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·. fI.t it 5lQ ;i!: 5lQ ..:II g =- g ~ O'l '" -' N >('j ~ Brad gasse s h is Husky out of a corner going after and catching Finn Lars Ohberg (Yam). attem pts to pass Van Veith oven, but after bein g cut off many times, seemed content to stay tucked in behind rather" than taking the chance of crashing. After the 40 minu tes plus two laps were over, Mikkola had a lead of about 10 seconds with Geboers fin ishing second; Weil, third; Everts, fourth; Van Velthoven fifth; DeCoster, sixth. Brad moving Sylvain Geboers up to second spot, but his Suzuki teammate, Roger DeCoster, was quickly moving up and passed him, trying to catch Van Velthoven for the lead. Van Velthoven rode quite consistently, keeping the lead until the end, but Roger was gaining on him the whole race to finish second. Brad Lackey and Willi Bauer were having a good dice in seventh a nd eig hth position . Brad passed Bauer three-quarters of the way through the race then, as Brad tired, Bauer passed him back and they finished in that order. This G .P . d id not count for points, so m a n y of the 250 Grand Prix riders did not attend. Jim Pomeroy was in France racing an International race and Hakan Andersson is still recovering from his broken wrist, as Sylvain Geboers took the wel l-deserved o verall win with a co nsistent ride . Heikki Mikkola could very well have been the overall winner after taking the first rnoto easi ly on his fac tory 250 Husqvama, but he sprained his ankle in the first moto and was unable to ride the second. He definitely was the fastest rider of the day ! • clip & save _ _ Results OVERALL : 1. Sylvain ceecers (SUZ) 8e19. 2 ·3 . 2. Jaak Van Veltnoven (Vam) ge19. 5 -l. 3. Roger DeCoster (SUZ) 8elg. 6-2. 4 . Helkki Mikkola (HuS) Fin . l ·DNF. 5 . Harry Everts (PUC) Be19 . 4 -5 . 6 . Adolf Weil (Mal) W . Ger . 3 -.11. 7. Kalevl Vehkonen (Hus) FlO . 8 ·6 .8 . Willi Bauer (Mal) W. Ger. 7-7 . 9. Brad LaCkey (Hus) U.s .A . 10-8. 10. Frans Sigmans (Yam) Holland 9·9 . DeCoster looked back on form wi t h a second in mota two, th ird overall. He zaps teammate Geboers in the second heat . Montesa flash Raymond Boven was fastest ti l h is rear suspensio n we n t . at this point had worked his way up to tenth. Mota two: O nce aga in, Europe's eq uivalent of Paul Newman, Adolf Wei!, got the hole shot, but not for long. Jaak Van V e l t h o ve n and yo ung Mo n tesa sensation, Raym ond Boven, the su rp rise winn e r o f the firs t heat in the S pa n ish 250 G.P. were right behind. Somewhere on t he back section of the tigh t, narrow course Va n Ve lthoven and Boven got hy Weil, but jus t as fast as they had gone by Weil, Boven smoked Jaak's factory monosho ck Yamaha down the roughest , fastest straightaway and pulled a lead of about four seconds. Boven kept the lead for four or five lap s until the rear suspen sion broke an d h e retired. During thi s tim e , Adol f Weil cra shed and fell back in th e p ack. Rolf Tibblin Motocross Every Saturday Carlsbad Raceway No Mail Entry - $5 Jr -Int , $10 Ex. 30% Trophies Gates open 7 :30 a.m . Tech. Inspection - Practice . Ra cing begins 9 :30 sharp. Membership ava ilab le. For further info : (714 ) 724 ·8091 or 729·3492. 15