T M' S Dav id Lykke hasn't
even ridden his bike since the
last National Enduro in California one month ago, but
hat didn't seem to slow him
down any, as he posted the fastest card
at the Cherokee National Enduro to
claim his second win in the three-roundold series . The win was close , though , as
he edged out Steve Hatch by just 20 seconds on the tie-breakers.
'" still feel a little shell-shocked, even
from my first win in Arizona," Lykke said.
"Now to win another event is just incredible. Things are going good, the bike is
working good , and when the snow finally
melts up in Michigan and Iget a chance to
ride and set up the bike, I gotta believe
things are going to get better yet. At least
I hope they will."
Lykke was just beside himself after
realizing he had, in fact, won the enduro.
which gives him a 19-point lead over
Hatch in the champ ionship points battle .
"It is on ly three roun ds into it," Lykke
said, "so I don't even want to start think-
K
ing about a championship yet."
The racing was very close
the hosting club ran a strai
speed average with good c
emergency check-outs for
day. Almost a half a dozen
would have been in conte
overall trophy if things
way. Throttlehead.coml
Green's Hatch was the clos
ing Lykke's total score of 17
edged out on tiebreakers by
onds over the sum of all
Actually, Hatch scored better th
in all but one test.
The third test of the da
known as "The Grand Dad
collection of tight singlethrough the dense forest , is
scored a 9.30 to Hatch's
made the point back in the followi
where he came through at
Lykke went 6.03. But after ad
tie-breaking points on the 0
tests, Lykke was on top .
Hatch was disappointed
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