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we wo n - so I got nothing to compla in ab out. " I n h i s fir st p r ofe s si onal ra c e , Ches te r Brown , 25, won the Sf,S Pro Dr agst er class when Mike Ferris' bike sh ut off a bout halfw ay dow n the t rack . Bruce We vo dau Sr. won th e St reet Pro class , bes ti ng number-one q ualifi er Rob Moore. J oe M a r c h a n t , 2 7 , from Sprin g fie ld, Vi rgi nia, set a N ational eighthm i le rec ord and went o n to w in the Pro Gas divisi on . Da n DeGood , celebrati ng hi s 30th wedding ann iv ersary w ith hi s w ife, Lin , w on th e ET fi nals wh e n Ji m Wohlfeil red -lighted. D eG ood , a tw o t ime and cu r rent ET N at ion al Ch am p io n, is sponsored b y E lec tr ic City Harley -D avids on . In t he Screamin ' E a g l e Pe r f o r mance finals , Joe Perr y beat Rog er Seba stian . In Street El iminato r, Bry an t Ran dall won the title when Anthon y Wh ela n red -ligh t ed . Craig Pollard won t h e Super Gas crown w hen Gregg Waltenbaugh redli gh ted . eN MOD : I . Steve Dom ; 2 . Joe Stemo Ui. ST PRO : 1. Bruce Wevodau Sr.: 2 . Rob Moa re. S/ GA S : I . Craig Pollard; 2 . Gregg Weltenbeuqh . S/SPT: I . Dale Tyson; 2 . David Doremu s. Old B ridge To wnship Ra ceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey Resuhs: August 20,2000 T IF: 1. Bob Spina: 2 . Tony M attioli. ST EUM: 1. Bryant Randall : 2. Antho ny Whelan . SCRMN EAGLE PERF : I . Joe Perry; 2. Roger PRO /F: 1. Steve Lundstrom: 2 . Chris Streele r. PRO STK : 1. Dirk Higgins: 2 . Tomm y Hannum. PRO DRGSTR: I . Chester Brown; 2 . Mike Ferris. PRO GAS: 1. Joe Marc hant ; 2 . Gary Stroud . Sebastian. ET: I . Dan DeGood: 2. Jim Wohlfeil. NEIRA Enduro Series Round 1: Hell In The Hills Enduro Hines Goes Like Hell in the Hills B y J O E M CL A UGHLI N NEW BOSTON, MA, AUG. 13 t had been a wh il e s i nce Moose / Razee / Facto ry Connect io n /CRE /ELin e's K evin Hines had lined up at the start of a NETRA End uro - almost six m onths to the day , to be exact. Wh at ever the reas on for hi s abse nce ac hi ng j o ints, deve loping a new dual sp ort kit , w orking on hi s Vermon t vacation h ome, o r j ust a little hiat u s fro m a tw o -dec ade-Iong raci ng ca reer when Hines shows up to co m pete, he sho ws up to win. An d win is just wh at he di d at th e 2000 running of th e Berk shi r e T r a il Riders ' He ll i n th e H i lls En d uro . Hines ' 35 -p oint sc ore wa s m ore than enou gh to top Valley Motorsp orts/ Sin isalo -b acked Jerry M ad ore, wh o earned second o ve rall and firs t A A with 43 points . MS R/Gf,G Cycles' Rick Claxton posted one o f his best finishes of t he year , taking th ir d o ve rall and second AA wit h a 48 score , follow ed by C-Cycle's J ason Cayer, with 5 1. The Ber kshire T r ail Riders ar e a funny group. T hey lay claim to some of th e m ost enjoyable and diverse trail s in N e w Engl an d - m a yb e e ve n i n th e ent ire country . Th e terra in is so va ried, th ey co uld host an eve nt th at wo uld be co nsi de red easy by C -r ide r sta nda rds o r an event th at co uld h our out even th e m os t h ardy A r id er. A s in m o st yea rs, t he cl ub dec ided to lay out a co urse t hat cou ld h ave b een fun , but seve ral inches of rai n in the days lead ing up to th e event greased up the trails enough to scare some people away and take the enthusiasm ou t of the hearts of most who dared to show up. T h e r e wa s n o questi oning t he motives of trail bos ses Bob Stadler and Dave Kelley . wh o posted a disclaimer in the e ve n t ' s a d t ha t r ead : " T h i s enduro requ ires that yo u be able to handle your m otorc y c le wi th va r io us sk ills , not o nl y s p eed. It c o n sist s of steep and long uphills, dow nhills, river crossings, mudholes and othe r assorted obstacl es. If y ou have a weak heart or mind or are just plain chicken, stay ho me and catch up on your k nitting .· Perhaps th is ad is what m otivat ed H ines to blow the du st o ff hi s YZ250 , a s h e's kn o wn fo r hi s lov e o f long , grueli ng eve nts . Th e eve nt ce rta inly lived up to its b ill in g . In th e ve ry first sec tion , m o st o f the AA and faste r A r id er s w er e ab le t o zer o t h e section, whil e so me I cy cle n e uv S • S EPTEM B ER 2 0 , 200 0 55