Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

sou t h end o f th e ran ch mad e up of ex t re mely tech n ica l te r ra in and was approxima tely four miles lon g. Weather durin g th e tw o-d ay even t was as varied as the terrain. Saturday's temperatures' were in the high 80s with a slig h t br eeze just enoug h to keep the dust moving but with no cloud s in the s ky . Su nday's con d itions were exactly o p posite w ith overcast skies an d cool tempera tu res in the 40s and SOs. A ligh t midmorning drizzle made things a little sticky as a film of mud formed on goggles, bikes and riders. Saturday's temperatures made for a long day bu t Sunday's ligh t rain made rid ing conditions worse. ISDE ve teran Jeff Fredette said, "This is actually the worst kind of wea the r. Just enough mist to m ake th e dus t s ti ck to everythi ng without enough rain to wash any thing off." 'Alt hough th e Q u a lifiers' top th ree po sitions w ere d eci d ed in th e 126ccOpen Two-Stroke cla ss, fourth overall wen t to Suzuki's Ran d y Ha wk ins . The five- time Na tio nal Enduro cha m p and I l -time ISDE participant showed again that he ow ns the 125cc class. Hawkins won his d ivision's first test on d ay one and n e ver g ave up th at lead throu ghout the next seven special tes ts. "Th in gs really wen t good for me out the re," said Hawkins. "T he on ly real problem) had wa s d uring Sa tu rday's la s t terrain test. I came into the las t co r ne r real fas t a nd ca me off a sm all jum p and actually overshot the line goi ng in to the flags . There was no ribbon marking the entran ce to the check, jus t the w orn tra il, I re cov ered the bes t I could a nd en ded up going thro ugh th e check th e w rong w ay . Th e che cke rs to ld m e [ had to go back to w he re I ov ers hot the cours e a n d reenter the check . The whole deal cost me abo u t 20 seconds. " Roundin g out the top five w as KTM 's Greg Zitterkop f. Rid ing in the Heavyweight Fo ur-Stroke cla ss, Z itterko p f s a id, "Sa t u rday w as kin d of lon g because of the heat, but we all had to de al with it. I didn't make any big mis takes. The on ly real probl em I had was with my jetting. Wh en I go t here I had to change my exh aus t to pass the so und test and I q idn't have the proper jetting alo ng to co m pensate, so the bike ran rough. It was real consistent in its performance so I knew what to expect." Finishing second in th e b ig fourstro ke class and six th overall was Italian Davide Trolli. Riding an )(R's Onlybacke d H ond a XR600, the form e r En d u ro World Ch am p ion s a id ; " I'm jus t trying to ride con sistent and stay in th e to p three for ove rall point s in the series. But after riding with Zitterko pf I can see he is going to be hard to beat. I trie d h ard to stay up w it h h im in the tes t so if he goes down I can make up some time . This is my firs t exp erien ce w ith th e b ig fo u r-stroke in en d u ros . Right now I just want to do well for my spons ors." Larry Roeseler took horn e seventh ov e ra ll ridin g a bo red Kawasaki KLX2SO. The .38-yea r-old Kawasa ki off- uw 4ISTRI(, I. Larry Roeseler (Ka w ~ 2. Jim Gra y; 3. Vincent Davis; 4. Jo hn Ma y; 5. Russell Cherry. HIW 21STRK: 1. Ty Da vis (:K.1w ); 2 Rodney Smith (Su z ); 3. Steve Hatch (Suz); 4. Donnie Book ; 5. Todd Harris (Suz ). HIW 4/STRK: I. Greg Zitter ko pf (KIM); 2. David. Trol l! (Hon); 3. Scott Meyer; 4. Curt Wilcox ; 5. Tommy Ad y. S R: 1. Kev in Da vi s; 2. Terry Maxwe ll; 3. Mark Ruple; 4. Tom Eberso le; 5. Zac k Elkins. AM A NA TIO NA L C HA M P IO N S HI P RELl A· BIL IT Y ENDU RO S ER IES POI NT STAN D I NGS (Afle r 1 of 5 rounds): 1. Ty Davis (30 / 1 win); 2. Rodn e y Smith (25); 3. Stev e Hatch (21); 4. Randy Hawk ins (t8); 5. Greg Zitterko pf (16); b. Davi de Trol l! (IS); 7. La rry Roesele r ( 1 4~ 8, Do nnie Book (13); 9. Todd Ha rris (12); 10. Mark Kerbng (11); 11. Scott Mclaughlin (to); 12. Jim Gray (9); 13. Rob Mesecher (8); 14. Je Fredette (7); 15. ff Rodney Goehri ng (6); 16. Scott Stretch (5); 17. Ron Sch melzle (4); 18. Marty Wal den (3); 19. Eric Ducray (2); 20. C raig Sm ith (1). Upcoming Rounds: Round 2 - McArthur, OH, May 28 Round3 - Idaho City, ID, J une 3-4 (Above) Kawasaki Team Green 's Larry Roesele r la unc hed his KLX250 to the Lightweight Four-Stroke class victory. (Right) Randy Hawkins breezed to victory in the 125cc class, finishing fourth overa ll. (Below) Mark Kerting finished second to Hawkins in the 125cc class. road lege nd d ominated the Lightweight Fou r-Stroke class with seven of e ight special test cla ss wins and over a 100p oint lead over hi s nearest class competitor. Only a fa ll and a second-p lace finish in the final MX test on Sun day tarnished Roeseler 's weeken d . "Ya kn ow, up until that fall, I ha d won eve ry test (in class)," said Roeseler. "Nothing was goi ng wron g . Aft er yes te rd ay 's ri d e I thought the bike was just runn ing perfec t so I d idn ' t do a ny t h in g befo re im pound , I just sa t th ere and w atched Ty change his tires. I felt guilty tod ay so I changed the air cleaner and chain ." Donn ie Book, Todd Harri s and Ma rk Kerli ng rounded ou t the top 10 overall. f'~ Lubbock Tra il Ride rs Crosbyton, Texas Resu lts: April 29-30, 1995 (Round 1 of 5) OIA, 1. Ty Davis (Kaw); 2. Rodney Smith (Suz ); 3. Steve Hatch (Su z ); 4. Rand y H a wkins (Suz); 5. Greg Z itter ko p f (KTM ); 6. David e Trolli; 7. La rry Roe sel er (Kaw); 8. Donnie Book; 9. Tod d Harris (Suz) ; 10. Mark Kerling; 11. Scott Mclaughlin; 12. Jim Gra y (KTM); 13. Rob M eseche r ; 14. Jeff Fre dette (Kaw); 15 . Ro d ney Goehring (Ho n) ; 16. Scott Stretch (KTM); 17. Ron Schmelz le (Ho n); 18. Mart y Walden (Suz); 19. Eric Ducray (Suz); 20. Craig Smith IKaw) . UW 21STRK (uSee): 1. Randy H aw kins (Suz); 2. Mark Ke rling; 3. Ron Sch melzle; 4. Ma rty Wal de n; 5. . Don Simo ne. ·B ri~fly---,,--. _ •.• _ daysot the Qualifier Series. However.both .riders have said in the past that they will not, compete inPoland. . AcCordingto the AMA's 1995 ISDE Selection . Because of the near.'geographic location of ' Procedures; a total of 31 riders will represent the MX des Nations in the Czech Republic the U.S..at the Polish Six Days, Because . on septemberro. tlie ISDE in Poland on there are only five Scheduled two-day quali. S e pte mbe r 18-23 , and the ' Tria ls de's :fiers: riders will be se lected on their scores . Nation s in Austria , on September 24, the ' Irorntne lr four best days of competition.' AMA is ten tatively planning a Team USA .Twe nty-one of those ride rs will ma ke up Super Tour. The tour is scheduled to leave seven club teams , including Ii club,team of .· New York on'September 8 and arrive in Vien -: S enior (40+) riders and for the firsttima.a na on the ninth, thenreturn to the U:S. on club team made up of women. As 'usual. 10, September 25. According to AMA ·Member' members will ties e lected by the ISDE Board Activity Director Hugh Fleming, ' At this time of Directors to represent the six person World ' lodging, car rental and hopefully event tickets Trophy and four person J unior Trophy teams. , . should be included in the package for approx.. ' ima te ly $1700 to $1800 from JFK (New ' 'Prior to the opening round of the 'se ries, the, York). W should be firming up more details e AMA had receivedover 100 Letters of Intent in the next few weeks: . by riders wanting toattem pt to qualify for this year's ISDE: On that list include Suzuki's Guy ' Ty' Davis has won the opening' rounds in the Cooper, 'a s· well as his team mates Rodney .AMA National Hare .Scrambles, 'Enduro a'nd Smith: Randy. Hawkins and Steve Hatch. . now the Qualifier Series this year: "Of course Both Hawkins and Hatch plan to contestthe : we're a 'Iittladisappolnted that we haven't .ISDE'in the tzsccttwo-strcxe) class: while been able to get the monkey off our backs Cooper and, Smith intend to compete in the ' . 'this year and win,"said Team Suzuki's Randy .Open (two-st roke) class . KTM 's Greg Zit- . Hawkins of Davis' succe ss . "But Ty has terkopf has expressed interest in riding .the . added a whole new dimension to oft-road , ISDE in the Heavyweight Four·Stroke class , racing. He's making us tum it up a little and while Kawasaki Team Green's'Ty Davis and · adapt to his style: He's really added credibility . Larry Roeseler said they will at least ride four to our sport," ... .. . .. . .

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