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Team Su z uki ' s J a mi e J a m e s nearly collapses fr om th e heat as ,M ike Harth gets set to ta ke over. WERA Endurance (Con tin ued fro m pa ge 22) a lo t of fu n. We're not doi ng too badly fo r a tea m w hose r id er s' average age is 42 1/2 years old ," said veteran Dan H ayes, 43. H is team mate, Bob Marquardt, is 42. With less than a n hour to go in the race, the Human Race Tea m resumed the lead, while H ard Core was busy in second trying to hold off a charging Team Suzuki, now back up to third. Probst Bros. was dropping back , as rider Dan Probst . became fatigued and his lap times slowed. Kayo was a lso moving up af ter 'reco vering from th ei r ea r ly problems. . Hall was ba ck on the Human Ra ce Yamaha for the last hour and was struggl ing with a quickly-fading front tire . Suzuki's James was going to try to ride th e last hour-and-a-half by himself, hoping to a t least ca tch Hard Core and maybe the Humans, b ut pu lled in with 40 minutes to go. "It was just too much . The heat just drai ns yo u, " said the exh a u sted Ja mes. H a rth was back o n th e mach in e, but they wer e now too far back to ca tch second pl ace. T h e AG V/ E BC/Sp ec tr o/ Me tzeler/Fabar R a ci n g / T su ba k i / Wis eco-sponsored PD Q R a cing mac hine was on it' s wa y to a co nvincing Mediumweight Superbike victory , giving the . team the points lead in that clas s. Many teams wer e using ice vests to stay coo l but PDQ's riders were wearing n ylon racing su its and stayed relativel y cool. PDQ' s Marc La u tzen heiser a lso jokingly added that teammat es J ohn Bowles and Todd Poindexter said that thesuits slide pretty well. Indiana-based T err or Racing took thei r second L ig htweigh t win in a rowan th e Klot zlG hl erdi ng/ AGV / BPP-backed Yamaha FZR400 . " We go t a little help whe n EIZ ha d their p rob lems, but we'll tak e it ," sa id a ha p p y Ramon Vaquez. The race was ended 17 minu tes shy o f six hours due to tra ck ren ta l co n tra ct agreemen t. The H u man Ra ce Tea m too k the che cke red, comple ting 448.8 m iles a ll. the 2.2mi le circui t. - Resu lts O/A : 1. Hum an Race Team (Yam) ; 2 . Hard Core Racing (Suz); 3. Team Suzuki (Suz) ; 4 . Kayo Racing IYam); 5. Probst Bros. Racing ISuz); 6. PDQ Racing ISuz); 7. Solma x Racing USA (Suz); B. Team Slammer (HOI'); 10. Terror Racing (Yam ). H/W S/BK : 1. Hum an Race Team (Yam); 2. Hard Core Racing (Suz); 3. Team Suzuki (Suz). H/W PROD: 1. Solmax Racing ISuz); 2. Stru th ers Suzuki (Suz); 3. TBA Racin g (Suz). . M /W S/B K: 1. PDQ Racin g (Suz); 2. J&S Racing IYam); 3. Team St. Louis (Hon). M /W PROD: 1. Royale Racing (Suz); 2. Team Slammer (Hon); 3. The Untouchables (Suz). LIW: 1. Terr or Racing (Yam): 2. Team Sledge IKaw); 3. Team Widm an ISuz). Arai Goes 1-2-3 at AMA 125cc Nat'l MX Championship Series/Binghamton 1st - GUY COOPER . 2nd - ERIK KEHOE Jrd - DONNY SCHMIT For an Ara i Literat ure/ Decal Pak, incl udin g ou r latest brochure. send $1 .00 in cash or stamps ($2 .00 outside U.S.) to : Ara i Helmets, Ltd .• Dept . 10. P.O. Box 42 1. Tenaf ly. NJ 07670 Congratulations to all of our Arai Winners! ~ Tell them. • you saw It • In Go ahead, subscribe! You've Earned It! ([!ill~ To get Cycle N ew s delivered t o your door every week, fill out t he subscription coupon on page 3 .