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Trans-AMA MX Series - Round four
Hurricane
storms through
,snow, hail a'nd rain ~t ·
Red Bud .T ' N ' T'
By Charles Morey
BUCHANAN . MICH . . OCT. 16
Trapped in an .in credibly temperamental
weather pattern, participants in the Buchanan
Jaycees' Red Bud T 'N'T Trans-AMA round
survived snow in practice , alternate bouts with
rain/sleet / hail during the motos
and a devastating 1·1 blast from
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T earn Yam ah as B0 b "H rri ca n e"
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Hannah, H a n n ah , riding his
6
Keith McCarty tuned OW32A works
Yamaha , . progressed steadily from a
seventh place start (at the end of the
opening lapjto take the moto one lead
in the final 10 minutes when Team
Honda's j im Pomeroy stalled his motor
in one of the greasy turns . Round two
saw Han n ah sq ueeze past Tommy
Croft of the formidable Honda squad
on th e first ha lf lap , qu ickly extend his
lead to over 20 seconds. and h ustle to
a virtually uncha llenged win .
Pomeroy led the Hond a contingent .
who filled places two through five at
the di fficu lt day's end, with a solid 2-2
ta lly. T ommy Croft p ut in an equally
consistent 4-4 third place ride while
Marty Smith registered a 6-3 fourth
and Brad Lackey made his a 3-9 fifth .
Mart y Tripes' . Har ley -Davidson
found a home in sixth place, just
ahead of Trans-AMA Series points
leader Roger DeCoster.
In National "support" class action ,
Team Husqvarn a 's Chuck Sun
ret urned to the top of the heap this
weekend following an afternoon-long
bout with Moto-X Fox rider Mark
Barnett . Kawasaki 's Terry Clark
followed the 1l-2·2 Sun/ Barnett act
with a 3-4 third place while Mickey
Kessler on the Cosmopolitan Motors
Mo ntesa and Mark Gregson on his
privateer RM250 Suz uki ro unded out
the top five.
Starting the day on a sour no te was
frig htening accident involving AMA
Starter Carroll Chandler and T eam
Hu sq va rn a 's Ken t Howerton . As
Chandler sp ri nted to'the sidelines after
displaying t he 2- 1 mi nute board for
the start of the first m ot o , Howerton ,
bli nded by the flying mud , ' collided
with him send ing both rider and
flagman flipping through the air.
Howerton recovered for the restart ,
dazed and with a painful leg injury ,
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