Gene Church crashed his Harley-Davidson. but still came away with the
BoTT championship; Adamo finished second in the title chase.
Adamo won by 49.386 seconds on the track. but was disqualified; Adamo
has appealed the AMA decision and it will be heard by an appeals board.
Jimmy Adamo
Tunstall wins BoYT;
Adamo disqualified
By Ranuy
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BRASELTON, GA, AUG 10
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J1mmy Adamo hi aze d to a'n the Battle of The
over Malcolme TunstallI
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the victory was awarded to Tunstall when
-my engine is 1017cc, because I'm
allowed 40-thousandths. They said
no. The rule book is not clear. The
people from the AMA said that themselves. There's going to be a hearing
and I'm going there with my lawyer;
we're going to fight until the end."
The decI'sl'on was a bitter dl'sappointment for Adamo, who led the
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race from ag-to- ag,powenngaway
to play during a winning 16-lap
n II'f'ed
romp th a t 'apparen tl y w as u II
by the rule book. The Team Leoni
pilot was challenged by HarleyDavI'dson-mounted Gene Church, but
gan Yamaha/J&J Cycle Yamaha. Going into the race, Joas had already
locked up the Lightweight Modified
National championship.
By lap four, Adamo, Church and
Tunstall had spread out, and continued to leave the balance of the
BoTT field behind. The battle between Kieffer, Van Staden, Liebman,
Johnson and Doug Gross continued
to heat up, while Doug Gross led the
Heavyweight Modified field and
Johnson set the pace for the Lightweight division.
By lap seven Adamo's lead over
Church had increased to II seconds,
and Kieffer and Van Staden ran noseto-tail as they closed on Tunstall.
Church crashed on lap 10, while
Gross joined the Kieffer/Van Staden
fight for third. By lap 14 Adamo was
lapping riders, and Johnson had
lapped Joas.
Tunstall finished a distant second
behind Adamo, Kieffer took third,
Gross finished fourth to take the
Heavyweight Modified win, and Van
Staden got around Liebman to take
fifth. Rounding out the top 10 were
Liebman, Johnson (first Lightweight), Joas, Brad Joyce and Tom
Sharp.
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Results
OVERALL: 1. Maleolme Tun_II (Due); 2. Devid
Kieffer (Due); 3. Douglas Gross (Due); 4. Hilton Van
Staden (Due); 5. Kun Uebmann (Due); 6. Peter
Johnson (Cag); 7. Dean Joas (Lav); 8. 8radford
Joyce (Cag); 9. Tom Sharp (H-D); 10. BenStucl;'.n~j~ba;';?;~~&a'r;;~a~;;th~~'S~h~~~BtJ;.JY~-.~~t~i~;~~(:I4:~.~0.ld.ra.".t2.'.)~.I'iIU • 1(.2.1It..·.......
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