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a check by two minutes a nd lost seven points, and the last check of the loop he scored atwo, "I zeroed all the checks the loop before lunch' excep t for th e last one - I go t a two th ere. And I did all this wit h a rear flat tire," said H ines. " I got the fla t rig ht at th e 70 mile mark and I rode with it u ntil 103 miles.' H in es tho ug ht th e c hec k h e burned was goi ng to be thro wn out, figuring mi leage was off, bu t th e chec k was officia lly kep t in. T he next best scores a t that check .were threes, which incl uded Roeseler, Bertram and H arris. Bertram rode th e wh ol e loo p wi tho ut a n odo meter. " Everyt hing was going good until the star t of th e second loop wh en my odo me ter q uit," sa id Bertram. " I kep t chec king in to th e chec ks a min u te late beca use I didn' t kn ow wh ere 1 was. T here were mile checks on ly every five miles, so it was hard to keep time withou t a n odo meter. In fact, th ere were two chec ks I sta lled lO go in - I cou ldn 't read the fli p cards and I co u ld n't q uite read the check mileage, soT was n't sure. I stalled and I was a m inute la te. T hat pretty m uch blew it for me as far as having a good day." Fo llow ing th e 34-m in ute lunch break Hines held a small lead over Roeseler - jus t three poin ts. Bertram was nin e points back. Hines' scorecard in loop tWO read 0-0-0-00-0-7-0-2; Roeseler 's 0-1-0-1-2-1-0-03, a nd Bertram 's 0 ~1 -0-1- 1-1 -1 - 1 -3-1. Bu t the decid ing final loo p was dominated by Hines. The 50-mile loo p included seven ch ecks where H in es wen t 0-2-2-4-0-2-0 (10 po int tot al ), Roeseler went 0-1-2-6-1-4-2 (16 pts .) and Ber tra m went 1-3-5-7-0-32 (21 pts.), Wh en all 26 chec ks were tallied , H ines tot al score was 52 a nd Roeseler's wa s 61. " I thought th e even t was su pe r," sa id H in es. " I think tha t th e Nationals shou ld be th at long. I mean , th e Nati onal s are ge lling lO the poin t wh ere th ey're ca tering to the C riders a nd th ey're gell ing too easy. Everybody's lOO close in poi nts (at the Na tionals }." O nly six riders a t Tecate scored under 100 points. Finishing second place to H in es in the Open class was desert mcer, Kaw asaki -m ounted Pa ul Krau se, who finish ed 87 points behind H in es a t 139 points. T hird went to SC ' Oll Lathrup w it h 152, while J o hn _ Ni el sen a nd Brent Walli n gfo rd . rounde d ou t the first five. Yamaha-mounted J immy Lewis fini sh ed th ir d in the 125cc class behind Roeseler an d Fredette with Donnie Simone fin ishing fourt h and Bryar H olcom b tak ing fifth. In the popula r 250cc class, which fea tured I II ri ders, Bert ra m and H a rr is finished 1-2 w i th Grant Palenske th ird. Four th in class wen t to las t year's overa ll winner and curre nt Na tional Endu ro champ Ra n d y H a w ki n s. Fi fth wen t to Hough. • Results 0 / A: 1. Kevin Hines (KTM); 2. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 3. Dave Bertram (Suz); 4. Todd Harri s (Hon); 5. Jeff Freden e (Kaw); 6. Grant Palenske (Kaw); 7. Jim my Lew is (Yam); B. Randy Hawk ins (Suz); 9. Paul Krause (Kaw); 10. Dick Burleson (Yam); 11. Kurt Hough (Kaw); 12. Donnie Simone (Kaw); 13. Bryar Holcolmb (Kaw); 14 . Char les Halcomb (Suz); ·15 . Scon Lathrop (Hus); 16. John Nielsen (Kaw ); 17. Brent Wallingsford (Hon); 1B. Sam Rames (Hon). 125 : 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Fredene (Kaw ); 3. J imm y Lew is (Yam ); 4. Donnie Simon e (Kaw); 5. Bryar Holcomb (Kaw). . 250 : 1. Dave Ber tr am (Suz); 2. Todd Harr is (Hon); 3. Grant Palenske tKaw ); 4. Randy Haw kins (Suz); 5. Kurt Hough (Kaw ). OPEN: 1. Kevin Hines (KTM); 2. Paul Kraus e (Kaw ); 3. Scon Lath rop (Hus); 4. John Nielsen (Kaw); 5. Brenl Wa ll ingfo rd (Hon). SR; 1. Dick Bur leson (Yam ); 2. Malcolm Sm ith (KTM ). S/SR : 1. Ron Fry (Kaw ); 2. Ron W ay (Hon); 3. Eldon Kun ey (KTM). TEAM : 1. 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