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AMA/Prostar Motor Cycle Drag Racing Results: Orient Express U.S. Nationals

8 September 1997

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ATCO, NJ _ Final round results Sunday from the Orient Express U.S.
Nationals at Atco Raceway, the fifth of seven events in the 1997
AMA/Prostar Motorcycle Drag Racing Series. 

Shown with driver name, hometown, make, elapsed time and speed in mph:

FUNNY BIKE _ Gary Clark, Des Moines, IA, Kawasaki, 7.213, 178.57, def.
Keith Lynn, Wabash, IN, Kawasaki, 20.646, 27.66

PRO MODIFIED _ Rick Bunting, Northumberland, PA, Suzuki, 7.090, 188.95,
def. Bill Vose, Philadelphia, PA, Suzuki, 7.181, 166.42

PRO STOCK _ David Schultz, Ft. Meyers, FL, Suzuki, 7.373, 181.45, def.
Steve Johnson, Chatsworth, CA, no time recorded

PRO SUPER BIKE _ Buddy Forbus, Marietta, GA, Kawasaki, 9.625, 140.93, def.
Ben Koch, Fleetwood, PA, Kawasaki, 9.816, 137.78

TOP GAS _ Tony Mullen, Bradenton, FL, Kawasaki, 8.276, 165.16, def. Craig
Adams, Brunswick, OH, Suzuki, 8.236, 162.98

SUPER COMP _ James Teasley Jr., Columbus, OH, Kawasaki, 8.967, 141.04, def.
Juan Cintron, Pinellas Park, FL, Kawasaki, 8.850, 147.56

SUPER GAS _ Rob Schenz, Pataskala, OH, Kawasaki, 9.930, 129.05, def. Kevin
Adams, Brunswick, OH, Suzuki, 9.998, 119.28

600 SUPER SPORT _ Ricky Gadson, Sicklerville, NJ, Kawasaki, 10.531, 128.90,
def. Keith Dennis, Memphis, TN, Suzuki, 10.483, 129.49

PRO E.T. _ Ronnie Reece Jr., Greenbelt, MD, Suzuki, 9.843, 134.24, def.
Peter Fama, Cranston, RI, Suzuki, 9.299, 133.33

STREET E.T. _ Michael Knox, Thomaston, CT, Kawasaki, 10.651, 115.94, def.
Morris Goodwin, Bridgeton, NJ, Kawasaki, 11.439, 115.60

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(martykane@racepages.com). This information is also available
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