Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

mate of C unningham 's, took third overall just three points behind Martin. Sitting on th e back of the bi g yellow traveling H usky workshop/truck after the run, Cunningham fielded questions from the Husky faithful concerning their machine problems pi us an occasional tip on how to go a little faster. He also managed to wo rk in a few general comments about the · run. "It was a tough enduro," said Cunningham. "They had a lot of good land, tight woods, rocky hills, watercrossings, open fields and meadows. All rideable stuff, yet the re were minimal road miles. It was the kind of run that's won with the throttle and not at the emergency check. I liked it." Breaking into a smile, Cunningham added, "Hey, I've go t six down a n d two £0 go (i n referen ce to his si x National wi ns). Then , it'll be one title down and seve n to go to ca tch Bu rleson. " . Mike Melton liked the run, but not the results as he saw the point sp read widen between himself a n d Cun ningham. Melt on, through ten of the 12 checks in the 112 mile enduro, was only three minutes off the pace with a (Above) Terry Cunningham splashed to the overall win with a loss of 25 . count of 15 to Cunningham's 12. (Below) John Martin_flew to second. dropping 34. Then he had a major problem after wiping out his rear brake rod on on e of the rocky downhills and lost 27 points through the last 25 mi les and final two checks to Cunni ngham's 16. Melton finished sixth overall. Mi ke said, "It's always rough to ride wi th out a rear brake, but these trails were just too tough. I kept scaring myself." Checks II a nd 12 will be where this enduro is decided," said Des Moines Enduro M.e. president J im Ross before the event. "With a good ride and everything being just right, the AA riders could zero the first ten checks. They won't zero that last 25 miles. It's all woods. We did it that way so the B riders would.have a good ride and if they houred out it would be at the end of the run. You've got to take tare of the B riders. " John Fero, a team Suzuki rider aboard aPE 175,dropped 38 for fourth overall and attested to the difficulty of the final 50 mile loop. " Hey, I was ready for a break, but the woods just kept going on." The deep woods didn 't present the problems for the California contingency the mid-west folks expected. David Bertram took first in the O pen class with a big-bore Husky wh il e Jeff Irwin, on an Open class Honda took third. Matt Cullins guided a Yamaha ITI75 in for th ird in th e 200cc A class. When asked about being a long way from h ome Bertram sa id, " Normall y we wouldn't come thi s far , but it 's late in the season and we need the points." . Kawasaki tea m cap tai n Jack Penton was asked, before th e event, if he thought this would be another thinkin g riders run . He res ponded, " T h e th in king ri ders run business if fine as long as you ride fast." J ack's tea m wou ld ride fast , but that wouldn't be enough. Drew Smith, . , with a great ri de going, ran out of gas within three-tenths of a m ile of the final ch eck. By th e time Penton, who had lost a rear brake rod in th e second loop, ca me by wi th so me gas Drew By Merle Acord was dow n too many minutes. Fritz Kad lec , the third member of WINTERSET, lA, SE PT. 5 T ea m Kawa saki , pull ed into the gas stop a t the end of the fir st loop and ,disp la yed a rapidly swe llin g right han d. " I was really cooking down a long, straight trail when I saw the arrows for a right ha n d turn. I locked everyth ing up a rid th rew it sideways a n d boom, th e next thin g I know I'm rollin g around on the ground. Some sixth National wi n of the seaguy had T-boned me. I just had my son. Can-Am ride r Joh n Marwas nine poin ts off Cunningright knee operated on six weeks ago tin , who placed-second overall, - - - - ham-space. Mark H yde, a H usky tearn -. . . a nd if I hadn 't been wearing a knee- , ANA National ChaDll'ionshi~ Enduro Round~O Series: Rattlesnake .00 National to CUQnlngham H usqvarna's Terry Cunningham, closing fas t on his first National Championship ti tle, sliced through 112 miles of trail aboard his 420 Automatic wi th a loss of 25.poin ts for his 12 I brace I think it would have been broken. As it was , I was afraid to p u t any weight on the knee. I don 't know about the hand-it's not working too good." Kadl ec continued to ri de, dropping 49 and fin ish ing seventh overall. Joh n Wh aren, who dropped 55 p oi nts aboard a Kawasaki for the first p lace troph y in the 250c A class, was found diligently checkin g the scores for the 200cc B's and was asked if he had forgo tten wh at he had ridden . " No, I know what I rode and how I finished, bu t th a t doesn 't mean a thin g. What's im p ortant is how the bo y did." The bo y, Kevin Wh aren, did all rig h t a n d p icked up an eigh th place trophy. Another fa ther/son tea m, Jerry Stewart Sr. an d Jr., shouldn't have any arguments about their rid ing abilities for each took th ird in their respective cla sses- Sen ior and I25cc A. Dennis Sch enk picked up the Senior class win and, combined with John Dameron 's 200cc A win a nd Robert Schnathors t's seco nd in the 250cc A class, earned the Burlington Vall ey Dusters M.C. the best club fin ish in th e event. O verall B ri der Ra y Meyer, ab oard a KTM 250, beca me a n in stant A ride r when he posted a score of 74. Younger brother John Meyer, also mounted o n a KT M 250 said he was proud o f Ray and th ankfu l he won overa ll B for n ow h is score of 87 would take fir st p lace in the 250cc B class. . J im Stanfield, youn gest brother of the raci n g Stanfields, misplaced 67 points for the fir st pl ace tro p hy in the 125cc A class aboard a Grandview, Missouri, Husky. Second p lace Mark H osbach, a working. member of the Ill inois-Kentucky End uro R iders Association combined business with p leasure and ga ve one in di cation why th e Black Coal Na tional has been a success over the years . He . spent considerable time quizzing club . mem bers as to not only what they did in organizing the event, but also why. T he sign-up and trophy presentation was at the Madison County Fairgrounds which is a sparkling clean, roomy complex with generous campin g space . Club president Jim Ross said, "We've got our application in for a National next year. We can get the Fairgrounds as a start ar ea and already mem bers h ave come u p with some new twists for th e ru n." Oh yes, Ron R ibolzi, residen t wit for the AA riders, said during th e riders meeting, " If you come up on a ribbon during the run that ra ttl es, don't follow it." • Results OVERALL: Terry Cunn ingham (Hus) 25. HIGH POINT A : Kevin Hines (Hus) 40 . HIGH POINT B: Ray Meyers (KTM) 74 . 200c:c AA : 1. John Fero (SuzI38; 2. Jeff Fredette (Suz) 56. OPENAA : 1. Terry Cunningham (Hus) 25; 2. John Martin (C-AI 34; 3. Mark Hyde (Hus) 37; 4. Mike Mehan (Hus) 42; 5. Jack Penton (Kaw) 47 ; 6. Fritz Kedlec (Kaw) 49 ; 7. Drew Smith (Kew) 52. 125cc A:. 1. Jim Stanfield (Hus) 67; 2. Mark Hasback (Hus) 98; 3. Jerry Steward (C-A) 118 ; 4. D.J. Ryan (C-A) 137; 5. LJ. Casey (Yaml. 200c:cA : 1. John Dameron (Suz) 57; 2. Tom Eller (Yam) 68; 3. Matt Cullins (Yam) 69; 4. Paul Wicks (Suz) 70; 5: Dan Buck (Yam) 80 . 250cc A : 1. John Wheren (Kaw) 55; 2. Robart Schnathorst (Kaw ) 80; 3. Dean Kronenwetter (Hus) 80; 4. Steve Efferson (C-A) 65 ; 5. Chuck Canno n (Hus) 70. OPEN A: 1. David Bertram (Hus) 61; 2. James Comb (Kew l 64; 3. Jeff Irwin (Han) 70; 4 . Thoma. Drake (Hus) 71; 6. Jemes McCrimmon (Hus) 7~ SR: 1. Denn is Schenk (Suz) 77; 2. Clell Furne ll (Hus) 84; 3. Jerry St_art (Suz) 86; 4. Albart Ser- . Quist (Hus) 96; 6. Hugh Black (Han) 100. SUPER SR: 1. Ted Schwartz (Han); 2. J im Maier (Hus); 3. Herb Wichhorst (Hus). . 126cc B: 1. Jerry Walking (C-A) 168; 2. Jim Koen ig (KTM) 177; 3. William Schaffer (Hus) 178; 4. John Boyce (Yam); 5. Danny Robbins (KTM). . 200cc B: 1. Scott Schechter (C-A) 89; 2. Kenny Mumm (Kew) 96; 3. Rick Haley (Yam) 97; 4. David Coutler (Kew) 108; 5. Kirk Hoveling (Yam) 116 . 250cc B: 1. John Meyer (KTM) 87; 2. Dennis Harlan (Kaw ) 90; 3. Monty Rockey (Mai) 115 ; 4. Denn is Baysinger (KTM) 116 ; 6. Kurt Atha (Kaw) 118. OPEN B: 1. Randy .Evans (Yam); 2. Henny Young (Ma i) 143; 3. Joel Peterson (Hus) 153; 4. TIm Blass (Husl 173; 5. Martin Klavins (Oss) 206. 4-STROKE: 1. TIm Johnson (Han); 2. Bruce Cratty (Han); 3. Roger LeRette (Yr.m); 4. M ike Ramsay (Han); 5. Jerry Petters (Kew . PP: Gale VanDewetter (HUBI.

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