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00 C'l I-< Il) .c o ..... u o Throw in some wet stuff. some pretty leaves, nice natural terrain, and Roger just gasses it. Roger & Dr.Wo sink sw A bit of.TLC going into Bimbo 's Bultaco . · By Jim Gianatsis NE W BERL IN , N.Y. , OCTOBER 12 Roger DeCoster and Gerrit Wolsink, after perhaps not being too enthused at the first two events In this year's Trans-AMA Serres, reall y got on the gas a t Unad illa and ran away with both motos on t hei RN 370 T earn e rr Suzuki bik es. Brad Lackey placed 6 th ird overall with his 360 Husq varn a to ta ke the to p American spo t b eh ind the two Eu ro pean speedsters , in this Un ion Carbide-sponsor ed third round. . All the nders ~oved the tough . natural t e rr a m U' n a d i Il a co urse wi th this week end 's tw o d ay event o f practice on Saturd ay an d raci ng Sunday serving as a prelim inary fo r a possib le 250cc World C ha m pio nship here in 1976. Both DeCo ster and Wolsink showed the ir liki ng for the co urse. alo ng with their real riding potential, as the y totally dominated both motos . Gerrit pulled th e hole sh ot ahead of Roger in the firs t mota , but at te r o nly th ree laps th e World Ch am pio n h ad w orked aro und his tea!"mate and tak en o ver the lead to th e fin ish. e secon d m o ta the two Su zuki In th riders with Ame rica n' teammate Tony DiStefan o led the cha rge again. Tony ~ventually droppe~ b ack to fourth pl ace 10 th e mo t? , bemg p assed b y Br~d L a ~ke y , w.'th DeC os ter ? nce agam ta kmg th e w m ah ead of WoIsmk. Brad Lack ey 's th ird place finishes in b oth mo te s wit h his Team Hu sk y bi ke came abou t th ro ugh outst anding rid es to give h im t hir d o v e r a ll ahe ad of DiStefan o . Jim Po meroy p laced his 360 Bultaco in fo urth be hind Lackey for the first mota, but d uring t he second m ota a broken cha in preven ted J im fr om fini shing and cos t him p oints lead in this year 's Seri es. Qu ick rid es wer e turned in b y Kent Howerton an d J immy Weinert to give them fift h and six th pl aces overal l for th e race. Pierre Karsm akers had chain · problems, and Marty Smith had somewhat of an off day wh ich kep t th e Ho nda te am fro m p osting high finishi ng po sit ions. In the 25 0cc Support class, T eam Husk y d ominat ed th is ti me as T erry Clark an d Mik e Kessler took the first two ove ral l po siti ons amid so m e very heated racin g. Seri es lead er Jimmy Elli s co uld d o no better th an sixth in the first m o ta . b ut too k t he win in the second m o ta to mo ve up to th ird over all behind Clark and Kessler . • Results 50 0cc INTERNATION AL, 1. Ro ger DeC oster (1 -1) Su z. 2 . G errlt Wolslnk ( 2· 2 ) Suz. 3 . Brad Lacke y ( 3-3) H u s. 4 . T o n y SISt e f an o (5 -4 ) Suz. 5 . K en t H o w er ton (6 -6 ) Hus. 6. J i m my Weiner t (7-7) Y am . 7. Pierre Ka rsma ke rs (9 ,9 ) Ho n . 8 . Bob Har r is (S-ll ) C Z. 9. J im West (1 0 -1 2 ) M al. 10 . M arty Sm it h US-IO} Ho n. 11. C ha rle s Sun (II-IS ) Hu s. 1 2. Gaylen M os ler (l4 ~1 3 ) M a1. 13 . Mark Blackwell (1 3 ~14 ) Hus. 1 4 . St ewar t A n derson Cl6- 1 7 ) aur. IS. Jo e G retc h en Cl 7 ~1 8 ) Ma l. 1 6 . Patrick Moroney (18-20) C ~ A ~ 1 7 . Gil b er t De Roover ( 1 2 ~ 2 7) C Z . 18. James B ot h (22- 19) Hu s. 1 9 . Mi chae l Rob inson ( 2 7 0 16 ) Su z. 2 0 . Grego r y T h ei ss ( 2 1 ~ 23) Suz. 25 0 co SUPPORT , 1. T err y Cl ark (1 ·3) Hu s. 2. M i ke K essl er (2 -4 ) Hus. 3 . Ji mmy E l li s (6 ,1) C· A. 4 . J o hn Sav i t ski (7 -2) Bu l . 5. T o mmy Cro f t (4 -6) Hen . 6~ Buc k Murphy (9-5) C· A. 7 . Wayn e Boyer (12-8) C Z . 8 . J o h n G u rga (15-7 ) Oss. 9 . J o hn A y e rs (13~9) Ma l. 10 . Randy Sa rgen t ( 1 7·1 0 ) Su z. 1 1. M ar k Stap le t o n ( 1 6 ~1 1 ) B UI. 12. F re d Vert u cc i (1 8,13) 5uz. 1 3. St ephen E ll is (21- 15 ) C·A. 14 . Ricky Lon g (2 2-1 6) Mon . 1 5 . J ay DuV on (2 0 -2 0) Ma l. 16 . Step h en Be hren s (2 6 0 14 ) $uz. 1'7. R ick Bu rgett ( 3 ~39 ) Y am. 1 8 . G ary Phill ips (2 5 - 18) M al~ 19 . Ch u ck Lam pe (32-12) Mai. 20. W ill i am La mpman (23-21) Hus.