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o ... e> -- l"- ell ~ ~ z BELGIANS/SUZUKI to pick th ird and managed to p ic k off third in that one, just' ahead of Weil. just Top American at seventh overall was Am erican seven th _a dynamic Mark Blackwell (Hus) who wh o a reall y really made the 14,500 Americans in t he 14 ,5 0 0 Am ericans in attendance proud. Punished for a poor pro ud. Punish ed fo r th e initial sta nza, Mark start in the initia l stanza, M ark fought his way back to within close range of his back with in ra nge ~ w w Z w oJ U t.l >> U t.l overall. Thorlief Han sen (lIus) appeare d to T horlief Hansen (Hus) appeared to be in th e b at tl e early for the top spots b ut the battle ea rly fo r th e to p but mechanical prob lem s forced him out problem. fo rced out early in the firs t mota and h e re ti red for first m o ta a nd he retired fo r the day.. day Holland's Pierre Kar sm a ker s (Hus) Karsmakers Holl and's appeared in con ten tion after two motos app eared te nt ion af te r motos While Gary Jones is flyin'. Roger DeCoster is drivin'. fly in', Roger dri"in'. By J ohn Bethea john PAYALLUP, WASH., Nov . 21, 1971 PAY ALLUP, WASH ., Nov. 2 1, 19 7 1 They played the national anthem of an th em o f every nation represented (and a few na tion others, t oo) at today's runnin g of too) at t oday's running o f Rainer Brewing Company~s Trans-AMA Company's Motocross at Puyallup Raceway Park at but Belgium's theme had an encore after a n enco re a fte r the races as Joel Robert, Roger joel th e DeCoster and Sylvain Geboers took 1-2-3 overall for their fatherland. Had over all fo r Su zuki had a "team" or "brand",, Suzuki u team " "brand" anthem,, it toe would have been played an them it to e wow.d h ave as eac h m ounted th e Japanese make. each mounted the japanese Robert and DeCoster flopped o verall DeC oster flopp ed overall positions from last week 's runnin g at posit ion s week's running Tulsa, Okla., and diced all day in the Okla., dic ed th e process with the five-time world five-tim e w orld champion Robert winning the first and cham pion R ob er t winni ng th e third motos with DeCoster a close m otos DeC ost er second. In the sandwiched mota, :vIaico's m oto, Maic o's Adolf Weil got a great jump on the field \\' eil go t on fiel d but but was soon pass ed by Geboers and passed b y Geb oers DeCoster wi th Syl vain winnin g out and DeC ost er with Sylvain winning o u t DeCoster again fo r DeC ost er aga in settled for second. Robert had a miserable start, was n earl y Rob ert h ad mis erable sta rt, nearly began p ast last past the grandstand jum p, but began jump, to attack the course with spectacular t o attac k th e style. st yle. While his two teammates battled tw o te amm ates for the point, Robert began chewing up . th e R obert ch ewing up. st ationary objec ts riders like they were stationary objects Brad Lackey had a good second mote. had seco nd mota. MOTOCROSS TRANS-AMA TRANS-A MA Puyallup Raceway Park Pu ya llup Ra ce w ay Rainer Brewing Company C ompany Puyallup, Wash.. Pu ya llup. Wash Nov. 21, 1971 Nov.21,1971 500cc INTERNATIONAL Joel Robert. 1 -3 ·1 Joe l Robert . 1-3-1 Rog er DeCoster, 2·2·2 Roger DeC ost er , 2- 2·2 Sylvain Geb oers , 3 -1-4 Sylvain Geboers. 3·14 Pierre Karsmakers. 44- 11 jcarsmakers , 44·11 A n dy Roberton, 6-19 ~3 Andy Ronert on , 6·19·3 Willi Bauer. 5·5.Q W illi Bauer , 5 -5-0 Mark BlaCkwell. 11 -6 -6 Bta c k w ell, 11--6-6 Adolf Weil, 7-11 -8 Ado lf Well , 7·11·8 John DeSoto , 10-1S -5 o85oto. 10-18·5 Ga st on Rahler O-10.7 Gaston Dave BICkers. i 4.g·10 D ave a texe-s , iO-10.7 4-8-10 Brad Lec ke y , 13-7-19 Brad LaCkey. 13-7·19 CZ CZ Chris Horsfield. 9-20-9 Chris H orsfi eld, Gar y Jon es, 12-9-20 Gary Jones. 12-9·20 Bob Gr ossi, 16·12·15 Grossi. 16-12 ·1 5 Bill C lem en ts, 1 5 -14 -16 Bill Clements, 15·14-16 CZ Ya m Yam Hus Hus Peter Lampuu. 18.()-13 L ampuu, IS.Q-13 Mon N o. 12,8-16-12 No. 12 , 8-16 -12 N o. 39, 20·13-17 2 0 -1 3 -17 No. ~500;Zs6~~5ii~ ~~li;Zs0~M~~ Suz Su z Suz Su z Suz Hus Hus Mal Hus Hus Mal Mai Suz CZ Jim Wicks. 3·1-2 WiCkS, 3 -1-2 Gary Chaplin. 1·5-3 Chap lin, 1-5 -3 T im Hart. 8- 3 - 1 Tim H a rt. 8-3·1 Lars Lars son, 2 -9-4 Lars Larsson, 2.g-4 D eWa y n e Jon es.4 -2 .Q DeWayne Jones.4·2..() Bru ce McDougal, 10-4 -6 Bruce McDougal , 10-4-6 Mal M al M ai Mai M ai Mai H us Hus G o rd on Ochs. 6--8-8 Gordon ocns , 6 -8 -8 Bul Bu l N o. 93, 5-6-17 No. 9 3, N o . 37, 7-10-5 No. 7 -1 0-5 N o . 36. 14-7-9 No. 3 6. Joel Robert gets it going on the way to his overall win. gets his th at m ota 's that mota's top Yank. J ohn DeSoto john (Suz) in tenth with an 11 thoo (Suz ) an th The next trip to the starting line saw to sta rt ing lin e saw trouble Blackwell having tro uble with his clutch. Again lost in the second half of the pack, he and CZ ace Brad Lackey he got in a duel and while they diced away d uel they passed a large gro up of riders to large group to finis h sixth and seventh respectively. In finish six th resp ect ively. fif th p lace finis her Ba ue r fact, fifth place finisher Willi Bauer h ad fro nt (Mai) actually had his gap in front of them cut considerably in the finall few th em co nsiderab ly fi na few laps. Blackwell got his best start in the h is final round, b ut so did several other but Americans as Robert led from the twang Rob ert th e of the rubber band start with DeSoto st art second, Geboers third,, Lackey next and sec ond, third Lack ey n ext a nd Blackwell fifth. The Europeans, smelling Th e Europ eans, sme lling the S 10 .000 purse, fought back and b y $10,000 purse. fough t back by lap four, DeSoto was in fourth and fo ur. DeSo t o fo u rth Blackwell eighth. Blackwell eigh th. Both Blackwell and DeSoto then Blac kwell a nd DeS oto th en found fo und their reserve po rtio n ponion of en dura nce a nd go t anoth er tigh t endurance and got in yet another tight duel for fifth spot which t he Flyin' fo r fif th wh ich the Flyin ' Haw aiian Hawaiian finally secured when the las t wh en last to p flag flew . Although p lacing as top flew. Alt hough placing American in two of the three motos, tw o th e thre e mot o s, DeSoto had to give the honor t o DeS oto to t he h on or to Blackwell b ased on h is tr ouble-ridden Blac kwell based o n his trouble-ridden second round and wound u p ninth a nd wou nd up Boundn' Bob count in' down. Bo uncin' countin' dow n. Ya m Yam Ya m Yam