Sreele C
N.C
OFF.ROAD
Round 3
,t^orch
26, 2(xr6
{l
Ihe
competition
starb
-
hut
dan't
finish
-
with
Juha
Salminen.
Again
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JAsoN
WErcaNDr
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BY RAYMOND GUNDY
A few tried and
nearly succeeded.
While
Salminen
grabbed
another
$100
Racer X
lllustrated Holeshot
Award, FMF Suzuki boys,
Glenn Kearney and
Rodney Smith,
Eot
out of the
hole wirh him and tried to see exactly
what the
defending GNCC Champion
does to
80
so darn
fast at the beginning
of the race.
Fo. a moment, it seemed like the boys
in
yel-
low would
battle Salminen's
orange machine, but
by the time the
lirst lap was over, Salminen had
a
solid lead, and
he would hold it all the way to the
end, Chalk
up another one
for
the
lo-time World
Enduro Champion.
"lt
was tough.
I was the first rider on the track
and everybody
followed me," Salminen
said.
-he
comDeflflon rn tne Suzurc Gmno
I
Nationa]
Cross Counlry series
didn't
I
g"t
.1o." to KTM's
.luha
Salminen
at
I the series oDener in Florida. At the
L*ono
race rn Georgra, tney
got
lust
a little
closer and almost
got
him within sight at
the end.
So in North Carolina,
at the Steele
Creek GNCC, the
goal was to
8et
a
good
start
and
run with him early.
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CYCLE
NEWS
(left)
Glenn Keomey
ron second for o
while beforc drcpping
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