Not a ll of the Enduro series riders app roved.
Big-bucks timekeeping equipment had little o r
no ad vantage over bare-bars rid ers. As a matter
of fact. at least the to p three finis he rs had no
timekeeping gear.
Starting out in minu te on e was Dean Do rse t,
wh o bought the firs t m in ute of the Co wbe ll in
a n auc tion to ra ise money for the Tea m Wash ington riders goi ng to th e ISD E in A us tra lia .
Dorset owned. the wh ol e firs t row .
Th e firs t section to chec k o ne is k no w n as
"Ri verside Drive" - lo b of sand a nd berm ed corners. Section two wa s a little tou gh er, with a few
short, uphill, root .po rtio ns. Still, most riders left '
.
o n time. Sectio n th ree wa.. . a long downhill in the
d ark of the evergreen forest. Several attentio ngetting switch backs hav e result ed in the sec tion
being na med "The Wid ow Maker.'
The next section held mo re downhill singletrack, The trails w ere n' t to ug h, but one foo t off
the trail and you could coun t on a bad test. At the
bottom of Race Horse Creek, jason Dahners and
Carv Furre nes tied w ith 1:58 eac h. Most of the A
riders and some B riders had thre in the sect io n.
es
At the gilS s top, all o f the s ho rt-cou rse riders
turned in thei r cards . It was a verv short rid e, but
it wo uld have beena lot d ifferen t the rain.
Loop two sta rted ou t on the same trails, but
each section had a hard o ption added . Three sections into loop two, most riders were still leavin g
on their minute. The course took a right on a downhill called "Another Trail." About half the riders
werestill on time as they retu rned to check 10.
Check 11 was the second emergency check.
Again, Dahners and Purrenes bad fast times of
3:18 and 3: 4 ~ , re s p ec tive ly . Canadian Doug
You ng took a soli d grip o n thi rd with a 5:54.
- Th e last sec tion was more roots, rock, brush,
roo ts, logs and roots.
By the finish, Dahners had gone a point up
on Furrenes. As the riders finished, they said it
hadn't bee n so tough as to sca re B riders away,
but the top ride rs had still ea sily o u tsco red
them.
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Results
0 / A: 1. J.:I..'...n DahOl."n; 2. Gary FUfreIln; 3. DouJo;
Y()Un ~
01.
JUTl 'ThomJ'li'O'"5. ~." Ooi -Wld.
"
AA; 1. Jd !OOn Oa hnen; 2. w ry Furn"f\e'!l 3. J(... n llikLlnd ; 01 .
;
T(..td Zil~ky .
o rEN A 1. Duu~ ¥ou nJ;: 2. Jim Thllm......-n. 3. Kdly Kl~· v(.. : 01.
n
Jrif Micont:.
2lX1 A: I. CtwJ. Hu dwm; 2. Ch f\!> Wi1Ii.lm
