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Randy Hawkins rode conservatively and took third overall. He'll join Kurt Hough on the IS DE U.S . Junior World team in France this fall . Aaron Hough, Kurt's younger brother, kept Terry Cunningham honest in the 125cc class. Hough took fourth overall, second 125cc. Drew Smith rode a Honda XR250 and claimed the Lightweight Four-Stroke class w in over Dwight Rudder. These are the special test scores of the top 10 overall riders. There were three tests each day (shaded areas) . Special Test Scores (Top 10 overall) Tests Kurt Hough Terry Cunningham Randy Hawkins Aaron Hough JoeZierman Fritz Kadlec John Nielsen J im Stanfield Charles Halcomb Jeff Fredette 22 1 2 3 543 560 547 571 62 1 554 568 57 1 555 554 623 622 641 626 624 636 642 669 643 664 613 623 6 10 621 6 17 626 630 660 635 648 Total 6905 6922 6939 6983 7008 7042 7171 7230 7231 7240 overall, was 'still disappointed with his r ide. "I just never reall y woke up, " said Kadl ec. " I was tired all day. I got a flat right off th e bat and that took all my en ergy. T he whole day I was out of it. Plus I go t a hol e in my cra nkcase and los t all my oil, then my clutch cable brok e a nd I had no clutch , a nd th en my fanny pack fell off so mewhere o ut th ere - I have no tool s. I think some big bomb is goingto drop o n m y head ." First day results had H ou gh leading th e overa ll foll owed by H awkins (seco n d 250 ), Cu n n ingha m (first 125), Aaron H ou gh (second 125), Kadlec (th ird 250) and Halcomb (fo urt h 250). Lead ing the Open class was Nielsen followed by Daniel, while Rudder held a on e-second lead over Smith in the L/W Four-Stroke class. And Haaker led Rhodes by 32 points in the H /W Four-Stroke class. A slightl y faster trail pa ce was the main happening on day two, but the rider s were sti ll averaging abo u t eigh t minutes to th e checks. " T oday was a lot better than yesterday - I had fun ," said Fredette. " I didn 't make any mistakes in the speci a l tests. I did sto p o n th e trail pace a nd had a snowba ll fight, th ough. I hit him (Cu nningham ) w it~ ,a snowba ll , so we were having fun. H awkins had a little trouble in one of th e specia l tests. " I pitched it away off a bank and wasted som e tim e," said H awkins. " I had some problems today," said Kurt Hough. " I almost went off the side of a cliff. I was sight-seeing, I just carne up to a turn and laid it down and slid 0[[ th e edge about five feet down." Aaron Hough suffered a flat tire on the day bu t changed it at a gas check without losing any time. "A ll in all I'm having a good day ," said Cunningham, who was running third in the overall point standings. " I'm just kind of riding around." Smith, who overtook Ru dder [or the L/W Fo ur-Stroke class lead on day two said, " I just do n 't have the motivation I had last year; I do n 't think I'm goi ng to th e Six -Days this year. This is more like a ride for me. "If things would've go ne well in Michigan (I blew up my bike o n the third day) I would've been looking