Team Green 's Larry Roeseler captured the overall victory at the
Cowpuncher National Hare Scrambles despite t angling w ith a tree.
Terry Cunningham made his first appearance on the National circu it on
his new Kawasaki mount. Cunningham finished third overall.
Suzuki-mounted Ron Naylor challenged Roeseler throughout the race.
Naylor eventually got a f lat tire but still earned second overall.
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AMA National Championship Hare Scrambles
Series: Round 1
Roeseler tops Hollister
Cqwpuncher National
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1-0
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By Jim Bowman
HOLLISTER, CA, JAN. 29
T eam Green's Larry Roeseler had' a busy
yet sa tis fying weeke n d. After w i n n i n g
Sa turday's SCORE Parker 400 desert race
with teammate Danny LaPorte in Parker,
Arizona, Roeseler packed his
bags and new to Hollister and
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d ' C
won the followll.lg ay s owpuncher N at iona l Hare
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Scrambles. The 1988 250cc National
Hare & Hound Champion edged
Suzuki-mounted Ro n Naylor to
capture the Cowpuncher overall
victory with third place going to
another Team Green pilot, former
multi-time National Enduro Champion T erry Cunningham. Rounding
out the top five were Scott Plessinger
and Scott Summers.
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T~e Iirst race of ~he da y saw the
N?ll~nal A class r!ders and A!'1A
District 36 A and B nders on the line,
but . be£or~ the start flag even
dropped, disaster struck th e defendi~g National Ha;e Scrambles Champion, Yamaha s !ony Hendon.
Hendon was heading back to the
start line after completing a practice
run up the start straight when he
collided head-on with another rider,
who was also practicing his start.
Trying to avoid hitting eachother,
the t;-"o rid ers swe~ed mto each
other s path and collided. As a result,
Hendon was left with a fractured leg
and a fractured hand, with the other
rider reportedly suffering a broken
shoulder.
When the green flag eventually
dropped under cloudy skies, former
Natio~al Ha.re.Scra~bl~s Champion
Ed LOJak, ndlOg. his Iirst Nauonal
for Yamaha, claimed the holes~ot
but faded back d~e to m~chamcal
problems. Honda rider Kev~n B~o.wn
th.en took over the lead while dicing
with Team Green's Aaron H o ug h,
riding a KX250. However, a lap later,
Hough crashed after tangling handlebars and retired from the race.
In the early stages Cunningham,
Plessinger and District 36 Number
One plate holder Duke Dowell were
dicing behind leader Brown, while
Roeseler.i Naylor, Joe Zierman and
Summers were trying to make up for
poor starts. Summers' Honda XR600
had started on the first kick, but the .
four -stroke was so quiet that
