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A look at the GP cireuit's
old men & new machines
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Joel R_rt. R_.
Bengt Abe'll. HIlilCki Milek......
Gemt Wollink lind ..... _
oNjOritv of \he who's who of
1he Eu~an GP circuit ...
almoot old .nough to be the
fethirs of some Of America's
up-oncI,coming yOIlllglWln; In
nWIUrling _ _ ......
Jthe United S_,/liII wirtual!Iy cornllnlCl
on dirt,
r8Cingand I'IICI8dional moton:yclos the Eu._an ......
is a .._
and iIoliIted _ ing ground.
t"....
To" A.,........
Champions . . kidi, mont
than ten yAn y_ga' than
their Eu~an coun. .
with 1he .xception of 250
World Champion HIIITY
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With the influx of money,
factory machinery .......
competition and bette. racing conditions ArMriCII now
.ates as
motocroos capital of 1he world. T"
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Ame.ican Nationalbampionshipo offItI' mo.. money•
• xposure and p"Otential than
1he GP route. Pierre K.....
mak..... who .-cI to cherrypick in Ame.ica. has ....Iy turned in a creditable performance against U.s. Competition during the
plot two ........ In Eu~ this year Karamak .... is .unning with the ..adi G••rit Wolsink. third
iA the world, failed to win a Trans-AMA lIVent in 1975 and instead found hi
1f dil:iilg with
Americans he had never heard of. W.... _ .. all tIw Eu~an _ _ du.ing the. _ Tr .....AMAl
It wasn't a monetary crisis that stopped them from coming _ _ ttie T......~A puoes are
many times , - . than anything t1wy've eve. ~ on the continent. It was plainly a caee of ".f . .
can't win - then _ won't b.ing our ball:' DeCoster did win tIw Trans-AMA. but he is the best in
the world! Giv. us a shot at him .very week and he and tIw rest of tIw g.and old men of Europe
wi" be backmarke... fo. kids from places 6k. Des Moines. San Diego. and Dallas. Ar. _ tops now?
The USGP will tall .
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