The 1991 Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster (called at the time U.S. Twin Sports) Championship was one of the best in the history of the series. Pictured here at the Topeka round that season are the two main players in that year’s title battle – Scott Zampach (No. 204) and Tripp Nobles (No. 4). The two rivals were about this close the entire season. The battle came down to a winner-take-all finale on the streets of Miami and Zampach edged Nobles to win the championship.
The 1991 Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster (called at the time U.S. Twin Sports) Championship was one of the best in the history of the series. Pictured here at the Topeka round that season are the two main players in that year’s title battle – Scott Zampach (No. 204) and Tripp Nobles (No. 4). (Larry Lawrence photo)
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Loved those races, even though the bikes were dead slow. Great competition and Z-Man was a master at strategy riding these things. Always thinking ahead to the next lap where he could possibly gain an advantage because the bikes were so close. Holding it wide open under the T13 bridge at Road America got him just enough space to make the difference at the line in one race.
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Nigel Gale won the first race that year and then from then on it was Z-Man and Nobles trading wins at nearly every round. Zampach had a stretch where he won three in a row (Mid-Ohio, Topeka and Texas World) and that helped him seal the deal.
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Would love to know if you guys having any write ups on my brother,
Jody Hendley, he raced for Bartel’s HD and a few others. I would love to find any photos of him to give to his kids. We still have his bike and would love to return it to original race condition. Thanks for any help
J.D. Hendley
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Z man was the goat in my opinion of hd 883 then in 95/96 2 sets of brothers waged a battle with the Champ winning rider winning by 1 point…the brothers THE WAIT CLAN VS.THE THE BOZ BROS…I THINK A 883 INDEPTH writeup on how that class was bringing dirttrackers to RR AND Roadracers to the dirttracks & the craziest of all Milwaukee mile (pavement)wtf!!…i liked it cause it really jump started sum great riders from USA AND REMINDED ME OF THE AMA CAMELPRO CHAMP..from Zman to the epic ’96 title war…shoot at laguna all 4 (wait bros& boz bros) went at it for the race win ..then rainy mid ohio b-boz passes matt for win 3 corners from checkers both foot out dirttrack style and old school superbike bars…..both were off charts amazing riders who did the same thing in the 80 expert class at lodi cycle bowl
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