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Goggl es/Hallm an ) third o vera ll riding a 250cc Kaw asaki , also had trouble in the .Iirst loo p. " I did a world class number on a tree. Luckily I only brok e my front fender and so me ot her p lastics, but whe n I go t to the first gas I was n't too su re. I couldn' t lift my left foot up to ~e t it on th e peg a nd my side hurt lik e hell and I felt li ke it was fu ll of wat er. I left th e fanny pack off for th e next loop and I began to feel better. I don 't know how I'll feel tomorrow." Dave Bertram, ano the r official Suzuki consu lta nt, rod e a 250 a nd dropped 14 p oints th e sa me as Yam aha-mounted J eff R ussell , but Bert ram won th e tie-breaker and fifth overall. "I bruised my sp ine in Geo rgia," said Russell " and th ese wh oops are killing me. My objective today was just to stay on th e arrows and finish and I didn't get lost o ne tim e today, that 's an all tim e first for me. KTM- sponsored All en G ravitt dropped 15 mark ers to finish behind Russell and exp lained why Cissy's early check, in th e ongoing mind game between la yout and ride rs, didn 't catch the number of early riders it was supposed to. " Oh hey! I saw th at one com ing. They changed ' to 30 mph average after a long road run. They have to have a n ea rly check because th ey're going to take points awa y in th at section. That 's the on ly way th ey ca n find ou t wh o is th e fastest, so th ey don 't want any bo dy sneaking in ear ly." Terry Cunningham's big 430 Auto had ignition problem s early in th e run and he dropped o u t. Jeff Goss, ridi ng a big-bore Husky, joined th e " A" ra nks after posting a 'p?ints total of 38 and winning High Point B. When asked how he felt about riding with th e As, Goss said "I g uess I'll just have to go a little faster." . H o ndarider Steve Swenson , rid ing o n th e same minu te as Frede tte , dropped 17 points for the 250cc A trophy bea ting Kawasaki rider Brad Mal ott by two m in ut es. Kell y Getz was third with 21. Getz and Mike Toole, bo th riding on m inute 26, also go t lost in th e fi rst woo ds' sec tion and eac h dropped 10 extra points all check th ree. " When you 're r idi ng on th e same minute with someo ne as fast as T oole," said Getz, " yo u go faster but you get lost more. I didn 't have time to wa tch for the arrows - I was busy racing. " Ca rl H olasek riding a H on da in th e 200cc A class tallied 31 points for to p score and four points better than H onda-mounted Dwain T aylor. Can-Am rider Dan Buck was third with 37. Jeff Haasl and Randy Klin e were tied with 20 points each in th e O pen A class when he cam e in th e 12th check. H aasl dr opped one point and Kline dropped two and they both dro pped four on th e final check giving H aasl the first place trophy. Gary Hazel, Greenwood Honda/ O 'N eal USA, devastat ed the FourStro ke class dropping 34 poin ts to second place Bryan Kalaker 's 51. " I had a good time tod ay and thought th e co urse was great ," said Haz el. " O n ly the last loop was tig h t and it was ge tting late and it was hard to make up any tim e. For m e th e last loop was the hardest part of th e run." J oe and Gale Estefan rode th eir KTM s to class wins. J oe in th e Sen ior B "and Gale in th e Women . J oe dropped 63 points and Gale 56. • 00 00 O'l ...-4 , Defending National Enduro Champion, KTM's Kevin Hines got lost during the first loop and dropped four extra points. He finished ninth overall. Results 0 / A : 1. Randy Hawkins (suz) 9; 2. Kurt Hough (Kaw) 10; 3. Jeff Fredene (Kaw) 11; 4 . Friu Kadlec (Yam!" 13; 5. Rich Sharphcm (Hus) 13; 6. Dave Bertram (suz) 14; 7. Jeff Russell (Yam) 14; 8. Allen Gravin (KTM ) 15; 9. Kevin Hines (KTM) 16 . Steve Swenson 17. HIGH POINT A: Friu Kadlec (Yam). 200 A : I . 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