WASHES UNADILLA
(Suz) opened an early lead in the first
moto, but sijpped at about the halfway
mark to -let Adolf Weill (Mai) and
be denied his preferellce' for a muddy
track.
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If you look closely. you can see a rider and machine beneath the mud.
Torleif Hansen (Hus) pass. Geboers had
to work hard to make up ground and
finished third. The 30-minute moto was
obviously rough on all the riders, as
even the leaders were visibly tired near
the end.
The second mo to was shortened to
20 minutes and Weil and Geboers were'
rested and ready to go at it again. Wei!
took the lead, but Geboers closed
steadily and after a half-dozen laps
sailed by to gain the advantage and hold
it. Hansen and fellow Husky rider
Heikki Mikkola finished second and
third, followed by Tore Jonsson (Mai)
and
Gaston
Rabier
(CZ). Mark
Blackwell (Hus), first American rider at
Elkhorn, fmished ninth in the first and
second motos.
With darkness threatening, the final
moto was condensed to a quarter-hour.
Again it was Wei!, Geboers and Hansen
scrapping for the lead with Rabier and
Bauer in attendance. Hansen won it,
with Wei! second and Rabier third.
Geboers twisted his knee badly but
finished fourth. He was taken to the
hospital immediately. Willi Bauer placed
fifth, followed by the CZ's of Dave
Bickkers and Barry Higgins.
At this writing, only the first five
positions are available: in order were
Wei!, Hansen, Geboers, Rabier and
Mikkola.
The Trans-AMA series moves next to
Copetown, Ontario on Octoher 17, then
to Toledo, Ohio, on October 24, where
Joel Ro.bert and Roger DeCoster will
joint the battle. Hopefully, Ro\)ert will
. • . , • Leave it· up to the Europeans to show how it is to be done like Adolf Wei.1 1It-!.
