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Cam Roos (134) won champ ionships in the Lightweight GP and Heavyweight Supersport classes. Donald Jacks (1) won M iddleweight GP . David Kamps (44) was the big Novice w inner, topping the Middleweight Grand Prix and Middleweight Superb ike divisions on his Honda ,Hu rricane. Superbike, coas ting across th e finish line when the Suzuki 's clutch hub nut backed off. " I looked back a t th e halfway point and saw 1 had a big lead so I slowed down. The bike' s a wesome ly powerful ; it just wa lks away fro m every th ing else," said Chin , who tu rned h ig h 1:57 lap times d ur ing the race. " I surprised myself; 1 was o n ly tu rn in g 2:01s in practice." Chi n is helped by Gra nd Prix Cycles, Dynoj et, Wiseco, Mich elin, Spectro , Shoe i and K&P Cycles. Donald J acks took th e win in Saturday 's fin al even t, Middleweight Grand Prix. Riding hi s' H urricane, J acks battled Jimmy Adamo on Ren o Leoni's Ducati 851 and Doug Bra uneck on Dr. John Wittner's Mo toGuzzi, but Adamo's machine over- heated and Brauneck 's broke a cam follower, causing both to retire. " I planned o n giving his some slack a nd then drafting past him," said Jacks in reference to Brauneck, wh o was in conten tio n until th e last lap. Roos took second with Sm ith th ird. J acks' weekend ended on a so ur note whe n the 18-year-o ld high-sided his GSXR750 in th e Int ern at ional Horseshoe on the first la p of Sunday's Hea vyweight Su persport race , breaking his hand. J acks is sponsored by Cycle Riders of Orlando, Mich elin, Arai , Fo x, Bel-Ray, Ferod o "and Mom. " Adam o appeared to have won Sunda y's Middleweight Su pe rbike race, but was protested for having an ill egal motorcycle. (According to Edmondson, . AMA /CCS ru les require that 125 of the machines in question have been imported to North America, with th e burden of proof lyi n g on the rider .) The di squalification of Adamo's Ducati 851 handed th e well-deserved win to . Bill Blyth e, Jr. , of So mers, Co nnec tic ut , who 'd raced Ada mo for th e lead 'thro u g h o u t th e race. Roos took seco nd, l i ke Bl yth e, Hu rri can emo unted Mike Moores too k thi rd o n his Suzuki Ka ta na. Smith's Hurri ca ne ran o ut of gas, perhaps p roving hi s th eory o n having too ma n y mo tor cycles. Adamo did win the Su pe rtwins race, racin g wit h AMA Pro T wi ns G rand Prix Champion Quarterl ey o n th e Fast by Ferracci 851 (now sport ing th e number one pl ate, with . 1987 ch amp Brauneck reverting to number 46), but th e FBF machine blew a water pump seal, causing oil to mix with th e water a nd spra ying the co ncoctio n out the vent hos e. The first a ttemp t a t a start was red flagg ed wh en three rid ers went down in th e fir st turn , one of them threeti me (1961, '-64 a nd '65) Daytona 200 wi nner Roger Reiman, who suffered a bro ken colla rbo ne. The restart saw Fra nk Sh ockley a nd Abdo grab the ho leshot, bu t lap one wen t into the boo ks with Adamo leading, a posi.tion he would not reli nquish. "At least 1 won one championship th is year ," sa id the New Yorker, la ter. Ma Icolme T unstall o n th e Syd's Cycl es Du cati took seco nd, wi th Pablo Real th ird on a Du cati. Bob Griffiths put his Mota-Guzzi into fourth place, followed by Shock ley 9ยท