Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Len ) J ell Cote won the B Heavy class at the NETRA Rubber Cow Enduro in Wrentham, Massachusett s. (Abo ve) Rick Claxton took second overall In the AA class at the NETRA Grey lock Enduro in Mas sachusett s. A AINETRA E M nduro Series,R ound7 Cayer has acow By Paul ClipperlTraii Rider Magazine Photo by Cheri Alix WRENTHAM, MA, SEPT. 2B ason Cay er took anoth er giant step towa rd repeating his 1996 NETRA Enduro Champion shi p by beatin g the herd a t th e Rubber Co w En d u ro , dropping 14 poin ts over the cour se and taking the ov era ll by scant seconds over e nd uro vetera n Kevin Hi nes. Caye r, s p onsored by Razee Cycles, C-C ycle, Spectre, Moose, and Tech Tubes, rod e a tig h t, cons istent ra ce w it h the lea s t points lost at every chec k; his only competition wou ld hav e been Hin es, who bea t him soundly at the last two checks. H in es, however, didn ' t ha ve enough time to make up a two-minute bu m at check fou r, which ul ti ma tely cos t him the win . The King Phi lip Tra il Riders had a grea t d ay for th eir even t, wit h su n ny skies and d ry , dry wea ther - so d ry that the cou rse wa s dusty and slippery ove r its enti re len gth, and virtually no standing water or mud ha mpered th e riders' fo rwa rd pro gre s s . T he co u r se w as advertised as being run on " ew Eng land's fines t former cow pastures" - bu t that wa s well back in th e 18005. It all looks li ke wood s to u s, but how di d you think th ose stone w all s got ou t there? Troub le e arl y i n th e fi r s t secti o n caused ch eck tw o to ge t thrown out J r-, 0'\ 0'\ ...... N' N .... (l) ..c o ..... u o 44 i m med ia te ly, It see m s a p os se ssi ve walker was out for a morning stroll and claimed a piece of land as her own . She ma naged to stop easily th e firs t d ozen rows of the end uro before the mess was clea re d u p a nd th e r id ers cuntin u....d . Check tw o would have been the checko ut of that section, so check three wa s a chec k- in to the seco nd sec tio n, and almos t everyo ne zeroed it with ou t incident . Within th e seco nd sec tion, the real poi nts-ta king too k' place. In a long secti on th at sw itched ba ck an d fo rt h bet ween 18 and 24 mph, Cayer held it o n but h eld b a ck en o ug h to h it t he check-out nine seconds in to his min ut e, scori ng a zero a nd 21 em ergenc y seco n d s . Hin e s , o n the o the r hand, whacked the fourth check two minutes ea rly, bagging seven points and all bu t ruining his d ay. Definit ely ru inin g his d ay was Tomm y Norton, the othe r popu lar contender for the o ve ra ll. o rto n hit th e check-ou t a fu ll three minutes early , card ing 12 points all at once and guara nteeing a very low placement in the class for the d ay. One other competitiv e score w a s set by T ri-State Trail Rid e r s' Je r r y Ma d ore , w ho h it the ch eck- o u t a t 0:55, putting him se lf in positio n to be Cayer 's main oppositio n for the day. Mad o re led a pack of riders who each dropped a si ngle point a nd ch a n ge, amo ng them Facto ry Connection's Rick Clax ton (1:43), Heavy A rider Bill Sironen (1:22), an d Veteran A rid er Sam Fischer (1:43). Following check four was a free-territory ride to the gas stop , with a leisurely layover at the site of the old Wre ntha m Two- DayQu a h fie r. Check five was int en d ed to be the check-in to th e las t tw o sections (com prising the whole second half of the enduro ), but the check was placed in viola tion of AMA rules: It was closer than three mil es past a gas stop - it was abo ut a mile past - and for those on their toes , it was a great advantage. Hines, for example, riding according to AMA rul es, hit th e check eas ily three m inu tes ea rly, and kn ew ri gh t away that it had to be thr own ou t. Th is gave h im a three-mi n u te advanta ge goi ng in to what wou ld pro ve ' to be 23 mil es of punis hing , rocky terrai n, with two checks ba ck to back. He used his ad vantag e to the hilt, scoring a tw o at the first check (check six) and a five a t the secon d, but it still w as onl y enoug h to tie him with Ca yer, who went 6-8 in th e sectio ns, totaling 14 po int s for the day. Cayer took the ov erall on tie-breaker second s (taken fro m the sa me check th at Hines burned ). Hines and Cay er took co m mand in the last tw o sections, besti ng eve ry othe r rider. No rto n and Cla xton ca me close, scoring 7-9 an d 7-11, respectively - very good scores, but no t nearly enough to stop the other two . Veteran A rider Ken Robbins and Bant am A rid er Pete Ta nner both scored a seven at the first chec k in the second half, but we nt 13 and 15 r espective ly in the seco nd and fina l check. At the finis h, it was Jaso n Cayer taking the overall by a br oad sw eep of seconds o ve r Hines, both with 14 points showing. Bill Siro nen checked in with a grea t score of 22, good eno ugh for the High Point A award . Raffi Peterson of Kevin Hi nes ' CRE team wo n the High Point B award wi th a 28, which was an exce llent score, but if he w ou ld have avoid ed burning check three by two min utes, he w ould ha ve killed th em with a 21-20, wh ich would have bes ted the Hig h Point A sco re . Paul Silansky roue his Kawasa ki in to a 48-po int finish, taki ng the High Point C trophy with plenty of breathing room. Heid i Landon scored anothe r win i n the Women ' s class, finish ing the whole course with an 86-point sco re. Heidi had co mpeti tion from Dawn Silvia this time, who usuall y contes ts the hare scrambles series . Dawn also finished the cou rse, with a score of 106. Th e ho tly co ntested Super Senior class ca me d own to a batt le betw een To m Fa rley a nd Gordon Razee, w it h Farley taki ng th e nod 39 to 43. Keith Goodell too k the th ird-place spot in the '" class with a 45. Rubber Cow Enduro Wrentham, Massachusetts Results: September 28, 1997 O/A H-PT : lascn Cayer (CRE). H·PT A: Bill Siro nen ()"TM). ' H-PT 8: Raffi Peterson (CRE) H- PT C: Paul Silans ky (Kaw). AA : 1. Ke vin Hi nes; 2. Ricl CI.u.t on ; 3 . Jp rr y Mad ore; 4. Pa ul Millilen ; 5. To mmy Nortnn . WM N: r. H . Landon. Z, D. Silvi.l; 3. P. Stl'"Witrt. S/5 R: 1. T. Fa rle y; 2. G. Razt't'"; 3. K. C.ooJ.-lI; 4. I. MoiSt.>ff; 5. D. Lus sie r. BNTM A: 1. P. Tanne 2. S. Antoniou; J. H. Nett; 4. n J. Coo ney: 5. n Fr04.<,("f. 8NTM D: 1. J. Pica rd ; 2. B. Edward s; 3. M. Pcri stcrc: 4. L Silvia ; 5. D. Doccbette. BNTM C: 1. S. Pimental; 2. R. Costa: 3. G. D1cdrich ; 4. L Petrino; 5. R. Kclhh4..'T. UW A:. 1. M. Bingh.1m;2. S. L'Heurt"U)(; 3. P. Piva ; 4. S. hlStCrt . UW B: 1. G. Arnold ; 2. A. Mazu r; 3. A. Ross ; 4. A. Reo; 5. B. Le . e lJW C: 1.J. Silva; 2.S. H~inski;3. T.Jo~. HIW A:. 1. M. bharu-k.y; 2. M N as h. HIW 8 : 1. J. Co te; 2. P. VanryswooJ; 3. R. Bnlwn; 4 M. Stone; 5. J Zwick, .e. HIW C: 1. D. Wenersbach; 2. E. Ja rvas ; 3. 5 loring; 4. T. Ca nest. VET A: 1. S. Fi!oCtwr. 2. G. Wu rlit 7ff'; 3. K. Robbin.,,; 4. F. G4.lldl,"",rg.;5. T. v-n.. VET 8 : 1. B. Ro...ha; 2. R. l emidy: J. D. Darezzo; 4. D. H.u-ris; 5 R. Roy ce. VET C: 1. R. Smi th; 2. K. Corbiel; 3. M. Keam s; 4. W. Puff..,-;5. P. lI arl... -... S R A: I. R. Rodriguer.; 2. D. Brootch: 3. J. Stodd.1rd; 4. 8.John~. • S R 8: I. B. Fos ter- 2. K. D.1vis: 3. P. C lip pt.-r; 4. D. J~h: 5. P. Anania . S R C: 1. J. Ryan: 2. C. Kennedy; 3. M. Mumford; 4. C. Micke ls; 5. F. Bauer. 4- STRK A: 1. J. Burn s; 2. R. Se ymou r: J. 8 . Dru mmey; 4. 8 . B.1mt.'S; 5. T. Murphy. 4-S T RK 8: 1. A. J... lbert : 2. B. Lie bent hal: 3. J. .. Con!lid int' ; 4. L Dutltng er . 4-STRK C: 1. J. Grant; 2. L Derby; 3. D. Or,m: -I. J Gn.'t,n; 5. P. Gaj1;ain. '

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