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. Everythill9 In SuspensIOn serious rider. r--l-< V .0 o ..... U o Winner of the first event on the TransAMA motocross trail. Jim Pomeroy (Team Bultaco), the Bultaco rider , Brad crashed. By this time , th e p air h ad pushed so far ahead of the others th at Brad was able to remoun t and m ain tain hi s second p lace . Second moto Bad Bra d , the da y 's holesho t ace . zapped 'em again at th e st art of ro und two, leadi ng the first lap followed by Ma r t y S m i t h , Gerrit Wolsin k. Jim P om e r o y , G a r y Chap li n , T on y DiS t e f a n o a nd St eve St a ck a ble. Stac kable , afte r starting slowly in the first m o ta , h ad clutch pro ble ms th at held th e tall Maico maestro back to 15th. Ro und two, it turned out, was n o i m p r o ve m e nt. Clut ch p robl em s per sisted. and af te r th e Maic os seat fell o ff early in ro und t wo , St eve had to drop o ut. Ce rrit Wol sin k waste d n o tim e ta king over th e lead wi thi n th e first three lap s of the second moto and ho lding it. virtual ly unc hallenged, until near the 30-m in u te m ar k. Pom ero y p assed Smith , and on lap seven Jim m ad e h is move to overta ke Brad. Lac key retalia te d on the next lap , repassing Pomeroy . By th is time De Coste r, following Wolsin k 's example. m oved up fro m 11 th pl ace o n lap one to pu t a lot o f p ressure on Smi th , cu rre n tly running in fo ur th . The Wo rld Cha mpion pushe d h ard, an d Sm ith tri ed fran tically to hold him o ff. DeCost er passed both Sm it h and Pomero y, then did the same to Lacke y . On c e clear of th e Brad / Bimbo d uel. DeCoster di aled th e yellow RN 3 70 Suzy to th e win channel and in th e re mainin g 15 min utes cl osed an im me n se gap to catch and p ass Wolsink fo r t he lead. Not satisfie d to bac k off on ce o ut in fron t, the champ co n ti nued h is blazing p ace to establish a co mm anding lead for the final flag. With De Cos ter lo n g gone . Pom ero y resumed his attac k o n Lac ke y, getting by within a co up le lap s. Lackey by t his tim e was slowin g, rep ortedl y d ue to his re ar shocks going bad . By mo to 's en d Sm it h an d DiSt efano h ad also gotten p a st Hu s k y 's top rat ed American m o tocrosser, J im Pomer oy 's first mo to win, backed up by hi s third in ro und two , e arn e d t he fi rs t v i c t o ry of th e Trans-AI\IA seri es for Team Bultaco, • (714 ) 894-2623 Penton. Monark & Tyran & Rupp Fun Machines Sales Service Pa rts Accessories D&R Cycles 7 18 1 Westminster Av e. Westmi nster. CA 92683 Results 5 0 0c c INTERNA T IONAL : 1. J i m Pom ero y 1·3 (Bul ). 2 . Roger De Coste r 4- 1 (S UZl ' 3 . Marty Sm ith 3 · 4 (Hon ) . 4 . Gerrit Wafs nk 6 -2 (Su z ). 5 . Brad Lackey 2-6 (Hu s): 6. To ny DiS te fano 8 -5 (Suz ). 7. Ken t H o w erto n 7-7 (H us). 8. Gay lon M osier 5- 1 2 (Ma i ). 9. Gil ber t DeRo o ve r 10·1 0 (c z i , 10 . Jim We inert 9- 11 (V am). 11. Nil s N ilsson 13-8 (Hu s) . 12 . Ga ry c naeun 12-9 (B u l) . 13. Stewart An derson 16-14 ( Bul). 14 ; John caratnee 14 ·17 (Suz ). 15. R on Pom er oy 1 8-1 5 (B ul ). 16. Dav id Green 17-1 6 ( K a w) . 17. M i k e Gil lm an 19 -18 (CZ ). 1 8 . Jl m West 11 ·29 ( M al) . 19, Bo b HarrIs 29·1 3 (CZ). 2 0. St eve St ack ab le 15-29 (Ma l) . 2 5 0 cc SUPP O RT , 1. Jim El lis 1-1 (C -A) . 2. Rick Burgett 3 ·2 (Yam ). 3. M ike Runyard 2-6 (e -A) . 4 . Te rr y Cla rk 8- 5 (Hus) 5 . John $avit skl 6 ·7 (Bu I) . 6. Tommy Cr oft 1 0-4 (H a n ). 7 . D on K udalsk i 5 · 9 (Hon ). 8. Jim Turner 11 -8 (Y am) . 9 . wa y ne Boye r 4 -1 8 (C Z) . 10, Ri ck O' BrIen 13 · 10 ( H a n) . 11. M ickey Bo one 12-1 3 (Hon ). 12 . T im H olrt 24-3 ( Ya m). 1 3 . Chuc k . La mpe 14-15 ( Mai ). 14. M icky Kessler 9-2 1 (Hu s). 15. Joh n Joyn er 19- 14 (H an ). ® ® -~ ~ Coast Moto Cycle . 2 3 3 4 Newpo rt Bl vd ., Co sta Mesa, CA ® (714) 645-8008 Can-Am Hodaka . ® Maico 13