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SE&TRA Enduro Series
Round I: Little Brown Jug Enduro
PHOTOS BY KENN ETH KIN G
Hawkins Uncorks
Little Brown Jug Victory!
By Suzy MOODY
CLINTON, SC, SEPT. 5
D andy Hawkins took home
the overall win
I"'ror the lirst race of the 2004 -2005
SE&TRA/FTR season. Living close to this race
sit e , the Yarnaha-mounted Hawkins was on
hand to talk to many riders and fans on Saturday
and after the race on Sunday. He is o ne of the
most personable racers in the off -road business,
and he's as nice and approachable as can be . He
is also one of the fastest cats in the nation , currently leading the AMA National Enduro Series.
Located about 160 miles from the coast,
Clinton, South Carolina. Is on the red -day-andsandy-te rrain line. The ground was hard packed . fast and technical. Woods motocross
was the setup of the day, as en dless firebreaks
made riders fee l like do ing a Nac-N ac eve ry
onc e in a wh ile, whether they meant to or not.
The race te rr ain was made up o f nice, fun,
almo st man icured trail , w ith ple nty of tight ,
gnarly te chnical se ct ions thrown in for good
measure. Run mostly in the Sumter National
Forest and limited to a one -time-per-year use
permit, these tra ils hold up year after year.
Just like at season's e nd last year, Jason
Chancey and Russell Bobbitt went hea d to
head, w ith Cycle Sport of Chattanooga-backed
Cha ncey winning the tie brea ker to take first in
the M class, while Cycle Spec ialties-sponsored
new KTM rider Bobbitt took second in the AA
class. Russell said he was really happy with his
new KTM 250 EXC, wh ich came straight o ut of
the box only days before this race. Step hen
Edmonson put in a strong ride to take third ,
while Trey Wellborn was on the gas, round ing
out the top frve finishers .
Legend Mike Melton of 1970s and 19BOs
ISDE, SE&TRA and National Enduro off-road
racing fame still has the fire and certainly has the
speed. Bum ing a chec k, Melton dropped a mere
10 points en route to taking the 250cc A class.
Using the full start cont rol checking system,
there was very little timekeep ing invotved. W ith
seve n re sets and mor e than 65 ground miles,
the course was prefect in length and executio n.
With t hi s year 's race in th e bag , the
Greenville Endur o Riders Association let it be
known that the efforts of the U.S. Forest
Service Rangers, the law-e nfo rce me nt office rs
and th e Whitmire Rescue Squad, who made
this a safe and en joyabl e e ve nt. we re muc h
apprecia te d. To cap it all off, GERA was happy
to ma ke a $2500 donat ion to the Medic ally
Fragile Childr en's fund .
eN
trrns BROWN JUG ENDURO
CUNTON, SOUTH CAROUNA
RESULTS: 5EPTIMIER 5,
Top SETRA rider Jason Chancey
heads into the last section of the day
en route to first place in the AA class.
in the 6Scc (O·B) event. In both events, the two
we re nose to tail, w ith Siegel usually following
but finding a way arou nd late in the event. Siegel
turn e d in repeat wins, with Desmond a close
second . Dylan Gillespie had a pair of threes in
the class and late r turned up aces in the Super
Pe e Wee class . Desmo nd also took home an
overall in the Pee Wee (7-B) Stoc k event .
RESULTS
P/W (0 -8) FIT SHAFT: I. Cameron Toye (KTM): 2.
Mario Schumsky (Han) : 3. David Smith Jr. (KTM): 4. Dalton
West (KTM); 5. Todd Linebaugh (KTM). P/W (0 . 8) FIT
NONSHAFT: I. Tristan SclYleider (KTM); 2. Anthony Allen
(KTM); 3. Aden Tapia (KTM);