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• the straigh1.-· Roger haS closed. He believes it is close enough to make his move. The Suzuki pulls up alongside the Maico but neither rider looks over at the other. DeCoster leaves the throttle on up the hill and selecting his line from previous tours goes by on the inside•..WFO. He pulls out a few feet on Adolf, who has not quit racing. but it is all over. The white flag, Roger holding the lead by maybe 5-10 yards for a lap, then he takes the checkered with the rear end of the 370 breaking loose in the soft dirt. He pulled up short just beyond the flag as does Adolf and they both grin widely at eaCh other, speaking in German. They have finished one-two to each other bu t Roger did it the most recently. It has been a rare and singular display of motocross at its very finest. Results: 500 International Class: 1. Roger DeCoster (5uz) 2-1; 2. Adolf Well (Mai) 1·2: 3. Willi Bauer (Mal) 6-4; 4. Ge,rlt Wolslnk (Mai) 9-5; 5. Rich Thorwaldson (Suz) 7-9; 6. Rex Staten (Mal) 10-8; 7. Brad Lackey (KaW) 14-6; 8. Jim West (HUSl 10-11; 9. Gary Jones (Mal) 3-19; 10. TarlO Suzuki (Vam) 13-13; 11. Pierre Karsmakers (Vam) 4-23; 12. Sonny 0.180 (Mal) 11·11; 13. Peter Lamppu (Kaw) 15-14; 14. BOb Wright (CCM) 5·25: IS. Jim Cooke (Kaw) 16-17; 16. Sylvain Geboers (Suz) 32-3; 17. Mark Blackwell (Husl 12-23T 18. Jan·Claude Job. (Mon) 16-20; 19. Mike Runyard (5uz) 15·21. 250 N.tlonal Class: 1. Bill Clements (Hus); 2. Rich Elr.stedt (Han); 3. G~Vlon Mosler Hon); 4. Tom Rapp (Bul); 5. John Dallaire Mal); 6. Ron Pomeroy (Bul); 7. Bryar Holcomb (Bul). Clemen ts, -moving up fast from his get·off, passed Mosier before the checkered flag fell. Mann finished in the low teens. Eierstedt jumped out ahead in the third moto, with Clements second, Holcomb third, and Mosier fourth. By the second lap Holcomb was up to second, and moving fast. One lap later Holcomb had tbe lead, and built up a tremendous gap ahead of second place Clements, and it stayed that way the entire moto as the rain intensified its efforts and the spectators started filing out of the area around the track. Eierstedt kept third, and Mosier fourth. Pomeroy was never in contention due to a bad start, and Grossi didn't even fmish.' II Holcomb's bike had not hroken, he could have made it two in a row. It's hard to imagine the frustration he felt when it quit, but when a third moto stall/collision at Phoenix two weeks ago stopped his win, he was almost in tears. This was not the first time his bike quit, and with Jim Pomeroy having the same type of trouble with his In temational class bike, it will be interesting to see if Team Bultaco defects to another make next year. • Consistency peicI off for Bill a.menu. I Support Class By John D. Ulrich Bill Clements (Hus) won the support class overall today as the wind blew and the drizzling rain settled down over the crowd, and Rich Eierstedt (Hon) took a consistent second to malte his series Support class crown invulnerable. But the most amazing show was put on by Bryar Holcomb (BuI), still stoked from his Puyallup win. Holcomb was the fastest 250 rider on the Carnegie track. and let everyone know it, even if a ftrst moto seizure denied him the win he wanted so badly. Bill Grossi (Kaw) led from the first turn of the fIrst SUPPO" moto, with Clements second, Eierstedt fourth, and Holcomb about seventh. Two laps later Holcomb had started his charge, moving up to fourth, but that was as far as he got before his Bultaco seized. A lap or so later Grossi got a little over his head and crashed, and Clements took over the lead for the rest of the moto. Eierstedt maintained in second, and Grossi got up and moving quickly enough to take third. Holcomb, his bike repaired between motos, jumped out in front at the start of the sec 0 n d mot o. Bryar stretched out an incredible lead over Gaylon Mosier (Hon), who finished eighth in the first moto; Ron Pomeroy (BuI), eleventh in the ftrst moto; and Eierstedt. A series of crashes and tangles were wasting riders farther back in the pack. Dick Mann (Tri), on what he insisted was his girlfriend's cowtrailer, rode his trick-framed mostly stock engine in to a pileup at the bottom of the hairpin uphill/downhill on the track. Dave Bunker (BuI), and a local rider joined Bugsy in the "flat on your back:' action., but Mann was quickly up and thumping again. Bunker got moving again, too, but the local man gave it up. Clements, who was in fourth, had his turn to lose it on the next lap when he tangled with another rider and crashed at the bottom of the uphill approach. By the time he got going again he was back in thirteenth place and started working his way up to a imish in the position he held before his mishap fourth. Jackie McElwain (Yam) from Benton, Kentucky was the next crasher at the base of the hairpin uphill/downhill, but fared. '!i0rst than the others, needingoa stretc~er °and·an ambulance to leave the crash site. Mann dumped it again in the sanie place a, couple of laps later, but again took off to continue. Meanwhile, Holcomb kept his lead while Eierstedt and Pomeroy diced for second. Pomeroy passed Eierstedt and pulled away, while Mosier moved up to battle with Eierstedt. Bill Grossi was somewhat de-tuned by his 'first moto crash, and circulated back around eight. Holcomb's lead at the finish put him ten seconds abead of Pomeroy, wbo was another six seconds ahead of Eierstedt. I •• .. ' 28 ~ f