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ROAD RACE AMA/CCSHarley-DavidsonTwin Sports Series: Round 1 The H��D Twin Sport fmal gets underway with Scott lampach (1) leading the way into tum one, After the top three were disqualified, the victory went to Ronald McGill (30). lampach won on the-track. but his bike was found to be in violation of AMA rules, Top three finishers DQ'ed By Hen ny R a y Abrams and P a u l Carruthers DAYTONA BEACH, FL, MAR. 7 o o one kn ow s for su re, but it's a fair bet that after qualifying for the Harley-Davidson Twin Sports N race over two seconds faster th an a nyo ne else, Till ey' s H-D ' s Scott Zampach ca used a few p eopl e to wonder just how legal h is 883 Sportster wa s. Well , th e short a nswe r wo u ld turn out to be: not very. T he Sportsters o f th e top three fin ish er s, Za mpach, Bartel s' H ��D 's Nige l Gale, a nd L ow Co u nt ry H��D 's Ch uck Blackmon , wer e torn down a fter the eigh t-la p , 28,S-m ile race a n d a ll th ree were found to be in viol ation of AMA rules. All th ree were disqual ified a n d th e victory was given to fo urth p lace fini sh er R onald McGill. T he offend ing Sports ters were found 10 have m ill ed heads. Roy Janson, the AMA's director o f professiona l com pe tition, said , " In that class, it's ill ega l to remove a ny metal whatsoever. The top th ree fin ishers were di squalified du e to apparent performa nce m o difi cati o n s determ in ed th ro ugh measurem ent a nd co m pa riso n to parts supplied by Ha rley-Davidson . The resul ts issued will be co ns idered pro visional u nt il the ap peals by Scott Zam p a ch , Nigl e G al e a n d Chu ck Blackmon have been reso lved." T he p rov isiona l resu lts h ave McG ill w inn i n g , L a n cast er H ��D ' s R an d y ' Texter movi ng from fifth to seco nd , a nd Brita in ' s Fr a n ci s W ill iam son impro ving from si xth to thi rd o n a Ba rtels'v'Wa rr's of London H ��D 883. McGill's ma ch ine wa s found to be withi n th e rul es. The seco nd a nd third p lace mach in es wer e not lorn down beca use th ey hadn 't been im pou n ded. H ad they been so ug h t o u t in th e padd ock , a nd torn down, th ere wou ld h a ve bee n no wa y to prove th a t th ey hadn 't been worked o n since th e end .' of th e race. T h e $5600 winner' s sh are . of th e $30,000 purse went to McGill, with T ext er ea rn in g $3710 and Williamson $2510. Zam pach loo k th e lead in th e ch icane on th e first lap with Gal e second, hi s machine soon to develop a n oil leak th at wo u ld slo w him. T wo rider s wer e elim in a ted o n th e seco n d la p , Canadi an Yvon DuH amel on th e L eo 's H-D a nd Bartel s' M ik e H al e cra sh in g in turn o n e, unhurt . The four-rider ra ce for thi rd was th e best of th e class a n d would p rod uce th e event ua l race winner. Williamson led early in front o f McGill , Blackmon , a n d T ext er. The riders wer e fou r wide o n th e banking a t th e halfway point, Williamson moving to th e front , but just as quickl y ba ckwards aft er nearl y cr as h ing in turn o ne. Down to th e last lap, three rid ers sparre d ; Bla ckmon ge tt ing th e best of it in front o f McGill , T ext er, and Will ia mson. McG ill p robabl y didn 't feel too good abo u t losing o u t o n third. But before long he was first a nd he didn 't even have to pass a nyone to do c:x it. J u st pl a y by th e rules. Results PROnSIO:-lAL H ��D TIns SPO RT S Q UAL: I. Scon Zam pa ch (2:15.286): 2. Rona ld McG ill (2: 17.63 1): 3. Sha wn Hi gb.... (2:17.716); 1. N igel G al< (2;17.88��1): 5. Mike Hal e (2: 18.357): 6. Bret t Donahue (2: 18.603): 7. Franci s William son (2:19.622); 8. Rich ard Koe h ler (2:20.2 10); 9. Randy Texter (2:20.2 17): 10. Davey Du relle (2:20.826): I I. Bo h Bossardet (2:20.939); 12. P<.I I Moron ey (2 :2 1.64 0); 13. To ny Don a hu e 12:22.3'10); 14. J ack Dupree (2:22.693): 15. Chuck Blackmon (2:22.785); 16. Yvon DuHa mel (2:22.926); Ii. Tony ~ ontenegro(2 : 23 . 01 9) ; 18. Roger Reiman (2:23.569); 19. Na o cy Delgado(2:24.250): 20. Jerr y Wall a ce (2:24.938); 21. G uy Stua rt (2:24.9 15): 22. Jon Stauffer (2:24.944): 23. Bobby Kuhl (2:25. 103): 24. J o hn Co sta (2:25.5{ ; 25. Devin Banl ey (2:26.155). H) H ��DTWIN SPORTS: I. Ron al d McG ill : 2. Ran dy T ex ter: 3. Sha wn Hi gbee; 4. Fran cis Will iam son ; 5. Rich ard Koehler: 6. Bob Bossar det: 7. Ro ger Reim an; 8. J am es Les lie; 9. Ja ck Dupree; 10. Nan cy Del gad o; II. Darr en La ne; 12. John Long; 13. Denn is For tenbaugh: 14. Tony Mont en gr o: 15. Ri ch ie Mor ris; 16. Hans Wilson ; 17. T h omas Lechner; IR. Bub Weber; 19. Delvi n Bartl ey: 20. John Cos ta; 21. T ro y Rober ts; 22. Wo lfgan g Zeven; 23. J on Stauffer; 24. Jeff Burck ; 25. Lester Metzler; 26. Rob ert Alli son; 27. Tony Don ahue: 28. Ervin Lyska wa Sr.: 29. Davi d Yesrnan : 30. Ken Serakas: 31. William Burr; 32. Davey Du relle: 33. Mike Hal e; 34. Brett Don ahue; 35. Pal Moroney; 36. Yvon DuHam el ; 37. J err y Wall ace; 38. G uy Stua rt ; 39. Bobby Kuhl ; 40. Moe Wengu er. Time: 00: 15:48.837 Distance; B la ps. 28.5 mi les Anra~ Speed: 94.549 m ph Margin O(ViCIOry: 00: 11.065

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