Defending National Cross Country Champion Ed Lojak (above) scored
a dramatic victory at the Hookstown, Pennsylvania, National. Lojak
exchanged the lead several t imes with Team Green's -Scott Plessinger
(below), w ho came f rom beh ind to cha llenge Lojak for the win, and
crossed the fin ish line j ust a few seconds ahead of the Kawasaki rider. '
AMA Wiseco/Yamaha National Championship
Cross Country Series: Round 7
Lojak seores Beaver
Valley National win
By Larry Bell
H O O KST OW N , PA, SE PT. 9
Seven-time National Cross Country Champion Ed L ojak continued to dominate the
woods racing scene by winning the hardfought and highly emotional National
Cross Co u n try at Beaver Vall ey
Raceway.
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Th e Yamaha v H i-Po i ntz
Smith / Arai /M etzel er-ba ck ed
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Lojak cro ssed the finish line just a
few seco nds ahea d o f Kaw asaki rider
Scott P lessin ger a fter the th ree-h our
race. T he two excha nged the lead
severa l times d u ring the eig h t-m ilea -lap circuit even t.
Fi nishing j ust o ff the torrid pa ce
(the fro nt two riders were averaging
22-minu te lap times despite the hot
and humid weather cond itio ns) was
Yam ah a-mou nted Du an e Co n no r:
Open cla ss racer Steve McSwam ,
aboard a Honda CR500 finished
fourth foll owed by T im She p ha rd,
riding a Yamaha YZ490.
An obvi ously exha us ted Loj ak laid
on th e grou nd a fter the race a nd it
took severa l m inutes for him to
regain hi s breath to co mment on th e
race. '
"There rea lly isn 't much to sa y,"
sa id a qui et Loj ak. " O n th e start I
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