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NCCE S eries, Round 7: Buckhorn Enduro By Jill Ashworth Patterson SHASTA LAKE CITY, CA, ocr. II " ~ Peed and consistency we re the key elemen ts u sed by C RE- mou nted Da ve Wood to obta in the overall and AA-class victories at the NCCES Buckh orn Enduro, held at Shasta Lake City. The win is Wood's seco nd consecutive win at the Buck horn, and it puts him in to the 1998 series lead. The Fox/I-800-CYCLE GEAR-sponso red Wood d ro p ped 13.320 po ints o n the 86-m ile, tw o-loop cou rse, which featured so me tough new tra ils that were I recently crea te d by the Red di ng Di rt Rid ers' co u rse c rew, led by Duay ne Lou cks. " It wa s obvi ous they (the RDR) put a lot of wo rk in to mak ing the new trail s so , challenging , interesting and fu n for us," Wood sa id . Cycle Pro /Mo tu l /G&B Kawa sak ibacked Damien Galford , who cap tured f second overa ll and fir st A 200 /250cc with a score of 13.356, said , " I really en joyed all the tec hnical stu ff: the loose, rolling rocks, and the steep, sha rp wa ter bars on the new trails." T h ir d overa ll a nd seco n d A 200 /250cc honors w ent to Woodland Cycle / Moose/ Bennett Ltd .-s ponsored I Tim J. Stowe, with a sco re card sho wi ng 13.368. "You've jus t gotta rid e loose in those r- kind of rocks," Stowe sa id. Brian Butl er finished fou rth overa ll nand second AA, w ith a 16.390, followed by Bill Ja rvis' fifth overall rid e and firs t f A Vet w ith a sco re of 16.467. A t th e beginning of the firs t special < tes t, 12 m iles in to the fi rs t lo o p , was "The Vorte x" - one of the new tra ils. Set at 24 mph, riders dropped quickly d own , the tig ht, roc ky trail into an area called )"The Black Hole." Rou te speeds varied between 18 and r 30 m ph over the first 46 miles of tight J s in g le - tra ck , lo o se -sh al e hills , Jeep , road s, cree k cross ings, and wi nding, ., manzani ta-cro w ded trails. 1 An ot h e r trai l - the " Bu t tpu cker Downhill," a long, wind ing section with ' ~ a cha llengi ng creek crossing at th e bot1 tom - tested the timekeeping skills of the rid ers. A 30- mi n u te brea k a t the gas stop gave riders tim e to co m p a re scores, swa p s to ries, change dust-plugged a ir filters, and re-energize. While at ga s, se ve ral rider s complimented Ga lford and Stowe on how we ll they were rid ing. " It was g rea t hearing ho w cool w e looked when we passed other rid ers," Stowe said . "Someone sa id we looked like a choo-choo train." Galford a nd Stowe were rid ing o n the sa me minute and passed each other several tim es. "Tim and I battled all day," Galford said . Abou t 10 miles int o the seco nd loop, rid ers we re introd uc ed to a nothe r new trail - "Th e Ravine." It led them th ro ugh . a thickly wooded se ction of the forest. "It actually got p ret ty d ark through there, bu t it wa s great," Wood said. Fa s] rocky s ec t io ns, s te e p h ills, g u lches and fir e roads took the rid ers a bo ut 20 m or e mil es to chec k ni ne, which was the chec k-in for th e last special test, w hich include d some stee p, offcamber trails and so me tight and technical sections, according to Wood . .' " It go t m e to drop 5.10 poi nt s ," Wood said. N ea r th e en d of th e test was "The New Jersey Trail " - so na med because of its cloth-shred d ing manzanita bu sh es. It I I claimed several new pieces of riders' jerseys to ad d to its collection. After check 10, which was the end of the test and the last check of the course, riders had a short ride to the finish. RDR' s Rick Bowse r quickly calcu lated sco res , checked with the referee for any protests and then ha nd ed out trophiL to the winners. 'S n Buckhorn End uro Shas ta Lake City, Califo rn ia Resu lts: October 11, 1998 (Roun d 7) O /A : 1. Da n " Wood (e R E); 2. Dam ien Ga lfo rd ( K.1W); 3. Tim J. Stowe (Su z): 4. Bria n Butle r (Hon): 5. Bill Jarv is (I ·lon). AA: 1. Dave Wood (eRE); 2. Brian Butler (He n): 3. Da ve Froman ( K.n v); 4 . Craig w esner (Kuwl. A O /A : 1. Damicn Ga lford (Kaw ): 2. Tim J. Sto w"," (5u z); 3. Bill Inrv is (He n): 4. Brian Sperle (He n): 5. Steve Shoema ker (Hen). A 200/250: 1. Da mien Ga lford (K.1W); 2. Tim J. Stowe (Su z):.3. Brian Sper le (Honj: 4. Steve Shoe ma ker (He n): 5. C rt'S Peterson (l-ion). A 4-ST RK: 1. Glenn Ma rt inso n (KTM); 2. Re x Ba uer (Ho n): 3. Ru ssel l Perei ra (Hon}, 4. Ed Dia z (Yam) ; 5. [o son H o w e (Hon) . A Or EN : 1. Brod ie DeMart fle (Hen ): 2. C h ri s Slechta (CRE); 3. Shawn McNeil (KTh f). A VET: 1. Bill Jarvis (Hen): 2. Ben Gledhill (Kaw): 3. Eric VonU rff (Hon): 4. Ma rc Dejvlarcc (KTM); 5. Mike Carlo (Suz) . A S R: 1. Ke nt Pa rker IKaw ): 2. Scott Rey nol d s (Ho n): 3. Chris VonKleist (Suz); 4. Tim L Stowe (Suz) ; 5. Wa yne Ha tch {Kaw). A StS R: 1. Pe te Prichar d (KTM); 2. Bill Taylo r (Hen) : 3. Doug Behr (Kaw): 4. Richard Ada n (He n). B Ol A: 1. John S. Poo r (Hen): 2. Steve Anderson IH o n): 3 . Ka rl Goetz (Kaw): 4. Joey Silva (Kaw): 5. Hea ther Wih'on (Kaw). B 200: 1. C ha d G rass (Han) ; 2. Bobby Th o m son IKaw ]: 3. Chris Baker (KTMI. 8250: 1. Joey Silva (I(a w); 2. Hea ther Wibon U(.lW); 3. Mike Ju ra IHo n): 4. Simo n Phizac ke rtey (Han); 5. Cha rlie Plum brid ge (Kaw). B 4-STRK: 1. John S. Poor (Ho n): 2. Dav e Cle mons (Yam); 3. An dy Tarlton (Han); 4. Greg: Ruf fon i IHon): 5. Troy McWilliam... (Han). B OPEN: 1. Jeff Menn ic k (Ha n ); 2. Mike Dixo n (KTM); 3. Da l~ Johnso n (KTM); 4. Mi ke vonasek (KTM). B VET : 1. Steve Anderson (Han) ; 2. Ka rl Goetz (Kaw): 3. Randy Nasci emento (Han); 4. Brad She rma n IKTMl. 8 SR: 1. Jonathan Spil ker (KTM ); 2. Da n Jen nings (5uz); 3. Iu d H od ges (Ha n); 4. Ala n Plumb ridge (Kaw); 5. Randy Patterson (Han) . H S /5 R: 1. Ja mes C o u n ts (KTM) ; 2. John Beite IKTM). C Ol A: l . Michael Phai r (Yam); 2. Harvcv Schu ler (Yam): 3. Mike Berry (H us): 4. Kevin Ruffo ni '(Hon) ; 5. Pau l Murphy (Honl . C 200: 1. Don Penn (Y.1m) ; 2. Kelly Va nde ver (Kaw) ; 3. Sh.. w n Yuill (Suz). r C 250/O IJ EN : 1. Mich ael Pha ir (Yam); 2. Jt,.·ff H.1PPS (Ho n): 3. Thom Kowatch (KTM) ; 4. Walt Lunn (Y.1m ); 5. Josh Betsc h (Yar n). C 4·STRK: 1. Kevin Ru ffoni (Hon): 2. Pau l Murphy {Ho n): 3. J l1ShU .1 Anello (Yam); 4. Scott Barnett (Hu n); 5. W..ynl· Mi.1 1t· (Hu n). r ssi C VET: 1. Mike Berry (H us ): 2. Haim Bcrc (KTM); " 3. Mic h..,,1 Ha nlo n (KTM) : 4. Ke vin You ng (KTM); 5. D.IVid Ice (KTM) . C 5 R: 1. Ha rvey Schuler (Yam) ; 2. Nei l Kimmel (Hon ): 3. Kcn Evers: 4 . Jeff D OM (H an) ; 5 . Bru ce Ca rlso n. C S/SR: 1. Mcu rig Davies (Kaw): 2. David Vonesck IKTM l. (Abov e) Dave Wood drops do wn into " The Vortex· at th e NCCES Buc khorn End uro . Wood captu red the overa ll win . (Left) Damien Galford crosses a cr eek en ro ute to th e 2001250cc Ac lass w in and second . overall. A B ~ ~ ~ 00 o(j\. ,...... ~ I.... Q) .o E Q) :> o Z 37

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