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rounded out the top five at the halfway mark. ' The most interesting segment of the race was a period during hour four when Batey started chasing down Graves in an effort to put liNS back on the lead lap, Batey chopped a couple of seconds off Team Suzuki's lead each lap, At the three hour, 20 minute mark Batey was on the rear wheel of Team Suzuki, Feeling the pressure, Graves suddenly came to life and wicked up the big Suzuki. Even though Batey passed once or twice, Graves would use the superior torque of the Valvoline Suzuki to stay in front The biggest difference was in traffic, Graves would squirt past lapped riders with just a twist of throttle, while Batey had to take more chances passing lappers, many times racing around the outside on the turns nmning all the way to the edge of the track and beyond. "1 definitely didn't want them (HNS Racing) to get back on the same lap:' said Graves. "If there was another red flag HNS would be even with us. It was tough to hold off Batey. The tires on our bike were starting to go away at the end of my stint. I've never slid around so much before." The race was decided with just under two hours remaining in the event. Team Suzuki pitted and put Hall on with fresh tires front and rear. It took the Suzuki crew only 30 seconds to get back in the race. A few minutes later HNS Racing also pitted for tires and fueL Without quick change equipment it took the HNS crew a minute and a half for its pit stop. End of story. That was all the margin Team Suzuki needed. Despite a gallant effort by HNS to catch up in the closing stages of the race, Hall and Graves proved to be too tough. After sponsorship problems kept Force Racing from the first two WERA races, the Ohio-based team has come on strong to win two Heavyweight Production races in a row. It was the first top three overall finish since the season opener at Roebling Road last year. TKO Racing ran the entire six hours on the same pair of Dunlop tires. That enabled the second-year team to stay on top of the MediumweightSuperbike class all day after Indy Cycle-N-Ski's crash. Steve Doolin and Daniel Lowry rode for TKO. ~ Nicholson's Ann Arbor won Mediumweight Production aftei- a battle in the first hour with Road Atlanta class winner Northern Boys Racing. Michigan racing veterans Dave Bloom and Steve Kok rode the Nicholson's Honda CBR600 to a lour-lap victory over Amore Racing. IJ' TUKW 'BaH!e q .£eJj~ at .£omlmt July 3 & 4 TIm ofmotorcycling's greatest stars return to battle on identically prepared BMW RlOOR "Roadsters" in two days ofpure nostalgia at the N.H.LS. Loudon Vintage Festival: • BMW Battle ofLegends on Saturday & Sunday. • 'IWo Days ofVintage Road Racing in the AHRMA National Championship Historic Cup Series. • Round 'IWo ofthe BMW Classic Cup Series. Future Rounds' Grattan, MI August ~8 Steamboat Spring!l, CO Sept. 18 Shown here winning the 1948 Laconia Road Race on a Norton Manx, Dick Klamfoth will return to N.H.I.S. Loudon to compete in the BMW Battle ofLegends, July 3-4. Klamfoth was a triple Laconia winner and also tripled in the Daytorw. 200. DICKMANN BART MARKEL GARY NIXON ROGER REIMAN DON VESCO • Vintage Automobiles and Race Cars Special Two-Day BMW Tickets are Available by Calling New Hampshire Int'l Speedway (603) 783-4931 Participants in the BMW Battle of Legends: DAVID ALDANA DON CASTRO YVON DuHAMEL DON EMDE DICK KLAMFOTH • Concours d'Elegance ~NEWIlAMPSHIRE ~~ ~.".ATIO.AL Are you looking for a vbttage motoreyeles1 .. Route 106, Loudon, NH 10 Miles Nonh Of Concord . , . • • DWAY AHRMA Information (715) 842·9699 Try the lVant Ad (Alleeton Seed.D. High Sierra Sports Inc. present the 26th Annual Results OVERALL: I. Team Suzuld Endurance (Suz) 257 laps; 2. HNS Racing (Yam) 2S61aps; 3. foule Racing (Yam) 248; 4. Red Hoi Racin$ (Yam) 247 laps; S. 11(0 Roocing (5=) 246 laps: 6. Ardighl Racing n (Han) 244 laps; 1. Royale Racing (lion) 243 laps; 8. Southwest M ~ (Yam) 242 laps; 9. Nid>oIocn', Ann Arbo< (lion) 241 Iapo; 10. Amore Raring (Hon) 237 laps; 11. Roswell Roocing (5uz) 237 laps; 12. American Dream Raring (Yam) 236 laps; 13. Indy CycJe.N.Sld (lion) 234 laps; 14. Team 20/20 Raring (K.ow) 232 laps; 15. Andenon/J.udine (5=) 232 lap'; 16. The Rayce Team (Hon) 232 laps; 17. West Michigan 112 (Hon) 231 laps; 18. Team Hinds (Yam) 231 laps; 19. Rush Racing (Suz) 230 1aps; 20. Con-Am Racing (Suz) 2JO laps. HIW SIBIC: 1. Team Suzuki Endurance (Suz); 2. HNS Raring (Yam); 3. Ardight Racing n (Hon~ 4. Team 20/20 Roocing (K.ow) S. !Wi Racing (Suz~ HIW PROD: 1. foule Racing (Yam); 2. Red Hollladng (Yam); 3. AndenonlJa,dine (5uz); 4. Can-Am Racing (Suz); 5. Fire Storm Endurance (Suz), MIW PROD: I. 11(0 Raring (Suz); 2. Royale Racing (Hon); 3. Southwest Motorspons (yam); 4. Roswell Racing (5uz); S. Indy Cyde-N~ (Hon). MIW PROD: 1. Nicholson'. Ann Arbo, (Hon); 2. Amore Racing (lion); 3. American Dream Raring (Yam); 4. Rush Racing (Suz); 5. Team Slammers (Yam). TIme: 6 hours. Distance: 462.6 miles. Avena. ,.,..¢ 77.10 mph. Margin o(Vldoryo: 52 sec. WERA ENDURANCE C'SHIP POINT STANDlNCS (Aft~r 4 of 12 round,): 1. Team Suzuki Endurance (447.81/4 wms); 2. HN5 Racing (364.18); 3. Royale Racing (315.94); 4. Team Pearla Suzuki (298.75); S. Red Hot Racinll (285.16); 6. Varginia e..... Racing (274.00); 7. Team 2O/'ffJ Roocing (266.36); 8. Ardighl Roocing (255.53); 9. Ardight Racing n (246.12); 10. TKO Racing (242.~ MOTOCROSS September 9, 10, 11, 12, 1993 Practice Opens Wednesday, August 25th Entries Open August 4th Entry form will appear in Cycle News Issue 31 For Lodging call (800) 228-4947 or (800) 367-6572 For Camping call (619) 924-5500 Mammoth MX Queen Contest Saturday, September 11th Send Photo and Resume to below address c/o Deb Chapman High Sierra Sports, P.O. Box 482, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 (619) 934-0642 Partially funded by the Mammoth Lakes Visitors Bureau 19