P36
IN
THE
WIND
Third overall went to Dono's close. Smith finished just one top five while winning the A class
Motorsports Husqvarna's Tucker second ahead of Stuk KTM's on his Freedom Cycles KTM twoSmith, who came away with the Spencer Burke.
stroke.
Pro 2-class victory. But it was
Steve Leivan rounded out the
John Gasso
K
claimed the overall at the
Blackhawk MAXC, round eight
of the AMA Mid-America Cross
Country Racing Series, in Culver, Indiana, on September 29.
Of the six rounds Bach has competed in, he's won them all.
Adam Bonneu and Mike Witkowski joined Bach on the Blackhawk podium.
Bach was second off the start
and would pass Steven Squire
for the lead before heading into
the woods for the first time. From
there, he would lead all six laps
of the race.
"I had a pretty good jump off
the start," Bach said. "I pushed
really hard the first lap and I started dropping the hammer about
half way through the race. It was
fun and I just tried to have a good
riding technique and tried to stay
on top of the deep stuff."
Despite getting a bad start and
SALLSTROM
TAKES
JEFFERSON
HILLCLIMB
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF M. VANASDAL
BACH'S THE BOMB AT BLACKHAWK MAXC
TM-mounted Chris Bach
Chris Bach won
for the sixth
time in the AMA
Mid-America
Cross Country
Series, this
time at the
Blackhawk in
Indiana.
then crashing, Bonneur found
his way through the thick dust to
finish second. Bonneur was at
one point 10th on the first lap.
"I'm kind of used to coming
from the back," Bonneur said.
Witkowski got a midpack start
and began picking off riders as
he made his way towards the
J
ay Sallstrom took the Unlimited Class win at round seven
of the AMA Pro Hillclimb Series in
Jefferson, Pennsylvania, on September 29 with Phil Libhart taking
victory in the Xtreme class while
posting the day's fastest time in all
front. By the end of lap one, Witkowski made it up to fourth place
and by lap four he was running
second before dropping back to
third on the final lap.
Suzuki rider Chris Douglas
and Yamaha pilot Austin Lee
rounded out the top five.
Jeff M. Vanasdal
classes. Newcomer Broc Williamson won the Pro Sport Class.
In the Unlimited, Nuzzolilli set
the pace of 7.513 seconds, but was
eclipsed by Sallstrom's 7.339-second ride. Libhart rode last, edging out Greg Dunbar for third with
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