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John Martin b y two points to take the victory. Kawasaki Team Green's Jack Penton filled the third overall spot, also with a loss o f six points. Cunningham gave a brief overview of the event. " Overall I thought it was pretty nice. They took points from us, but didn' t kill the B riders. It was an event that had everything," said Cunningham. When Cunningham sa ys " everything," that must mean rain. Rain it -did, starting several h o urs before key time and coming down for most of the day during the lengthy run. " I love it when it rains, it j ust pumps me up and makes me feel good," said C u nningham. John Mattin was as tride a prototype Can-Am Qualifier with singleshock suspension which he rode very convincingly to h is second overall placing. Martin had only dropped two points up to the mid-point gas stop, while Cunningham was out front with a one-point Joss. Mark Hyde and Jack Penton had lost two points up to that point 'also. The second half of the event saw the points pile up, however. Cunningham explained how he lost two more points.' " We went into the woods at 173.3 miles, and three m iles later they took two points, I came through and they were j ust flipping the card. I really went fOl" it in there," said Cunningham. , Jack P enton had a very good day. j ust missing out on seco nd overall by a 'few seconds. " I had a pretty good ride. but I messed up on a tie -breaker by a few seconds and threw away second overall," said Penton. Fritz Kadlec placed h is Kawasaki KX250 into fourth o verall. with , a loss of eight points. Kadlec: 'made a quick change i n to some dry clothes after the event. then mounted his road bike for the trip back to Minnesota. Terry Cunningham enroute to his fifth National win this year. AMA NationaJ Enduro Chamf!.ionshif! Enduro Series: Round 9 Jack .Pine ravaged by Cunningham By Tom Kolnowski 81 Peggy Benoit , MOORESTOWN. MI . AUG. 22 Team Husqvarna's :Terry Cunningham carved a super fas t line through 200 miles of Michigan woods while he went about his task of winning the Jack Pine 'N a tion al 10 Enduro. Losing only four ' points along the way to his I Cunningham bested Can-Am's fifth National win this year, The Lansing M.C. presented riders with a very rideable event in the 56th edition o f the classicevent. Short sec- ' tions of virgin tight woods trail were connected up.by many miles of old whooped trail and fast fire roads. strung together to fonn the 200 mile event. Other than the endless miles of basic woods trail; riders also had to contend with several hills which served as popular spectator areas. Drew Smith lost I I points on his Team Green Kawaski and took seventh overall. Smith found the event to be very good. but tough. "It was definitely a real enduro. There was no doubt it was National caliber. My 'o nly real complaint was a lack of a check-in and check-out situation in some cases," said Smith. Several Michigan riders fared well. with the event being run as part of the state championship: Rick Scharphorn took home the High Point A trophy, further increasing his lead in the Michigan series. Riding a Lake Cycle Husky, Scharpbom finished in ninth overall. Alan Randt won the 250cc A' class on his l...aJising Cycle Husky 250XC with a loss 0113 points. Mark Burley took the lOp position in 'the Open A division. on a Yamaha. also losing 13 points. As is the case with every National enduro, there is always a single B class rider who gets a first-class ticket to the A ranks. Lynn ,Lohman took ' High Point B with a loss of 28 Points on his Husky 430XC. Word has it that Lohman won it for his mother. ' He now joins biother Brian Lohman , who claimed the same hOnor at last year"s White River National in 'Michigan. Tom~&omLansingCycle new Husky 175cc engine kit which will soon be available at Husky deakn. "The kit is made for or the 125cc Husky. It really WOl"ks well. AI RanCit bolted it up last night and drbuted a this is the first tim e I've ridden it," said Pantalone after he had finished second in the 200cc B class. , Ken Brown won the 200cc A class on his Cycle Land Kawasaki. bes ting California rider Matt Cullins. on his support Yamaha, by a point. Brown might have finished even higher if not for a sixth-gear encounter with a stump which left him with several deep facial wounds. Mark Hyde tied Fritz Kadlec's score of eight points. but lost out on the tie-brea ker checks. He also had the dubious h~nor of running his fat h er dver in the woods as they both competed for the same space. " We wer e in real ti gh t woods and I came around bermed corner. There .were two g u ys layi n g there. and one of them was my dad! I rode right over both of them and then crashed myself," said H yde. Both Hydes Iinished the event. Wally Wilson. finished ' second in the Open A Class on his Husky. " I should have ridden an XC. but we rode the WRs up here. I needed d ie extra wheelbase. I'd jump a couple of those whoops then smash into one. Then after the last gas 1 wa s running late 'when two deer jumped across the trail right in front of me." said Wilson. Jeff Fredette was doing well until he bumped his newly-healed foot on a stump. A conservative riding styl e for the rest of the event was called for since Fredette ' wants to avoid an operation on the foot. Combined with an early start time. the weather made for very dark going in the morning sections for riders. Kevin Mitchell had a' few problems. "Matt Cullins and I were going flat out down a two- track, and suddenly the bike took a leap about five ,feet into the air. It was so dark I couldn't even see what I hit. Whatever it was put a big flat spot on my rim," said Mitchell. Other riders said it was . foggy in several places and the black clay areas combined with the dark ,day made,it almost impossible to see. The event 'w as 'a success in the minds of most of the 325 competitors. The battle for the National championship shows Terry Cunningham in the lead. with Mike Melton 28 points behind. ' • a Results • GRAND CHAMP : Terry Cunningham {Hus) 4 /05. HIGH POINT AA: John Martin {CoAl 6/16. HIGH POINT A: Rick Scharphorn {Hus) 12/06. HIGH POINT 8 : Lynn Lohman {Hus) 28. TOP 20 OVERAll: 1. Terry Cunningham {4/05); 2. John Martin {6/16); 3. Jack Penton (6/23); 4. , Fritz Kadlec {8/oo); 5. Mark Hyde {8/14); 6. Mike Melton {9/04); 7. Or_ Smith {11/29); 8. Darryl Kuenzer {11 /381; 9. Rick Scharphorn {12/06);,10 . Ron Ribolzi {17119); 11. John Fero {12/30); 12. Alan Randt {13); 13. Mark 8urley {13);14. Wally Wilson {14); 15. Dew 8ertram {14);'16. Jeff Hunt {14); 17. Steve He.. {15); 18. Kevin Hines {15); 19. Jeff Fredette {16); 20. Ken Brown {17). 200cc AA: 1. John Faro {Suz) 12; 2. Jeff Fredette {Suz) 16. , . ' OPEN AA: 1. Jack Penton {Kaw) 6; 2. Fritz Kadlec , {Kaw) 8; 3. Mark Hyde {Hus) 8; 4. Mike Melton {Husl 9; 5. Drew Smith {Kaw) 11; 6. Darryl Kuenzer {KTM) 11; 7. Ron Ribolzi {Hus) 12. 125cc A : 1. Larry Dobson {Hus) 24; 2. Jeff Engel {Hus) 28; 3. Marty Kalonich {Hus) 42 . 200cc A: 1. Ken Brown {Kaw) 17; 2. Man Cullins {Yam) 18; 3. Heinz Raidel {Yam) 22; 4. T.S. Gee ' , {YamI22. 250cc A: 1_AI Randt {Hus) 13; 2. Jeff Hunt {Vanil 14; 3. Stew Hess {C-A) 15; 4. Kevin Hines {HusI15; 5. Kevin Piasecki {KTMI 22. OPEN A : 1. Mark 8urley {Yam) 13; '2. Wally Wilson {Hus) 14; 3. Dew Bertram 14; 4. Ted Farns· worth (Hus) 21; 5. Jeff Irwin 22. ' 4-STROKE A :·1. Randy Mastin {Hon) 20; 2. Terry Aynn {Hon) 37. . , SR A: 1. carl Sch8rphorn {Hus) 26 ; 2. Ron Saps {KTM) 57; 3. John SChaffer 74. 125cc B: 1. Eldon Keen {Hus) 30; 2. Mike Maurer. Jr. {Hue) 41; 3. Bob Elliott 54; 4. Pete Motzenbecker 58. ' 200cc 8 : 1. Sieve DeWm 31 ; 2. Tom Pantalone {HIlS) 33; 3. Tom S_IIow {Kaw) 37; 4 . Chris Pippin {Yam) 37; 5. Joe Rader {C-A) 42 . 250cc 8 : 1. Tim Hopp {Kaw) 29; 2. Dave Williams 41 ; 3. Bob Bergman {Hus) 41; 4. Jim Boyne {Hus) 44; 5. Larry Starkey {Kaw) 47. , OPEN B: 1. Mike Hart {Yam) 31; 2. Omar Mllirsh {HIISI 44; 3. Raben Bowman 48; 4. Cun Collins , {Yam) 53. 4-STROKE B: 1. Chuck Emmons {~w) 33 ; 2. ' Dew Dennis {Kaw) 51; 3. Dennis Chester {Hon) 53. , SA B: 1. Ge«ve Poynter {Hus) 45; 2. Mike Maurer. Sr. {Hus) 55; 3. Doug Pippin 58 . SUPER SR: 1. Harold Denny 315; 2. Ted DelSolar 408. lADIES: 1. Sue Weber; 2. Gale Vandewater. TEAM A: Team Green· KadIec:/Penton/Smith. TEAM 8 : Enduro Specialties - SWallow/Emmons/ , Dennis. ''

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