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week, and the groun d was still rath er wet down in the bottom of the canyo ns. That helped." Out in front, it was "no dust as usual " for Hamel, who maintained a stead y pace that avera ged just over 30 miles an hour. Richardson main tained the same pace in second , catching the occasional glimpse of the lea der's dust. Sta ten, who had tucked in behind Richardson when loop two began, was unable to hold on to the n umber-three spot. " I sta rted makin g mistake s in the rocks, and I kind of let Zitterkopf go by, and Capt, too," said Staten. "I didn't have to race with them really because they' re not in my class, so I backed off a bit." Cap t wis hed he had backed off a bit w hen h e h it a rocky uphill h a lf w a y th ro ugh th e 4D-mile seco nd loop . "The bike kicked out sideways and I fell over on my side in a ditch," Cap t explained . The fall blew Capt 's chances of catching Campbell, who was lead ing the fourstroke di vision by just under a minute, so Capt decided to cruise home to ensure a safe finish. "I needed a finish to get the points. N ow all I have to do is finish at Lucerne (round six) an d I've won the fou r-stroke ch ampi ons hip," said Capt. "We'll be prerunning (for the Baja'l(00) in Me xico when they have the last National and I didn't want to ha ve to come all the way back just for that:' Campbell. "There were som e good , tight, single-track canyons out there, too:' Staten took a wire-to-wire win in the Vet class in fifth overall, ahead of Destry "I had some problems bu t I still got here," said Abbott, and Trolli nursed his blistered hands home in seventh. "I try to ride, bu t it was very hard," said the Italian. "The blisters are so big I cou ldn't hold my handlebars. I hu rt too bad to win and after the top three or four, it is not a good finish." Eighth over all wen t to Kawell, w ho took second 250cc, and Davis, wh o was unfazed by the bad luck tha t cost him the (Righi) Afte r a les s-thanspe ctacular tri p to Tulsa for lhe ISDE, Greg Zitterkopf returned 10 mo re familiar ground where he fi nish ed third overall . (Left) Joh nn y Campbell used t he Nevada race 10 prepa re for ne xt month's Baja 1000; he fini shed fourth overa ll. Davis' version of a fun cruise" made II up all but two of the positions he 'd lost changing his muffler . "I passed five gu ys, , then (Davis) caught me and blew by me jus t before the end of the loop," said Scott Morris. A last-minute blitz by Davide Trolli got him past Abbott in the last five miles, but the tenacious KTM racer took th e place back when Trolli mi ssed a turn right before the checkered flag. And then it was too late to change anything. For the fourth time in the five-race-old series, Ham el swept out of the loop with nobody else in sight and wheelied past the checkered flag. The Kawasaki Team Green/ Dunlop / Braking /Thor / Endura /IMS /N-Style/Scotts/ Alpinestars / Bieffe / Maxima / Pro Circuit / Spro cke t Specialists / F&L / RK / Ma g- ยท nu m /Back Can teen / MXA/DCC-backed racer completed the 8O-mile course in two an d a quarter hours and was an almos t co mfo rt able two a nd a h alf m inutes ahead of his nearest rival. "(Davis) kind of made it easy for me tod ay," sa id Hamel, who ha d op ened the w ay for Davis' challenge when he failed to finish round four.v''Thls w in helps me a lot and ha ving (Davis) finish further back than usual helps, too:' Hamel descnbed the course as "reall y, really rough and whooped out" "1 r ea lize w h a t a club has to go through to put on an event and, with the land closure situation, sometimes they're stuck with what th e y can get," said Hamel. "For wha t they had to wo rk with, it was great. It kept you on your toes the w h ole time a nd the second loop was great. It was a lot more technical - a lot funner than the first loop:' Despite his fears of being caught by Zitterkopf, Richardson was still in second when his CRSOO crossed the finish, and almost a minute passed before Z itterkopfs KTM250 rocketedhorne to take third overall and the quarter-liter win. "I was lo o king b a ck ov er m y sh o ul der watchin g for him. I knew somebody was coming up," said Richardson, Fourth ove rall an d first in the fou rstroke d ivisionwent to Campbell, w ho igno red most of this year's National series to concentrate on SCORE events and the Nevada Rally. "It was a good experience to go riding somewhere else for a change - so m ewhe re I' m n ot used to ," sa id Hungry Valley ORV Area Reno, Nevada Unofficial Results: OCtober 2,1994 O/A: 1. Danny Ha me l (Kaw ); 2. Da n Richardson (Han); 3. G, '1l Zi tterkopf (KTM) ; 4. Johnny Campbell (H an); S. Rex Sta ten (Kaw ); 6. Destry Abbott (KTM) ; 7. Davide Trolli (Kaw); S. jason Kaw ell (Kaw ); 9. Ty Davis (Kaw); 10. Scott Morris (Kaw); 11. Kurt Hintz (Kaw); 12 Eric Mashbir; 13. Jeff Cap l (Han); 14. Bill Maxim (Kaw); 15. Dale Mo rse; 16. Ron Bragdon; 17. Matt Wallace; 18. Jim Boody; 19. Gil Grieve; 2ll. Kevin DeRo.<. O r EN EX: I. Danny Hamel (Kaw); 2. Dan Rkhanlson (Hon); 3.lleslIy Abbott (KTM). %SO EX: I. Greg Zitterlcop! (KThI); 2. Jason Kawell (Kaw); 3. Eric Mashbir. 125 EX: 1. John Ro man o ff; 2. Robert Stultz; 3. S. Anderson. JG<. EX: 1. Rex Staten (Kaw) ; 2. Da le Mo rse (Kaw); 3. Ron Bragdon (Hon). 40+ EX: I. Bill Maxim (Kaw) . 50+ EX: I. Preston Gerber. 4-ST RK: I. Johnny Campbell (Ha n); 2. Jeff Capl (Han); 3. Br.mdon Gerber (Hus). i' lead , finished ninth. "I was having a great time at the start of the race. I saw the 15mil e mark, then the 2D-mile mar k, then the 25-mile ma rk and no Dann y - Wow!" said Davis. "I can't compla in about the way things turned out. I had my moment of glory an d it felt pretty good while it lasted: ' Morris' loop-two blitz catapulted him up to 10th in the finishing order, Kurt Hin tz took second Vet in 11th, and Eric Mashbir leapfrogged his way to third 250cc Expert in 12th overall, just ahead of Capt. Maxim topped the highly competitive Over-40 class in 14th. "Our class is still op en (in the National series)," sa id Maxim. "I think we had four different winners in four races this year, so nobody has really got it sewn up : ' The 12Sec win went to John Romanoff, Christin e Ogren led the women home, and Preston Gerber topped the Super Senior division. In an unus ual after-race event, Hamel dona ted his race gear to Team No Snivelers so it could be auctioned off to raise money for the Legal Defense Fund . Bidding got off to a slow start with $10 for Ham el's almost dust-free goggles and $70 for his Thor riding pants, bu t things heated up when his ridin g jersey hit the auction block, and it took a $300 check to secure th e cov eted , th ough somew hat sweaty , garmen t. ~ World tour avide Trolli was lucky to see round five of the National series. The Italian race~ was recently on h is way back fro m an evenl in Braz il wh en he ran in to tro uble wi th immigration officials at Miami. . "They asked me why I was in the U.s. and I said 1 was here to ride motorcycles. They asked . if I had some way to prove that and 1 said to call Acerbis, " said the Italian. Something went wrong during the con versation with Acerbis and the next thing he kne w, T rolli was being denied entry to th e United States. "I have an artist's visa - it's for sports or movie stars. It lets you wo rk but you can't make money. 1 ca n only make money from Italian" sp ons ors, no t from American sponsors," said Trolli. "Maybe somebody said I get money hereI don't know. I d on't understand. My job is to ride mo torcycles, not to be an immi. gration expert" Immigration officials sent Trolli back to Brazil, because tha t w as where his fligh t ha d originated, and the racer th en had to book a flight back hom e to Italy. '1 went from Rio to Miami to Rio to Amsterdam to Milan o, Italy - three nights in an airplane, and when you buy a ticket right now - a one-way ticket, it costs a lot," said Trolli. "I had to pay and I spent over $4,000. I can 't believe it:' Trolli went to the Ame rican Embassy in Milan and explained his situation. The embassy issued ano ther visa in three days and, after a three-week vaca tion with his family, Trolli hea ded back to Los Angeles. "People' keep asking if I went to prison," said Trolli, with a grin. "No, it was nothing like that. But they took my picture with the numbers across the front of me an d they too k my fingerprin ts. It was only for a stupid thing. D ... 0\ ,..-; l-< Q) .g ..... u o 17