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l-l Q.) ..0 S Q.) :> o Z Fred Hoess rounded out the top five overall , fin ish ing one point beh ind Hrehor, ISDE gold medalist Steve H atch had some problems bu t still managed sixth overa ll. Kevin Hines was knocked out of title conten tion with an 11th-place finish. Allen G ravitt was a front-runner until his motorcycle seized 92 miles in to the ride. National Enduros, because th ey go rea lly fast over 'stuff tha t they've never seen before . I' m not really comfortab le doing th at, in (act, some times it' s kind ofscary. These gu ys have a lot of talent, I' m impressed." Jan Hreh or of Czechoslovakia and a support rid er for Suzuki, was fourth overall. Team manager Ch arl es Hal comb sai d, "J an burned two ch ecks because before he came to America last mont h , he had never seen or had even used a timekeep ing computer. If he h ad zeroed those two checks , h e would've clai med second overa ll." When as ked wh at he though t of American-style enduros, Hreh or said, " I like to ride here in the U.S., but this timekeeping stuff is bizarre. Maybe I will figure it out and win the next enduro ," T eam Green's Kurt H ough had a da y he'd j ust as soo n forg et, Problem s with his go gg les fogging u p and running out of gas once, effectively kn ocked him out of the overa ll hunt. H ough ended up drop pi n g 28 points for seventh overall , one po sition behind in strumenta l to my success this year. Plus , I finally got a good comb ination with Komar, Rod Bush and Mike Rosso .a t KTM. T hey came through with everything they sa id the y would. Any thing I asked for, the bike was taken care of. I hope we can keep a good relationship go ing; I'll be back on KTM to defend my ti tle," CN Suzu ki support rider Steve Hatch , wh o was fifth overall wi th 26 po ints. Russell 'sK'TM teammat e Alan Gra vitt a lso had h is sha re of probl ems. " 1 had a pr etty good ride goi ng , everythi ng was workin g grea t," sai d Gravitt. "Then at 92 miles out, the bike lock ed up solid. I p ulled onto a dirt road down by the canal an d tried to pu ll the cho ke on, bu t it didn't free up the motor. " Before that I was miss ing some checks by a few seconds. If you'r e havin g a good day, you hit th e checks on .59, a bad day you na il th em at .02. My day was th e latter," Finishi ng eighth ove rall behind Hough was Matt Stavi sh (30 po ints), whil e All en Ra n d t (3 1) a n d Bill Anderson (31) rounded out the top 10, respectively. Randt bea t out And erson on the tie brea kers. The top A rider was Su mmers , wh ile th e top Band C riders were J eff Pr itcher and Joh n Maurer. Russell con cluded by sayi ng, " I wis h to thank everyo ne at KT M, especia lly my mech anic Tom (Komar). He was Results 0 / A: I. Randy H awkins (SUI) 16 points: 2. j eff R ussell (KT M) 19 ; 3. See n Su m mers (H o n) 22; 4. J an Hreho r (S Ul ) 24; 5. f red H oess {H us ) 25; 6. Steve H a tch (SUI) 26; 7. Ku rt H ough (Kaw } 28; 8. Mall Sla vis h (KT M) 30; 9. Allen Ra nd t (KT M) 31; 10. Bill And erson 31: l l. Kevin Hines (Suz) 32: 12. Kevin Ben ne tt 33; 13. Ray Dav is (Su z) 35; 14. Brian Blan chard 36; 15. j oe y H opkins (Ka w) 38; 16. Ch ri s Sm ith (KT M) 40; 17. j ack La fferty, Jr. (KT M) 40; 18. Bill Atk inson 12: 19. Drew Smith (Suz ) 45; 20. Chris Pull 45. G R AN D CH AMPIO N: Randy Hawk ins TOP A: Scou Sum mers TOP B: j ell Pmch er T OP C: j ohn Maurer NATION AL AA: I. j elf R ussell ; 2. j an H reho r; 3. Fred H oes s: 1. Steve H at ch; 5. Kurt H ough. REG AA: I . Kevin Bennett; 2. Chris Smi th ; 3. Dr ew Sm ith : 4. Dennis Zu ra wski , Jr.; 5. J ohn Rog ers. A U W : I. Dale H iles; 2. Perry H odges; 3. H a n k Tarr; 1. Mark La ne; 5. Craig Shenigo. A M/W: I. Bria n Bla nchard ; 2. Chris Puff; 3. Rober t Moho : 4. C h ris No lan; 5. David Bu rn en . A VET: l. Mi tch McR ee; 2. G len Sch ere r; s. Barry Crowe; 4. Hank Stankiewing: 5. Cliff Te nny . A M /W: 1. Ray Davis; 2. Bill Atkinson; S. Pau l Mill iken ; 4. R ic h Laffer ty: 5. Wad e Reese. A 4/STRK: 1. Scou Summers: 2. Bill Anderson : 3. J o hn Oechsl e; 4. Matt Sp igclmyer; 5. R ick St ewar t. A SR: 1. Fred Wickl ine; 2. Tom Mars h ; 3. j ack La fferty , Sr.; 4. T om Eber sole ; 5. J oh n H o ffman. A H VY: 1. Michael Moo re ; 2. Anth ony T o masello: 3. Keith Mcintyre; 4. Don n y Li ng le; 5. Ronal d Palermo. A S/SR: 1. Charlie Bu rk ; 2. George' Click n er. 3. J am es Bran sford; 4. Da n Van Dri el: 5. Joe! O alie. W MN: I. Kathie Ca mbell ; 2. Ela ine Nobl es. B ME D UW: I. jell Kirchner; 2. Ch ris G arber; 3. J a mes Breth auer; 4. J ames Wri ght: 5. Scott Ash way . B HVY: I. Tom Folki; 2. David Cripe; 3. Allen Frei: 4. Dean Spen cer; 5. T o m Van Dec ker . B 4/STRK: I. Robert P ro vos t: 2. S. Mil ewski; 3. Alla n Wolle; 4. j oey Wal lace; 5. SIeve Spea k. B LlW: 1. G reg Hall ; 2. Tom Steese; 3. Richard Peci ls: 4. J a mes Su rwella. B M/W: I. jelf Pri tchard; 2. Bryon Ccbbenson: 3. William Maco; 4. Dan f o ster ; 5. J effrey j en sen . B SR: I. Ra y Malley; 2. Ernie Mellor; 3. "Jim w a lters: 1. Don Le w is; 5. Mike Kahl ers. B VET: 1. Don McKeehan; 2. Ph il Ca rlin ; 3. Rob ert G regory; 4. Todd Pol nsky. C MED U W : I. Rober t Morris; 2. Dav id Whitema n; 3. Da vid Bostrom ; 4. David Mon tan a ; 5. J o h n Ri zzo . C HVY: I. G uy Franko ; 2. Ed wi n Lindskog ; 3. Rob ert Ca de ll; 4. Steve G ara gu so ; 5. Mark Miller. C MED: I. J ohn Ma urer; 2. Mik e Van de nderble: 3. D avi d Maco ; 4. Ken Ko ll m eier; 5. George Do bezynsk i. C 4/STRK: I. Ch ris Gee ; 2. j eff Focht: 3. Kei th McBride; 4. Joh n Wi ll iams; 5. J oe Kra ft. 15