Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

sho wed KTM's Michael Laffer ty, Suzuki t eamste rs S teve H a t ch and Ra n d y Hawkins, Davis, Roeseler and Hines all in the hu nt. The, Salinas Ramb ler s mad e su re the last loop sorted ou t th e A and AA riders, sho wi ng just who was fastest. "The last loop w as pretty relen tless - no .resting," Hines sa id . "It was like a 3D-mile hare scrambles," As he d id se v era l times la st ye ar, Davi s bla ze d ' the la st loo p, en d ing up w ith an u nma tched to tal of 12 po ints. "The tra ini ng I'v e been d oi n g h a s helped - getti ng sick ea rlier in the week di dn 't." said Davis, no t telling the type of train ing h e' s been d o in g . "I reall y d idn ' t h a v e a n y p r ob lems toda y, altho ug h if any th ing. it wa s slower. rid ers getti ng in my way." Mo re unbelievab le th an Davis' win was Pat ric k Ga rraha n's seco nd overall with 17. Riding wi th his brother, Brian, on minute 16, the two Team Green racers looked as thou gh they were simply liavi ng fun on the trai l. "P a trick h ad th e com puter, and if 1 d idn't see him 1 kne w 1 ha d to go faster. ' I just rode smooth all day," said Brian, a hare scram bles specialist. The Garrahans d id admit to havin g a possible advantage: "It's only a cou ple of hou rs away from home here," Patrick related . "We practically live h er e, but we don't pound rock s and Manzanita we look for jumps and stuff!" As for hi s en d u ro skills, Pa trick admi tte d, "I d on' t know possibles and all that tric ky stu ff." The Team Suitiki duo of Hatch and Haw kin s e n ded ' u p ti ed at 24, with Hatch doing better a t the tie break er s. Ever the op timist, Hatch, w ho' s been living and training with fellow Su zuki racer Rodney Smith in Northern California to escape New York's brutal winter, observed, "Ty and Pat had better days. ' I'm star ting the year right. It'll be a good year for u s." Hawkins co n cu rred : " I ca n ' t co mplain: The bike w orked aw esome. Jus t a littl e bit o f luc k didn' t go m y w ay. I th in k I rode p retty w ell ; I just m ad e (A bove left) Five-time National Enduro Champion Randy Hawkins matched 24 points with Hatch but lost o ut o n t he tie breakers. He ended up fo u rth. (Above) CRE-mounted Kev in Hines returned t o the Nat ional End u ro circuit with a solid fifth overall . (Left) Larry Roeseler competed on a ' Kawas aki KLX250 and fin ished a respectable sixth overall . O PEN B: 1. S. Boardman; 2. J.Santos; 3. M. Ha yes. 4-STRK B: 1. M. Feed er: 2. J. Wilson; 3. D. Louc ke. VET B: 1. R. Crerar; 2. Brai; 3. R. Nash. SR B: 1. R. Gard ella ; 2. R. Hia tt; 3. D. Bandon. , O/A C: M. Wri ght. 200 C: 1. A. Van derwall. 2. J. Whit e; 3. Erik Warren. 250 C: 1. J. Silv a; 2. ). Ar ata me; 3. Y. Sato. OPEN C: 1. Ji m Sveu m: 2. G. M e nge l; 3. C. Hoffman. 4-ST RK C: 1. H . Hanaw a; 2. G. ruffoni; 3. Mik E" Carson, VET C: 1. K. Sh ort er; 2. P. Oark; 3. E. Tatum. SR C: 1. Harty Won g; 2. D. Whalev; 3. B. Deasv. S/S R C: 1. D. Pereira; 2. J. Tobin; 3: C Hendrix. so me men tal m istakes, but that' s racing." Secretly, though, each of the Eastern racers can't w ait for round two of th e' series in Louisiana - their chance to get l~ Davis in their backyard . Qu icksilver Nat io nal Enduro Coalinga. California Results: February 18, 1996 Brieflv".,.·~ . > O/A : 1. Ty Davis (Kaw ): 2. Patrick Garrahan (Ka w), 3. Stew Hat ch (Suz); 4. Randy Hawkins (Suz); 5. Kevin Hines (CRE); 6. Larry Roesel er (Kaw); 7. Kelby Pepper (Kaw); 8. Mich ae l Laff e rty (KTM) ; 9. Brian Garrahan (Kaw); 10. Jason Da hne rs (KTM); 11. Matt Stavish (K TM); 12. Davi d Lykke (Hon); 13. Eric DUCT., y (Hon); 14. Steve Silves tri (Yam ); 15. Cole Ma rshall (CCM ); 16. Rodney Coe hering (CRE); 17. David Wood (Ka w); 18. Josh Ch andl er (H on ); 19. Paul Fun a ro (Han); 20. Erik Koeh ler (Ha n). O/A A: Patri ck Garrahan (Kaw ). 200 A: 1. C. Wesner; 2. J. Geis kope: 3. P. Ste ven s. 250 A: 1. Brian Garrahan ; 2. Pa trick Ga rra han ; 3. S. Silvestre. OP EN A: 1. D. Sh ultz; 2. D. Moser; 3. P. Shafer. -l-STRK A: L B, Bennett; 2, S, Styler: 3. A . Sykes. WMN A: 1. L. G ibson; 2. L. Ta y lor. VET A: 1. D. Wood; 2. D. Froman; 3. Jovne r. S R A: 1. M. Cullins ; 2. C Insley; 3. M. Sterli ng . S/SR A: 1. K. Ratcliff; 2. L Marshall; 3. J. Genovese. OIA B: J. Howe. 250 B: I. B. K"""'}" 2. B,CarruIc; 3, M, Udukagarruhara. . , W here has Kev in H i ne s been? After earning the number- two spot behind Steve Hatch in '94. the Massachu sett s racer seemed to drop from the National spotlig ht last year : "I' d have to say it was because I was working on get ting the bustness eRE l inp o rts . going.·· said Hines, " Plus. I didn't have correc t supportto .race the Nationals," But Hines didn'tdrcpout . of racIng entire ly. " I wanted to ' ride the NETRA .enduros b~cau ~e I'd nev.er wo n tha t 'champ!onship." , he said, ( He won 10 out of 10 racesJ " I think ·'S (was the last t ime I rode the series, ,. and Bill Berret h beat me,:" Hines fi·nish"ed fifth . at C oal inga : beat ing Larry Roese ler on lie . breakers. " I'm a little bit rusty. " Hines a dm itted. ·" I've got to work on.my conditioning and work on the bike some more. .. . colleqejunlor from W ashi ngt on a later sta rt t ime on minute 40. He finished i 2th on his Honda C R250 in his first race back since tear'ing ligaments in his ankle last fall. Lis;'· Gibson'. a ~o.time U .S , iS DE tea m member . came down from W ashingt on' wi th fellow Six Days racer Lori Thompson for a rid. i ng . vaca t ion . " T his was ' f u n ! " G ib s o n excla imed after the finish , "Ithas to be t he funnest place I've ever ridden, " , . .While dialing in his bike on Saturday. T y Davis discovered one.of his enduro computers wasn't ' working due to a broken internal con nectton which he later fixed .with a ' soldering gun. "At . least it's not like last year when I was working on my bike until almost midnight.' he said, ' , . Longt ime .AA ride r Ala n Randt showe d up ' with the KTM 'team and suited up :' but didn't .race. . He'lI he , wo rki ng m o re as e nd uro tea m Fo nn er U .S , ·IS D E t e am me mbe r D av id manage r t his year , and there mostly to keep an . eye ·o n KTM racers · J a son Lykk e got lost on the ,way to the start and misse d his origi nal start time. How ever. ' offi. , D ahners : Michael L a ffe r t y and M att . cials sympathized at his' plight and gave the S tavish. ' was \D 0\ .0\ ,....., '-!J ...c: u l-< ttl ~ 11

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