Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Cz.echoslovakian Bohumil Posledni won the final 250cc MX special test, finishing thud overall on the same second as Kurt Hough and fourth-place Randy Hawkins. dashed b y brak e p robl em s a n d a cr us he d pipe, Brad Lowe reported ly co lli ded with a deer an d was forced to reti re, and Ludo vic Bo in nard's 250cc A lead ra n into trouble wh en the Fre nc h man bl ew a wa ter pump seal. Day th ree was spent in the pi ne fores ts. The racing was as close as ever as th e ISDE hopefuls tackled th e tricky grass track sectio n, ru n ni ng co u nterclockwise in the morning a nd clockwise over the sa me co u r se in th e afternoo n. T he tight th ree -mi nute ride in cl uded sa nd, m ud, strea m cro ssings a nd a slal om throug h th e pi ne trees, a nd there was no room for err o r. Bertra m clocked the fa st est ti m es throug h th e grass track, wit h H a wkin s, Kurt H ou gh and Roeseler just seconds behi nd. Aaron H ou gh racked up the fastes t 125cc laps bu t ca me to grief a q uarte r-mile further down th e trail. , " I was p layi ng arou nd a nd I d id a n endo, ' said Aaron H o ugh. " I brok e th e cap off the gas ta n k a nd I had to ride like tha t for abo u t two hours to th e next pit. Gas was going everyw here." Kurt H ou gh had gas problems o f a d ifferent sort. "The bike fell o ver a nd dripped a lot of gas o u t a nd I ended up runnin g o u t a bo u t five m iles before th e first gas," said H ou gh. "T wo other ri ders stop ped and gave me gas . I go t rea lly luc ky a nd I didn 't lose any time. " Kurt H ou gh wa s still stru gg ling to make up lost time fro m day one a nd was th ird overa ll a t th e end o f Sa tu rday's special tests , 33 points beh ind Roese1er a nd 29 seco nds back from H awkins for th e overa ll. Posledni a nd Bertram were tied for fourth overall a n d Aaron H ou gh was th e next ra cer on th e board, eight seco nds ahead of Ligh tw eight Four-Stroke leader Holcomb and 39 seco nds faster th an I25cc rival Lewi s. ) Heavy rain laid th e dust o n th e final sectio n of da y three' s 124-mile co urse and riders made th e most of th e perfect . co nd itions. ( A blown ign iti on cos t Boinnard hi s sho t a t the 250cc A titl e half way through th e day . " T he ra in contin ued through th e nig ht a nd it was still fall ing whe n Su nday's -to-mile trail section began. T he riders got all th e water they co u ld ha nd le by the end o f da y four, tho ug h, asra in fell steadi ly throughou t th e trail section. A tricky river crossing soak ed th em to th e thighs, a nd a spec tac u lar electr ica l storm pounded th e 125cc Int ent race rs with h ail h alfwa y through th eir fin al m ot o. The storm passed in tim e for lat er mot os, but it took ou t the power in Idaho City a nd Team Green 's generators had to be called in to power th e Ri dge Ri der .M.C.' s compu terize d results system. . T he overa ll wi n was up for grabs wh en the mo tocross final lO-m inute mo to s got u nderw ay. T he one-mile motocross co u rse was lai d o ut o n a series of grassy hill s and finished in a steep downhill th a t provided p lenty of ac tio n for the sp ectators. T he racers were a ll b usiness, as th ey wa ited under umbrell as for th eir start and co u nt ed th e seco nds th a t separa ted them. Aa ron H ough held o rr a stro ng challe nge fro m Lewis to win th e 125cc Intent mo to, a nd Surdyk e too k th e H ea vyweigh t Four-St ro ke win o ver . Krau se a nd H a lc o mb , who los t a footpeg ea rly in the rac e, in mo to six . Sto pwa tc hes ca me out fo r the H oug h /Posledn ilHa wkins ba ttl e in ' mot o two. " I was a head of Po sledn i by seven seco nds go ing in to it a nd H awkins was a hea d of me by 21 secon ds, so I kn ew wh at I had to do," sai d H ough , w ho was gun ning for th e 250cc Intent win . The mot o went to Posledni who had spec ta tors holdin g th eir br eath on th e downhill, with H ough six seco nds o rr th e pace a nd in front o f H awkins by 3 1 seconds. "The test was a li ttle too fast for my riding style," sai d Hawkins. '.'1 didn 't want to rid e over m y head - I pl an o n pl aying golf a nd having kid s o ne da y. I'v e got two National End u res coming up, so I didn 't want to risk a ny th ing here. I just tri ed to have fun. " The sto p wa tch es went o n again as the ga te dropped for Roeseler in mo to five. T he Kaw asaki pil ot was o u t in front by th e fir st corne r a nd was a head o f th e 500cc In tent field by 10 seco nds a t th e end o f the first lap. Roeseler kept the pace go ing all the way to th e fin ish a nd when th e times were ta ll ied , th e T ea m Green rider too k the o verall win by 61 points, and was 66 po int s a hea d o f Bertram for the 500cc Intent hon or s: Only th ree points sepa ra ted th e top th ree finishers in the 250cc Intent class. Kurt H ou gh finished second overa ll Dave Bertram turned the fastest time in day three's grass track special test, winding up fifth overall and second behind Roeseler in the 500cc Intent dass. Aaron Hough finished sixth overall and first in the 125cc Intent class, despite crashing in a special test. Here, he lubes the chain on his Kawasaki KX80-powered KXl25. with a four-da y to ta l of 2592 points; Posledni was seco nd wi th 2593 and H awkins sco red 2594. David Rhodes, Rob Mesech er a nd Jimmy Lungar ro u nded out th e to p six a nd ten of th e 28 ri ders in th e cla ss fini sh ed on gold. Aaron H ough took th e 125cc Intent wi n with a four-day total o f 2657 points (six th overa ll), a nd Lewi s, Will iam Perkin s and Ford Tannock took gold with 2739, 2898 a nd 2912 points, respect ivel y. H alcomb fini sh ed seven th overall with 2681, topping Drew Smith a nd Brian Mull for th e Lightweight FourStro ke win , a nd Surdyke held o u t Krause a nd J ohn Ma y in th e H eavyweight Four-Stoke di vision. J.D. Bently's 3 110 points pu t him out in front of the Sen ior Intent class, a head of Lyl e Du ro nso , Ri ch Beckstro m a nd Gar y Doerr. £N Results O /A : 1. La rry Roeseler (Ka W) 253 1;" Kurt Hou gh 2. (Kaw) 259'2: 3. Bohum il Posledn i (SUI) 2593: 1. Rand y H aw kins (Sul) 2594; 5. Da n ' Bertram (SUI) 2597; 6. Aa ro n H o ug h ( Ka w) 2657; 7. C ha rles Ha lco m b (Sw) 268 1; 8. J immy Lewi s (KT M) 2739; 9. Gr

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