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ECEA Enduro Series, Round 20 Fred Hoe ss clo sed out the ECEA End uro Ser ies with a wi n at th e Gree n Marb le Enduro in Penn syl van ia. By Ma rk Ut h 00 0\ 0\ ,.... ('oj ' .... Q) E u Q) Q) c 36 GOOD SPRING, PA, NOV. I w o-ti m e se ries champio n Fred Hoess finished this year's campaign on an u p note, tall y in g hi s 12th overa ll v ic tory in th e season-end ing Green Marble Enduro. Out racing for fun after clinching the series champions hip at the previous round , the Bromley Suzukisponsor ed rid er was one of an octet of rid ers to zero th e u ser-friendly Green Marb le course. Not one to rest on his laurels, Ho ess managed his clock the bes t, dropping a mere 12 emergency points en route to victory . "Last weekend's race (the Delaware Enduro) left a bad taste in m y mou th, [f because I go t lost and it probably cost me the w in," said Hoess. "I didn't want to back into the championship, and the win today takes care of that. I was looking forwa rd to a n o-p r essu re, fu n rid e, an d today' s course and conditions certainly delivered ." Tight scoring reigned among the day's top finishers. Mike McHale turned in his best finish of the season, claiming secondoverall honors and the High Point A trop hy . Pos ting an ot her naught sco re and minimiz in g e- poin ts , th e YZ400 pilot turn ed in a 0-19card, eking out third-overall seed Mark Hummel by a single e-point, The XR40D-mounted Hu mmel came in a tick behind McHale at 0-20, earn ing the first-place troph y in the Open A class. In another heartbrea ker, KTM rider Craig Shenigo likewise finished another second beh ind Hummel. The AA rider tallied a 0-21 score to fill the fourth overall slot and claim the firs t-p lace trophy in the AA class . Robert Mohn rounded out the top five overall, cnuising in with a 0-25 finis h - good eno ug h for the win . in the 200cc A class . The Gree n Ma rble En duro s tarted from a new, ye t fam iliar , place . Run in and about a coal mine in Pen nsylvania's Tower Cit y region, it is th e sa me spot that has been used for the Na tiona l Hare Scramb les Series round hosted by the Readin g Off- Road Rid ers. Fortu na tely , the Green Marble course used littl e of the ROR R har e scram bles cou rse, and th e d ry co nd itio ns we re co nsiderably di fferent tha n the slick, wet spring time trail cond itions experienced during the hare scra mbles held here in recent years. In fact, wea th er co n d itio ns wer e jus t abo u t per fect, con tribu ting to a robust 250-rid er tu rnout. Nea rly a ll rid er s la ud ed the shor t and sim ple course that was laid ou t by the club , and most conside red it a welco m ed a n d d es erved b r eak af te r a lengthy 20-eve nt season. As an end uro , . it was barel y legal - a s ho rt 60-someod d -mile ri de . Mu ch of th e rid e was over fresh trail that actually had p lenty of dirt left betwee n the usual assortme nt of Pe nnsylvania sha le, limes ton e and grani te. As has been well learn ed d u ring rec en t hare scram bles even ts, this section of coa l cou n try has nas ty sla bs of g ra n ite separa te d b y d ee p crevasses, bon y rock ga rdens and fiel ds of loose rocks as gna rly as any the East Coast has to offer. Sections of trail cu t in to second gro w th softwoods on m ou nt ainsid es an d tailing piles were tig ht and tricky. Fortuna tely, these shor t horror sec tions were temp ered w it h t h e un ab a sh ed . exul ta tion of romping down moss-covered cart roads and ab andon ed woods cu ts. N o m u d , n o s lic k ness , p len ty o f good traction and little dust to boot, it was a thro ttle jock's nirvana and hands d own th e mo s t forgivin g (and enjoya b le) ECEA end u ro co urse in recen t memory. A most mem or able ob s tacl e was a leng thy, s teep u p hill of loose ro cks tra versed early in th e morn ing .. Rid ers with their suspension di aled easily roosted ove r bowling-b all-sized litter sca ttere d alo ng th e es carp me n t, w hil e othe rs often found themselv es stricken by the momentum-robbing deflections. In ra ce ac tio n , th e e nd u ro boiled d own to thre e p otential poin t-t a kin g sections . Ho es s p o sted n e a r -p e rfect scores at tw o of these three point-taking checks, zeroing them all an d minimizing his emergency-po in ts loss . In the first section, run right ou t of the morning start contro l, Hoess orchestra ted a perfect 0-0 score through the checkpoint no dou b t th e d ay's most challeng ing test. He stumbled some a-t check three, a section run without a check -in, posting 10 e-points, and finished a mere two seconds off the benchmark pace at check sev en. Hummel, Shenigo and McFlale posted perfect double zero es at check three, while McHale and A senior rid er C li ff Tenney b est ed Hoess at ch ec k seven, dropping one and zero seconds, respect ively . Nonetheless , Hoess (0-12) levera ged his firs t-secti on e-point ad vanta ge for the win, follow ed by McHal e (0-19) and Hummel (0-20). Other pointless fini shers were Bill Atkinson, Scott Ch apkovich and Sean . Cully, w ho finished sixth, seventh and eigh th overall while posting 0-29, 0-47 and 0-66 cards, respectively. The KDXmounted Cull y ea rned High Po in t B honors; he was the onl y rider from the B class field to ace the course. Runner-up to t he H P B was KX250 rid er Mike Tavani, whose one-point score was still good enough to b reak in to the top 14 overa ll and earn a class win. A pair of four-point ca rd s top p ed th e N ov ice class . Roy Harrel eked out the win over KX250-m ou nted Brian Kohl on emergency points, 248 to 280. Also of not e was series runner-up Rich Lafferty, wh o burn ed th e fi r st che ck ou t, with h ot points accumulated there dropping him we ll downin the day' s resu lts. D Green Marble Enduro Good Sp ring, Penn sy lvan ia Results: November 1, 1998 (Round 20 of 20) O /A: 1. Fred Hoess (Suz). H-PT A: 1. Mike McHa le (Ya m). H-rT B: 1. Sean Cully (Ka w ). H-rT C: 1. Roy Harrell (Yam) , AA: 1. C raig Shenigo (Ya m); 2. Bill Atkinso n (KTM ); 3. Richard Laff erty (KTM). A 125: 1. M. Dean Sp en cer (Yam) ; 2. Ge rry Kitts (TM); 3. Da ve Sharpe (G-G); 4. Cra ig Copeland (TM). A 200: 1. Robert Mohn (Ka w): 2. Pau l Bittin g (Kaw) : 3. Tim Sh e pps (K ,l W); 4. Jose p h Tav a ni (Ka w): 5. Ed Hamilton (K aw) . A 250: 1. Jami e Wri ght (Ya m ); 2. Bob Sol o m on (KTM ); 3. Rob Ald a kimo v (Yam ); 4. Jam es Fran ks (Suz) ; 5. Chuck Sta ple for d (K aw). A 4-S TRK: 1. Joe Wall ace (Hen): 2. Marc C ross ma n (Kaw ): 3. Do ug Gru ff (H us): 4. Ken Z ab ros ki IHo n). A O PEN : 1. Mark Hummel ( H o n) : 2. Jam e s Landvatcr (KTM); 3. Mark Moyer (ATK); 4. Ja mes Reber (Kaw): 5. Geo rge Engli sh (KTM I. A SR : 1. Cl iff Te nne y (KTM) ; 2. D av id Barlow (Yam) . I A S tSR: 1. Sco tt w olfe rsb er ger (Ya m) ; 2. Bruce Triplett (K,lW ); 3. Richa rd Trad e r (KTM); 4. jac k Lafferty Sr. (KTM); 5. Peter Parlett (Ho n). A V ET: 1. Sco tt Cha p kov ich (Su z ): 2. Dave Ma co (Suz) ; 3. Eric Koelle r (G-G); 4. Richard Moyer (Suz) : 5 . Iames G u nse lma n (Yam ). . B 125: 1. Aa ro n Kali sh er (G-G); 2. Dan Ca rper (KTM); 3. Ra nd y Loper (H en) : 4. Ron Decaro (Yam); 5. John Diobild a (Yam). B 20 0: 1. Da v id M o ore h ou se (Kaw) : 2. Mar k De long (Kaw ): 3. Geo rge Mam ouni s (Hen ): 4. Tim Swarner (Kaw): 5. Rick Lalaco ma (KTM ). 8 250: 1. Mike Ta vani (Ka w ); 2. Micha el Berenb ok (KTM); 3. Jim Shain line (Han); 4. Dan Crock ett (Mai): 5Stev e Jami son (Han). B 4- ST RK: 1. Ch uc k Su ll iv a n (He n): 2. James Bowe n (Ha n); 3. Rob Co mbe r (Yam); 4. Chris Vecchione (He n): 5. Geo rge Cavanaug h (Han). H OP EN: 1. M ichael S tr a u ss (KTM) ; 2. Dale Sweigart (Mail; 3. Geo rge Sigler (KTM); 4. Mik e Gr aha m (He n): 5. Eric Aaroe (KTM ). 8 SR: 1. Jam es Devlin (Han); 2. Da vid Risse r (H en): 3. Dan Co m p to n (KTM) ; 4. Terry Weber (Han); 5. Chuc k Gree n lee (KTM) . . B S/S R: 1. Karl Lagu s (Ho n): 2. Bruce Moyer (K.1W); 3. To m Na pier (Kaw): 4. Geo rge Russe ll (H us) . B VET: 1. S teve Bowman (Hen) : 2. John Jo nes (Yam ); 3. Todd Fent on (Hen): 4. De wi tt Harrell (KTM); 5. Sean Kin ley (Suz) . C 200: 1. Bobby Ed ris (Hen): 2. Josep h Cartwrig ht (Ho n): 3. Na tha n Moats (Ya m); 4. Dou g Allen (Ya m); 5. Rick Ritter (Ya m ). • C 250 : 1. Bri an Kohl (Ka w): 2. Jas o n Ca m p be ll (Yam) ; 3. Steve Rice (Kaw): 4. Robe rt Bark er (Han ); 5. Jeff L.1guS (Su z) . C 4-STRK : 1. David Ma rchese (Ho n); 2. Denn is Mansberger (He n): 3. Ma rk Mal vey (Suz): 4. John Bower (Yam); 5. Den nis Black . C O P EN, 1. Fred Ha llowe ll (KTM); 2. Wil liam Ma tta (KT M); 3. Bru ce S we ig a r t (Ma O; 4 . Mich ae l Couls ton (KTM); 5. Pete r Ferdina nd (Yam) . C V ET : 1. Timo thy Griffit h (Yam) ; 2. Ric hard Stewar t (Ya m) ; 3. Joe Ke lly (Hen) : 4. Pa u l Mou ra r (Kaw ): 5. David Bernet (Kaw). . M ST R: 1. j o se ph Calle (Ya m); 2. Ro be rt H oo ver (H en ).

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