Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

"There were trails out th ere that you ' wou ldn 't even want to hike up," said ATK's Paul Krause. "T he whole loop was side hills - narrow little goat trails everywhere and lots of rock s." The tired riders battled head to head with the difficult terrain and wh en th e average speed sho t up to 36 mph with 20 miles to go, timekeeping flew o u t the window. " T hirty-six was impossible on those trails - we were lucky ' to go ma ybe 24, so we were eig ht to 10 minutes lat e in th e last sectio n, " said Roeseler. " T he speed didn 't reall y ma tter - it was just telling you to go for it." " I thought the last half was way too . fast - it was an excelle nt race until that part," said' Hawkins, wh o had maintained a troub le- free ride all the way. "There's nothing wrong with having a 36 mph average if they leave you in the woods but I was running 60 to 70 mph down little goa t trails with a bit of grass on either side and no margin for error. " It was a long da y too - o ne of th e longest I've ever ri dden ," Hawkins said. "I'm not complain ing but we could've done wi thout th e last 30 mil es and it still wou ld've been an excellent race. It was just too long. The or ga nizers proved th eir point early in the day - the y didn't need to pound us." But Hawkins wasn't giving up. H e kep t charging all the way and wh en he sp lashed through the final stream 10 minutes behind tim e for th e fin al sectio n and more than seven hours after the race began . " Suzuki won it [or me," said Hawkins. " It's easy to win a race wh en th e bike works like' mine does and I have to th ank J eff Slaven s [or building th e ~ " motor and Factory Con necti o n for the suspension. I had a lot of su p po rt from Suzuki and my pi t crew from back home was g rea t. T hey took care of my bike so all I had to worry about was me and that makes a lot of differen ce. " Peo p le will have to th ink up a new . rumor now," said th e winner. " T hey don 't seem to think that I can ride in the rocks - th at's wh at th ey've been sayin g, but there were billions of rocks o u t th ere today so I gu ess I proved them wrong. We'll have to see wh a t they say now." Pepper spe nt th e last loo p just hanging o n. . " Abo u t 160 miles into it all you' re doing is loo king for the fini sh, " said Pepper. "Everybody was tir ed in that last sectio n and with a 35 m ph a verage yo u just do what you can." Kadlec mad e u p tim e in th e fast pa ced final mil es to cap tu re fourth o vera ll with 55 points; Bruckbauer 's Yam ah a landed fifth wi th a points to tal of 64 , and Ru ssell limped aro u nd happily aft er earning sixth overall with 67 points despite a badly bruised foo t. Hines overcame his ea i ly problems to finish seventh. " I had a terr ibl e day righ t fro m the start and th e tra ils were very hi gh spee d for what we'r e used to for en dures, ' sa id Hines. " I got reall y dehy d ra ted because of som ething I was tak ing for the elevation, too . I just had lots of problems. The next o ne call onl y be better. " Hines was followed in by local racers Kevin Davis (79) and Chris Wilban ks (80),.and Kurt Hough ro unded o ut the top 10 with an 84. " No t too goo d today," sai d Hough . Team Green's Larry R oeseler was another top contender a t the Co lorado Natio nal. Roesel er fi nished just two po ints beh ind Haw kins fo r seco n d overa ll. "I go t a flat right after th e third ga s and had to rid e it to the fourth ga s, and I just wasn't riding really good today. The trails were tough too . The ones that aren' t rocky. were okay but the pure rocks aren 't an y fun to ride in at all. " £N Resul ts 0 / A: I. Ra ndy Ha wkin s (Suz) 49; 2" Larry Roeseler (Ka w) 5 1: 3. Kel by Pepper (Kaw ) 53; 4. Friu Kadl ec (Ya m) 55: 5. J o h n Bru ckbau er (Ya m) &I; 6. J ell Ru ssell (Ya m ) 67; 7. Kevin H ines (KT M ) 73: 8. Kei th Davis (KT M) 79; 9. Chr is Wilbanks (KT M) 80: 10. Ku rt Ho ug h (Kaw) 84; I I. Dee T ay lor ( KT M) 89: 12. J ohn Blythe (Ho n) 91; 13. J ell Fred eu e (Ka w) 100; 14. Alle n Graviu (KT M) 103; 15. Dennis La rrau 104: 16. Bru ce Field (Ho n ) 108; 17. Geo rge Villanyi (Kaw) 111: 18. Shan no n Long 117; 19. Don Si mo ne (SUl) 119; 20. Mark Beagley {Kaw] 120; 21. Vince nt Davis 125. AA: I. Rand y Ha wkins (Suz): 2. La rry Roeseler (Kaw); 3. Jell R ussell (Ya m). . RMEC AA: I. Kel by Pep pe r (Ka w) ; 2. Frill Kadl ec (Yam); 3. John Bru rk ba uer (Yam ); OPEl> A: I. Mik e Shown (KTM ): 2. Ca sey Co lbert (AT K); 3. Cl ive Hel ler (KT M). 250 A: I. Shannon Long (Ya m ); 2. Don Simone (SUl ); 3. Ma rk Beagley (Ka w). 200 A: 1. George Vi11anyi (Ka w}; 2. Steve Vanzant; 3. Arnold Webber (H us). SR. A: 1. Bill Vickery (Yam) ; 2. Mal colm Smi th (KTM); 3. Floyd Stretc h (KT M). Of EN 8: I. Rick Fish er (KT M); 2. Jeff Ha rkwell (Kaw): 3. Ru ssell Sou ther li n (Ka w). 2l;O B: 1. Les Resler (KTM); 2. Da vid Nea l (Ka w): 3. Ban Sera fin (Han ). 200 B: 1. Bob Babinski (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Wil d (Kaw): 2. Mitch Elso n (Kaw). SR B: I. Ed Kistler (Hus): 2. J ohn Ada ms (H a n); 3. R uben Stick ler (KT M). 4·STK B: I . Bryan J o hnson (SUl ): 2. Greg!; Le h nen (Ya m ): 3. J ohn Moody (H on ). OPEN C: I. G uy Midd leto n (Ho n) ; 2. Ca lvi n Gossen ( KT M); 3. Dennis McDon ald (KT M). 2,!;0 C: I. Kenny Ho p per (Ya m); 2. Lynd ell DeBoer (H us); 3. Chri stophe r Na nd (Suz). 200 C: I. Ro n Grund y (Kaw]: 2. Jd f Townsley (Yam ); 3. T o n Kasic. . VET C : I. David Col e (SUl) : 2. C lay ton Lu pt o n (S uz); 3. Ja mes Boman (Ka w). sa c: 1. Steve w idener (Han ); 2. Ra nd y Bright (Ya m) : 3. J ack Well er (KT M). S/SR C: I. Bill Oben (Ya m); 2. Buck Wa lswo rth (H us ); 3. Wa yne Mcfetridge (SUi ). 4·STK C: I. G rant Hollis (Ho n ); 2. Vince nt King (Hon ): 3. Chris Lahlie (He n) . WMN C: I. Deb ra Nuss (Ka w ]: 2. SU( ha mberl in "C (Ya m ): 5. T raci Downs (Ya m). 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