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AMA National Championship Enduro Series:
Final Round
Jeff Russell picked up the first place trophy after winn ing his f irst National
of the year at the Bitter End Enduro in Illinois .
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Snow and freezing cold temperatures fired up 8ussell . He fin ished second
overall in the f ina l championship po int standings.
Russell sweetens the
Bitter End National
By Merle Acord
MORRISON, IL, NOV. 6.
Team Yamaha R acing's J eff Russell, ridin g
a Yamaha YZ250, dropped 24 route marks
through 12 secret checks and 12 observations
for the overall h onors a t Bru sh Poppers
M.C. National Bitter End
Enduro.
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usqvarna s e~ry
Cunningham , on a Cagiva
22
250, was o ne minute back with a total
of 25 lost marks for second overall.
The co urse was 11 3 miles lo ng,
usin g four resets totaling 13.4 miles,
a nd a clever tra il layout so that th e
first and third.gas SLOpS were loca ted
a t th e same spot. Bob Brandon,
President of Brush Poppers M.e.
presided over the four la you t crews,
captained by Terry Gerkin, Glen
Sedig, Larry Sumptions and David
Stuart,
Brandon said, " We have everything out th ere th at you ca n find in
the Midwest; woods, open fields,
hills, wate r crossings and it's enduro
all rideable. We run over private land
and I can't begin LO thank the 50plus farmers who made this ru n
possible, but I'would like to try."
There' s a little kn own and seldom
en forced rul ~ for the Aj\ rider~ with
the ge neral interpreta tion of, if you
don't pre-enter you forfeit the 20 to
40 minute row riding pri viledge.
Simply put, it means that without
pre-entry wh en th e AA rider leaves
the line he is in th e hands of " me
luck o f th e draw. " The Brush
Poppers enforced th e rule and 1987
National Enduro Champion Kevin
Hines drew th e third minute first
row , number 103.
."I won't have any trouble," said
Hines with LOngue in check. "T he
club said they had plenty of arrows
out there, and I couldn 't miss the
trail. "
It didn 't matter to H ines how well
it was arrowed, for his KTM 350
ignition went out between the second
and third gas SLOpS and Hines had
a long walk in .
Russell , riding on minute 26, left
the li ne with spitting snow being
