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Round 4: Viking Virgin Voyage AMA NA T10NAL CHAMPION HARE &HOUND SERIES pits, they didn't have that marked clearly, either, so ] ended up going into the finisher chute. There was one guy standing there who pointed me up the hill for the start of lbop two, so ] turned around in the finisher's chute." He found himself heading at Abbott, while Davis took in the situation, shot a glance to his right and picked up the course - and the lead - as they' headed up the first little hill. "Brian and Ty and myself had a great battle leaving the pits," Abbott related. "Ty passed Brian and me - Brian and] kind of took a wrong turn - and from that point on, we just had a"great race. Brian went down; then it was Ty and me. We passed each other probab1y three times that last loop. [ had a really good time. I'd pass him and I'd go down, or he'd go down and stall it or something. It was great! ] was just thinking, 'This is so much fun.' It actually made it fun." Davis agreed. "It was intense," he said. "] was going the whole time, because everyone's keying off that lead guy. The lead guy's at a disadvantage because everyone behind him is just straightening out the turns." Abbott finally passed Davis for good late in the race - not that he was comfortable up front. "] started getting a little nervous," Abbott said, "not wanting to make any mistakes." His worries caught up with him before Davis did. "] hit my pipe and dinged it up;!" Abbott admitted. "] lost the use of fifth gear. ] didn't lose last gear, but] couldn't pull last gear in the valley, so ] was a Ii ttle nervous. It was rough enough so you didn't need last gear in there. ] had fifth, but when] dinged the LUCERNE VALLEY, CA, APR. 28 eam Green's Destry Abbott came out on top of a racelong, back-andforth, three-rider duel to become the first two-time series winner of the year at the Virgin Voyage National put on by the Vikings Motorcycle Club. "] usually don't like this place (the Lucerne Valley area, site of three Nationals this year), but I've had really good luck here (this year)," the Arizona resident explained. "They're making the courses a little -tighter; they're putting them in the mountains a little more, and that suits my style more. ] don't like the high-speed running in the valley." Defending series champ Ty Davis took several turns in the lead on his Montclair Yamaha/Moose/Oakley/ FMF/Dunlop-sponsored YZ400F, but he had tq settle for the runner-up spot. .;, ,After disposing of Abbott's teammate g: Brian Brown early in the second and last ~ loop of the 80-mile race, Davis and ~ Abbott made it a two-man race. "We just kept a good pace going," Davis said of the race. "He got back by 32 me, then] got back by him, then he got T (Above) Destry Abbott became the first rider to win two events in this year's AMA National Hare & Hound Series by taking the overall at the Vikings Motorcycle Club's Virgin Voyage at Lucerne Valley. (Right) Defending series champ Ty Davis settled for second after dicing with Abbott for the entire last loop. back by me. ] made a mistake and lost the course on those ridges, and he put some time on me in the valley. ] kind of reeled him in slowly in those rocks out there by Bessemer Mine Road, but the course went back to another valley. [ don't have enough power to stay with the 500s there. He rode good, though." Round-three winner Brown settled for third on his Team Green/Pro Circuit/Moose KX500. He nabbed the lead early and. led to the bomb, holding the point throughout the first loop. However, at the end of the loop, with Abbott and Da vis close behind, things went awry. "Coming into the pits, it wasn't marked clearly, so ] had to slow down and kind of figure my way into the pits:' Brown said. "Again, leaving the