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t·the world to win
cc&500cc .
world team titles.
, UPSET #1. TIme: Early September, 1981 ..
Place: The sandy'Capel Lommel motocross
course in Belgium. Event: The prestigious 250cc
Trophee des Nations MX Team Championship.
"The winners? Four of America's finest (but ,.'
vastly underrated) motocrossers - Danny
Lal'orte, Johnny O'Mara, Chuck Sun and
Donnie Hansen. Their combined point total
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completely overwhelmed the favored Europeans.
All mounted on Honda 250cc "Stadiums."
UPSET # 2. Time: One week later. Place: "
The hilly, rock-strewn course in Bielstein, West '
Germany. Event: The famed 500cc MX des "
Nations Team Championship.
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The winners? Same team. Also Hondamounted. With a total score that staved off a
strong British challenge by one"
marker. An incredible win for a team sent abroad by modest
contributions from hundreds of American
enthusiasts.
Riding along with the Yanks and sparking
the Hondas through all the grit and grime and
flying rocks was Champion. So next time you
need plugs for your bike, make sure you install
Champions... the spark plug that wins the
world over.
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Champion Spark Plug Company . Toledo. OH 43661
