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Page 7 October 23, 1973 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ! ~[)[3~~U'Uil~~ ~~[.1U' • • : • • : • • : • • Set of six 170z drinking glasses with the 500cc World Champion's name, picture, and • • autograph on each one. On the back of each glass is printed the list of the previous twenty years • : : • : of World : • • • • • : i • Roger DeCoster • : • • Moto-Cross': • • Drinking Glasses : • • • • • : • : ~[D~~ Champions in the 500cc motocross class. Order now, $5.95 a set. Please add $1.00 Send extra for postage. Calif. residents add 5% name for sales tax. Send check or money order to: set lsi to: • • • • • • • : • • • : : • : : • : • • • • back, Adolf Weil, Werner Schultz, and Finnish Montesa rider Kalevi Vehkonen were rounding out the top ten somewhere in traffic. Karsmakers made a determined charge to catch Wolsink, closing the gap to ten yards two laps before the end but a crashing rider cost Pierre the possible advantage needed to get the win. Wolsink managed to hold his ten yard advantage over Karsmakers for the last laps to the flag while Pierre, in tum, was holding off the challenge of 250 World Champion, Hakan Andersson. Jim Pomeroy, who had steadily moved up through the pack, fell victim to a transmission stuck in second gear and the loss of his rear brake in the last ,ten minutes. Gary Jones blew a head gasket. Peter Lamppu and Brad Lackey were out before they started with Peter's rear wheel breaking and Lackey suffering other mechanical ills. Husqvama once again pulled the lead from the gate, only this time it was Gary Semics who was doing the scooti\lg. Semics held off Wolsink for one lap but the determined Dutchman charged by and began to open a lead by lap two with Weinert in third, Bauer in fourth and Vehkonen close behind. Karsmakers sPent two laps in the .pits to replace a broken throttle cable while Tarao Suzuki's Yamaha went sour. Gary J ones blew his second head gasket in two motos, Lackey returned to spectate, and Rich Thorwaldson and Mark Blackwell tangled on the sharp uphill leading to the back of the course. Willi Bauer moved in to second at midway, followed closely by Andersson on a Monoshocker that was beating Hakan's butt to death. The dampening was getting progressively worse as the track got bumpier. With ten minutes to go, Wolsink had his second trans-AMA victory wrapped up when one of those freak things happened: the bolt in the handlebar retaining assembly snapped and Wolsink found himself lying on the ground watching his victory roar away with Bauer's number 'on it. Wolsink tried to repair the damage, returning to the action one lap down, but just motored to finish as the front wheel didn't follow the direction of the bars. Andersson stayed close to Bauer but didn't really appear to be pressing to pass. It seemed that he could have at any time. Hakan made the mental error of assuming a GP scoring system - best time wins in case of tie - instead of the Trans-AMA ruling where the highest placing in the last moto decides ties. . Tor/df Hansen, Arne Kring and Adolf rounded out the top five with Weinert, Schutz, Tim Hart (with a consistent ride), Vehkonen and Semics strung out from sixth to tenth. Hakan A. shrugged off the costly error as just a part of the racing game while Bauer took the victory in stride. Wolsink was admittedly mad but Jammin' Jimmy just grinned and said, uI've got my head together now." 250 Support Class Photos by H. G. Hardy & Van Voo.rhis Consistent Bryar Holcomb (Bul) put together a second and two thirds to pick up the overall win in the 250 Support Class, wbile most of the competition spent time lying' on the ground at various poin ts during the action. Rich Eierstedt and Billy Grossi made up the next two overall riders and Barry Higgins (Kaw) returned to the high spots (fourth) for the second week in a row. Rich Eierstedt immediately left the rest of the pack to take a four second lead at the end of the first lap. He added to it for the next four laps until he did one of the most spectacular endos of the year. It cost Rich the lead and put him 45 seconds behind. Ron Pomeroy took the lead and held it to the finish ahead of Holcomb, Barry Higgins, John Borg and Rick Jordan with Eierstedt and Grossi Holding sixth and seventh. Moto two, it was Pomeroy's fUm for misfortune. He fouled a plug and spent a couple of laps replacing it. Eierstedt, meanwhile, found the lead, the fast line and held both until the flag. Billy Grossi rode to a comfortable second place ahead of Holcomb and Higgins. Moto three had to be "Get It Together Time" for Holcomb, Higgins, Eierstedt and Grossi as any number of finish combination could decide just who would finish where overall. Grossi, with the least possible shot at the overall win, decided to run and take the bucks for the moto win and hope it would move hUn' well up in the final standings. It worked out just that way but Grossi had his. hands full during the race with Eierstedt and Holcomb. By midway point of the last of the three 20-minute support motos, Grossi held a good cushion over Rich, who was equally distant from Bryar. Barry Higgins, safe in the knowledge of earlier moto misfortunes to riders challenging him, motored in sixth. • Results: 500 rnternational: 1. Willi Bauer (Mai) 4·1 i 2. Hakan Andersson (Yam) 3·2; 3. Jim Weinert (Kaw) 5-6; 4. Adolf Well (Mai) 8-5; 5. Werner Schutz (Mai) 9-7; 6. Katevi Vehkonen (Mon) 10-9; 7. Christer Hammargren (Yam) 7-12; 8. Tim Hart (Yam) 13-8 i 9. Gary Semics (Hus) 12-10; 10. Gerrlt Wolslnk (Mal) 1-22; 11. Jim Pomeroy (Bul) 11-13; 12. Pierre Karsmakers (Yam) 2-23; 13. Tofl1ef Hansen (KaW) 29-3; lr4. Mike Runyard (SUZ) 21·11; 15. Bob Wrtght (CCM) 17·16; 16. Arne Kring HUS) 30-4; 17. Ton DiStefano (CZ) 19-15; \ 8. Rich Thorwaldson (Suz) 16·18; 19. Sonny DeFeo (CZ) 18·f7; 20. Bob Harris (Mal) 23-14. 250 Support: 1. Bryar Holcomb (Bul); 2. Rich Elerstedt (Hon); 3. Bill Grossi (Kaw)i 4. Barry Higgins (Kaw); 5. Ron Self (Mai); 6. Bill Clements (Hus); 7. Leland Rumph (Bul); B. Rick Baumberger (Yam)i 9. Ron Pomeroy (Bul); 10. Steve Mobbs (Ric). street. : : Mesa, Ca 92041 (714) 286-7475. Dealer city : : Bryar Holcomb notched another 250 class win for Bultaco. Progressive Products, P.O. 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