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or~nilation based in Milwaukee, WIsconsin, and two teams raised $2000 by getting pledges on the number of laps they completed. Team Next Door II went on to win the Lightweight class on their Kawasak iiSpectro/Yokoharna-sponsored . Kawasaki EXSOO. Twenty minutes after the red flag the race was back underway with Team Suzuki still on top. Even th o ug h everything seemed to be goin g fairly well for the team, Harth blasted some of his fellow competitors after his first time out. " T hey o ugh t to put some of those guys on m inibikes so the fast teams could be by them faster." Dan Chivington just back fro m the TransAtlantic Match races, donated his riding services to the Team Next Doo r II effort. Chivington was having a blast riding the quickhandling EX500, driving around machines with twice the • displacement. Nex t Doo r II's la p times didn't suffer much when Ch ivington got off the bike. The team had assembled a star-filled cast of riders with Ed Key a nd Scott Zampach teaming with Chivington. The Lightweight class has become very competitive this year wi th EX500s racing against Yamaha RZ.350s and several bootleg Yamaha FZR400s. Next Door II's talent was too much for the rest of the field even though Zampach rode the last hour without front brakes. Solmax Racing was plagued with bad luck, breaking one front wheel and seriously bending another on the track 's abundant alligator bumps. Even with the problems Solmax finished fourth in the Heavyweight Production class on their Yamaha FZRIOOO. Another red flag came out at the halfway point in the race.due to one of the track ambulances breaking down while the other was transporting a rider. The second delay lasted over an hour. When the race was restarted for the second time it was down to under two ho ur s to go and several duels would go to the wire. Team Suzuki ma intained a one lap lead going into the last hour wi th Fubar still very much in the hunt only o ne lap down. Team Gamma was adjusting well to the new 1I00cc bike and hel d a sol id th ird, followed by a very close race between H uman Race and Genesis Racing, Team Velocity had built up a soli d three-lap lead over Miller Low-Life R acing in the Mediumweight Superbike class. Blackhawk specialist Dave Klosterman ' and Mike Treadaway had the Thomson Honda-backed Team Velocity CBX600 Hurricane in seventh overall with one hour to 1$0. Team SI. Louis held -a very slim lead in the Mediumweight Production class over Dreyer Racing going into the last hour; both teams were Honda CBX600 Hurricanemounted. Next Door II had their . Kawasaki EXSOO in the Lightweight lead, but Orient Express Yamaha (FZR400) and FBI (EX500) were not far behind. Zampach would have to nurse his one-lap lead on ailing brakes. Fubar Racing's chances at a win came to an end just after the fivehour mark, when the team 's Suzuki GSX R lost a header pipe. The team retired and finished in 36th p lace. Team St. Louis also watched their lead in Mediumweigh t Prod uction vanish when their brakes went away. Bob Marquardt commented on St. Louis' last hour. "Gaines overshot the pits on the last stop, he warned me that the brakes were going, I went flying into turn one and sure enough, no brakes." tI' IS IN FLORIDAl Cagiva's 125 WMX World Motocross Champ ©~@llW~ LS.D .E. . 6 Day Winner 125 MX HUSKY... 16 Time U.S. National Enduro Champ Husqvama Baja 1000 Winner ' See These Participating Florida Cagiva Dealers: Daytona Beach Fort Lauderdale Fort Walton Beach PERSONAL CYCLE SERVICE ACTION SPORT CYCLES 115 East Mason Avenue Daytona Beach. FL 32017 (904) 253-2586 1626 S.W. Third Avenue Fort Lauderdale. FL 33315 (305) 467-RACE HERITAGE CYCLES HARLEY-DAVIDSON . Lake Worth CYCLE WORLD 1714 North Dixie Highway Lake Worth. FL 33460 (3 0 5 ) 588-6253 788 Beal Parkway ForiWalton Beach. FL 32548 (904) 862-4706 Orlando MIDTOWN CYCLES · 532 North Hames Avenue Orlando. FL 32805 (305) 422-0085 8541 GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PEORIA HERITAGE rr SUNDAY, JUNE 14, ~987 All proceeds over and above expenses will be donated to THE AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE HERITAGE FOUNDATION Peoria Motorcycle Club Grounds 6 M iles West on Route 116 Gates Open 9 a.m . - Races start 2 p.m . Sponsored by Peoria Motorcycle Club AMJ1 S A NCTI ONE D Tickets available at Peoria area MC dealers. . Advanced $8 - At gale $10.Children under 12 accompanied by parents admitted free. Please enclose $1 for handling charge on mail orders. Ticket info from: PMC, 1212 S.W. Jefferson Ave., Peoria. IL 61605 (309) 674-1917 or 697-4981 $25,000 Purse plus contingencies DON'T MISS THE CAMEL PRO PEORIA rr ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 16