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lC'l .... u ..c ,E :u > o Z Dutch dentist Gerrit Wolsink powers through the sucking sand at Orlando Sunday, on his way to the overall win. Marty (522) Smith kept h is Elsie wired to the stop and topped both 250cc Support Class motos. PENNZOIL PERFORMERS SHINE IN TRANS-AMA MIty Smith 250 Class Winner 250cc Support class Flo rida flas h Don Kudalski jumped into an im m ediat e lead as the 36-rider Suppo rt class too k to th e sand at Orl ando an d soon id en tified wh o was in shape a nd wh o wasn ' t. Ron Po mero y qu ic kly sli pped into the lead as Ku dal ski faded back in th e p ac k and held o n until ab o ut t he 25- m in u te mark when Mar ty Sm ith an d his red-fra m ed Ho nda flyer too k ove r. By then the front runners had lapped a lmost th e entire field and were usin g slower riders as blocks to gain ground. Once Smith had m oved by, Ke nt Howerton began h is m o ve on Pomeroy an d eased by with less than two laps 10 go . Pe ter Lam p pu , Frank Sta cy , Kudals ki , Bo b Plu m b and Terry Clar k strung out the spots to eig hth; th e on ly riders managing to fin ish o n the same lap as the leader. Sm it h wa sted no ti me in the se co nd moto and took an immediate lead over his . c h a rging rivals Po m eroy an d Ho werton with Barry Higgins working his way into fou rth . S mith set off to ope n a large gap be tween h im self an d Ho werton after Po meroy dropped back. Higgins moved in to t hi rd behind Kent but was dogged by T erry Cla rk a nd Bob Plu m b. By th e halfway flags Smith had a l Ovsecond le ad o ver Howert on with th e pack o f Hi ggins, T er ry Clark, Pomeroy a nd Plumb circ ul ating as one rid er . Dan Farl ey was also wi thi n s tr ik ing dis tan ce. Clark and Pomeroy m ov ed pas t Higgins late in th e race with Plu m b and Far ley also ge tting by before th e flag. Pe te r Lamppu, runnin g strong in the ea rly lap s, b roke a shock an d co asted for th e last hal f. Smi th ; in ta king h is' second overall win in as ma ny weeks, m o ved to wi thin 6 0 points of se ries leader Ke nt Howerton ( Hus) a nd . with Howe rton th e more con sis ten t of the two a t this point i t ap pears tha t the Support class will t u m into a re al battle. • Results 500 OVERA LL : 1. Gerr it Wolsin k (Su z) 1-3. 2 . Arn e K r ing (Hus) 9-4 . 3 . Yu k o SU$liO (Yam) 7-6. 4 . Brad LaCkey (Hus) 5 -9 . 5 . Ri c h £ lrestedt (Hon) 10-7 . 6 . Harry Ever ts (Puc) 6 · 12. 7 . H a ka n Andersson (Yam) 2 -16. 8 . Adol f W ei! (Ma l) 16-5. 9. W i ll i Bauer (SU Z) Team Honda's 125cc National Champion tcc k charge of the 250 Class as he grabbed the Overall title in the Road Atlanta Trans·AMA. Marty's factory prepared Honda Elsinore gets winning protection from Pennzoil 2· Stroke Motorcycle Oil (mixed 32 to 1). fon Pomeroy 4 -19. 10. Mik e Runyard (SUZ) 15·1 0 . I I. Tony DiSt efa no rc z) 12- 1 3. 12 . Ji m Po meroy (Bu l) 3-22 . 1 3 . V ic Eastwood (e eM) 14·18. 14 . Gary Jones (C -A) 23-11 . 1 5 . S tev e St ac kable ( M a l) 2 0-14. 1 6 . Sonny De F eo (Mal) 19-17. 1 7. M a r k BlaC kwell (M a l ) 17· 2 0. 1 8 . Pie r r e K a r sma k er s (Ya m) 4 2 ·1. 19 . Ak e Jo nss o n ( V am ) 4 2 -2 . 2 0. S en gt Aber g ( B UI ) 42-8 . 25 0 O VE R A L L : 1. Ma r t y S m i t h ( H o n) 1- 1. 2 . K en t H ower ton (Hus) 2 -2 . 3. R o n Pomer o y (Bul) 3 -5 . 4 . T e rry Clar k ( H us) 8 ·3. S. B ob Pl u mb (M ai) 7-4 . 6. Ba r r y H igg i n s (Ma l) 10-7 . 7 . Jack Re ese (B u l) 7· 8 . 8. D an Farley (Hus) 12-6.9. R ic k B u rg ett tcz) 1 1· 9 . 10. Pe ter Lil mpp u ( Mon ) 4·1 8 . "Doctor Wolsink, I presume?" Hakan Andersson; right, and the fastest dentist in Florida. 3rd Overall/Int'I. Class Team Bultaco's Jim Pomeroy, challenging the world's best, moved into second place in the Trans·AMA Points race as he fl ashed to third overall in the Road Atlanta Trans·AMA. His factory prepared Bultaco gets championship cal iber engine protection from Pennzoil 2-Stroke Motorcycle Oil (mixed 32 to 1). Take a tip from these winners . . . if what you ride is worth caring for, ask your motorcycle dealer for Pennzo il. Pennzoi CompaIJ Oil City, Pennsy lvania 9