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Off-road By Beth & Bob LaRock "I SAN BERNARDIN CA,SEPT 11-12 O, like d oing end urance races ju sl for the sense of accomplishment , because it is har d. Keeping you rse lf and th e ma chi ne in o ne p iece is cha llen gin g: ' sa id Joh nny Campbell , member of the Open Pro wi nning team a t th e IM S Pro Se r ie s In au gur al 24 Hours of Glen He len Raceway Competition . C am p b ell ' s tea m, con s isti n g o f Torst en ' Bo s t ro m , Drey Dirck s and Jim my Lew is, rod e a nearly fla wless race on the lO-mile track, which consis ted of rocky, dusty sand washes, gnarly rid gebacks and a sec tio n of mo tocross tra ck. In a ll, th e tea m co m pleted 850 mil es of r id in g duri n g th e 24-h o ur event. 36 24 Hours of G Helen Raceway len Ca mpbell's Ame rica n Hon da / Du nlop / FMF /K&N- sp on sor ed team com pl et ed th e eve n t on a n XR600, a bik e that Cam pbell says is, "so easy and mellow in power in compa rison to the twostro kes. Even though it is a heavy bike, it d oes n't tak e as mu ch energy to rid e beca use of its power characteristics." The secon d -p lace Pro team, Team Green's Dave Ondas, Rich Barker, Chris Barker a nd Sha ne Esposito, a lso ra n a consis ten t rac e on th eir KX500. Th e C a n d M Foods / DH 1 /Pro Ci rc u it / M ichael's Design s-sponsored On das team finis hed the race jus t two laps be hi nd the winners. A tea m t ha t had ne ve r compe ted together in an endura nce event claimed third place. Aren across Pro Jeff Willoh led the team of motocross racers consisting of Dustin Evans, Tod Sciacqua and Bill Sa u ro to th e fini s h o n a Ho nd a CR250. Prior to the start, WiIloh said, "I will p robabl y never get th e cha nce to ride in a 24~ hou r race again, so I decid ed to give it a try and have a goo d time." Finishin g fourth, the IM5-spon sor ed team of Steve Hengeveld , Mike Healey, Jason Kawell and Oa kley Lehman completed the eve nt on a Kawasaki 10<250. Fifthin the Pro class wa s cap tu red by th e Yamaha YZ400F-m ou nt ed tea m of Brent Farrell, Erik Wolfe, Phil Holcom b and Chuc k McBurnev . Farrell offe red , "All four of us have rid den a number of SCORE races and other night even ts. We may not be the fastest, but we shou ld be really consisten t."· The Honda / Night Sun / Oneal/Tho rbacked Willo h team held the lead for the first two hours of the race, wh ich started at noon on Saturday. In the third ho ur, a Steve Hengeveld (7) leads Jimmy Lewis (2), Dave Ondas (hidden) and Brent Farrell (11) at the very beginning of the 24 Hours of Glen Helen. The team of Jeff WiIloh! Dustin Evans! Tod Sclacqual Bill Sauro I (not shown) led the event for the first two • hours, but flat tires caused them to lose the ir lead. series of flat tires resu lted in time in the pi ts, dropping them back to third . Hengeveld's team then took the lead and held it for thr ee hours u ntil mecha nica l p r oblems, inc lu d ing need in g to replace the carburetor, brough t them to a stop. They fell behind to fourth. Th e co nsis ten t Ca m p be ll team cruised int o the lead at 5 p.m. "Once nigh t comes, it will be a whole new race," said Ca mpbell. "A ll of us are