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o th er riders in th e bot tlen eck ," said Hines, " It was a real stee p h ill abo u t nine m iles out, a n d I dropped four points, while the others dropped two, That hu rt, 1 was doing good in the las t section but overshot a corner and got stuck between two trees, and a big log got ca ugh t betw een m y fork legs a nd held me the re, Luckil y, 1 didn ' t have to rid e th e section th at was thrown o ut," H ough, on th e o ther ha nd , was one o f th e unl uck y o nes. " I was p u mped in the morn in g, but when 1 ca me in for the noon gas a nd fou nd that many riders didn 't ha ve to r ide that sectio n , it kind of bu m med me o u t," sa id H ough. " I had to rid e an extra ho ur and a h alf whi le th e o thers wer e ea ting lunch ." Cunningham, who rode a Kawa saki KDX200, sai d, " Befo re row 34, we h ad to ride th e wh ol e race , but Kevin a nd Randy didn't have to rid er ea rlier in the day ." Cunningham was a lso in volved in th e bottlen eck th at ga ve Hines grief. " It 's sad because you ca n' t tell wh o th e real win ner is whe n yo u h ave eig h t to 10 guys wa iling a nd three guys' in the g roove," sa id C un n ingh a m . Hawkins ha d th e benefi t o f startin g o n ro w 36 and th ereb y avoid ing th e dropp ed section a nd some o f th e early tra il, but sti ll ran a fo u l o f the bottleneck a nd dropped n ine points. "The re were a lot o f people th ere," sai d H a wki ns , add ing that there were 13 riders stuck on th e hill , three of wh ich we re in the groove when he got there. After th e bottlen eck , Hawkins went seven and four a t th e next ch ecks. An exas pera ted J eff R u ssell wa s gratefu l that the co nt roversia l section wa s thrown o u t because he dropped 13 points there, a nd lat er had severa l sectio ns where h is timing was wa y o ff. " W ha t a day," said R u ssel l. " It seemed like 1 wa s pi cking m y bik e up more tha n r was rid ing it. It was rea ll y slick toda y a nd 1 wasn 't ca tch ing ' the breaks, r had a three in th e first secti on an d had a couple wher e 1 mi ssed th e checks on '0 I ' and one secti on wher e 1 ca ug h t Kurt when he went '59' a nd r wen t '01.' This wa s a tough enduro." I For KT M-mo u nt ed Kevin Brown, he made the best o f a bad da y by usin g ihe buddy system up th e boulen ecked hill to top th e 250cc A cla ss. " T he bike got stuc k a nd a nothe r rider helped me ca rry it u p th e hill , m d th en we went back down and carried h is up. Man , 1 was bummed kca use of th e bott lenecks a nd swamp Ioles." Hyde, who ended u p wi n n in g th e Open A class, used th e sa me technique zs Brown. The KTM rider started on o w 37 a n d a lso em ployed the b uddy -.ers io n by rid in g wit h Wa ll y Wil son, rho al so pushed him a ll th e wa y up. Steve Hat ch posted a 25-point score , lJ claim H i-P o int A ho nors. a l es u lts O /A: 1. Kevin H in es (KT M); 2. Kurt Ho ug h (Kaw): : T erry Cun ni ng ha m {Ka w): 4. jt"ff RUSM'II (Ya m) : I Randy H aw kins (SUl). H-PT A: I. SIM.e Ha tch . ' AA: I. Kurt Ho ug h ( Ka w ): 2. T erry Cu nn ingham 'aw ); 3. J ell Ru,,,,U (Ya m). O PES .4.: 1. Mark H yde (KT M); 2. M. G,; "I. ; I D. Spe nce" 1. G. Ely; 5. K. MHJ" 250 A: I. Kevin Brown (KTM); 2. G . Ward ; 3. j im Niel son (Kaw); 4. Brian Lo hm an : 5. T im Sepha rd (Ya m). 200 A: I. H arvey Whi pp le; 2. R. Nicol s; 3. C.L udder; 4. D. Reln hean : 5. J. Schmid t. O PEN B: I. e. ROOK .r",n ; 2. B. Du nlop: 3. K. ~~'i io m, ; .1. C Walla!lo. . ~ B: I. G . Bierl y; 2. N. Bow: 3. S. Lor bach : 1. ( Beckner . SR .4.: I. T . Flynn : 2. G . Doerr; 3. R. linz. S R B: I. Don l inl ; 2. J. Srok en borg: 3. R. Vol mer; -l.R. Haven er. 5/ S R: l. D. Fitzgeral d: 2. C. Kuh n ; 3. w. Yantz. \-STRK: I. M. Scholl ; 2. R. Davis: 3. C. Rudder. C HIW: I. G. Evan; 2. R. Cottrell; 3. D. Kend ra: i S. Moell er: 5. J. Webb. e UW: I. G. Orock : 2. M. Hix enbaugh: 3. M. 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