SOOcc National MX Series.
Round four
tack pops the cork
Steve Stackable (71 and Pierre Karsmakers (8) charge through a hail of flying dirt as the 0
the overall win with Pierre moving in for second overall. Tommy Croft (21) placed eighth
By Gary Van Voorhis
N EW BERLIN , N.Y . , AUG UST 1
"I t 's been a long, long time
coming. I've waited four years for
an overall victory on the National
circuit andzit feels good. It feels·
damn good." Suzuki teamster
Steve Stackable, sweaty, grimy
and perhaps a bit out of breath,
still .had plenty of stamina left ~or
~e . nnportant cho.~s of VIctO')' like
kissing the trophy girl and openmg the
customary bottle of champagne . Kissing
the trophy-girl was the easy part. The
cork broke off in the bottle of bubbly
and Steve had to dig it out with a knife
and a corkscrew to get a sip. Then,
handing the bottle to one of the crowd
of well wishers who had pressed close t o
get a look at the champion of the
Unadilla 500cc National MX, Steve
went back for another clinch with the
trophy girl , Ms. Kellee Andrews, while
someone walked , off with his
cha~pagne. Steve ~hrugged.off the loss
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be four years between the champa e
thi ti
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IS ime.
Staekable's 1-3 score told the story
for overall with Honda's Pierre "Pepe"
Karsmakers taking second with a 2-5
placing. In third was hard luck rider of
the day Tony DiStefano who led both
motos comfortably at one time only to
ha ve ground-sky experiences which
dropped his finishes to a pair of hard
earned fourth
lad
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