VOL. 51 ISSUE 28 JULY 15, 2014 P27
MUZZY TO HALL OF FAME
T
uner, engine builder and team
owner Rob Muzzy will be in-
ducted into the AMA Motorcycle
Hall of Fame in October in Or-
lando, Florida, joining a list of six
others who have been named to
this year's class.
"I was really glad to get the
call," Muzzy said in an AMA re-
lease. "I know I was nominated
three or four years ago, but didn't
get in. So I was pretty glad that
I got the votes this time around."
Muzzy got started in drag rac-
ing during the 1950s and raced
dirt track as a novice in Southern
California. He always built and
tuned his own race engines.
"When it was time to move up
to the next level - by then I was
married and had a kid - I just de-
cided that I wasn't that serious
about it," Muzzy said. "I always
had medium success as a rider.
But I always had the quickest
bike. So, the other guys were
asking me to build engines for
them. So moving from racing to
tuning is just something that hap-
pened."
During the 1980s, Muzzy built
and tuned engines for the Kawa-
saki and Honda racing teams.
The Kawasaki team scored AMA
Superbike Championships in
1981, 1982 and 1983.
In 1984, Muzzy moved to Hon-
da as crew chief for the team that
won the AMA Grand National
Team owner/tuner Rob Muzzy will
be inducted into the AMA Hall of
Fame with the class of 2014.
Despite crashing in the second
moto, Frossard put together 3-2
moto finishes for second.
Kevin Strijbos, on the Rock-
star Energy Suzuki, snuck onto
the podium with 5-4 finishes for
third overall.
Despite crashing hard in the
second moto and having to pit
for repairs, Belgian Jeremy Van
Horebeek still claimed fourth
overall via 2-10 moto finishes.
Honda's Max Nagl rounded
out the top five overall.
Herlings was unstoppable in
the MX2 class, but what else
is new. The 19-year-old Dutch-
man won both motos with more
than a minute to spare over his
nearest rivals. The KTM rider,
who has dominated the class all
season long, is poised to clinch
the MX2-class title at the next
rounds.
The next-best rider in the MX2
class was Slovakian Tim Gajser.
It was his fourth podium of the
season and he did it with two
third-place finishes.
Third overall went to French-
man Jordi Tixier (Red Bull KTM),
followed by fellow countrymen
Dylan Ferrandis (Kawasaki) and
Christophe Charlier (Yamaha).
After winning
again in Finland,
Jeffrey Herlings
will most likely
clinch the MX2-
class title at the
next FIM World
Championship
round at Loket
in the Czech
Republic in two
weeks.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER/KTM
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