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.,-----------.. I HELLO I I I I I I I I Before you read this ad, look on the other, side'of this page and read our offer for the new and exciting 1972 MOTORCYCLE COMPETITION GUIDEBOOK FOR CALIFORNIA. Dig it? Good. Now all you have to do is fill in the handy coupon (on the other side), clip out this whole mess and fold it up so the mail panel shows. Then staple, tape or glue it all together with your money inside and drop it in your local mail box. That's all. We'll rush you all the guide books you want. Mark Blackwell (28) in a "handlebar-rattling encounter with one of the East~German CZ riders. hammering away in the middle of the came into a banked turn a little too pack, and he picked off riders one by slow and there wasn't enough one. Starting in seventh place, Ake momentum to keep the bike moving pressed past Friedrichs, and then he and the engine stopped. 1 got going righ t overhauled his Maico factory teammate away but Wolsink had already passed 'Willi Bauer. me." So now th-e order was DeCoster, Van With a third place finish in the first Velthoven, Wolsink and Jonsson. Mark heat, a second place in the final heat Blackwell's day ended in yet wnother would mean second overall for Wolsink disappointmen t when his chain flew off and he had less than one lap to and he had to retire. But Bryan Kenney complete. was waging a terrific battle with the But there were no bouquets for French Champion Serge Bacou. These Gerrit yet. two were dicing for about 10th place "I looked over my 'shoulder once, and and they traded places several times I thought Ake Jonsson was dropping before Bryan held 'the advantage and back," Wolsink said afterwards. "Then finished 11th in what may have been his Jaak made a little mistake, killed the finest ride all season. engine and ·1 passed him. On that same Gerrit Wolsink was riding a fantastic lap before I could reach the finish my race on his two year old four speed engine died and I couldn't make it start Husky with a hand-me-down titanium to complete the last lap. I think the frame. Wolsink was looking very smooth piston is br.oken_" . and seemed to have third place sewn up So after brilliant rides in two 40 despite Ake's charge through the ranks. minure heats Gerrit Wolsink doesn't But the last lap held surprises for appear in the results at all. And Jaak everyone. Van Velthoven, who got second place in The starter was holding the checkered the final heat after all, wound up in a flag_ DeCoster had the race all but won three way points tie for second overall and Jaak Van Veith oven was solidly with Paul Friedrichs and Ake Jonsson. behind Roger in the final heat. But the clocks tell the story so "I was trying to be careful," Van Friedrichs and Jonsson stood beside Velthoven said later in the pits. "I Roger DeCoster on the winner's podium wasn't tired. I wanted to be conservative and Jaak will have to wait for next and get second place for sure. But I week. 500 cc MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS As of July 16. 1972 Eight rounds down, three to go Name Make Roger DeCoster Suz Ake Jonsson Mai Helkki Mikkola Hus Jaak Van Veith oven Yam Paul Friedrichs CZ Bengt Aberg Hus Willi Bauer Mai JirlStodulka ,CZ Adolf Wei! Mal Gerrlt Wolsink Hus John Banks CZ Vlastimll Valek Jaw Nation Belgium Sweden Finland Belgium East Germany Sweden Germany Czech'oslovakia Germany Holland Great Britain Czechoslovakia Pts 87 54 52 40 35 34 33 33 32 21 16 15 I I I I I II I I r------------·FOLD HERE FIRSTI--------------I I I I I- FIRST CLASS Permit No. 2914 Long Beach. Calif. • BUSINESS REPLY MAIL .\ CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS P.O. BOJ( 49. .0 C..'90801 . I I II I • ~ . . ..:7A:::B~:,::~.... I I I I ..: I I--------------T"N 'OCD""..-------~-----I I I I I Those swell folks that brought you the Super Rat have done it again. This is it, the new 125cc Hodaka Wombatl (You can tell it's new because it has a black frame.1 Tho'se of you who thought the Wombat was a funny little Australian marsupial now stand corrected. Look for a full-blown Wombat test in an up-coming issue of CN ...real soon. Soon as we can get out to the zoo. We may even have a test of the 125cc Hodaka in the same issue. I --------' ;:; 1l, '" C1. N ,... Ol a5 a. " « til :;: W Z W .J U >- U