Round 1: Lucerne Valley
AMA NA TlONAL HARE &HOUND CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
wouldn't," Davis explained. "When the
banner dropped, it wouldn't go anywhere. I was dead last off the line. I
finally got it going and worked my way
up to 10th about 15 miles out; then a rod
broke. It was my fault. I ran it too long.
It had 1000 race miles on it, but my new
race motors aren't ready yet and it was
the best thing I had to run. It was just
one of those things, but I'm not worried
about the series. I can still do it."
"Slow-startitis" also struck Brian
Brown, who needed two kicks to get his
KX500 up and running, and Leh~an,
whose KX250 needed a similar double
kic.\<. l