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Fritz Kadlec (ebow) finished second lit High Mountein Here Scramble behind
Husqvem8 teenvnete Merit Hyde. (Below) FII'lIt tum ection.
AMA National Championship Hare
Scrambles Series: Round 6
Hyde hot at High
Mountain
By Dennis Zurawski Jr.
ST. JOHN'S, PA. JUNE I
Team Husqvarna rider Mark Hyde took the
overall victory at the High Mountain Dirt
Riders National Hare Scramble aboard a 430
Automatic, followed by Husky teammates
Fritz Kadlec and Fred Hoess,
who finished second and third
overall respectively.
When the green flag dropped,
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sending off the Open A and 250cc A
classes, Can-Am's john Martin took
the holeshot and led in the early
stages of lap one. Martin was followed by a slew of other riders incl uding Hyde, Kadlec, Hoess, Can-Am's
Geoff Ballard, Husky rider Mike Keen,
and Yamaha-mounted Scott Plessinger. Immediately off the start it was a
blistering pace. Mark Hyde later said
"1£ we all kept up that pace, no one
would have finished."
The first lap speUed trouble for
Ballard. In the first turn from the
start Ballard got caught in the middle
of the pack and someone ran into the
side of his knee, causing it to "go
numb for a while." Later in lap one,
Ballard hit a rock on a powerline section causing him to fall hard and
bend up his bike. Ballard explained,
"I fell, and the shock from the fall
caused sweat to spray the inside of my
goggles and my bars got bent downward and I couldn't bang them up."
Meanwhile, Hyde and Hoess were
getting into the groove and had some
serious racing going on. "Fred and I
changed places a few times and we
had ome good racing out there,"
stated Mark Hyde.
As the rider came around to finish
the Can-Am team finished in fifth
lap one, Keen held a 15-second lead
and sixth places overall.
over Martin. It was 10 seconds later
High Mountain's 10.5-mile course
when Hyde appeared with Plessintested 161 riders. The course was
ger, Tony Hendon and Hoess hot on
composed of tight, rocky trails, linked
his heels.
together by sections of powerline and
During lap two Hyde took the lead
two tunnels which crossed under the
as Keen dropped back into sixth
Interstate. Mark Hyde explained how
overall. Plessinger moved into first
he rides the rocks, saying "You can't
250cc A, second overall at the end of
go too fast that you get flats or fall,"
lap two, 54 seconds behind Hyde. Six
which is exactly how he rode to capseconds later, Hoess limped into the
tUTe the win. Martin said "The rocks
pits with a flat tire. Hoess was on his
were a challenge," and, disappointed
way two and one-half minutes later,
with his finish, added. "Today I
new wheel and all, but now almost
failed to meet the challenge. If I lived
four minutes away from Hyde. Keen,
here all my life I sure wouldn't ride
Martin, Hendon and Kadlec all got
motorcycles, [because of the rocks] I
by Hoess. Leader Hyde explained "I
would play golf or softball- but not
got a good rhythm going, far enough
basketball. "
ahead so the other riders couldn't see
Other riders turning in good scores
me, allowing me to run my own pace."
'were Tom Buckles, on a Husqvarna
Hoess had his work cutout for him
four-stroke. Buckles battled with
starting lap three. Hyde increased his
Honda-mounted Scott Summers until
lead to 90 seconds and Plessinger conSummers' rear sprocket disintegrated.
tinued to hold off the other top riders.
As Summers changed sprockets,
Kadlec moved into third overall with
Buckles passed him and went on to
Hendon a bil