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Dick Burleson finished sixth overall with a score of 42 and won the Senior class in his new role as a KTM consultant. - AMA National Championship Enduro Series: Round 4 Hawkins aces Little Burr Enduro By Larry Bell McARTHUR, OH, MAY 29 Randy Hawkins dropped 32 po ints on his way to winning his third National of the season at the Little Burr National Enduro. Mark Hyde got buried in a mudhole on the second loop and accumulated 50 points. whic h was still good enough for the Open A win. 16 Randy Hawkins carded a steady, controlled -- arid" near-flawless ride to win the 31st runn in g of the Little Burr National Enduro, h is third overall of the season. Along the wa y Hawkins dropped 32 points while riding an AnI /B I R / '/M swe}/ A ral. etz~ er e - ay R -K Chain/Smith-sponsored Suzu ki RM2 50 over 176 miles of sou thern Ohio terrain. Jeff Russell dropped two points m«;>re t~an H awkins o~ a Y am ah ~1 HI- Po mt / Scot tl A ra I / Tsub.a ~1 1 Ath en s Sp orts Cycles YZ250 to finish seco nd. C u rre nt e n d u ro ch a m p Kevin H ines; still ~:>n th e m e~d from early season .. nJu~les , rod e hi s K!M 350 to a soh d third. WIth 38 pomts [?r the day . Roundin g ou t ~he .lOp five were Kurt H ough .a t 39. po mts an.~ local ace. Ran dy ~Im~ WIth 40. I J,,!st ~ned to ~Ide ,~n control today, said H~wkms. I ha d no problems; the bike worked great. I changed a rear tire at the th ird gas stop and other th an bein g pumped up a bit I had a good da y a nd rode well but I' m not used to fa ce sla ppers. It doesn 't bother me _ I lik e the tig ht stuff." Ha wki ns and the rest of the riders gave th e local cl u b, End uro Ri ders ' Associatio n, h igh m arks [or the course la yout, ma rkin gs and technica lity for the A a nd AA riders. So th oughtful was th e design that on ly one rider o the r than A or AA class rid ers co m ple ted their loop. That rider was Dick Burleson aboard a KTM 250 and using the rac e as a vehicle [or his new consultant ro le with KTM. H e a ccumu lated 42 points. Club chairman Vic Ely explained the philosophy of the course mileage and layo u t. "We designed the first 80 miles of the course 10 be fun for the B riders and for the A ride rs to drop just a co up le of points and. be compeuuve. B~tween ~O-IOO ml~es we toughen ed It up WIth a 20-mlle . trail secti on _ tight woods twotracks-and took points [rom the A a nd AA riders. This area was hard [or the B riders. "T hen we got the m to the noon rest a nd gave th em lunch and a rest to get th em .read y for th e final miles. The loop we d idn 't ta ke the B riders . ' o n was soli d woods - they prob ably wo ul d have houred out. T he factory guys are so fast th at 10 g ive them an enjoyable, fu n ru n yo u h ave 10 destroy the B riders ," Ely sai d. O [ th e 250 riders tha t sta rted; 150 finished in the heat a nd h u midi ty. J eff Russell concurred. "Thev had a good, well- marked " h " d "Th i I' 1r~ ce, e sa l :, I,~ IS a III e diffe re n t when It s dry (a reference 10 t~e heavy downpour of the I ~~t Nationa l here severa l years ag o). I fell three or, four tim es in the A-AA I ~p . That s wh ere Randy (H.awkins) got me. I had fast lime m li ttle loop one. The nex t s.ection . tri ed 1 too hard and then I tried 10 nde m y own r~ce. " . . Kevl.n Hines p roved he IS well on th e trail to full recovery. "I wasn't really on today. Too many roads. I'v e on ly ridden a few times recently and I j ust wanted to put in a good race. I had one ' fla t forthe day," said the KTM/Malcolm Smith/Dun lopl AraiiScott/Smi thsupported Hines. Then he deadpanned and slowly said , "I will be ready for the next one." Kurt Hough had a rough ride on his Kawasa ki/ D u nlop / Malcol m