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.-...,EV N S ET E DBYCAMERONCOATNEY DITE NETRAE nduro Series, R ound9 r=-~----------------------_-----l By Paul Clipper, Tra il Rider Magazine Pho tos by Jay Chittenden r-, 0\ 0\ ..... 0\ ' ..... ... Q) ,.!:l E Q) > o z 26 CHESTER, CT, OCT. 19 very now and then . Kevi n Hines _ has to co me ou t and s how the ne ig h bo rh oo d e n d uro r id ers w ha t it would be like if he decided to seriously co n test th e NETRA End uro Series aga in , and, a t th e Cocka po nset End uro, he once again proved his point. With a rid e that came very close to totaling zero ov e r the 108-mil e, bone-dry course, Hines drop ped a to tal of on ly thre e to bea t seco nd pla ce by fo ur points. The Salmon River Coun ty Riders laid out a course that took advantage of the sho rt secti on s of wood s trail that we re available around the encroaching suburbi a , as we ll as lon ger sections wi thi n Coc ka po nset State Fo rest. The d evious trail bosses cons tru cted a route sheet tha t featured 29 rese ts and a cons istent 24mph speed average - a challenge for th e compu ter-eq ui pped and a rea l trial for the manua l tim ekee pers. Many of the sections were barely a mile long, which caused all sorts of trou ble for those who were less Ulan attentive to their mi leage. In spi te of this, there were very few bum p o ints p osted - a testimony to th e pati en ce of NETRA enduro rid ers. Hines came out fast in the morning. bu t appeared to be paci ng right alongside reignin g NETRA Enduro Champion Jason Cayer, who matched him score for sco re th ro ugh th e sixth check. Both d ro p ped a single point a t check three , and the n the fifth check was a somewhat m a jo r poi n ts-take r, where C aye r d ro pped 1:53 compared to Hines' 1:50. After the sixth check, Hines decided to tum it up, zero ing all but the final check, while Cayer just missed the flip at checks se ve n, nin e and 10. The final check saw Hines sn eak in wit h a 1:48; he was th e o nly perso n to d rop less than two . Cayer lost 2 1/2 minutes in that section, bu t his to tal by then was a seven, putting him well behind Hines. Seve r al o the r to p rid ers matched the seven score or came clos e, includ ing champions hip hopeful Tom Norton, who lost a point at the first Check, irnmediately putting him off the lead ers' pa ce. He mad e it up by zeroing check 10, while Cayer posted a one, but he couldn't scrub off ano ther point. try as he might. The o ther sevenpoin t sco re was posted by Bob White, who had a better rid e in the a fte rnoo n. almost matching Hines' score for score exce pt for a single point at check nin e. Norto n had the second-best score at the finish chec k, a 2:09, while Whi te went 2:11. A sing le eig ht -poi nt ca rd was good enough to win the High Point A awa rd for Hans Neff, riding a new KTM Jackpiner. Neff had a blazing score of 1:04 at check five - a full 46 seco nds fas ter than Hines - but Ne ff was a lillie careless at the res t of the checks. High Point A isn' t bad, though . Bill Riord an scored the best B-class sco re, with 13 po ints down. He matched scores with B Four-Stroke rider Bryan Liebe nt hal, who missed the top B position by a han d ful of seco nds. The C High Point was tak en by William Puffer, who had just joined NETRA that morning . Bill scored a 15 over the abbreviated (Far lett ) Kev in Hines won the NETRA Cockapon set End uro with a three-poi nt car d. (Abo ve) Tom Nort on flew to second overall , f irst AA ri der. (Len) James Kelly piloted his Husky to th e 250cc A-c lass win. AA: 1. To m Norton { KThf}; 2. lklb Whitt> (eRE); 3. Jd!'iOn Cey er (eRE); 4. Paul Millikn (KTM); 5. Jnry Randall (J(TM ). BNT M A: 1. Kev in H owley ( KTM); 2. James Coo ney (KTM); 3. Pete Tanner (e RE); Ned Dmnet t (Yam); S. Stev e Ant on iou (Kawl, BNT M 8 : 1. Joe Mc La ughlin {Ka w): 2. • Con")' Borcvt cka (H us); 3. Jon Larrabee (KlM); 4. Mar k Beauregard (KThi) : 5. Jl'ff Picard (Stu), BNTM C: 1. Sh.:n vn Pimen tal (KTM>; 2. Cf'l.'g Roscn bcon (Ka w ). lIW A: 1. Jamt..S KeUy; 2. Matt Bin ~ham (Suz); ' 3. Scu tt L'Heu reu x (Hen): 4. Pa ul Piva (Sw:). UW R: 1. Clr n n Arnuld (Suz l; 2. R4ifi Pt'l l·nt'" jeREl; 3. Ma r k Bou vie r (H U''O ); 4. M,uk C ulli n <)(TM ); 5. Eric Dl-Gray (Kawl. C-dass loop, a full three points faster tha n C Lig ht -class rid er Sco ll Hoginski , who won his class wi th an 18. The Women'sclass trophy was won by Heidi Lando n, who rod e with her friend Dawn Silvia, b u t m ad e su re Dawn lo s t one extra poi nt - 60-61 to ta l - alt hough the y matche d scores a t e ve ry ot her check. The Super Senior class was once again won by Gordon Razee, who mu st have a bam full of tro phies by now . Cockaponset Enduro Chesler, Connecticut Results: October 19, 1997 (Round 9 of 10) OIA: t . Kevi n H~ (CR.£) H-rr A: 1. H..ru. N..ff (K'TM). H·PT B: 1. Bill Rio«L," (KTM ). H -I"'T C: 1. William Puffer , UW C: J. Sco tt Hogin ski (Hon ); 2. Tod d jcees (Hus ): 3. Iemee Silva (KTM) . HIW A: 1. Mike Zah.ms ky CKTM); 2. BillSirot'll'1\ (KTM:); 3. Mike Nas h . HIW B: 1. Jeff Co te (KTM:); 2. Ja n 'S Co pela nd. 3. J.C. Zwick CKTM); 4. Ton y Mazur (KTM ); 5. Mike Stone (Hon). HNI C: 1. Rotlph E17... rko (KTh{); 2. ROOm l..imnwr a (KT M); 3. RUlo!> Armlotr on g (KTM); 4. Scott Loring (KTM); 5. Smtt H.m i ngton (](lM). 4-srRK A: 1. Jamt'!!o Bums nIhg); 2. Bill Drumnwy (H on); 3. Richard ~ r (Han). 4-b'TR.K 8: L Brya n U~tha l,; 2. Ton y Fabiano; 3. Ja mes Roberbon (Hon ); ... Layne Dullin g", ( K,aw); 5. joh n CoreJid lne (Hus). 4-STRK C: 1. Pat N ault ( Hon); 2. Tom South (Ha n>: 3. Dave Oram (H on) ; 4. Lilyne I:>erby (Hon); 5. Jeff Crant (Hon). VET A; 1. Geo ff Wurlitzer (Hon ); 2. Sam Fisc.-hd' Cow..n (}(a w); 5. (CR£); 3. Ken Robbins (eRE); 4. Oan Fred CoI dl-<.g (Hon). VET B: 1. Paul Dareceo ; 2. M.utin Griff (Y.m,); 3. Rkk Sagun (K.w ); 4. JUnd.-l1t Gifford U (KTM); 4. Bob Dropcho

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