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Despite making some " st up id mistakes," KTM 's Allen Gravitt finished fourth overall and moved into seve nth p lace in t he series' point sta nd ings. In his first ride after breaking three ribs and a collarbone, KTM's Kevin Hines took th ird overall; he is currently second in the po int standings. KTM rider George Wa ller, Jr. took f ifth overall at the Pole Pen Na tional Enduro, which marks the halfway po int of the season. FIM rules. You can alter the bikes in the FIM rules, mayb e I can petition the AMA to have the rule changed next year ." Another ISDE Trophy team member, Kawasaki 's Kurt Hough discussed his ride. "I didn 't have too good a morning. I dropped two points to Randy but in the afternoon I had picked up both points and everything was really going super. Randy and I were tied going into that last check. But I got within four miles of the final check and the bike was way down on power. I held it wide open and it just wouldn 't run. I was even pushing up som e of the hills, even if I had finished I would have been way off th e pace. The ai r filter was plugged solid and that ran the bike out of gas. I never got hot when the bike was running but when it quit I had to lay down." Kawasaki 's Jeff Fredette also had problems. " I hung my right foot under a tree root at high speed and wham, I thought it had jerked my foot right off. I. continued to ride another 20 miles but I cou ld see it wasn't going to work. It hurt when I put any weight on it. Then I found a mudhole; I'm not sure it was mud, seemed more like cement. I was there for about a half an hour. Rick Sharphorn (a double A rider from Michigan) was there too and we helped each other. I would still be th ere if it wasn't for Rick. " Martin Pruett in th e 250cc B class dropped 60 points for the High Point B trophy and instant A status, while Gw en Baily dropped 65 for th e Women's honor. " We couldn't do our job withou t th e support of the club members," Kurt Hough was in the hunt for the overall until the air filter in his Kawasaki clogged up, causing it to run out of gas j ust before the finish . said Lewis Whatley, club official. " I do want to thank them, they have kept the club strong. " • Results 0 / A : 1. Rand y Hawkins (Suz); 2. J eff Russell (Yam); 3. Kevi n Hines (KTM ); 4 . A llen Gravitt (KTM); 5. Georg e W alle r Jr . (KTM); 6. M ike Toole (Yam); 7. Dave Bert ram (Suzl; B. Al an Randt (KTM); 9. Br ian Lohma n (KTM ); 10. Kell y Crenshaw (Yam); 11 . Dw igh t Rudder (Hon); 12. David Bragg (KTM); 13. TIm Sin gl eton (Yam); 14. Glen Hollingshead (KTM); 15. David Barr ick (Kaw ); 16. Br ian Lohma n (KTM); 17. Grant Palenske (Yam); 1B. Roger Barkley (Hon); 19. FritzMiller(Kaw); 20. Westly King (Kaw) . 200 A : 1. David Barrick; 2. Burt on Huff; 3. Mike Grizzle: 4. Manny Gaiz8. 250 A: 1. Tom Cousins; 2. Kelly Crenshaw; 3. Tim Sil')gleton; 4. Glenn Hollinshard; 5. Grant Palenske. OPEN A : 1. David Bragg: 2. Ronald Wallqr; 3. Mike Monroe. 4 -STRK: 1. Dw ight Rudder; 2. Kenny Knoblock; 3. David Crain . SR A: 1. Fritz M ill er; 2. Robert Rockco; 3. Gary Doerr. S/ SRA : 1. John Burgard: 2. Farrell Lord; 3. loon Lewis; 4. Dickie Hual; 5. Terry Webb . W MN : 1. Gwen Bailey; 2. Karen Kemp; 3. Elai ne Nobbles. J R: 1. Stephen ie Reed; 2. Scott Case; 3. Jeff Altman. . 125 8 : 1. But ch Beebe; 2. Tim Blevin s; 3. J ames Barren; 4. M ichael Cope; 5. Barry Richar ds. 200 B: 1. Carl Bean; 2. M ike Thick; 3. J oh n M asseyu; 4 . David King; 5. Jeff Gr izzle. 250 B: 1. Martin Pru ett ; 2. Chad Tate; 3. Clint W oods; 4 . Larry Cran e; 5 . Steven Maeger. OPEN B: 1. Tim Brown; 2. Howie Sim pson; 3. David M orsan; 4 . Br ett Parks; 5. EA Wesso nn . 4-STRK B: 1. Lee Hall : 2. Mark Herbert: 3. Frank Amos. SR B: 1. Ron Hawks; 2. Raynor Edwards; 3. Billy W ulfers. . POINT STANDINGS· : 1. Hawkins (141); 2. Hines (123); 3. Russell (10 2);4. KurtHough(10n 5. Terry Cun ningham (91): 6. Bertram (74); 7. Gra vitt (73); B. Larry Roeseler (69); 9. Joey Hopkins (62); 10. Rick Sha rphorn (51). "[ Best eight finishes out of 12 events) 7