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thrown by Van Velthoven's wheels and the Finnish Husqvama pilot crasht'd and had to work up from last to 13th. Two Dutch riders, Gerrit Wolsink and Pie= Karsmakers, made steady progt""ss through the middk of the fkld and finished s""en th and eigh th behind Frkdrichs. Both the Dutch riders ..,.., using old styk four-speed Huskys because they are ligh tt'r than the normal five-speed bikes. For DeCoster and Jonsson the second heat was almost an instant replay of the first. But this time Paul Friedrichs was in third place and he looked like he meant business. Van Vdthoven was fourth followed by Adolf Weil and Bengt Aberg. On lap four, Frkdrichs clipped a tree with his handlebars and although he somehow avoided a big crash he was so shaken that he rode slowly around to the pits and pulled out of the race. Som"Whe.., during that same lap Bengt Abert hit some hard bumps a little out of shape and w..,nched some back muscles that have given him trouble in the past. Bengt rode' directly to the first aid tent and called it quits for the day. At this point the evt'nly spaced leaders were D"coster, Jonsson, Van Vdthoven and Weil. Mikkola was next and then came Wolsink and K,arsmakers. English Husky rida Andy Robc:rton had a good race going and he was eighth. Billy Clemen ts was circulating well when he sailed off a big jump and hit a slippery rock with the rear tire. "I started to slide into a big tree, "Billy said later. "I gassed it a little so I could slide on around the turn. I almost thought I was going to make it but I hit that tree broadside." Billy said that he was shaken and the wind was knocked"out of him. "I was gasping for air and abou t six guys were trying to pull my helmet off." "A fter a minute I was all right but the first aid man said I was dizzy and wouldn't kt me race. Finally, after some talking, I convinced him that I was all right and 1 took back my hdmei and got started." Billy lost a couple of laps because of the incident with the tree but he gamdy rode ou t the ..,maining lap s and was sco..,d 17th overall. A t the request of the Belgian Federation, 250cc World Champion Joel Robert passed up the Finnish Grand Prix to race at Namur. CD .. ... & N .... CD ~ gi « ~ w Z W ..J o >. o Joel Dear AMXT followers, MEZIERES, FRANCE, Aug. 11, 1972 - The Briton Andy Lee once again added a ftrst place cup to his already long list of French victories. Bryand Kenney followed up last week's win by a solid second place ovaall. The track was smooth and fast, American style, and at least five of the rider's engines suffered from the high revving during the course of the day. Into the hold shot in the first moto was Joel Quierel, who held a good lead throughout the th irty minutes. Andy Lee, by the last lap, was dangerously close on the Frenchman's heels followed by a close match between the Dane Mortensen and Kenney. Dave Nicoll held down fifth place. Jurgen Baumgarten was the only other challenger to the top positions, but an engine failure knocked him out of the contest for the rest of the day. The second moto, Quierel tried to repeat his win. Instead he blew up his Husky to the great disappointment of the thousands of French spectators. This round was Nicoll's win, seconded by Lee. On the first lap Kenney rode over two downed bikes and pitched over the handlebars on the other side. With a last place start, he worked up past twenty riders to fourth place behind Jacky Porte, the 1970 French Robert spectated on crutches after tearing the practice. cartilage in his knee during Joel arrivt'd on Saturday with a well thrashed Suzuki GP bike and he made a few practice laps bdo.., he took on challengers in a series of practice starts. "I put down my boot to tum the bike around to make a start," Joel related the next day. "But the bike turned around and my foot didn't move. My knee hurt a little right then, but I though t it would be OK. It happened at such a slow speed I couldn't believe it. My kn"" started to stiffen up later and that evening when I tried to get up from dinner, I couldn't move it." At the moment Robert's' right leg is in plaster from the ankle to the thigh and it is questionable if he will race in the two remaining 250cc World Championship rounds in England and Switzerland. -]oel says that his doctors say his knee migh t be all righ t to race in two weeks bu t they recommend an operation to repair the damaged cartilage before the American Winter series. Robert nailed down his sixth World Title at the Russian Grand Prix back in June and characteristically, Joel looked at the lighter side of things: "In a way, I'm almost glad it happened, this will be my first vacation from racing in l3 years. " champion. The finale was the deciding race, and this time Kenny took the lead. With no one to bother him, he stretched out a good third of the track between he and the number two man, Lee. Already assured of an overall win, Lee slowed toward the end of the race to third . because of noise in the motor. The young star, Jacky Chapot, fell into second place. Nicoll didn't make it over the starting gate before his gearbox packed up. The Swiss rider, Rene Rossy, and the Swede, Lars Hansson, both settled· for a mediocre placing. After two weeks of international racing, we are on the way to the last of the 500 GP series in Luxembourg where we will see Roger DeCoster officially crowned for the second year in a row. Bryan and Mark are both on the program as well as Billy Clements if he can round up a last minute entry. Watch for HotShoe's rundown on this closing event. Ciao, Hot Shoe, August 11 P.S. Bryan has garnered a point in an official Grand Prix. The disqualification of Werner Schutz for riding two classes moved Bryan from eleventh up to tenth in the E. German GP for his first GP point in international motocross. 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