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nah chased th e Brit for several laps during Wednesday's final. The track was designed by Am erican John Sav inski , but th e factory's fear o f in juries wrecking gra nd prix cha nces meant th at few o f th e Eu ropean sta rs were on hand to a tte m p t to stem th e Am eri can tid e on the cha lle nging co urse. Former 250cc World Champion . privat eer G orges J obe, who cu rre nt ly leads th e 500cc G P Serieson a Honda , was on hand at the Pa ris Su percross, but was ma inl y lured th ere by the start money. J o be rode Wednesda y but elected not to rid e Th ursda y. FARIA, PFETIING & KAL-GARD GO OVERSEAS ' Stayat home' American riders, Mike Faria and Rob Pfetzing rose to the occassion at the American Speedway Rna!. Their talent and Kal-Gard lubricants gave them the advantage over close competition to advance on to England. Congratulations to both! Wednesday Interm ittent rai n m ad e the track very sli p pery, a nd th e fin a l event started a t midn ight. Wh en the ga te dropped it was 125cc GP top co n tender John Van den Berk a nd h is Yamaha with th e jump with H erring hot o n his tail. But during the third lap of the IS·lap final, H erring sh p ped through o n th e ins ide o f a tight tum a t th e end of a raised sectio n of wh oops after Van den Berk go t out of shape. A lap la ter, Hannah forced hi s wa y aro u nd Van den Berk. H owever , sho rt ly aft er. H ann ah a lso found himself a little out o f co nt ro l in a sectio n o f whoops, d ropping back to thi rd . By th e seventh lap, H annah was back in seco n d pl ace a nd chargi ng after Herring. Whil e chasing H anI na h, Van den Berk crashed and bent I hi s handl ebars bad enough to p ut h im ou t of th e race, leavin g the rest of the final to Herrin g a nd H annah. Eventua lly , H a nn ah slipped by Herr ing th rough a sand secti on . and Herr in g pu rsued H annah down to the chec kered flag. H anna h wound up taki ng the win ahead of Herrin g , Fish er and H o nda-mo u nt ed Ricky Ryan. AMAjCCS Road Race Sunday July 19 • Moroso Motorsports Park West Palm Beach, Florida Suzuki GSXR Series and Yamaha Contingency Race I $1,000 Shootout Race $1,000 Endurance Race $10,000 Total Purse Also: Yamaha YSR50 Zoot Scoot Fun Race! Th ursday T he crowd eru p ted fro m its seats as Fre nc hma n O livier Perr in a nd h is I KTM bolted fro m the ga te and into I an ea rly lead in th e fin al which he kept for nearl y a thi rd o f the race wh ile being chased by a pack of Ameri can ride rs. Kaw asaki -m ounted T yson Voh la nd chased Perrin a nd said. " He (Pe rrin) wasn 't go ing so qui ck . but he took th e tight line everyw he re, a n d I just co u ldn't fi nd a way p ast. Meanwhile, everyo ne was "q ueu ing up to try to tak e me. R yan jumped into me and we wen t down." U p until this point, the re were n o fewer than seven riders - Perri n , Voh la n d, R yan, Fi sh er , J im Holley. Park er a nd Hannah - wi th in yards of eac h o ther at the fro nt . Herri ng, wh o got ca ugh t in th e starti ng ga te, was two pl aces behind H annah. Perrin even t ually tired givi ng Fisher th e lead followed by the ot her America ns in the leading grou p except Ha nnah , w ho stalled in the sand pi t a nd was h it by Vohland. Herring was stuffed in to the ba les tryi ng to pass, while H annah tore th rough th e field , yet again, tra ili n g Vo hl and. Hannah blew by everyone wi th no apparen t effo rt, exce p t for Holley, who put up a good fight befo re succ u m bin g as well. While H annah circu la ted th e track with a narro w lead , Fish er , Vohland , R yan a n d Holl ey battl ed over seco nd th rough fourth. At th e flag , it was Hannah taking th e win a hea d of Fish er, wh o managed to pu ll a way from th e rest of th e p a ck . 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