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Past'winners Year 1993 1992 1991 1990 Host countJy World Trophy Junior Netherlands Australia Czechoslovakia Poland Italy Holland Sweden' 1989 Sweden West Gennany 1988 France 1987 Poland 1988 1985 1984 1983 1982 Ilaly Spain 1981 1980 1979 197 8 19n (Above) French riders Alain Olivier (left) and Stephan Peterhansel (right) are some 01the world's best off·road riders. Peterhansel has won the Six Days twice. (Below) Paul Edmondson Is Great Britain's biggest off-road star. He'll be ridding a Spanish-made 125cc Gas-Gas. 1976 1975 1974 1973 19n 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1968 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1956 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 , 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1940-1946 1939 , 1936 1937 (Above) Scott Summers wiD ride on Honda XR600 fouHtroIcB on the U.s. World Trophy team. event; Davis first rode the ISDE last year in Holland and was that year's "T op American." Obviously, they have mad e the MX-to-off-road tr ansition w ithout mis sing a beat Another former motocrosser in Tulsa will be Ohio's Fred Andrews. In his first year on the off-road scene, he proceeded to w in the National C ross Country Championship, so you know he has the speed to place well in Tulsa. . Pe rhaps the mo st underrated offroad rider around is Fred Hoess, who makes his home in New Jersey. Hoess has ridden n umerous ISDEs and has enough Gold medals to cover his living room walls. The Husqvarna employee is perha ps best known as a survivor; one time he beg an the Six Days with a broken foot and still took h ome a Go ld med al. He too likes the gnarly stuff an d can tum in respectable times in the special tests. Hoess is an other former "Top Am erican." And then th ere's New England er Kevin H ines. The 198 7 Nation al Enduro Champion is one of the hottest riders on the end ur o circuit right no w. H e has overalled three Nation al s in 1994 and is making a run for this yea r's title. Hines is another ISDE veteran with many Gold medals to his credit and is another Easterner who thrives on tough trails. He'll be riding a CRE 250, which he imports from Italy, and will be on a Club team with brothers Chris Smith and Drew Smith, who had ridden more ISDEs than any American rider. (See page 38 for an interview with Drew Smith). The younger Smith, Chris, was a member of the U.S. Juni or World team which won in Czechoslovakia in 1991. He will again represen t the U'S, on the Junior World team. . Joining Sm ith on the team w ill be three-time National Hare & Hound Champion Danny Hamel. Hamel, who lives in Boulder City, Nevada, has a couple of Six Days under his belt, and he even won a round of the Qualifier Series this year. He has certainly proved that he is a d ive rse off-road rider , not just a desert ra cer . Returning to the Six Days scene will be Kawasaki's Larry Roeseler, who last competed a t the ISDE in 1989 in Ge rm an y. Roesel er h as al w a ys b ee n a crowd favorite in Europe with his flashy rid ing style and friendly personality . The Californian, however, is coming off a broken collarbone that he sustained in a recent mountain bike ac ciden t. He , too, is a survivor and is damn fast in the special tests . Anoth er rider to watch is "Mr. Six Days" himself - Jeff Fredette, who hails fro m Illinois. Fredette holds the record for earning the most Gold med als (10) of any American ; Roeseler is second wi th nine. He has also started 14 ISDEs and ha s finished every single one of thernl What's hi s secret ? He sa ys it's being 100% prepared for whatever might happen. And not only is Fredette an excellent rider, but he gives his all towards the U.S . team effort at the Six Days . Even when he's finished riding for the day, he almost always hangs out in the U.S. pits offering his services to any other American rider who might need it. 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Pep per went on to become "Top American" and was one of onl y a few American riders to earn a Gold medal. Pepper will compete in Tulsa aboard the same brand of motorcycle he did so well on in Sweden - a Kawasaki KX125. For the past few years, Pepper was a factory KTM r ider but he switched back to Kawasaki midway through th e '94 season. Pepper is from Colorado, which should help his cause in Tulsa - if there's on e rider who kn ows how to ride the rocks it's Pepper. There will al so be many Eu ropean riders to keep an eye on. One of those is Frenchman Stephan Peterhansel, who is a forme r ISDE ind ividual overall win n er. Overa lling the Six Da ys is a n incredib le ac comp lishm en t, and he 's do ne it twice. Italy has numerous riders capable of winning the event, such as Tullio Pellegrinelli, Giovanni Sala , Mario Rinaldi and Fabio Farioli. Sweden, too, has possibilities with Svenerik Jonsson, Kent Karlson, Jeff Nilsson and Peter Jansson. Great Britain has Paul Edmondson who has a shot, as well as France's Cyri l Esquirol and Alain Olivier. Also , remember that all of the Tr ophy riders will have red number-plate backings, the Junior World teams w ill use green backings, and everyone else gets white backings. This should help when identifying the riders. C'l

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