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Cycle News 1980 04 23

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o 00 ~ In his first TlNIm Haky ride, Frank Gallo won the Open I/A cIeaa. AM.A/ISDT Qualifier Series: Round two lAbove) Ed Lojek survived the rain. winning overall by nine seconds (points). (Below) How often do you see a Harley V-twin lit a Two-Dey? Lojak leads Alabama TwoDay survivors By Gary Van Voorhis MAPLESVILLE, AL, APR. 12-15 Ed Lojak led a field of 34 survivors out of a 300plus rider starting field to post the best individual score in the Perry Mountain M.e. organized Alabama Two-Day. Husqvama-mounted Lojak held off Frank Gallo -' in £ his fi n'd.e lor T earn H usk y ~t by rune pomts (seconds) 1505 to 1514. Gallo took the Open division 16 win in the combined Letter of Intent and A class while Lojalr. was the 2S0cc 1/A winner. Yamaha's Ron Ribolzi took the 17Scc 1/A class. There were no 12Scc 1/A finishers and no B class riders finished Day One. In all, nine gold medals were earned, starting with Lojalr. and Gallo followed by KTM's new star Frank Stacy, with Maico rider Steve Van ~atermeulen and Y.amaha-mounted RIck M.unyon roundIng out the top five. Mi!'-e Melton, a~ard a J:luslr.~, place? SIxth overall trailed by .~lbo~I, KTM s Rod Bush and SUZukI s MIke Rosso to round out the gold rush. Unrelenting rain turned Alabama red clay into slick, no traction grease on the trails, ~alr.ing hills .which woul~ ~ave been e~lly passable m dry condlliOns, forrmdable roadblocks for one and all.. Pasture land that was J;lart of the specIal test became a quagmIre. Planning on mostly dry weather when organizing the event, the Perry Mount~in M.e. ?pted to st~rt Open class bikes first WIth descending order to the one-two-fives. That backfired and Open bikes churned up a sea of mud and ruu that left the smaller bikes struggling. Perhaps the most telling remark. of the event came from a farmer observing the fmal test in a steady downpour on Day Two. He turned to Mike Rosso, who had finished his run, and asked, "Yo~: !;>ors sur~ d~, lo~e this, don't you? It s mY.J0b, saId Rosso. The farmer shook hIS head. Day.One Rain had fallen steadily from midafternoon on Friday and by 7 a.m. key time the impound area was partially covered by a ruddy colored sea of swirling water. Lightning accompanied by the rumble of thunder did little to make those who had second thoughu about starting less doubtCuI. By the end of Day One over 260 of those with doubts and a good many of those without would be spectating or dryinK out. The slowest of three time schedules was used and club members wc:re in (Continued to page 18)

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