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Cycle News 1990 04 25

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~ HARE &HOUND AMA NationalChampionship Hare &: Hound Series: Round 4 ~ o O'l O'l ....... La rry Roeseler (2) lead s defen di ng Natio na l Hare & H ou nd Champion Dan Sm it h (N I) near thefinish atthe Che rry Creek Natio na l. Roeseler edged Smith by 20 seconds. T eam Green 's T ed Hunnicu tt la nded third o verall a nd second p lace in the 250cc class at the Sage Riders M.e : s lOO-plus-mile CherryCreek Hare & Hound. Two straight for Roeseler By Anne a n d T om Van Beveren Photos by T om Va n Beveren DELTA, VI , APR. 8 a wa sa ki T eam Green' s Larry Roeseler ca p tured hi s seco nd consecu t ive AMA Nati on a l Cha mp ions hip Hare & Hound win by ni pp in g four-time defending cham p Dan Smith by 20 seco nds a t th e Cher ry Creek National. It was close raci ng a ll th e way as Roeseler a nd KTM 's Smi th went headto -head over 100 mi les o f tigh t. virgi n terra in . The race rs were neck-andneck , as th ey race d into th e fin al 30. mil e loo p. " We had a great race go ing," said Roeseler. " We mu sr've passed eac h ot her back a nd forth 15 times, a nd we were together a ll th e way in to th e fini sh , but Dan hit a tree a nd bobbled rig h t a t th e end, a nd that was it. " Roeseler was a head by 20 seco nds wh en he s p r i n ted in to take t h e chec kered £lag, and his second series wi n of the year p uts him ' 16 points' ah ead of Smi th in the race for the 1990 Cha mp io nsh ip titl e. Only thr ee rou nd s .of co m pe titio n rem ain, but Smith is co nfiden t he ca n co llec t his fifth title. " T he re' s no way I'm lett ing him bea t me," said Smith. " I' ve been rid ing injured and I've got one throwaway K 14 race , so we've go t eno ugh races left and I ca n ca tch him." Ro u nd four o f th e seven-race series was originall y sche d uled at Murphy, Ida ho , but problem s with land use forced a cha nge in venue to the J eri cho Recrea tio n Area , I00 m iles south o f Salt Lake City, ho sted by th e Sage R iders M.e. Kell y 'Soren son led th e IS5-stron g field , as th ey swe p t past th e bomb a nd o ut into th e 32-m ile first loop. Kawa saki' s Ted Hunni cutt a n d Sm ith were hard on th e ga s near th e front of th e pack , w ith Vet contende r Pa ul O stb() a nd 250cc pil ot Da n n y H amel not ' far behind, but Roeseler was taking hi s time.. " I had a good sta rt, but wit h no dust eve r ybo dy just we nt crazy ," said Roeseler. "There were so many people and th ey were a ll go ing wide open. I knew th ey weren 't going to last so I just followed them and let everybod y sort th emselves o u t." T he sorting out started rig ht after th e bomb, as th e course ran into a series o f large sand dunes. The dunes were a nightmare for the I25cc co m petitors and claimed victims in the 250 and 500cc divisions , as well.

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