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ยท~ ENDURO Tecate250K e Jimmy Lewis finished third overall and won the 125cc division. Although hampered by a painful wrist injury, Larry Roeseler scored his second overall win in a row at the Tecate 250K Enduro. It was his third win in the last four yeats. National Reliability Enduro Champion Dave Bertram, who won the Tecate Enduro in 1986, finished second overall, one point behind Roeseler, 12-13. Western Regional 125cc Su percross champ Ty Davis claimed third overall. Roeseler edges Bertram for second straight win Photos by Kinney Jones TECATE, ac. M DEC. I EX. o r the second year in a row, T eam Green 's La rry Roeseler scored the overa ll and 250cc class win at th e for -A-riders-only Los Anci anos Motor. cycle Club 's T ecate 250K Enduro. It was also his third Tecate win in the last four years. Roese ler, .who 'was riding with a broken wris t, edged out AMA National Reliability Enduro Champion Dave Bertram by just one point after th e 150-mile-plus, threeloop enduro. The Kawasaki KX250mounted Roeseler dropped a total of 12 po ints to Bertram 's 13. " I was in a lo t of pain ," said Roeseler. " I fractu red my wrist a week ago and it really hurt out there; I reall y didn't think I was going to win. There were sections out there I just couldn't ride aggressively enough, bu t overall I had a great time an d the course was just awesome. T he club did another super job. " "I reall y wanted to win this one," said Bert ra m, who won the Tecate Enduro in 1986. "I haven 't had a wh ole lo t of luck this year, so I wanted to' finish .the year strong. But you have to hand it to Larry, he 's tough to beat . I do n 't mind getting beat by him. " Bertram, who was piloting a 1991 production Suzuki R MX250, was two points down on Roeseler foll owing the first two loops, as the riders came into the famous Mag 7 one-hour lunch break . . In the last section, Bertra m poured on the gas and dropped just one point, which ended up being the lowest score in th e section. However, it wasn 't enough to catch Roeseler, despite th e Kawasaki rider burning a check in the last section. F " I shou ld've had Roesel er," said Bertram . " I missed about four or five checks th roughout th e da y by just a few seconds . I mad e som e mistak es by getti ng caugh t in the dust, in bottl enecks, and I had one guy loop out in front of me on a hill, which cost me one point at the next check . But I'm sure everyone had little problems like I did. " Finishing third overall was KTM 's Jimmy Lewi s. Lewis, who was riding a 125cc mount on min u te one, was hoping to use his early start time to his advantage , hoping th is year's Tecate Enduro would be as dry and dusty as last year's enduro. Although this year's event was fairly dry, dust was n't as much of a factor as last year's enduro. Lewis finis hed three points behind Ber tra m with a score of 16, but claimed the I25cc class victory. Motocrosser Ty Davis surprised a lot of enduro riders with a fourth place overall an d first place in the O pen class performance at Tecate wi th 20 points dropped. Ho wever, his lack of timekeeping experience and, not to men- . rion , timekeepi ng equipment, th warted what quite possibly could've been a first-p lace overall ride for the 125cc Western Regio nal Supercross Champion. Keying off other riders , Davis, who was riding a Honda XR600 four-stroke, was plagued by burned checks and la te points at zeroable checks throughout the enduro. Losing out to Davis on the tiebreakers was Illinois' J eff Fredette, who also carded a 20 for fifth overall and seco nd place in the 125cc class. Team Green 's Fredette was slowed by faulty time-