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LITTLE HARPETH NATIONAL,
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NASHVILLE, T N., Feb , II, 19 73 19 72 National End uro Champion Bill
Kain too k the overall w in at the Li ttle
Harpe th Na tional Enduro , Bill, th e
Pittsburgh Pirate , was o ne of a sel ec t
gro up of less th an a d o ze n riders wh o
managed to finis h th e 100 p lus mil e
en d uro.
Arn e m b e r o f the sponsoring
o rga nizatio n, Don Thava, Factory
" ' orks. c o m m e n te d , HIt w as our firs t
National an d we evid ently m ad e it too
tough , We didn 't p rovid e sections w he re
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Unders ta te me nt o f the yo u ng e nd uro
season .
Th e tem pera tu re was bel ow the
freezing po in t a t th e 8 : 0 1 am ke y time ,
but Moth e r Nature had hung 01' Sol up
in fuJI force. The o riginal starting po int
was m o ved 1.7 miles u p th e ro u te aw ay
fro m th e m uddy pit area wh ich se rved
as h ome for man y ou t of sta te rs the
nigh t befor e.
Th e bu lk of the run was th rough
thi ck w o od se c tio ns a nd ove r ve ry ro ugh
and rutt ed J eep tr ail s. Seve ra l T VA
powe rlin e sec tio ns put so me ra th er
aweso me hill s in fron t of the rid e rs: T he
dow n h ill ru n s in th ese se c tio ns were a t
tim es m o re d ifficult than t he u phill ru ns
as th e fro ze n gro un d along wi th th e eve r
p r e s en t ruts m ad e the dow n hil ls
resembl e tri als se ctions .
Doug Wilford. general m an ager of
Pe nton East, won th e 0·12 5 " A" class
and p ra ised th e Fac t o ry Wo rks fo r the
we ll m arked run b u t qu est ion ed the
"virgi n wo ods' we h ad t o virtually
trailb laze." Wil ford ad de d , "the 2 4 ~IP II
average was j ust to o fast for the tigh t
run . A slo we r average wo uld have made
th e e nd u ro a grea t o ne .
Wilford ' s Penton teamm ate T o m
Penton , cu rre n tly staiioned in Flo rida
with th e U,5 . Air Force , finished second
in th e 12 5 class d espite an encou n te r
with a tree b ran ch which o pened up a
cu t which required eigh t stitches to
close. Tom h it the next to las t check,
th e sixth. several minutes over the
allowed ho ur lat e a nd was out of the
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rut) a t that point.
J us t as Wilf ord was the only ma n to
finish in his class so Was Jack Pe nton in
the 126 ·200 "A" class. Jack, who
recently won th e Piney Woods National
Enduro , ca me cl o sest to challenging
Kain for th e o verall win.
Veteran en d uro rider R on Bohn won
the 201 -250 " A" class and was j oined as
a fini sh er by sec ond pl ace rid er J o ~n
Greenrose. Both rid e rs we re Hu sky
mounted as w e re the o n e-two fin ishers
in the 25 l -Open class , Ed Schmidt! a nd
No rm Ford. Both Schmidtt and Ford
survived the e ntir e run a n d made all
seven chec ks . .
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