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Michigan's Brian Swink (left) passes Mexican National MX Champion Pedro Gonzalez (47). Swink went 2-2-3-12.
as looking almost " vaca nt ." This
vacant appearan ce had a lot to do with
the absence of two of the four maj or
J apan ese motorcycle manufacturersHonda (for th e third-straight year) and
Yamaha, whi ch was a major participant at last year' s eve. t , as well as
n
previous ra ces. Kawa sak i 's Tea m
Green was, again, in full for ce at Pon ca
Cit y, as was the Suzuki team. Ital jet,
the Ital ian motorcycle manufacturer
that specia lizes in 50cc motor cycles,
was o n hand, introducin g its new Pee
Wee model, which was raced by a
nu mber of riders.
Despite a no ticeabl y sma ller o vera ll
cro wd and a less-th an-usu al festive
mood at this year 's event , sligh tly mor e
tha n 1000 entri es were filled o u t,
though th is figure also incl uded man y
riders who co mpe ted in two or mor e
classes , and 15 racers who journ eyed
from J ap an to race. T hroughout five
days of racing, Wednesday th ro ugh
Sunday , a grand tota l of III mo tos
were run .
- - T he racing format at Pon ca City saw
no real cha nges from previous years.
For man y classes a simple two-mote
form at was used to determin e a n
overall cha mpio n, bu t those classes
req uiring divisions, a th ird "ru n-off"
mo to, combi ni ng th e top rid ers from
- each divi sion , was held o n the fin al
day of racing, Sunday, to determine an
overall champion. The overall winner
