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o Suzuki's dashing trio collects edge. in finale of gruellin .... '" ~ w Z W ...J U > U (Cl"' O /. [ TO m page I ) exactly the same amount of throttle as DeCoster, they hit the next turn side by side, this time with DeCoster on the outside. Tak e that, R oger. Adolf hits the corner much harder than usual and Rog er, fearing a collision that wouldn't really have happened, goes over the berm. Gotcha, Rag. Bye. Yes, DeCoster did go off the course but never bothered to take his hand off the gas. Riding in ches for the extreme fence, he je tted full bore for the extrrne inside of the up coming comer, arriving there at the same time Weil was co mfo rtably . Blackwell ekes out narrow one-point victo anti-elimactic poor start. DeC oster found some fresh air in due time and easil y took the overall victory. Robert rode his hardest moto but at th e end of 30 minutes co uld only pass Roberton for third, second overall. After a strong first moto, Weil succumbed to Geboers in the secon d . In the final moto, he looked very much o ff pa ce in ninth but still earned fourth overall. Bickers, the jolly Englishman, was haggard at the end of this series and it was beginning to show the last few races. Today he rode at least as [, Pho tog rap her Charles Clay to n proves he has better reflexes than motocrossers, The start ing gate is down but no one has a wheel over it yet. mo to ring off the berm. Adolf glared to his inside to find DeCoster not only right next to hi m but passing him on the off-eamber portion of the turn. Out of shock (and possibly resp ect ) Adolf left the door open for him. Go ah ead, Rag. You d eserv e it. Again. Well was able to stave off Geboers and was the only rider all day to beat a Belgian on a Suzuki. DeCoster couldn't find the fast-escaping Robert this round but the next time he wouldvj oe l led Geboers, Dave Bickers, Gasto n Rab ier, an d eventual ly DeCos ter fo r the first couple of lap s. Roger worked h is way up to the third spot, pushe d Sy lvai n hard a bit before doing h im in, and q uickly closed on Robert. Naw, th e sp ectators though t, nobody can p ass th e J oel Rob er t. But DeCoster did; is nothing sacred? The third rnoto offered a showdown between the two world cham p io ns, the winner taking the overall. Geboers took the lead with Husky's Andy Roberton gathering good ground. Righ t behind, DeCoster egged him so much he nearly forced Roberton around leader Geboers on a pass attempt. Meanwhile, Robert suffered an energetically as he rode the Carlsbad Grand Prix last September. Although the first three or fo ur places of each mo to led the blance of the field by ha lf a minute, he battled the rest of the Europeans and fast Americans all day and emerged victorious in fifth position. A fitting tribute to the series' most colorful rider. The battle fo r top American of th e series was a grueling one. Brad Lackey an d Mark Blackwell b o th finished highest American four times each in the previous 1 1 races . F urther, J ohn DeSoto, with a repu ta t io n th at is hard to follow , finished his Suzuki the "time to sandbag" ~oge~ D :C~ter wowwed the fans with his cha mpionship-winning style. consistently well throughout the series. DeSoto put in the best, however abbreviated, ride of the three. In the first m o to he not only held down fifth p ositi o n but was uncommonly close to FIN AL POI NT STAND ING S* TRAN S·AMA M OTOCR OSS SER IES 500 INTERNATIONAL Sylvain Geboers A d ol f Wei I T h o rl ei f Hansen Ro ger DeCoster Joel Robert Heikki Mikkola Will i Bau er Gas ton Rah ier Pierr e Karsma kers D ave Bi ckers Joh n Ban ks Andy Roberton V la sti mil Va lke Ma rk Blac k w ell B rad Lackey Gary Jo nes John Desoto Chris H orsfi eld Un o Palm Pet er L ampp u Bill C lements 3066 (3454) 2331 (245 1) 2052 1865 1730 1680 1276 (1316) 1112 (1167) 1110 11 16 ) 1076 1146) 9 71 81 0 709 6 04 (6 32 ) 6 03 66 2 ) 485) 439 439 416 324 (320) 3 09 3 06 (30 7) 1 1 25 0 NAT IONAL T im Hart Gary Ch a pli n D ou g Gran t DeWayne Jones Tom Ra pp Ji m Wicks Rob Norgaard Lars L a rsson Werner Sc h u tz Dick Bu rteson Barry H iggins Mike Cram Bruc e McDougal Steve Mobbs Joe Casta ngo Bruc e Ba ron G len Vi ncent Bry a r Holcomb Darrell Courtright 2760 (3 19 0) 2 266 2070 (2079) 1820 (199 0) 1473 1090 881 (898) 825 820 700 679 487 437 425 395 362 360 260 254 *Flnal stan dings are based on the b est 9 o f 12 races. Numbers In 0 stand for the total poi nts ear~ I f the rider scored in more than t he 9 rac es. ,-" . •