Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

the mudhol es, o n a fo ur-stroke, you hav e to a nalyze the si tua tio n before jumping in. I'm still doing it th e two stro ke wa y. I lost a goo d m inute by ge ll ing stuc k." Mu dh ol es weren't the on ly o bstacle tha t gav e H in es grief. "Later in th e afternoon, a stu m p got hung up between the swingarm a nd th e chain gu ide. I co u ldn ' t m ove! It was stu p id. And a ll o f these p rob lem s seem ed 10 hap pen right in th e tigh t sectio ns. " P epper e n de d up drop p in g 13 points, one poi nt more than H ines, for fifth o veral l. Finishing sixt h overa ll , fo u r points beh in d Pepper was local A High Po int win ner Eldon Keen . Keen, ri ding a KT M 250E/XC nipped J eff Fredet te by one seco nd o n the tiebrea kers, 17/667-17/668. " I had an excep tio na l rid e," sai d th e 25-yea r-o ld Keen , fro m nea rby G ladwi n, Mich igan. " I had problems wi th m y tim ekeeping eq u ipment ri ght a t the start. Luckily, I was o n the sa me min u te as Kelb y (Pep pe r), so I just rod e w ith him. U nfort u nately, I lo st o ne minute at th e firs t chec k wh en my co n tact (lens ) ca me out. O th er than tha t I had few problem s. I did have a fla t tir e, th ou gh. Luckily I had a . spare wh eel a t th e gas sto p a nd was able to cha nge wh eels q uickly. ' " I just tri ed to sta y with Kelby, bu t then I sta rted ge ll ing ti red," added th e MS Racing/Lansing Cycle /End uro Enginee ring-sponsored rider. " I do n 't ri de that much. In fact, I did more ri d ing today th an I've don e in th e last six months." Li ke H aw kin s, seve n t h -p lace Fredeue burned th e first check. " My od om eter was o ff all da y," said the m ulti-time ISDE go ld meda lis t, who rode h is trad itiona l Ka wasa ki KDX200 mo unt. "The co u rse was nas ty - mud, tree roo ts, downed trees a nd bo ttomless hol es. I go t stuck in o ne th at cost me a t least o ne m in ute. I had a la te n umber - in the 40s a nd tha t mad e a big d ifferen ce. The m udholes were huge by the tim e I got to th em. "These you ng kid s tod ay are to ugh ," said th e 33-yea r-old Fredet te. "Now I know how th ose old guys felt wh en I firs t started riding. " Lans ing Cycle's Ala n Ra nd t finished eighth overall wit h a score of 18, whi le J ack La fer ty Jr. (19 points ) a nd Bri an Lohman (23) ro unded out the top 10 overal l. T he firs t 200cc A class rid er was 13th overall Cha d Fro ma n (26), while Jared G reen scored th e Four-Stroke A class . vic tory in 14th overall wi th 31 points dropped. T he top Vet A ri der was Rodney Benjam in, wh o finished 16th overa ll with a score o f 34, One point back was Vet Cha rlie Eller. H atch, who was a member o f the w in ni n g U.S. J u n io r World Trop hy Tea m a nd " T op Ame rica n" at th e 1991 International Six Day En d uro in Czechoslovakia, said, " I'm dedica ting this win to my lo ngtime friend a nd racing buddy Ethan G oodrich , who was para lyzed at the Alliga tor Enduro in Mar ch." OJ R esults 0 / A: I. Steve Hatch (Suz) 9 points: 2. Rand y Hawkins (Suz) 121478; 3. Jeff Russell (KT M) 121 484; 4. Kevin H ines (1Ius) 12/ 560; 5. Kelb y Pepper (KTM) 13; 6. Eldo n Keen (KT M) 171667; 7. Jell Fredet te (Raw) 17/ 668; 8. Alan Ran dt (KTM ) 19; 9. Jack Laferty Jr. (KT M) 19; 10. Brian Lo hma n (KTM) 23; II. Matt Slavish (KT M) 24; 12. Ken Brown (Raw) 25; 13. Chad Fro man (Raw) 26; 14. Ja red Green (Hon ) 3 1; 15. Steve MacLe an (Ra w) 32; 16. Rodn ey Benjami n (Ho n) 34/1283; 17. Brad Mallet (Hon) 34/ 1345; 18. Cbar lieElI er (Hon ) 35; 19. Don Meu (KTM ) 36; 20. Steve Vollmer (Suz) 37. AMA NATIONAL CHAMPI ONSHIP END URO SERI ES POINT ST ANDINGS : I. Randy Ha wkins (l IS) 3 win s; 2. Kelby Pep per (77); 3. Kevin H ines (74) 4. Jeff Ru ssell (71); 5. SIeve Hatch (48); 6. Ala n Ra nd t (38); 7. Jef! Fredette (30); 8. Ja ck Lafferty Jr . (27); 9. Allen Cr aviu (26); 10. Brian Loh man (19). .992 GRAND NATIONAL eHAMPIONSHIP .',. -- .,,~..'- - P ,.-_ A En M 'i1 ~::~!:i'F~I~~ : r:l' ~~ '" 1 ~ ;;':;:~,7:-;;: , ~ ,~ ..•zr~:,:~ ;,;,,;. 4 ~ :l1 ;OTOCROSS E~~N~ -_IN . ~ DD~ UROPHIES rn~ .rEf S 1iC~I'S G REll . AUGUST5thrug e I ~~~ e . . ~D~LOP ··!4t .-s= ~ri:~ /UN9TI\~ CHOO SE YOUR NEARBY REGION AND QUALIFY IN THE BES T MO TOCROSS NA T10NAL PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STA TES CAL L YOUR REGIONA L MANAGER FOR ENTRY INFORMA n ON WF:STERN 1 R. DAKOTAS 1 ENR1Ctl:SEN' 1 HONTE BA. PNES 3 1 0 /A 6 f1 ~ 8 1 1 2 70 1 /838 -126 A 5 -17 J• • VP:GA ,NV S 5 - ] 1 I-IOR . v LY, CA 6 -7 AUELANTO,CA 6 -14 flOR . 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