VOLUME 57 ISSUE 14 APRIL 7, 2020 P73
T
o my left, the works Maico guys were going through
the usual posturing on the grid—the tall Dutchman Gerrit
Wolsink, inscrutable German Adolf Weil, and the intense-
ly focussed Willy Bauer. The bikes looked trick. Compared to
my stock 400 Maico, a Lambretta Tourista looked trick.
On my right, a sea of yellow. Works Suzukis for Sylvain
Geboers, Roger DeCoster and Americans Rich Thorwaldson
and Mike Runyard, Pierre Karsmakers' "Cantilever" Yamaha,
Kawasakis for Jimmy Weinert and Brad Lackey, Bengt Aberg's
factory Husqvarna, Jim Pomeroy's works Bultaco—a grid of
40—including two unknown Australians.
We noted the prize money stretched down to 20th place,
so a top 20 shouldn't be that difficult, should it?
Jimmy Weinert
leads Aberg,
Bauer and Weil in
Georgia
TRANS-AMA
SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY OLD BIKE AUSTRALASIA
WHEN A COUPLE OF RAW AUSSIES MADE
THE FOOLHARDY DECISION TO MIX IT
WITH THE WORLD'S BEST MOTOCROSS
RIDERS IN 1973
