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NETRA Enduro Series Round 1: The Connecticut Ramblers Snow Run Enduro racing. I thou~ht he was kind of holding me up early on, and I wish it didn't happen, because we had a good race going." CIIII 08tfield Racew8J Turlock, I:8lifl1nlN1 Results: Mlrch 11, Hines Plays Catch-Up zoao lllllund 5 at 51 Pee Wee Track 50 FIT: 1. Max" Rachy (ATK); 2. Damian Tacnew (KTM), 3. Chris Arroyo (KTM). 50 (4-6) PW/JR: 1. Justin Muscolt (Yam), 2. By JOE McLAUGHLIN Colton Fredrickson (Suz); 3. Anthony Flores (Yam). 50 (4·6) STK: 1. Zak Cyr (Pol), 2. Daniel Hodges (KTM); 3. Calvin LaCurrelle (Pol); 4. Austin Soto (KTM); 5. TImmy Jannisse (KTM). WEST STAFFORD, CT, FEB. 13 evin Hines skipped out of the 1999 NETRA season, spending begin to wander aimlessly, causing most of the year operating a motormore than a few surprise get-offs. cycle dealership in Texas. Hines has Hines (9:08) set the pace, followed since hung his 10-gallon hat on the closely by Claxton (9:55) and Neff rack and put his helmet back on. At (9:59), who sneaked in before the flip. the 2000 Snow Run, he let everyone know that he's back in town. As though making up for lost time, Hines smoked the field in one of the snowiest Snow Run events in recent history and took the overall win with a 10-point cushion over 1999 Series defending champ Hans Neff. Rick Claxton rounded out the top three, finishing a mere 20 seconds behind Neff. This winter had been extremely mild by New England standards, but Mid-January brought bl ustery, cold temperatures, and a healthy storm about 10 days before the race made certain 1 there would be plenty of snow on the The Connecticut Ramblers Snow Run Enduro: Kevin Hines ground. Automotive returned to racing but made everyone else play catch-up as he studs were rendered romped to the win at the opening round of the NETRA Enduro useless, and only rally Series in West Stafford, Connecticut. spikes or friction spikes would provide any hint of traction. Even then, the A short stretch of dirt road led to thick crust of frozen snow, covering what normally would have been a six or so inches of loose, dusty powsneaky check-in, but only Hines and der, made navigation extremely diffiMason even made the check on time, cult. with most of the remaining field dropMoose/E-Line/Razee's Hines wastping one minute heading into the seced little time separating himself from tion. With no check-out, and a the pack in the first section, dropping healthy 30-minute reset at the gas only one point, along with MSR/G&G stop, anyone who hadn't already Cycles/Factory Connection/Specgone over their hour had ample tro/Renthal's Claxton. Shawn Mason opportunity to get back on their origiand Eric McEachern followed closely nal minute, or at least have some with two points each. Several threes time to recover. rounded out the top scores. Only Hines and Neff were able to Hines again set the pace in the zert> the 6-mile section after the gas, second leg, losing no time in the with the rest of the faster riders losing short, technical section. CRE's Raffi only a point. A technical 5-mile secPeterson and KTM's Neff roosted in tion followed, which Hines again with two points each. The following cruised through with a zero. Only Neff section proved to be the end of the came close, with a one-point score. day for most of the C riders and anyThe remaining eight miles consistone with mediocre tire setup. The ed of some really tight trail, divided long, and sometimes rather tight, 10into two sections. Hines sneaked in mile section at 24 mph in the snow under the wire with a 1:59 in the first 50 (7-8) STK: 1. Zak Fredrickson (Cob), 2. Grayson Swift (Cob), 3. Dylan Lane (KTM), 4. Chris K Aragon (HM); 5. Charlie Moore (Cob). 50 (0-8) OPEN: 1. Crystal Layton (KTM), 2. Michael Flores (Cob): 3. Jarred Holt (KTM). Main Track 50 (4-6) STK: 1. Zak Cyr (Pol). 50 (7-8) STK: 1. Zak Fredrickson (Cob), 2. Grayson Swift (Cob); 3. Jarred Holt (KTM); 4. Crystal Layton (KTM), 5. Chris Aragon (HM). 50 OPEN: 1. Michael Flores (Cob); 2. Richard Rinauro (KTM). 60 FfT: 1. Danny Nissen (Kaw); 2. Jesse Holt 111 (Kaw); 3. Bret Owens (Kaw). 60 BEG: 1, Cameron Ewing (Kaw); 2. Brandon Nicholson (KTM); 3. Michelle Collins (Kaw); 4. Jake Baraldi (Kaw); 5. Casey Sherman (KTM). 60 NOV: 1. Cody Jackson (Kaw); 2. Luke Layton (KTM); 3. Ruben Hernandez (Kaw); 4. Andrew Desilagua (KTM); 5. Brandon Reyna (KTM). 60 INT: 1. Tyler Freeman (KTM); 2. Ryan Martin (Kaw); 3. Justin Enos (KTM); 4. Kramer Patterson (Kaw); 5. Greg Fouts (Kaw). 60 OPEN: 1. Justin Enos (KTM); 2. Tyler Freeman (KTM); 3. Ryan Martin (Kaw); 4. Cody Jackson (Kaw); 5. Ruben Hernandez (Kaw). WMN: 1. Michelle Collins (Kaw). 80 FIT: I. Stephen Chewning (Sux). 80 BEG: I. Jake Challburg (Kaw); 2. Brandon Freeman (Kaw); 3. Nick Kneisly (Yam); 4. Luke Layton (Suz); 5. Zach Russell (Hon). 80 NOV: 1. Tony Sherman (Yam); 2. Corey Pennington (Hon); 3. Bryer Perry (Hon); 4. Trevor Doniak (Hon); 5. Darryl Saville (Kaw). 80 INT: 1. Daniel Sani (Hon); 2. Aaron Berganu: (Yam); 3. Jarid Blevins (Yam); 4. Nick Davis (Suz); 5. Eric McCrummen (Yam). 80 S/MINI: 1. Daniel Sani (Hon); 2. Nick Davis (Suz); 3. Aaron Bergantz (Yam); 4. Jarid Blevins (Yam); 5. Tony Sherman (Yam). 125 SCHBY: 1. Matt McCrummen (Yam); 2. Eric Nye (Hon); 3. Rory Radovich (Hon); 4. Jon Barnes (Kaw); 5. Ryan Phelps (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Bryan Gray (Yam); 2. Tyson Enzweiler (Hon); 3. Travis Enzweiler (Hon); 4. Abe Johnson (Yam); 5. Brian Gill (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Adam Miller (Kaw); 2. Greg Centli!r (Sux); 3. Levi Gill (Kaw); 4. Derek Cheney (Kaw); 5. Robert Haun (Yam). 125 INT: I. Randy Norman (Yam); 2. Eric Nye (Han): 3. David Boothe (Suz), 4. Kurt Long (Han), 5. Matt McCrummen (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Rusty Hotland (SU2); 2. Jeff Pestana (Suz); 3. Scott Davis (Kaw); 4. Craig Truglio (Kaw); 5. Harold Hageman (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Craig Conrad (Yam); 2. Troy Kuczmarczyx (Yam); 3. Robert Becvar (Hon); 4. Chad Sommerville (Hon); 5. Shawn Baucom (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Mike Dickerson (Kaw); 2. Michael Carnes (Yam); 3. Marc Wemyss (Hon); 4. Robert Haun (Yam); 5. Josh Coffman (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Randy Norman (Yam); 2. Simon Temmerman (Sux); 3. Calvin Andlovec (Suz); 4. Stan Finney (Hon); 5. Danny Barber (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Scott Davis (Kaw): 2. Jeff Pestana (Suz); 3. Rusty Holland (Suz); 4. Craig Truglio (Kaw); 5. Jon Nelson (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Mick Langston (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Ross Robertson (VOR). 500 INT; 1. John Moore (Yam); 2. Chris Loredo (Yam); 3. Alan McGehee (Hon). 25+ BEG: 1. John Guio (Yam). 25+ NOV: I. Craig Ranells (Yam). 25+ INT: 1. Danny Barber (Kaw); 2. Judd Houck (Yam); 3. Skip Guinn (Kaw); 4. Calvin Andlovec (Suz); 5. John Moore (Yam). 25+ EX: 1. Jon Zahrt (Sux); 2. Mike Hodges (Suz); 3. Merle Hammer (Kaw); 4. Kenny Zahrt (Suz); 5. Joe Root (Suz). 30+ BEG: 1. Michael Flores (Yam); 2. Richard Sigle (Yam); 3. Darryl Cully (Yam); 4. Nick McKinnon (Yam); 5. Joe Newel (Yam). 30+ NOV: 1. Tom Conklin (Kaw); 2. Dave Lundin (Kaw); 3. Tom Shinn (Yam); 4. Jay Wedsted (Han). 30+ INT: 1. Stan Finney (Hon); 2. Skip Guinn (Kaw); 3. Judd Houck (Yam); 4. John Moore (Yam); 5. Steve Storie (Hon), 30+ EX: I. Jon Zahrt (Suz); 2. Mike Hodges (Suz); 3. Merle Hammer (Kaw); 4. Kenny Zahrt (Suz); 5. David Zahrt (Suz). 30+ PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Sux); 2. Joe Root (Suz); 3. Mike Johnson (Suz): 4. Jeff Pestana (Suz); 5. Todd Nelson (Suz). 35+ NOV: 1. Tom Conklin (Kaw); 2. Ross Robertson (Yam); 3, Dave Harrell (Hbg); 4. Darryl Cully (Yam); 5. Tom Shinn (Yam). 35+ INT: 1. John Moore (Yam); 2. Craig Ranells (Yam); 3. Steve Storie (Hon). 40+ NOV: I. Rich Taigo (Hon); 2, Dave Harrell (Hbg); 3. Dale Mathers (KTM): 4. Nick McKinnon (Yam); 5. Pat Saugar (Yam). 40+ INT:I. Mike Newman (Suz); 2. Craig Ranells (Yam); 3. Randy Lynch (Yam); 4. Roger Newman (Suz); 5, Bill Newman (Suz). • 40+ EX: 1. Kenny Zahrt (Suz); 2. David Zahrt (Suz); 3. Joe Root (Suz); 4. Alan McGehee (Hon); 5. David Merliss (Kaw). 62 APRIL12.2000· cue I proved to be too much for a large number of riders. Staying in the snow rut proved to be the way to fly. Drift out of the rut, and the front tire would e n e _ 50 half and a two in the final section. McEachern's 2:58/3, Jerry Madore's 3:33/3 and Neff's 3:58/3 rounded out the top scores. In the end, no one could come close to Hines' 18-point card. Neff's and Claxton's 28-point scores, once separated by tie breakers, placed them second and third overall, respectively. A Light-class rider McEachern put in his career-best ride for fourth overall and A High Point with a 29. C. Macritchie took home the B High Point trophy on his KTM, with a very impressive 37-point day. P. Smith was the C High Point winner by virtue of being the only C rider to make it as far as check 10. Bill Johnson introduced himself to the Super Senior' class by taking the win with his 64-point score, while Tom Farley smoked the Masters class with a 33 at check two. S. Edwards was the fastest of the ladies today, with her 55-point score at check two earning her the Women's class win. "I think the key to winning today was making sure you didn't go down," said an elated Hines. "I only went down once and only bobbled a few times. Other than that, I just kept on it all day." Hines plans to contest the entire NETRA Enduro Series this year, along with riding a few events in the National Enduro Series. 1:11 Snow Run Enduro West Staffard, Connecticut Results: February 13, ZOOO lRound 11 O/A H·PT: Kevin Hines (Yam). B H-PT: C. Macritchie (KTM). C H-PT: P. Smith (KTM). AA: 1. Hans Neff (KTM), 2. Rick Claxton (CRE), 3. Jerry Madore (Yam). A BNTM: 1. Neil Dennett (KTM); 2. K. Callahan (KTM), 3. G. Trepanier (KTM). A LIGHT: 1. S. Hoginski (CRE), 2. M. Nash (CRE), 3. Anthony Reo (KTM). A HVY: 1. Anthony Geraci (KTM): 2. Jim Bums (Hbg), 3. Mike Zahanski (KTM). A VET: 1. Ken Robbins (Hon); 2. Sam Fischer (CRE), 3. Geoff Wurlitzer (CRE). A SR: 1. Bob Foster (Hon); 2. Bob Edwards (KTM): 3. Robert White (KTM). A 4·STRK: 1. J. Lis (Hbg), 2. J. Simcock (Yam), 3. L. Colom (Suz). 8 8NTM: 1. R. Bogle (G-G), 2. R. Galaska (Jow), 3. S. Colter (KTM). BLIGHT: 1. F. Gaulin (KTM): 2. C. Andrews (KTM): 3. J. Ruotolu (KTM). 8 HVY: I. D. Simone (KTM): 2. J. Egan (KTM); 3. D. Mavrs (KTM). B 4·STRK: 1. Jim Green (Suz); 2. T. Hardy (Hon); 3. G. Diedrich (Hon). B VET: 1. Tom Canesi (KTM); 2. C. Singer (KTM): 3. D. Bonsoll (Kaw). B SR: J. R. Young (KTM): 2. R. Macintyre (Suz); 3. Bob Stadler (Kaw). CBNTM: 1. P. Kelly (Yam), 2. C. Walsh (KTM). Los Angeles County Raceway Delarge Goes Big, Hall Decks 'em By GREG ROBERTSON PALMDALE, CA, MAR. 19 Alan Delarge and Randall Holl each earned a pair of class wins during California Racing Club's Sunday motocross at Los Angeles County Raceway. Delarge swept all four motDs he entered to ace the Vet Intermediate and Senior Expert classes, while Hall split moto wins with Ricky Parks in the 80cc (1213) class and then returned to sweep the Supermini field. Pasha Afshar put his YZ250 into the lead position early in the first Vet Intermediate moto. with Delarge and Darren Stoffer close behind. By lap two, it was Delarge and Stoffer running one· two, while Afshar had his hands full with Morty Estes. Stoffer wasn't able to make a bid for the lead, but Delorge wasn't

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