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me because I get a lo ng pretty well with most o f th em ." U pon returnin g to th e U.S. i n the fall of 1984, Eaton "went to th e last fo ur races of the T ra ns-Ca l MX Seri es fo r so me fun , to relax , but a lso to do good . I won two o f the (250cc Pro ) races , and in th e third I ran o u t o f fuel whil e running seco nd beh in d J ohn n y O 'M ara , In th e San Bern a rd in o race (a supercross ), I finish ed seco nd th ere a nd th ey were givi ng a truck a way fo r fir st ; O 'M ara , th e guy wh o rea lly di d n ' t need i t, drov e it awav, I was pretty bummed o u t because i needed a vehi cle." Eat on 's o n-agai n, off -agai n ta lks with Yamaha , which had go ne on for o ver a year, fin all y result ed in a Pro Support deal for th e 1985 sea so n . " It' s a bikes and parts dea l, a nd o f co urse I'm still eli gible to receive money from their conti nge ncy program . Thi ngs with them have been so grea t, bett er than th ey've ever been before . I staved w i th th e sam e mecha nic, R.B: Allen, w ho reall y did a great jo b for me in part of '84 ." Aft er a half season o f finis hes in 1985 well with in the top 10, Eaton went to th e Bu ch anan (Michigan ) Nat iona l in J u ly a nd cooked to h is career-bes t Na tional fin ish ; second overal l. " R ig ht after it h ap pen ed , I wa s thinking a bou t th e tr ip I was ta ki ng to Euro pe a few days after a nd really co u ldn 't app reciate it. T he whole time I was in Europe I was thin kin g , ' I fin ish ed second!' It felt so good. I ca n rem ember bac k when I was 10 yea rs o ld th a t I couldn't even imagi ne getting u p that high. " Wh ile Ea ton has enjoyed a ni ce dose of su ccess, he 's still not on ea sy street. " T h is yea r, fo r th e fir st time, I' ve been able to bu y m y own vehicl e, a diesel-powered Ford pi ckup, and th a t gives m e a good feeling. But while I'm starting to make money, there's nowhere near eno ug h to where I ca n start investing it. The gas money, payi ng a mech a n ic's sa la ry a nd other o n-t he-road expenses rea ll y takes a cu t o ut o f a n yth ing I make. I n eed to get th a t o ne step high er - to th e factory level." Whil e Eaton say s he almos t nev er gets hom e to Tacoma, wh en he docs yo u're likely to find h im out en joyin g th e great o u tdoors. " Ca m p in g , hiking , snow .skiin g a n d bi cycling are th e m ost fu n for me, an d Wash ing ton is o ne o f th e best p laces to do th em . Wh en I ge t some free ti me, I can relax by goi ng o n so me pretty serio us hikes - just short o f mountai n cl im bing. " I n ever got into sports wh en I was in school; I g uess I was p rett y m uch a loner a nd w hat free ti m e I h ad I p ut into mot oc ro ss. I sti ll th ink I ca n do p ret ty we ll at most things , and woul dn ' t mi nd join ing an a ma teu r baseball team whe n I get the ti me. " For the im m ed iat e future. Eaton will be too busy to think about much m o re th an m ot o cro ss. " I' m very serious abo u t wi nning and about beco m in g a Nationa l C hampion. A long time ago. I made up my mi nd that I was going to do everyt hing for myself , n ot for anyo ne else. and I wa nt this very badl y. I do n ' t know of man y peopl e who a re serious th at have fun o n race da y; I kn ow I don ' t. Race days are too ten se to ha ve fu n. I ca n have fun after , th ink in g a ho ut how th e ra ce wen t. " I keep thi nking there's on ly o ne pla ce for m e to go - fo r so me Nati on al win s. I have the co nf ide nce I n eed a nd th ere' s n othing sto p p ing .24-HOUR o~ WERA N ational Endurance Se ries. Wa rren. OH. A ugust 1 , - 1st Ol-A & -lst-Heavyweight-Superbike.-l SPEED B'OYS I ----~Ya m a h ilFZ75 0 - 2 nd OAA & 2nd Hea~eig~t-Superbike l _.. ,. - r-T, - lI -r I HSC RACING -+---+Yaina a F~r"'1~OO-+---+~ I I . ! : I. I ; ~-I-1-st MediumweighrPro'dlJction-H ORN IBROTHER S-RA""CING i amanaFJ60b ! 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Th e echoes we've h eard from Er ic Eaton ca rry with th em a ce rta i n strength th at a p pea rs to be ge tti ng stronger as th e months go o n. The force is w ith h im , a nd if he handl es it properly, he may even achieve those p)~cA. ~,o ug!l t ~ft5~~ g9~ I;;s I ( I H ( 1'- I · (213) 398-1336 '" I 1 ""