Austria's Sittendorf motocross circuit is beautiful to look at and treacherous to ride. Just ask Roger. (Bottom) Alberto Angiorini missed a moto win because of a lappee.
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By John Huetter
SIITENDORF, AUSTRIA, MAY 9
For years, the steep and stonyt
Sittendorf circuit has been a Jln~:~
track for four-time World 500cc~ow
Champion Roger DeCoster. Iri~~
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1973, there was the snowstorm
and a rider walkout that nearly
cost him the world title. In 1974,
it was a flat "tire and a cracked
14
cylinder head. DeCoster shook it all off
this year with a 2- I overall victory - the
same score that won him the Italian GP
last week. Brad Lackey had ridden to an
impressive second overall behind Roger
last week but, in Austria, Sittendorf
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continues to be a rotten course for him;rtil
moe
He has never scored points there.
Current World Championship points " d
leader Gerrit Wolsink had been his usual IT!
unspectacular, almost casual, self righe ""
up unti! the new start !tate clanged intci"W
the concrete. Then he got the holeshot
- something he's been consistently
doinll in GPs this year. Veteran Adolf
Wei! was second and young British) .
sensation Graham Noyce, third, both on 'u '
