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There's got to be a picture of Banzai Hill. That's Bimbo, doin' what come s natu rally. Trans-AMA windup: Pierre, Roger & Bimbo' By Lane Campbell & Charles Clayton ORANGE, CAL,"DEC. 1 Pierre Karsmakers came out after three weeks' absence from TransAMA competition to snatch ' the Saddleback round from Roger DeCoster by one point. The Yamaha International crew had spent the time de-bugging Pierre's bike. During practice, Pierre was 6 making several jumps with one landing gear draggi'ng and semi-out-of-shape, but when the actual racing started, he settled down to feet on the pegs and WFO. Rex Staten did a ground-sky number during pr ac tice , destro yin g his Honda's front wheel and tweaking his leg, b ut the bike was q uickly rebuilt and Rex rode both motos, even though he was in some pain at day's end . His teammate Rich Eierstedt wasn't ab le to start, as he'd aggravated that wrist injury sustained the previous week at Livermore by riding the second moto with the wrist shot full of Novocaine. (This kind of '''sp o rt s medicine," though a strict bummer in amateur or Olympic sports, seems casually accepted in most professional sports, motorcycle racing included. Trouble is, it places a heavy responsibility on whoever is "handling" the athlete in question. That handle;: must be able to examine an injury and diagnose it correctly before getting out the needle and sending his man back into the fray. One mistake could destroy any pro athlete's earning power for good.) Can-Am chose the occasion to announce the separation of Marty Tri pes, citing "conflict of interest." Papa George came on th e horn next, to ex plain the conflict as a previo usly signed contract with Wheels of Man clothing which Marty would not drop. This effectively left Marty with no ride for the day. First mota Arne Kring and Pierre Karsmakers gated together just ahead of Jim Pomeroy as the in ternational class z o > c( I- z ~ o .J U "' .J II OJ It u c( III OJ _ .J r c( o Roger had this in~eresti ng pit bike. poured d own the Banzai Hill. As th ey strung o ut in the far side of the co urse, Pomeroy passed Kring, and at the en d of th e first lap it was Kar sm aker s, Pomeroy, Krin g, Brad Lac key, Bengt Aberg, Steve Sta ck ab le an d Hans Maisc h with Roger D. bottled up in m id-pack. Pierre pulle d o ut a second-a nd-a-half lead over Pom ero y the next lap, as th e two of them ran and hid from everyone else, Aberg got by Lackey, while Maisch Feet on the pegs and eyes front, Pierre Karsmakers won the last round. an d Stackab le spent most of the lap two-ab reast, holding Willi Bauer at bay. That didn't las t lo ng, as fi st Bau er , r then De Cos te r and Ad olf Wei! split th e two Maico teamsters. Meanwhile , Yo kio Sugio , who had fallen ea rly in th e moto , bega n a display of wide-open ri din g and came back from dead last , to fini sh zi«. Pierre had as much as five sec onds on