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T he Cheney/B A was ch ased by Baue r, We il, ;\li k kol a. and Wol sin k a ft e r t he first lap .•"be rg wa s fas t enough t o ho ld off the work s Ma ico s u n til he see med to t ire a li ttle . Willi th e n w ent by th e form er Worl d Cha m pion in to th e lead. A ft er n ot 10 0 lon g, Ado lf t he n pa ssed Will i. Heik ki, ha ck in fourth . just kept comi ng. lie d idn 't seem to worry about being fourth b eh ind three o f th e better w orld cl ass m otocross rid er s ; h e just st eadil y pas sed them a ll. . Exc ept fo r Adolf who seem ed to b e sa vo rin g his lead. With ab out 15 minute s left in th e m oto, We il a nd Mikkola sta r te d go ing at il serio us ly . Aberg fa ded 10 fourth and st ayed th er e. A ke J on sson m ov ed in to fifth and sta rted dos ing b UI he ha d come fro m 10 0 far back to adva nce any furt her in th e remain ing time . Brad 's lu ck had o nc e again turned so ur. li e started well hut with o n lv th e firs t lap go ne . suffered a small laydown in a c o m e r t hai b roke th e t hrot tle ca b le . Actuall y. t he cab le jam med ve ry close to the full open p osition it h ad h ee n in wh en Brad cras hed. By the ti me th e cab le co u ld be repla ce d, there wo u ld b e n o ch ance of earning a ny Wo rld Cha m pions hip points in t he t op 10 fin ish ers. So Brad hung it up o n a very d own n ote fo r th e firs t 500 Grand Pri x · of th e 1974 seas o n . Husqvam a Compe titio n Manager Rol and Arreh n commented, " A few we eks ago. I was try in g to get Brad to make bet ter starts. ;'IIo w I thin k better to slow h im b a ck down a lillie an d le i hi m pass la ter in the race - li ke he w as d oing." Brad is still Iryin g ID co p e w i th th e task of riding a lI usk y a s well a s ;\Iikko la does. DeCo ster's bad lu c k p revailed. too . li e ha d come out of th e pits d ead last after the pack wa s already crowded in to the first co rn e r . He fina lly w ork ed hi s wa y pas t m or e th an 3 0 rid er s up to n in t h wh en his fro n t tir e w ent flat. lie ·m o lore d aro un d on th e pegs till th e fini sh. Su zuk i tcammate Gerri t Wolsink also suffe re d a fla t, dropping him back t o eigh th as J onsson, Otakar T oman (CZ 's top 5 0 0 rid er thi s year). an d A rn e Kring (H us) went p asl him . Ake looked strong . as if h e m ight have p assed even if C er ri t was run ni ng- stru ng. Tom an is faster an d stead ier tha n anybody else on a big bore CZ . Up fro n t , Hei k k i ke p t pre ssuring :\ d ol f. th reat en in g to Slic k a w heel und er him for abo u t fi ve laps . T hen on the last la p of the Grand Prix. Ado lf ho b hied sligh l ly o n a dow nhill co rner tha t was d r ying ou t. t he re by ch anging c on sist en cy. and H e ik ki shot pas t to the c he cke re d fl a g . Adolf recovered im m edia t el y to keep sec ond and secon d ove ra ll. T he Husk y tru ck was m obbed a f te r wa rd s b y fan s and ph o tographe rs a s He ik ki was hed his face an d signed a u t og r ap hs . Othe r m ech anic s an d p rod uc t reps (C ha mpion plugs and Twin Air fil le rs) ca m e over to congra tu la te He ik ki' s mech ani c, Pell a Persson. Brad h ad ch an ged his c lo th es b u t was not to o h appy a b o u t h is p e rform an ce. Still . Husky had th e ir first 5 0 0 GP win sin ce 19 72 . Mik ko la won that one. to o. After Ab er g ' s stro ng performance o n th e Ch en ey /BSA. perhaps th e biggest su rprise of th e Grand Prix wa s young Italian Husqvarna rider Paolo I'iron . He fin ished ten th overall in his fir st ride on th e works 36 0 CR . Roger grinned bitterly, n OI qui te resigned to accep tin g hi s string o f b ad luck continuing into th e Grand Prix seas on. Heikki kept bouncing aro un d . occasion a lly even smi lin g ,.... as few Finns do. It started to get very cold up on the h illtop. We hroke out som e win e and Lori made roas t b eef san dw ic hes. • Results O V E R A L L : 1 . He, k k, Mi k k ol a (H u s) F lO . 1 - 1. 2 . A dOlf We l l (M al) W . G Er . 2 ·2. 3 . W illi Ba uer (Mal) W . G er . 3 -3 . 4. Ben gt Abe r ( Che /B SA) Sw ed . 4 -4 . !J. A k e Jon sson ( Yam) S w ee . 6-5 . 6 . Genii Wo lsink ( SUl) N eth . 5·8 . 1. O takar Toma n rc z: C SS R 8-6 . 8 . A rne Kri ng (H u S) S w e o, 1- 7 . 9 . A r ne L in d f Ors (Ma l) S w e d, 10-9 . 10. Paoto Puon (Hus ) na t, 1 1 ·1!. W OR LD C H A M P IO NS H I P PO INTS : l. H e l k -kl M ikkola 30 . 2 . Ad o l f W ell 2 4 . 3 . Will I Bauer 2 0 . 4 . Beng t A b er 16 . !J. A k e Jonss o n 11. 6 . Ger nl W ol sin k 9 . 7 . Arn e K in g 8 . 8. Olakar loman 8 . 9 . Arne Lin dfors 3 . 10 . Roger DeCosler 2. ) 1. J aa ~ Va n v e n n c ven 1.