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VALLEY CYCLE PARK MAY 19 No riding in p its. Rider in surance w ill be in effect. 6 :30 Gates Open 6 :30-8:00 Sign-up 7:30-8:30 Pract ice 9 :00 First Moto DeCoste r we nt after Eve rts on Su nday and got h im. Big Jaak w as the crowd's favorite and won the f irst 250 m oto . a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. 100% TROPHIES Beginners, Jun iors, Inte rmediates, Seniors PLUS Minicycle, Old T imers & Powder Puff For Additonal Info : AME. 130 04 S. Washington . Hawt horne, California 90250 . Telephone : (213) 675 ·1922 PLUS TO SENIORS $500 PURSE GUARANTEED .. e poor s tar t , Brad La ckey. The front pack was not exactly a ligh twei gh t brigade . The lap times were maybe the sam e but all the pilots seem to go faster, more intensely, on their 500 class mac hines. Heikki was definitely getting maximum altitude over the n ume ro us jumps. He knows how to ride that 360 H usky . For ab out ha lf t he rno to , Roge r worked at moving up from sixth t o fourt h . 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V an Ve ith ove n made h is pass on Torlief stick and Roger held fo urth with a sick engine (not to m en ti on infected h an d, et c.] and Bra d fin ished a very strang eigh th in th e 500 class. Everybody threw out their worst finish, which helped t hose with a DNF a lo t. of c o u rse , a nd the winner of th e XI t h Easter Trophy was He ik ki Mikkola. He only finished th ree of the four motes, but won two of the m. Belgian favorite Jaak Van Velthoven was second by one point and Adol f Weil, third. Brad was ranked ninth for the en tire wee kend bu t was o ne of very fe w "p ilots" to finish all four motos in the top ten. Th is was ··o n ly" an international; wait til' the 500 GP in Austria. • Results The Hang Ten r» Bra d passed Har ry Eve rts (Puc) th ro u gh the trees at Ma rche an d ke p t on motoring. 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A ft er that, Ake pulled o u t a lead on Willi. UeC oster stayed wa y in front of Weil, b u t nobody co u ld tou ch Mikkola. " I I very ea sy wh en yo u a rc in froru ," he la ter smiled. " No pr obl em go ing fa st." Me an w h i!e L a cke y was ridin g smoothly an d in rc n rly (t h o ugh he adrniu ed to m issin g too man y sh if ts o n rhe 360 C R be's still lea rn ing 10 ride ). APRIL 1 4 2!) O: L Jaak Van venncven .( Y a m ) B el g. 2. Adolf Well (Mai) W. Ger. 3. Willi Ba u er (Ma i l W . Ger . 4 . H arr y E verts (PUC) Bel g. 5. G ast o n R.ahier (SUl) Bell) . 6 . H ei k k l Mikkola (H u s) FlO . 7 . Willy V an Loon (Yam) 8 e 1 9. 8 . Raymond Heeren (Mail Belg. 9 . B r ad Lackey (Hus) USA . 10. Georges Houssonloge (Mo n) Belg . ~OO : 1. Helkkl M ikkola (HUs ) Fin . 2 . Will ie Bauer (Mal) W . Ger . 3. A k e Jonsson ( V am ) Swed . 4 . Jaak Van V e l t h ove n (Vam) Swed . 5. Adolf Weil (Mai) W . Ger . 6 . Tarlief Hansen (Kaw ) Swe d. 7 . Brad Lackey ( H u s) USA. B. W illy Van Loon ( Ya m) B e lg . 9 . Ra y m o nd Boven (M o n ) Belg. 10. Ray mo nd H eeren (Mai) 8e 19. APR IL l ~ ~ 2 5 0 : 1. Adolf Wel l (Mai ) W . Ger. 2. Roge r DeCoster (SU Z) Be 19. 3. 'r oruet Ha nsen ( Kaw) S w .ed . 4 . Jaak Van Veit h o ve n ( Y am) Bel g. 5 . H el k k i Mikko la (Hus ) Fi n. 6 . Harr y E ver ts ( Pu c ) 8e19. 7 . Ake Jonsson ( Y am ) Swed . B. Brad Lackey ( Hu s) US A. 9 . Aaym o n d Boven (Mon ) 8e 19. 10. Willy Van Loon (Yam ) Be19 . 500 : 1. Heikk l Mikkola (H us ) Fi n. Jaak V an veuncven ( Y a m ) 8e19 . 3. T or li e f Hansen (Kaw) Swec , 4 . ~oger oeccste r (S u z) Be 1 . 5. 9 AdOlf Well (Mal) W . Ger . 6 . A k e Jonsson (Y am) Swed. 7. Willi Bauer (Mai) W. Ger . 8. B rad L ack ey (Hu s) USA . 9 . Gaston Rahier ( SUZ) Be19. 10. Harry Everts (Puc ) 8 e 1 . 9 OVERALL ·TWO DAYS : 1. Heikki Mikkola tHus) Fin . 36 . 2. Jaak Va n Velthoven (Ya m) 6 e 19. 35. 3. Ado lf Wei I ( M a i ) W. Ger. 33. 4 . Will i B auer (Ma i) W. G er. 2 6 . 5 . Torlief Han sen (Kaw ) Swed , 2 5 . 6 . Roger D eC oster (Suz) 8 e19. 2 0 . 7. Ake Jonsson (Yam) Swed. 19 . 8 . Ha r ry Ever ts (PUC) 6e19. 14. 9 . Brad L ack e y (H us ) U SA 1 0 . 10. G as t o n Rahier (SUL) 8 e19 . 8.