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Ed lojak piloted his Husqvarna to the overall victory in round three of the AMA National Championship Hare Scrambles at loretta lynn's. Kevin Brown took his Honda to second behind lojak in the overall standings and was second in the 250cc A class. Mark Hyde (leading) and Fritz Kadlec battled it out for third and fourth overall all the way to the finish. Hyde ended up with third. AMA National Championship Hare Scrambles Series: Round 3 Lojak·smokes to Loretta Lynn's win By HoytZenobio Photos by Joe Colombero NASHVILLE, TN. MAR. 29 On a hot and humid day just west of Nashville, Husqvarna rider Ed Lojak kept his cool and won the Loretta Lynn's round of the National Championship Series. Lojak finished almost a full minute ahead of his nearest I rival and defending National Hare Scrambles Champion, Husqvarna's Mark Hyde, who was dicing over the second place position with Fritz Kadlec. As they crossed the checkered flag, Hyde just did edge Kadlec for the number two position The first wave blew off the starting line and snaked around the first turn tree with Can-Am's Ron Naylor grabbing the holeshoL He was shadowed by KTM's Kevin Hines and Team Husky's Open class warriors, 1986 lSDE top American, Fritz Kadlec, reigning hare scrambles champion, Mark Hyde. Scraping the heels of the leaders came Torn Harris and Stanley Lojak's YZ490. As they catapulted into the woods, Naylor held a miniscule lead over Hyde and Hines. The 250cc A class was the second row to gate and was highlighted by a fuJI contingent of go-fasters. Eddie Lojak and flying Kevin Brown squared off to a race long riot that would carry them past the 500cc class and into a battle for the overall. Husky rider Fred Hoess, YZmounted Tim Shephard, Can-Am's Johnny Martin, Scott Plessinger and Bruce Buerk were going for a share of the lead. Jeff Fredette and his Team Green KDX200 pounced on an early class lead, and Fredette pretty much went unchallenged within his division. Ben Hamrick and Don Bigley had their own battle for second and third positions. A real rip snoner developed in the popular 125cc A class. Last month's Texas Qualifier. class winner Aaron Hough dominated the action while Cagiva-mounted Eldon Keen played shadow boxer for four laps, and barely gave the Hough's Honda a square inch to breathe in. After lap four Hough stretched his lead and moved into the top 10 overall. Heavy metal pilots Scott Summers and David Rhodes stroked to an immediate lead in the Four-Stroke division. Scott kept his Honda XR just ahead of Rhodes and his Husky for four laps, before the Honda rider gained enough room to stretch. In the Senior A class Henry Stankiewicz . overcame a grim stan to eventually grab and hold onto the Senior A lead over KTM·rider George Burch. A tough gaggle of riders in the Super Senior A division headed by Dave Coombs himself, mounted on a Honda, attacked the Tennessee countryside. Can-Am's Jeff Smith and Husky rider Charles Galbraith kept their machines ahead of Coombs, only to have the promoter quit after the third lap complaining that his rear tire shredded. Galbraith went on to win the class, nearly five minutes ahead of the former 500cc MX World Champion Smith. In the new Junior division (25-35) Californian Tom Webb and his Suzuki battled for the entire event with Tom Marchese and his KTM. Webb finally outlasted the KTM rider. Thirty-one riders competed in . the Open B class with Paul Michels finishing six minutes ahead of Kevin Condon's KTM. Buren Hamrick hammered the 250cc B class, besting Scott Roberts, Mike Monroe and Chris Graber. ' Hondas dominated the FourStroke B division as Mark Niggemyer won the class followed by Jim Stanley, Kevin Howser and Troy Warrington. In the Senior Bs, Don Duvall smoked his Yamaha to a class win over Charles Lester and Don Rye, and Johnny Lee took his IT200 to the class victory in the Super Seniors. Finally, Leon Smith tallied five laps and won the Masters class aboard his Honda. Willard Root was the only other rider in the class to go Qve big ones. By lap two, some of the heavy hitters in the A classes had bombed out. Naylor experienced mechanical woes on his406cc Can-Am and his teammate, John Martin broke a bone in his knee on lap three. Hines called it quits after lap one, saying he didn't feel comfortable with the speeds and dust. Hines' big concern this year is a National Enduro Championship and he doesn't want to jeopardize his chances. Brown has actually mellowed out, and in doing so has become a much