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Arne Kring, Sweden, holds off Jacques Vernier of France.
TRANS-AMA SWEEP
BY ENGLAND, BSA
UNA.DILLA, N.Y., Oct. 18, 1970 England and BSA made a clean sweep of
the second Trans-AMA event held here
today by snagging the first four
positions in the featured races.
Jeff Smith, as expected, grabbed tITst
place honors and led BSA teammates
Keith Hickman, John Banks and Dave
Nicoll toward the checkered and top
money.
It was the second week in a row that
Smith has taken first and it now appears
that he will win the series with ease,
barring mechanical failure.
Peter Lamppu was easily this
continent's best, running very
consistently near the front and was
listed ahead of Nicoll when the
unofficial post race results were issued.
When uofficialized", however, he was
dropped to fifth place.
First American was Bob Thompson,
who finished next on an Ossa. He is still
suffering from a broken shoulder
sustained earlier this year and couldn't
lift his arm after the final heat.
Engine fatalities were numerous.
Brad "The Brat" Lackey, last week's
support winner, led the second heat on
a CZ until his bike quit. Barry Higgins,
riding a prototype Ossa with a new
frame and five speed gearbox, broke his
motor mounts during the first race but
had them repaired for the next. Joining
him as a spectator in the first moto was
Gunnar Lindstrom, who blew his
gearbox. 'Lindstrom did not bother to
repair it, and watched for the rest of the
day.
As it has been bruited about, BSA
will introduce a new motocross bike this
fall. Dave Aldana, who was fast and
spectacular but spilled far too often,
and Lindstrom were riding machines
totally different from the English
versions. It rna y be assumed that these
were the "works replica" bikes to be
introduced by BSA.
Proprietor Ward Robinson changed
the course to "low down the riders with
more changes still in the works. It was
measured at 9/10ths of a mile in its
original configuration and is a little
shorter now.
Lindstrom said that it is not like
most European Grand Prix courses he
has seen.
(Results on page 20)
Here's one reason there was trouble figuring out the
results...the number plates covered by mud from the
"mudhole".
Torsten Hallman after first mota pile-up.
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