Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I O~0S T su ba ki/ Bell 's Hough found th at th is fast, uphill fir e roa d test su ited his wide-open ridin g style, scori ng the fast est time, 10 points faster than Roeseler. H a tch scored four points slower th an Roeseler a nd, as he d idn 't d rop a ny ro ute points, ended th e da y leading th e end uro wi th 498 po ints, o ne point ahead o f H ou gh , a nd 17 .po ints in fron t of Roeseler. Rh od es held down th e next fastest score o n thi s test, finishi ng the day as top L / W Fo u r-Stro ke, fo ur points be h i n d Hat ch. " I passed five or si x guys in th e terra in test," said Rhoad es, "and th at reall y h urt me as it was rea lly to ugh to pass. We've go t " A" r ide rs a ll a round us and wh at slow ed me down the most was o ne guy who I was setting up to pa ss in a corner, o nly th ere was a one-lin e mudho le in the tu rn a nd I go t hosed with mud." He led th e class by 35 points over Suzuki's Charl es Halcomb, wh o has reco ve re d fr om a p u lled knee h e . suffered at Ok la homa. Ending day one 13 po ints dow n fro m Roeseler , Lewis held fo urth 250cc a nd fif th overa ll, followed in class by Chris Smith, Darren Sanford , Da n Nei lson, Jim Gray arid Bruce Field. In seven th overa ll, H a wkins co ntrolle d the 125cc Intent class, h is near est co m pe tition bein g J on Kin g, 20 points beh ind. Suzu ki teammate Bertram held top 500cc Inten t 3 1 po ints ah ead of Tom Webb. Webb had o ne point on Richard Mathers a nd eigh t points o n Krause. Honda 's Summers ended the da y with a two-po int lead o n Dahners in the H eavyweight FourStroke class,and 45 po ints to spare on Curt Wilcox: With another strong test, Doerr had a cu sh ion o f 18 points on J.D. Bentley. With no special tests, th e second loop proved to be uneventful, and the riders entered impound to prepare their bikes fo r day two . The ma in activities were changi ng ti res a nd scra ping a way th e ca ked mud. Like da y one, th e second da y starte d at seven in th e morning under da rk , cloudy ski es, with a mi st su rro u ndi ng th e area's hi gh er eleva tio ns. Headin g th e op posi te directi on o u t o nto th e cou rse, the rid ers first encou ntered th e terrain test. As th e ground had dri ed out somewhat , th e cl u b was able to util ize mo re tra il for th is da y's rou te a nd terrai n test. "The terra in test was pr ett y danger . o us , 'pr etty dark and sorta high speed with lo ts of ro cks," sai d Roeseler , "and a t this race you ar e tim ed the first ti me you go through th e tests, so yo u' re rid ing blind. " The co mbi na tio n of these factors ca used th is test to high ly influence the o utco me o f the end uro. Desp ite h is con cerns, Roeseler ro de clea n ly a nd pulled th e fastest tim e in this test, one po int a head o f Lewi s, six po ints faster th an H ough, a nd 38 po ints a head of Ha tch , wh o go t trapped beh ind slo wer ride rs i n a n arro w , tr eac hero us creekbed, This test dropped H at ch dow n to fourth overa ll, 3 1 points behind H ou gh , no w th e race leader. Chr is Sm ith d id the big -time bail o ff th e fast fir e road, b us ti ng h is left radiator and d ropping from fifth to 12th in his class as a resu lt. " I sta rted ou t rea ll y good , just' like Bubba Shobert through th e co rners, o n ly I got too co nfident and j us t we nt into th e corn er too fas t. So, I just la id the bike dow n thinking I co u ld sta y o n the roa d . but I shot rig ht o ff of i t," Sm ith said. . Su m me r 's w inn ing r id e i n th e Heavyweigh t Four-Stro kes came to a n end as the rocks cla imed the rear ti re o n his 600cc Honda. " It went flat shortly after the start," said Summers. " And I a bused it so ~LU 2 a 1 -900-726-MOTO LEARN SECRET RIDING TECHNIOUES, AND HOT BIKE SETUPS: STARTS, CALL OFTEN LEARN MORE AND WIN!!! JUMPS, PASSING, TRICKS OF TH E MECHANICS and M UCH M OR E! ::J: c, BON US TIME: EVERY CA LL AUTOMA TlCAL L Y ENTERS YOU TO WIN TH E 1991 BIK E OF YOUR CHOICE: HONDA CA 's - KAWASAKI KX's I a t-a ~ fa - SUZUKI AM 's - YAMAHA YZ 's DON'T BE A SQU ID CALL NOW!!! Pr ice of Call $5 .00. Alternate mean s of entry /1t'~& Gc:»t Judging. 1100 N. 381h 51., Benton. WA 98056 MUST BE 1B YEARS OR OLD ER. ell ... c:.. 0.-;.;) f or contest. send postcard wi th name and address to : Moto-Ph one. PO Box 95644, Las Vegas . N 89193 ·5644. The fi rst draWing wi ll be hel d on ~ A ug . 15 . 19 9 1 at Independ ent Sweepstakes . ~\' c:»pi ... ic:» ... ? ...... r y X?0'\-- Vc:»i ~E!~_ Send me more information Add ress : - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - Ci ty : Leatherstocking Country, n .y. Stare: Zip: 3 27 N. Main S t.• P O Box 447 - He rkimer, NY 13 35 0 • 1- 8 0 0 -233 - 8778· (31 5) 866- 1500 I.NY

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