Fou r- time Natio na l Enduro Champion Terry Cunningham surv ived the
d usty ri ding conditions at Tecate and claimed third overall.
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Larry Roeseler (91) battled with National Enduro champ Randy Hawkins
for most of the event before Hawkins burned a check by two m inutes.
Colorado's Kelby Pepper took advantage of an early minute and claimed
second overall w ith a 33-point score; seven points beh ind Roeseler.
Tecate 250K Enduro
Roeseler burns '
'em in Mexico
By Kit Palmer
Photos by Kinney Jones
T ECATE, s.c.. MEX. DEe. 2
Team Green's L arry R oeseler recorded h is
second T eca te 2S0K Enduro victory in the
last three years, after gathering a low 26point score in the ISO-m ile event. Roeseler's
n ea rest
co rn pe ti t or
wa s
Kaw a saki-m ounted Kelb y
Pepper , fro m.C 0 Io ra d 0, ~ h 0
p osted a 33-pom t ta lly, edgin g
former four-time Na tio na l End uro
Champio n, Ka wa sak i- rno u rued
Terry Cu n ni ng ha m by a slim twopoint ma rg in. Round in g o ut th e top
five were 1987 National Ch ampion
Kevin Hines, who sq uea ked a head
of" cu rre nt and two-tim e National
Champio n Randy H awkins o n th e
tie-b reakers, with 42 points apiece.
Sixth overall wi th a 53-point drop
was Texan T odd H arri s, riding a
1990 Honda CR250R . The U.S. ISDE
J r. World rider had four points to
spare over a nother ISD E rider a nd
gold medalist, Jimmy Lewi s, rid in g
a Yama ha YZ1 25. Alab am a 's George
Wall er J r., aboard a Suz u ki .isecured
eig h th overa ll with 66 points, edg ing
former eigh t-time National Enduro
Ch ampion and Senior class wi n ner
. Dick Burl eson. Filling o u t the to p
10 wa s H onda ri der Brent
Wa ll in gfor d.
" I'm rea lly happy," said Roeseler,
wh o won the end uro riding a Kawa sa ki KX125. " T h is is o ne o f th e best
enduros of the year and it feels grea t
to win it. T here's a lot o f to ugh
competition here."
T his yea r's f or-A -r iders -onl y
T eca te Endu ro , hosted by the Los
An cianos M.e., featured three loo ps
o f a p proxi ma tely 50 mil es eac h that
. co nsis ted o f mos tly tigh t and twisty
tra Il ~ run
