Hare & Hound
Round 5: WendoverNational
AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP H&H SERIES
By Doug Karcher
WENDOVER, NY, OCT. IO
lmos t five months had passed
since th e last Na tio na l Hare &
Ho und . Th at' s a long time for
tfie tllree rid ers who s till had a sho t at
the 1999 title to thin k abou t it. With two
rou nds remaining, they came to the high
d esert on th e Nort he rn Uta h /Nevada
line with the same goal in min d . Brian
Brown could clinch the title wit h a win
her e. Des try Abbo tt and Ty Dav is both
need ed the win to stop Brian and stay in
. the ch ase fo r a titl e sh o t in the final
round two weeks later.
Ron Dill on a nd USA Pr om oti ons,
a lo ng wi th help fro m the loca l USRA
.a n d a b ig bun ch of vo lu n tee rs , put
toget her a 90-m ile, three- loop cou rse
that sta rted and ended just ou tside the
We ndover ci ty li m its, an d a ttracte d
nearly 250 riders (incl uding mini s). With
no rain for quite so me time, dust wo uld
playa big rol e in the outco me of thi s
race.
Wh en th e bann er dropped on th e
Pro/ Expert start, a hundred-plus riders
11t~ld the throttle wid e open all the way
to the end of the relatively sho rt bomb
ru n in hopes o f gett ing that hol esh ot
and the clear air that went with it. Spectators at the end of the bomb run found
themselves running for cover as the riders swung eve r wider, trying to get out
of the dust and into air clea r enough to
see where t h ey were going . Ni nety
miles, 2 hou rs, 25 minutes la ter, Team
Gree n's Des try Abbott crossed the finish
lin e to take th e overa ll w in a nd keep
ali ve his chances for the cha mpionship
en
en
title.
en
In a
of fast motor cycles, it
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B in fro n t a t th e e nd of the bom b run ,
u
o beat ing even the factory Kawasakis (if
only by a few bike leng ths ). As Davis
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(Above) The moment of truth for Ty Davis. Leader Davis is about to have his front wheel clipped by Dustin Headman at the end of the bomb
run. Davis went crashing to the ground , while Headman went on to finish second.
(Be low>Destry Abbott kept his champ ionsh ip hopes alive by winning the Wendover National.
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