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By Ken Dunlap
Cycle News East
COPETOWN, ONT., Oct. 17, 1971 Finland's Heikki Mikkola won today's
Trans-AMA motocross on the Sted City
Riders' new track near Hamilton, Onto
The course was tight on the jumps, but
it had plenty of tight turns, undulations,
and enough action to keep the most
jaded fan on his feet.
For once the rain held off, leaving a
dust-free, mud-free track and no doubts
as to who was who. At one point the
course split at the crest of a hill and
several riders gained a place on the
competition by taking the short cut.
In keeping with the international
flavor of the series announcer George
Kirkpatrick assisted starter Bob Kelly
during the riders meeting by translating
Kelly's statements into French and
German. With three classes running, the
officials wan ted no time-consuming
delays caused by language difficu1ties.
The third class was an Open National;
it and the 250 National were two
20-minute motos. The International was
three 30's.
Mikkola won the ltrSt moto after
some scrapping with Pierre Karsmakers
for the lead. Wailing Adoph Wei! didn't
ride the first since he WiiS unable to start
his machine. Suzuki ace Sylvain Geboers
started the moto but soon dropped out
when the pain from his injury sustained
at Unadilla became too intense for him
to continue. Willi Bauer took second
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Barry Higgins (3) and Vlastimil Valek. Barry. an excellent rider, is having a tough time this series but big Valek is doing just fine.
ahead of Karsmakers. First American
was Mark Blackwell with an eighth.
Canadian Champ Ron Keys won the
first of the Open National moto. Second
was Dave Eaton, a Senior rider, a class
comparable to our Juniors. He put on a
strong show against the Experts, and at
the end of the day had third overall.
Tom Rapp won the first 250 moto,
with Bruce Baron, later disqualified,
taking second. Mike Cram was the
official second, with Gary Chaplin third.
Adolph Wei! won the second moto of
the International with Mikkola lapping
the field righ t behind him. Third was
Uno Palm, who had only managed a
sixth in the ftrst moto. John DeSoto,
riding with much of the same mad gusto
Adolf Weil and his mighty Maiea have taken the series by storm. He came from a no-show to
second overall today.
as the Europeans, was first American
with eleventh.
The second moto of the Open
National went to Gary .Iones on his
