ยท.E National Championship Enduro Series . Round 4: Sawmill National Enduro
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By Chris Jonnum
Photos by Mark KariyalDirt Rider
NAVARRO, CA, APR 2
h e cru e l ho a x th at is be in g
played on the National End uro
Seri es regu lar s con tinued over
Ap ril Fools' Day week end, as
Kaw asaki Tea m Green' s Ty
Davis carri ed on with his domination of
the circu it. What's so funn y about that,
you ask? Well, defending champ Steve
Hatch and fi ve-ti m e ch a m p Randy
Hawkins aren't exactly laughing, but
Davis seems d ownright amused - as
well he should be. In his first serious bid
at the title that is normally d isputed
solely between riders re siding east of
the Mississippi , the Hesperia, California,
resident has won the opening four
rounds. And he doesn't appear to have
any designs of lettin g up.
" I wanted to s ta rt off well, and I
thought i could win, but I didn't expect
to win the first four rounds," admitted
Davis, who carded just 25 points all day .
"I hope they 're getting frustrated .
Randy doesn' t burn checks; he' s Mr.
Enduro, and he burned the first check
and crashed after that . Ma ybe that
means they're starting to get worried."
Davis' win at the first two rounds in
California and Arizona were not exactly surprising, but his third victory in
the woods of Georgia turned a few
heads - as did his lates t triumph. Held
on privately owned Louisiana-Pacific
logging land , th e 116.2-mile (with
resets) enduro gives riders access to
redwood-lined trails th at are normally
closed to the p ublic, and many riders
called it the year's tightest even t thus
far.
"Coali nga (round one) wa s p retty
wide open and then Ari zona was wide
open, and Georgia more so than we
thought it was going to be, so this one
was good," sai d Hatch. "This is what
enduros are sup posed to be. He beat us
fair and square today, but we gave him
a run for his money. It was equal for
both of us, so that makes it more
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