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'Superbowl" MA clos ed o n Staten. As Rex h eld off Falta, Gary Ch aplin b usie d himsel f in third p l ace d icin g with Zdenek Ve lky, a no ther fac tory CZ rider fro m Cze ch o . Near the fif teen m in u te m a r k, Fa lta jam m ed p as t State n' o n a d us ty ba c k track tu m . Chap lin still h el d hi s Maico in a c reditable thi rd p lace. Now, he was ho unded by De Cos ter wit h Vel ky close behind . Kars rnake rs rode in sixth place , fo llowed a fe w secon ds bac k by J im Po m eroy (Bul) , Mike Runya rd (Su z) and To ny DiStefano (CZ) . Jaros lav Fnlt a continued to bu ild up his lead, wh ile DeCoster and VeJky c ut through the lappe d riders. In o ne of th e most exciting battles of th e da y, Roge r DeCos te r rece ived the vocal ap p ro va l o f the spectating crowd as he whipped past Velky on the final lap . J im Pomeroy finished ahead o f Rex Staten and Pierr e Karsrna kers. Gary Semics ' lead from the sta rt o f round two was short-lived. He ca m e around in 13th place on the second lap . Jimmy Weinert had taken o ver , with Velky and Runyard close in his tracks. By the end of lap three, Velky had moved into first place where he w ould remain for the rest o f the rnoto. Swede Bengt Abe rg (Bu l) had unloaded in the first moto in a tum two pile-up, an d ro u n d two proved to be a co ntinuation of his bad luc k today. Aberg's Bu l shed its chain j ust as he wheeled it into t h ir d place. Wei ne rt g-ave up second p lace to Mike Ru nyard; then Ma rty T ripes and Jim Pomeroy followed Ru nya rd 's example. Weinert he ld off Falta and DeCoster as they came up from behind at th e halfway mar k, but the Europeans crowded past one lap later, leavin g J immy in se venth p lace. The pair then se t t h eir sights on Runy ar d 's Su zuki , wi th DeCoster ge tting by Mike a la p later. Fa lta joined DeC oster a gai n o n the next lap and then p assed the Champ t o move o n Tripes . J im Po meroy, meanwhile , h ad taken secon d p lace six seconds behind the ha u lin g Czech. With t h ree laps to go , Pomeroy slid o u t o n a righth and swee p e r, letting Tripes, Fa lta, an d DeCoster by before he c ould remount to rejoin t he fr ay . INTRODUCING SuperSprocket'· A major new sprocket breakthrough that outwears both steel and aluminum. From Jacwal , w ho brought you the re cord tion is a bso rbed into the sprocket it he lps exten d both c h a in a n d sp r o c ket li fe . smashing S u percha in . now comes S uperSp roc ke t, Result? You ge t more pow e r and m ore Made of tough, space-age nylon plastic, distance from SuperSprocket. S upe rSprocket is designed to give better Wh en u sed in combination wi t h t h e Dens eLube Supe rchain yo u ha ve the q uietan d longer lasting pe rforman ce. In fact. it delivered the power to the wheel of to he es t , most efficient, m os t troub le -f r ee wi n ni ng Honda a nd s econd pl a ce ~~ fin al chai n drive system ever availKa wasak i at th e 24 h ou r endu rance --w able anywhere . Ask to see it now. ra ce at Bol Da r in F rance. The De nseLu b e Supe rS prock et . New fro m Jacwal. S u p e r S prock et outwea rs bo th steel and al umin um sp rockets. ru ns ~ ~ quieter, is lighter, and as Iu br -ica ~ TIoI JACWAL CORP An n M anut acturer"s /lmporurs /Oosumutors of Motor Sport. sceeese-es 6337 Manchester Blvd /Buena Paril/C. 9060211 714) ~23 · 7660 1!I!J!lII~~~ See, here he is, victoriously doing the patented Falta front wheelstand. Ve lky coast ed in, a n eas y winner. and Tripes had too gre at a lead over Falta and DeCoster for the p air to close in the re m ai n in g minutes. Pomer oy fell into li ne behind DeCoster for fifth position. Zdene k VeJky's 3-1 points tally tied th at of CZ teammate J aroslav Falra's ]-3, but VeJky got the nod for first overall. Roger DcCoster 's third place combination c on sisted o f a 2-4 score . Jim Po meroy t ook First American honors in fo urth p lace with a fourth and fiMp~em ~ ll _ More photos next page. Results 2 50 INTERNATI ONAL : 1. Z d en ek ve lky (CZ) 3~1. 2 . Ja ro sla v F a lta (e z ) 1-3. 3. Rog e r DeCoster (S UZ) 2 04 . 4 . Jim Pomeroy (B u l ) 4 -5 . 5 . Mart y Tri p es (HUs) 9-2 . 6. M i ke Run yard (S UZ) 8 -6. 7 . Pierre K ar smakers (Yam) 6-9. 8 . Re x S t ate n (HOn ) 5 -11. 9 . Ji m We i nert ( Ka w ) 12 -8 . 1 0 . Bob Ha r r i s (M ai ) 14-7 . 125 NAT IONAL: 1. T im Hart ( Y a m ) 2- }-3. 2 . Marty Smith (Hon) 1-5 -2 .3. B ru ce McDouga l (Hon) 3 -3 -6 . 4. Mickey Boo n e (Hon) 7 -4 - 1. 5 . Robert Doss (Hon ) 5- 7- 5 . 6 . Jeff W a lk e r ( K aw ) 1 1-1 0- 1 0 .7. V incen t Cla r k (S UZ) 15 -11 -8. 8 . Ja n Eri c saucvrsr (Ka w ) . 9. Du ane D re yer (Ho n ) 9-1 4 - 1 5. 10. Phil Anderso n ( H o n) 14-12-14 . Rex Staten tried t he same t h ing leadi ng t he first moto fo r 15 minut es. It d idn't see m to work as well fo r him. Not enough Pilsener ? ALANDERS BULTACO KAWASAKI 1401 So . Beach, La Habra, CA 7 14 -870 -9990 or 2.13-943-6116