Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

_ O u t of the 66 starters , only 15 riders C mpleted all three days. Rob Riley. (a bove) was a victim of the thick mud. In the tw o grass track a nd two ter ra in specia l test sectio ns, Ku rt H ough , Fredette a nd H a wk in s (twice) clocked th e fa stest tim es. The most no tab le rid er to " D N F" was 125cc class leader Aaron H o ugh. " J us t before th e first gas, m y chain guide broke a nd the chai n wadded up in the cases," said Aa ron H o u gh . Aaron lat er fixed hi s Ka wasa ki and re-irn pounded it, so he co u ld ride the third a nd final da y. Kawa saki -m o unt ed Gary H a zel , wh o was third in th e O pen class a fter da y o ne, had h is 285cc Kaw a sa ki seize ha lfway th rough the day. Like Aaron, H a zel re-irn p o unded a n d rod e o n Mon da y. D rew S m i t h , Suzu ki DR 350 mounted Bri an Mull , Dan Smi th , Krause a nd Surdy ke were th e o n ly fourstroke sta rte rs o f th e day a n d , unlike Sa tu rday , th ey a ll fini sh ed . , T he leaderboard a fter th e second day saw Kurt H ough still o u t in front of th e 250cc cla ss; Lewis holding o nto a co m mandi ng lead o ver Randt in th e 125cc division; Ber tram leading th e 500cc class over Ro eseler ; Su rdy ke topp ing Dan Smi th for th e day in the I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. .: 8. 9. 10. I I. 12. 13. 14: 15. OVERALL Kurt H ough (Kaw, 250) Kevin H in es (KT M , 250) Bohi mul Po sledn i (Su z, 250) Randy Hawkins (Suz, 250) J eff Fredette (Kaw, 250 ) Dave Bertram (Su z, Open ) Larry Roeseler (Kaw, Open ) Ji mmy Lewis (KT M, 125) Scott Lathrop (Suz, 250) Alan Rand t (KT M, 125) Da vid Rh od es (Su z, 250) S teve H at ch (Su z, 250) Drew Sm ith (Suz, LlW 4-str k) Kelb y Pepper (Ka w, 250) Stephan Va nza n t (Ka w, 250) Team Green 's Larry Roeseler had to do so me lifting in on e of the many mudholes: he finished second in th e Open cla ss. Open Four-Stroke class (Sm ith had run out o f ga s o n th e trail a nd wa s 20 mi nutes late to a check ), a nd Drew Smi th ha nging o n to th e 350cc FourStroke ove ra ll cla ss lead , despite losing o n th e day to Mul l. A 70 -m il e tr ail , i n cl ud i ng tw o specia l test sections (tha t sa w H awk in s a nd Roeseler tie for th e fas test ti me in th e first test a nd Roeseler to p p ing the second test) led th e few remaining rid ers to th e fin al MX spec ia l test, wh ich ca p ped th e even t. On ly th ree motos were h eld , wi th the firs t bei ng the I 25c c class (a ll ride rs in cl uding th e " re-im pou nde rs" co mpe ted in th e final MX tests). Despi te fa lli ng dow n a co up le of times, Aaron H ough took th e 125cc cla ss win o ver Randt. In th e seco n d mot a , Posledni reeled in a nd passed Kurt H ough for th e win, a n d in the process , Po sledn i .cli cked o ff the fa stest time o f a ll three mOlOS. T he fin al m ota i nclud ed a ll t he rem a in in g riders , wh ich was a m ix o f 250cc, O peri a n d bo th Fou r-Stro ke cl a sses. T o n o o n e 's su rp ri se , R oese Ier crossed th e fin is h line o u t in front. c::ot DAY 1 DAY 2 'D A Y 3 2424 2444 2587 2612 259 1 2596 2633 2690 2711 2716 3550 2889 3307 2863 4024 3682 3729 3862 3858 393 1 3995 4079 4079 4105 4180 4365 4939 5 127 4846 5722 5222 5375 5415 5424 5572 5600 56 14 5768 5844 5864 6048 6753 6860 7111 7747 125: I. J imm y Lewis (Kaw ) 5768; 2. Alan Randt (KT M) 5864. 250: 1. Kurt Hou gh (Kaw) 5222; 2. Kevin H in es (KT M) 5375; 3. Bohumil Posledn i (Su z) 5415; 4. Randy Hawk ins (Su z) 5424; 5. J eff Fredette (Kaw) 5572; 6. Sco tt La throp (Suz ) 5844; 7. David Rh odes (Suz) 6048; 8. Steve Hatch (Su z) 6753; 9. Kelb y Pepper (Ka w) 7111, 10. Stephan Van zant (Kaw) 7747. OPEN: 1. Dave Bertram (Suz) 5600; 2. Larry Roeseler (Kaw) 5614. L /W 4·STRK: 1. Drew Smit h (Suz) 6860, H /W 4·STRK: (No fin ishers). (The above finished all three days) . Sixth overall Dave Bertram rode a modified Suzuki RMX250 in the Open division and finished 14 naTTOW points ahead of Roeseler for the class vict ory.

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