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By Denman Shaffer
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Martin nips Melton
in Redneck National
John Martin (above and below right) edged Mike Melton (below left) for
the win by a scant two seconds. It was Martin's first '83 win.
AMA National Championship Enduro
.. Series: Round 5
Nationals and Qualifiers , th e weather Cunningham was o u t of th e race and
a t R edneck wa s ex trem ely coo pe ra - th at h e a n d Melton were fig h tin g Cor
rive, A line o f thunder storms dropped the w in , Martin tu rned up the wick to
a n
inch of ra in on the ca m p g ro u n d bea t Melton by 15 seconds through
and co u rse on Saturday even in g a n d th e la st tie-brea ker sect ion to claim a
had many ea rl y m inute riders , such as two second vic to ry on co m bin ed tie-
Husk y's Kevin Brown a n d Da vid Ber- breaker scores. The win was Martin 's
tra m,
moaning about th e long drives first since last year's Bla ck Coal and
th ey had made only to have another he is a defin it e co n te n d er Cor th e title
mud run . Knowl edgeable riders and this year.
club m embers wer e all smiles, how - Martin 's n ew mount for the en du ro
ever , as
they knew th e sa n dy loam is a wars is a Can-Am 250 ASE (Ai r-
r ider's
paradise wh en wet. Sunday coo led, Singl e-shock Enduro) which
morning dawned clea r and the ther- is a new model. The engi n e is the
mometer hovered around th e 65 mark famil iar Rotax 250 d isc-valve wh ich
all da y, m aking riding co n d it io ns Mart in h a s been d evel oping Cor sev-
perfect. eral yea rs . Frame co ns tr u ctio n and
The AA riders wer e unanimous in bike assem bly is don e by Armstrong
p rai sing th e run, with both Mart in Motor cycl es in Engl and.
and Melton ca ll in g . i t, " T h e best Mart in rep o rte d th e bike as being
Na tional we 've run thi s year." " R ig h t " by far Can -Am 's best effo r t - ever.
up there with Bla ck Coal and Little Next yea r we' II h av e a Cull line oC
Burr," wa s a n o the r wa y ri d ers de- ASE 's a n d p la n to m ak e a serio us
scri bed wh a t is rapidl y becoming o ne dent in th e en d uro m a rk et. T he Arm-
o f th e premier r u ns on th e National 'stro n g fa ctory is 100 pe rce n t m o to r-
ci rcu i t. cycles a n d a ny th ing
I want c ha nged
U tilizin g a
rollin g sa n d hill sec- is d one im me d ia tely."
tion of N orth Louisiana , the spon - Mel ton , wh o reta ine d h is lead in
sor in g
Dust y Wh eel s club tak es a th e N a tional p oints c hase, h a s been
stra
igh tfo rw a rd approach to en d u - th e h ottest rid er on th e ci rcu it thi s
ros. T ig h t woods trails, hardwood year a nd cred ited hi s success to " An
bottoms, fir eb reaks , logging ro ads , improv ed a tt i tu de a n d a few cha n ges .
a n d
numerous p ipe a n d high line I' m ri d ing a bigger bik e a n d it 's
tra ils a ll
thoroughl y test tr a il riding ha n d li ng a n d po wer seem to sui t m y
ski lls . Several sec tio n s were
run at riding sty le bett er thi s yea r."
less
than th e 24 mph sta n da rd speed T heo n ly rem a ining J a p an ese team ,
a vera ge to test tim ek eeping skills. Kawa sak i, suffered an other loss at th e
Kn
own co ntro ls a n d reset s wer e ut i- race w he n Frit z Kad lec smacked a tree
lized to keep
rider s from ca rryi n g a nd re tired w ith cuts to h is m outh.
p o
ints a ll th e wa y through the run. Teammate JefCF rede t te is o u t Cor sev -
Checks we re loca ted before and a fter eral more weeks wit h a leg i nj ury.
tes t sec
tions . The cl ub has ne ver had T h e ba il ie for top h o n or s in th e
a p
rotest o r th rown out a check in its SE RA thi s year co n tin ue s to be a toss -
eigh t yea rs of h olding en d uros. u p , with Hu sky support ride rs Sea les
As h as becom
e th e cus to m since the a n d Kevin Taylo r wre stl ing the Be ll
clu b's firs t Nationa l in 1979, the bo ys Cor top honors a t every ru n. •
eve nt is p rece
ded by a w he elie contest Results
down a spectator lined m a in stree t in GRAND CHA M PION: Jo hn Ma rt in (C-A) 13 .
do w n to wn Sal ine. Aft er se vera l ro ws OVERAll A: Terry Seal es (Hus) 17.
C
I ff SE&TRA
OVERAll B: Gary Joe Little (Vam) 27 .
o u n sp ect a cu a r e o r ts, OVERALL: 1. J ohn Ma rt in (C-AI1 3; 2. M ikeMel .
en d u ro a n d h ar e scra m bles co m pe ti- ton (Husl 13; 3. Kevin Hine s (Hu sl 15; 4 . David
tor Alv in McCannon got th ings prop- Bertram (Hus) 16; 5. Terry Seales (Hus ) 17; 6. Darryl
Ku enzer (C·A)
17; 7. Dar ryl Bell (Yam) IS; S. Mart<
er ly underway with a one-wheel tr ip Hyde (Hus ) 19; 9 . Ke vi nTa ylor (Hu s) 19; 10 . Dw igh t
th e length of th e stree t on his Husk y. Rudde r (Hus) 19; 11 . Kevin Brown (Hus l 21 ; 12 .
Barr y Bell (Vam ) 21 ; 13 . Gary
Johnson (KTM I 22;
Judg in g Cor. th e event w as serio us ly 14 . Glenn Holi ingshead(KTMj 22; 15 .Alv inMcCon -
co m p lica ted a few m inutes la ter , when non (Hus l 23 ; 16 . Larry Little (Han) 23 ; 17. Steve
the AA rider s began co mi n g to th e Gav in (Vam) 24 ; 1B. Dav id Jumonville (Hu s) 24 ; 19 .
David
Jordan (Vam) 25 ; 20 . Ricky Hill (Vam) 25 .
line a n d showe d how a wh eelie is AASERA : 1. Seales 17; 2. Bell IS; 3. Taylor 19;4.
ex ecuted a t th e top level. Husky's Bell 21 ; 5. Johnston 22 ; 6 . Holl ingshead 22; 7.
Gavin 24 ; 8 . Jonny Kemp 40 .
Kevin Hines a n d Can-Am 's Mart in 200cc A : 1. Ricky Hill 25 ; 2. Randy Sma1l2S; 3.
wer e both impressiv e, as was Kawa- Rick May 30 ; 4 . Tom Howard 32 ; 5. Bud Chambless
sa ki ' s lone e nt ry, Fritz Kadl ec, wh o 32
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A ; 1. Dwight Rudder 19; 2. Kevin Brown
sh o wed th at j eff Fred ett e is not the 21 ; 3 . David J umonville 24 ; 4 . Eddie Chaney 26 ; 5.
I AA
' d h h 1° Bill Gusse 29.
o n y n er w 0 can w ee re on OPEN A : 1. Alvin McCannon 23 ; 2. Larry Little 23;
both wh eel s. . 3. David J ordan 25 ; 4 . Charl es Hennen 2S; 5.
Th C b
' 1C
Richard Norman 29 .
e eve nt wa s up o r gra s unu A INT: 1. Fitz M ill er 29 ; 2. Marion Whatley 30; 3.
cl as s rider David C a rlino j ack ed h is Roger Landers 36 ; 4 . Bobby Thomasee 36 ; 5.
200 Ho vda u p on th e back wh eel. James Selmons 3S.
. A SR: 1. Charl ie
Burk 36 ; 2. Ed Gilbert 3S; 3 . Terry
then sto od up with one Coot on the Webb 39 ; 4 . Ralp h Statom 43 ; 5. Jack Shoal mire
seat a n d the o ther o n the tool k it and so.
ro de a ll th e w a v d own the s tree t a n d l00cc B: 1. Tim Simmons B6; 2. Ammie l Kyson ;
1 3. Norman Gauthreault.
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