real go od night riders. W.e're followin g
ou r plan to keep it s teady, not break the
bike and keep it on two w heels,"
T h e Onda s te a m, in seco n d, w as '
thr ee to four minutes behind Ca mpbell's
team un til 9 p.m. w hen they fell behind
one lap . Du ring the rest of the evening,
the team regained the lap ana then fell
beh ind two laps.
Th e Will oh tea m sta y ed in thi rd ,
com pleting the last tw o hours of night
racing wi thou t a front head light. A hel m et li gh t p rov ide d t h e ir o nly n ight
vis ion.
Duri ng the night, most teams visi ted
the Ba ja Designs tru ck in the pits for
assistance wi th lights,
When the su n fina lly came up Sunday m orn in g , m an y of th e r a ce r s
a p p eared reli e ved a nd re- energ ized.
Ca mpbell w as p lea sed with th e way
h is team had pe rforme d , addi ng, "We
go t t h e le a d we ex pe c te d t o ge t
ove rn ig h t , Eve ry t h ing ha s g o ne a s
p lanne d . All of the teams have d on e a
great job ,"
Second place Ondas smiled and said,
"I sure feel better since the su n came up.
We 're han gi ng o n to secon d a n d th e
bike is ru nning grea t. We still hav e six
hours, let' s see 'what happens."
Willoh exclaime d, "I feel like a new
man . I'm read y to go again!" During the
mo rni ng h ours , a r e fr es h e d Will oh
pu lled so me of the fas test lap times of
the event, several' u nder 15 an d a half
minu tes. But it was not eno ug h to close
the thr ee-lap lead the O nd as team had
developed .
Ca mp bell's team finished th e event
after 85 la ps, fo llowed by th e O ndas
tea m w ith 83 la p s, Will oh ' s with 80,
(Left) The America n
Honda team of
Johnny CampbelV
Drey Dircks! Jimmy
Lewis! Torsten
Bostrom (shown)
rode cons istently
for the fi rst half of
the event, tak ing
over th e lead at
ni ght. The XR60omo unted team held
together tr ou blefree and came away
with the overall win.
(Above) Desert
racer Dave Ondas
helped lead Shan e
Esposito , Rich
Barker and Chris
Barker to th ird
ove rall.
(Right) Willoh
han ds over his
team's CR250 to
Sauro as Sci acqu a
poor s water on t he
fr ont brake to cool
it off at a pit sto p.
Overh eatin g brakes
. were the least of
the team 's
problems. They
spen t most of th e
night port io n of th e
race equi pped only
with helmet lights.
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