobanni (Han); 27 . Ma lcolm Sm it h (KTM); 28. Kit Palm er (Han I; 29 . G. Dav is (KTM ); 30. S. M eyer (Cog); 31 . Scot Harden (Yam); 32. J im O'Neal (Han); 33. Don Wali ngsford (Han); 34 . M ike Hooker (Han); 35 . Bob Run en (Han); 36, Dan Norley (Hus); 37. Gary laPlante (Han); 38 . Brad Mc Kay ( H on~ 39. C. Barn ey (Kaw); 40 . M . Mitche ll (Han); 4 1. Jeff Alt er (Hus); 42. Mik e Thullier (Han); 43. Al an W ickst rand (Suz); 44. Br uce Rust (Hon); 4 5 . Richard Christia n (Han); 46. Bill Conroy (Han); 47 . Larry Sabastion (Han); 48 M ike Godrey ( H on~ 49 . A.C. Baaken (Su:) ; 50 . Phil Bird (Han).