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Pierre Karsmakers (29) took sixth in his first American race of the season.
Trans AMA
Valek, Geboers
(Cont'd, from !Jage 6)
superbly and' finished second and third,
Blackwell was less fortunate and
finished 19th. Brad Lackey, stylish as
ever, finished seventh; Clements, 12th.
Geboers was out to make up for his
poor finish in the first round, and
probably hoped strongly that the
Germans would have their struggles in
the final moto, At first it appeared the
Americans and English would make it
rough for everybody. John Banks (CZ)
got a fine start and bested the field by
over five seconds in the washboards
back straightaway, Not far beh'ind, 10
and behold, were John DeSoto and Brad
Lackey. Bradley looked strong and
determined on the first lap, pushing
DeSoto hard - perhaps too hard, as
they both dumped and Lackey's CZ
suffered a flat tire, Shucks.
Banks continued to move out
smartly, but the rest of Europe was hard
after him, He couldn't sustain the
rugged pace and the continent began
overtaking him and many of his
American friends as well. Banks finished
12th after a ninth and a fifth in the first
two motos.
Now Geboers was flying, but so were
Wei! and Hansen. Gaston Rabier and
Vlastimil Valek (CZ) were in the fight
with Peter Lamppu, Mark Blackwell and
Bill Clemen ts.
Geboers won the last circuit, but
Wei! was solidly in second spot and
Hansen made third. Wei!,s first and
second in the preceding motos gave him
the overall win, putting Geboers second,
Hansen third. Mark Blackwell's sixth
made him first American and fourth
overall.
(Results on page 32)
Adolf Weil on his winning works Maico. Note the sunburst finning.
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Geboers on a high-speed jump; smooth, fast,
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