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S uzuki RMX250-mounted Dave Bertram ta llied nine scorecard for fourth overall. Former 250cc MX World Champion. Danny laPorte (cent er). ri di ng his f irst-ever National enduro. finished seventh overall . Competing in his f irst National Enduro on a Team Green Kawasaki. former National champ Terry Cunningham dropped 12 points for fifth overall . 12 " I didn't real ize how strong these guys are or how fast they go in this type of terrain. One hundred fifty miles in this kind of terrain is a lot tougher than a lo t of motocrosses. I have a lo t of respect for them. It was tight and choppy. After finish in g the first 15 to 20 miles of ma nzanita an d ruts, I thought, 'Glad that 's over,' bu t it was just the beg inning." One point beh ind La Po rte was fellow Kawasaki pilot Kurt H ough. H o ugh lost h is score card duri ng the ride, was able to retrieve it, but had to carry it " arou nd in my mouth for ha lf the race. It just wasn't a good da y for me." He came in ninth overall. Rounding out th e top I0 riders was Gravitt, trying a " western " enduro for the first time. 'This fast stuff scares me," said Gravitt, a resident of Georgia. " I got scared the last four miles han gin g out o n those whooped-out roa ds. I like the ma nzanita section, though, where you could n 't see five feet in front of you. " Iro nman of th e race honors went to Matt Stavish , w ho recently advanced to double A status. The 250cc H onda pilot had broken his left wrist two weeks prior at th e H oll i st er Cowpunch er National Har e Scramble. Pain was evident in hi s wrist through the stu tter bumps, but that didn 't keep th e rider from Minnesota from a 15th overall finish. Chris Wilkins, aboard a KTM , beat his brother Tim by a lonel y point for the Open A win. Chris had th e advantage over his brother when Tim was hit by a branch losing " one second a nd his memory." Bo th broth ers enjoyed their first Ca lifornia enduro stating that it was similar to Colorado's, but with a littl e more open terrain. Senior A wi nner Rick G ui dice su mmed up the feeli ng of most of the riders. " I liked th e whole tone of the event ," said the H usky 400 pi lot, who had dropped 21 poi nts in th e 97-mi le Sen ior race. " There was a large turnout, National riders from all over the states and a lot of Distri ct 36 riders who haven't been o ut in a wh ile. It was li ke old home week, plu s th ere were a lot of fun trails out th ere. • Results 0 / A: 1. Randy Hawkins (Suz); 2. Kevin Hines 3. Larry Roeseler (Kawl; 4. Dave Benram (Suz~ 5. Terry Cunningham (Kaw l; 6. Todd Harris (Yam ~ 7. Jimmy Lewis IYam~ 8. Danny laPorte (Kawl; 9. Kun Hough (Kaw); 10. A llen Gravitt KTM ~ 11. Joey Hopkins Kaw ); 12. J eff Irwin (Honl; 13. Phil Doug las; 14. Gra nt Palenske (Ya m~ 15. Matt Stavish (Hon~ 16. Dean Joyn er; 17. Dave WoodI; 18. Chr is Wil banks (KTM~ 19. Tim Wil banks ( KTM~ 20 . Scott Reynol ds • AA: 1. Randy Hawk ins ( S u z~ 2. Kevi n Hi . (KTM); 3. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 4 . Dave Benram (Suzl; 5. Terry Cunn ing ham (Kaw ). 250 A: 1. Todd Harr is (Yam); 2. Jim Lawis(Yamtl 3. Dann LaPone IKaw ); 4 . Phil Douglas; 5. Gra... Palenske (Yam). OPEN A ; 1. Chr is W ilbanks (KTM); 2. Tim Wi lban ks (KTM); 3. Roland Choloux; 4. Randy ( KTM ~ Carles ; 5. Joe Genoves e. 4 ·STRK A: 1. Tom Deem (Hon); 2. Gene Eizenberger; 3. Steve Hay; 4 . Marv Lanz; 5. Clark Frentze r. 200 A; 1. Bryan Holcomb (Kaw ); 2. Taz HaMIl; 3. Greg PllIarson; 4 . Dave R ian~ 5. Paul Peterson. S/SR A : 1. Karl Ryser; 2. Paul W inslow; 3. Roben Corley; 4. Ji m Morrison; 5. Ken Harvey. SR A: 1. Riel< Giud ice ( H u s~ 2. Ken Regevig; 3. Ray Brindos : 4. Ja mes Cushi ng; 5. Jeff Carr . S/SR B: 1. Cliff Seward. SR B: 1. Henry Lanman; 2. Tim Robinson ; 3. Bob Bell; 4. J im Uzer; 5. Chuel< Eldenon.