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HmoowW~~Q~~~_R_~_~_ili~~_~_~_ro_S_~_~:_R_OO_~_5 e "- Kurt Hough scored his first ISDE Qualifier win of the season at Trask, clinchi ng a spot on the U.s. ISDE Trophy Team. Winner of th e series opener in Oklahoma, multi-time ISDE gold alist Larry Roeseler was the runner-up at T~sk. Hough hammers Trask Two-Day By Mike Thuleen r Y AMHILL, OR, JUNE 22ยท23 eam Green 's Kurt Hough claimed his first ISDE Qualifier overa ll victory of the season aft er two da ys of blazing through the wet, slimy root- in fested Oregon woods at Trask Mountai n M /C' s T rask . Mounta in ISD E Q ualifier. Suzuki's Steve Hatch held the overa ll by one point over H oug h at the end of day one, but co ughed up the lead in day two's terra in test to the Kawasaki KX.250 pilot to finish th ird ove ra ll behind H ough 's teammate _ La rry R oesel er. Desp ite topping Hough in the terrain test and motocross on day. two , Roeseler co ul d no t overco me Hough's tremendous first day mom entum. T raskmarks the fina l opport uni ty for th e Le tter of In tent riders to complete enough days with a favorable level of evaluation points to qualify to compete as one of 25 riders on the U.S. Trophy. J u nior World, o r club teams in Czechoslovakia in Septem ber. The Trask event consisted of a 55mile loop wh ich the riders comp leted twice each day , and ra n the o pposite direction on day two. On the first loop each da y th e riders challe n ged a brief grass track and a fast terrain test. After completion of th e co urse on day two , the intent riders were paraded to the final motocr oss, which was held in a wide, grassy meadow criss -crossed by swa m py dit ches. Scoring for special tests at th is event is performced on a metr ic ratio ba sis, with each 60 seconds eq uall ing 100 points. Wh ile the cl ub used primarily trail for th e ro u te, 35 straigh t hours of rai n preceding the event, forced the club to rerou te lar ge sections of the course o nto roads to minimize the event's im pa ct to the area. This sensitivity to ' the env iro nment was underlined by the Trask Mountain Mz'C's request that riders co ns ide r other areas to ri de during the rest of the year in order to preserve future runnings of the event. . The clu b exp lained tha t continued strong us e of the area by visiti ng riders is causing la ndowners to co nsi de r closing th e area to ridi ng altogether, O nly two mi les fro m the sta rt lay the grass track, less than a mi le in len gth . H atch , the firs t Int en t rider to the test, rai led his Suzuk i RM X250 o n th e twi sty track to sco re the fastest tim e by 15 points over Hough. " I put on a heavier flywh eel for the race and it reall y made a differen ce in the slime ," H at ch said. Only six seconds behind H ough , Roeseler and KTM 's Jimmy Lewis scored matching times. Wash in gton 's David Rhodes thu m ped to fas test Lightweight Four-Stroke time on his 350cc Husaberg , whi le Ja son Dah ners thundered th rough the grass as the fastest Heavy weigh t Fo urStro ke. O nly four points off Dahner's pace, Sco tt Sum mers had crashe d, dropped a bu nc h of ti me , a n d remarked, " T he tests are j us t so sho rt , . if you ma ke a mista ke, your' re dead." With identical scores from the grass track , T eam Suzuki riders Ra n d y Hawkins and Dave Bertram led bo th th e 125 and 500 cc Intent classes, resp ectively. J ohn King was only two seconds off of Hawkins ' time, while Kawasaki's Pa ul Kra use held down second 500cc Int ent . The Senior Intent clas s ha s been one of th e most consistent classes throughout th e series , and th e class emerged from this test in a tight, 12 po int spread. Riding with two bust ed rib s and a cracked hip, Gary Doerr posted the fastest tim e with Dave Bow ers on ly two points slo wer. Times were not set too tight, and rid ers had eno ug h tim e for the essen tial s at th e chec ks. Dropped route points were few and far be tween. Shawn Hybarger dropped two minu tes wh en he mis sed the grass trac k. The 500cc Inten t rid er filed a p rotest , alleging tha t a course officia l was not pr esent to direct tra ffic that sho u ld have been there. The club disallowed' th e protest, bu t.Hybar ger will pers ist, exp la ining that the points " co u ld make the differen ce for me making the team." KTM 250 ' rider Alan R and t dropped a minute because of a flat tire. Later in the first loop, the riders attacked th e terrain test. T eam Green/ Sini sal o /P ro C ircui t/Dunlop/Bel R ay/Scott/R entha llAXO I Acerbis/