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But Hans Maisch beat both of them, only to be disqualified for not paying attention to AMA
rules.
checkered, followed by DeCoster, who
could find no way to reel them in, then
Karsmakers, Kring, and Weinert. John
DeSoto had resprained his foot and
retired from the day's competition.
Ake got off first in the third moto,
but this time DeCoster was second with
a good start. Maisch was in third and for
five laps he tailed DeCoster, then put
the zap on him to regain his second
moto position behind Ake. Roger
decided to settle back and maintain his
steady third. Karsmakers was holding
down fourth. Brad Lackey was doing
fine in fifth, but Gary Jones WaS right
behind, trying to apply pressure, with
Weinert behind GAry.
The three Americans were really
cooking and Lackey looked like he was
going to get Karsmakers, but the moto
ran out too soon. Back during the
middle of the molO, Maisch had lost his
silencer. AMA referee, John Lancione,
signaled for Hans to be black flagged,
which he was. Hans, accustomed to
running in International events where a
competitor is not black flagged unless
he is creating a danger to the other
competitors, refused to leave the race
for the loss of a silencer. He ignored the
black flag right up until the final lap,
then pulled off the track and wen t to
his pit.
Jonsson won the moto and overall.
DeCoster finished second to earn second
overall. Karsmakers finished the moto in
third. J ones dropped back on the last
lap when his Yamaha rebroke its frame,
after having been rewelded. Brad
Lackey finished fourth. Jim Weinert's
fifth place finish and Maisch's
subsequent disqualification gave
Weinrert third overall: highest American
yet in the Trans-AMA. Also of note is
the large number of Americans who
followed Jim in the final standings.
John Lancione, AMA MX referee,
later said that he h·d disqualified
Maisch for the moto because his muffler
had fallen off, and had disqualified him
overall because he failed Lo sLOp for the
black flag:.
250 SUPPORT C L A S S - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The 250 class was set up with two
ten·minute qualifying molOs; top fifteen
riders out of each transferring to the
feature. A consolation was also run,
with the top ten riders getting to run in
the feature. Two motos were then run
for the overall scoring.
Jim West gassed his Husky into the
lead of the first feaLure with DeWayne
Jones hot on his heels. The Yamaha
factory rider was really stuffing his bike
into the -turns in an allout effort l<>
catch West, but on the second lap he
went down hard. He was in twen tieth
position before he was underway again,
leaving him out of contention totally
when he did the same number three
more times before the moto finished
out.
Bob Grossi moved in behind his
Husky teammate to pick up second.
Bob proceeded to take up where
DeWayne left off. He finally outgunned
him to shoot by just before the [Jag for
the win.
Sonny DeFeo unloaded hard on a
downhill section and sat on thi: sidelines
for a couple of laps before he was able
to get underway again. Jack Penton,
riding the new KTM 250 in his
qualifying moto, got out of shape going
over one of the jumps and crashed. lie
was taken orf unconscious.
The track was watered constantly
throughout the day, but it couldn't
keep down the thick, red dust. By the
final moto, the dust was so .thick and
choking that most of the spectators had
left and the riders were embittered.
Peter Lamppu and Jimmy Weinert
,said that the track was just plain gross.
Jones shot out into the lead at tbe
start of the final 250 moto. He looked a
littJe more cautious this time. but when
Ron DeSoto nudged his CZ past
DeWayne at the end of the first lap,
DeWayne juiced it to retake his lead. All
of a sudden, DeWayne began to slack up
on his pace as Jim West came from
behind to take the lead.
A race began for second and thiro
positions when DeWayne tired anG
dropped back even further. Bill Cook
(Mai), Bob Brown iCZ). and Peter
Lamppu (Kaw) were destroying ·the
track and seemingly each other as they
flew around the course, swapping
positions three or four times a lap.
Bob Grossi meanwhile powered
throuj;h all of them to cop a temporary
second.
Nobody could catch Ake Jonsson. He got the starts and the overall.
Grossi Knows How 10- Pia
On the Lenth lap, out of nowhere,
came Gary Semics (Hus), who worked
his way up through the group to secure
third after two laps. Gary began to work
on Grossi, and, after two more laps. was
able to outfox the factory lIusky rider.
The 'heckered waved to signal the
end of wnat was the most exciting race
of the day: West cOlJling across the line
first, then Semics, Grossi, and Cook just
nipping by in Lime to take fourth away
from Lamppu.
DeWayne Jones took off like a rocket; got chased by Bob Grossi
passed Jones and finished in that order overall in 250 class.
(6)
and Peter Lamppu
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