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WJ 51 5lQ a: 5lQ ..:::lI g =- g ~ rCl r," .... >- .2'; , «» ;I' ~~S:>~~ ~.." .... Pomeroy falls as Falta flies ~~ ~. , ~~~~ ~y~' ....~~~ ~ ~tt; ~~ Ita lian Grand Prix, 250 cc World Championship Motocross By Martin Christie MIL AN, IT A LY . AP R I L 21 Jim Pom eroy ca used a short-lived sensa tio n a t the Italian Grand Prix faste st in pr act ice, and ou t ahead in both races befor e mach ine tr oubl e rob bed him of the points. But it was boyish 22-year-old Czech Jaro slav Falt a (CZ) who took the acclaim o f th e d ay, winning bo t h legs, a nd now leading th e 250cc World Ch am pions h ip b f five points o ve r . wild Russian Genn ad y Mois seev (KT M), T he se ries so far has b rough t so m e real shoc ks - wi t h th e Eu ropean factories sweeping th e board , CZ , KTM, Pu ch , Montesa an d Maico, are the top fi ve on po in ts. R ei gn in g C h a mpio n H ak an Ander sson m issed It aly. A fter the open ing Sp anis h ro u nd, hi s righ t wrist was pr on oun ced broken from a first leg ta n gle wi th Ru ssian . Pa vel Rulev (KTM) . T he in cr edible Swede had still fini sh ed fo u rt h In t he second race - but ' no w h opes th e wri st wi ll be re ady for Czech os lov aki a on May 5 . At th e m omen t, th e near est chal len ger is 21 -year -old Belgian Harry Eve rt s, on an u ltra-quick six sp eed Puch. But th e big victory so far has been for th e lowly shock a bs o rbe r. Yamaha's m o n o s h o c k , designed by Lucien Ti lk ens, is n o longer th e miracle-worker it appeared in 19 73 . The standard of mor e c o n ve n t io n al damping has im p ro ved enormously. CZ 's shocks have n o springs at all, being gas-fi lle d and working like a bi cycle pump with a con tro l valve a t th e top o f th e unit. And boy do they soak up th e bumps. Moi sseev use d o il-d am p ed Ceriani's, angled at 45 d egree s, as a re th e prototype gas/oil Bet or s on Raymond Boven's facto ry M on tesa , Pu ch uses Kon is w ith t he u ni ts m oved alo ng th e sw in gin g ar m , Mai co -st y le . Though the West German s th em sel ves prefer th e gas-and oi l d amped Bilst eins, w hi ch look lik e they' ve been pu t o n upside d own. H an s M a isch 's Bilst eins co llap sed , putting him o ut. #~~~~~~~~~~ BW ~ ~ " FOR THE BEST IN MO TORCYC LE A CC E SSO RI ES . - 120 1A EAST BALL ROAD. ANAHEIM CALIF 714·77 1250 1, ' Burbank , Ca. 91502 .::; ~: Send for free brochure ~ : YE~_~~~}{"" Most Pow erf ul HRL Lubricants 7340 Florence Ave. Downey. CA 90240 213-927-4781 ~ BILL WALTERS LEATHERS 4455 . Victory Blvd . I I Best Hand ling MAlec ~~~,~~n~a ~n~;~~S Burb ank , Ca. 91502 The track T he Grand Pri x was o n a n ew co urse near Milan, belonging to MV Augusta. Green, n at and op e n , with one lone rid ge, 100 feet high. Ste ep loops up and down ac ro ss a hal f mile of this served as the track - but it migh t have suited road race rs better - "fast enough for Agostini," co m m en ted Joel Robe rt. Pomeroy was quick enoug h, but race speeds were horrific . with bad cra shes eventually claiming the lo ne American, veteran Robert, and d ar lin g of the Italian crowds Angiloni (Mai). • Results FI RST R AC E :!. .Ja ro stav Falta R tbat d cnen jco (eZl Ru ssian . 8 . Mlrosla v Hatm C zech . 9. A lexa ndra Grlttl (KTM ) Italian. 10. Jea n Clau de Laq uaye ( V am) B el gian . 11. Gaston Rahler (Suz) B e lg i an . SE C O ND RACE: 1. Fa lta . 2 . Gan n ady Moisseev (K T M ) Russian . 3 . H alm. 4. Rah ier . 5. Raymond B oven (Mon) B e lg ian . 6. Schmidt. 7. Everts. 8 . R i b a ld ch en k o . 9. Grltti. 10. Laquaye , 11 . Jo Lammers (Bul) Be lg ia n . CHAM P IONS HIP PO I N T S (after four races): 1. Falta . 40 . 2 . Moisseev. 35. 3 . E ve r ts . 31. 4 . Boven . 21. 5 . MaiSCh, 20. 6 . Hakan ( A nder ssOf')• . Yam) Swede. 18. 7 . H al m an d SChmidt. 13. rcz) .~:,. ,W@~@Nl~ ~~(JNUMm ~ . " J>t: -/ 4 CYCLES Ban Umeritlfd u.st~~ IGOlf. F.n.,~ n n6 Vtnl lolfl 81 ¥d.•Woodland Hils, CA91364U 131340·21 l 91 Dirt Diggers Graffiti Dinosaur Style Perris, May 5th Make NOISE - write your legislator You make your own future - get out and do something about it rcz: Cz e c h . 2 . H an s Maisch ( M a l ) W . Ge rman. 3 . Ha r r y E verts (Pu c ) Be lgia n . 4 . J oel Robe r ( Suz) Be lgian . 5 . Tarao Suzuki (Yam ) Japane se. 6 . Herbert Schmi dt (Puc) W . German . 7 . An at ol e