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; • ting a good start in second with Lackey right on his heels. Weil was fourth, Gerrit fifth, Schmitz sixth, Graham seventh. Banks eighth. Arne Lindfors ninth and Hakan Andersson 10th. Brad got by Pierre on lap six with Gerrit moving up to fourth on lap four and then catching and passing Pierre on la p nine. Pierre maintained his pace as the four top riders stretched out. Roger again had a bad start and was in 12th place after one lap. He moved steadily up through the pack and was closing on Pierre when the race ended after 21 laps with Heikki taking the checkered flag again all " alone in 45 .58.4. Brad was second, 13 seconds behind. and Gerrit had slacked off the pace at the end finishing 21 seconds after Brad. Pierre was 22 seconds behind in fourth with Roger only eight seconds behind Pierre and catching him when time • 0') .....-4 io .....-4 ' Q) l:: ~ "'-:l Ellis wins Canadian "Supercross" Carrera wearers take 6 of first 9 spots In 250cc Nationals Captain Cobalt left 'em all in the mud for a clear-cut victory at the CMA and FIM san,ctione d ." Su pe ~cross" at Mont~eal s Olympic Stadium Saturday night, May 28. Fror:n the muddy track at Mo ~trea l , Ellis- t her:t flew through the night to Mt. MOrriS: .Pa., where ~e faced the d~sty conditions of th e final 250cc Nationals and captured a solid 3rd overall for the day, and '6th overall for the series. Ellis' goggles for his busy race weekend? 1 Results , ., MOIO 1. Heildti MikkollllYaml; 2. Gerr~ Wolsink : , ISun: 3. Brod lackey {Honl; 4. Roger DeCoster ISuzI: 5. Willi IlauM (KTMI; 6. Hokan Andoruon IMonl; 7. Her bert Schmitz (Mail; B. Pierro Karsmak... lYaml; 9. %1 Ado~ Wail IMail 10. John Banks ICCM); 11. Arne ; lodel IHuII; 12. G,aham Noyce (Mai); 13. Erkki Sun• dI1rom (Husl; 14.- Arne Undforl {Husl; 15. Jaak van Va/thoven (KTM); 16. Lars Ohberg lYaml; 17. Guido Vendem8ti (Mail: 18. Reine Hahl (HUll: 19. Tor-Bjorn Janson (HUll. 2nd MOlO: 1. Heikki Mikkola (Vam): 2. Brad Lackey (Henl; 3. Gonik Wolsink (Suz); 4. Pione K arlmak ers IVam); 5. Roger DoCol ler (Suzl: 6. Harbert Schmitz :lIT (Mail: 7. Adolf Wail IMail; 8. Hakon Andersson (Menl; "!W 9. W~li IlauM IK TMI; 10. Arne Undforl IHUI); 11. Arne lodal (Husl; 12. Fro S _ _ (Hue): 13. Ak. Jonaaon IMan; 14. Tapani Plkkarainen(KTMI: 15. Arlo Kookinen b - 'IMai); 16. Guido Vontomati (Mall; 17. Frantz Sigmands IHusl. $ 500cc WOOd ChampIonship MX poinl lWldings: 1. Mikk 11 03l; 2. DoCoo1or 1791: 3. Wolaink 174~ 4. ola Lackey 1611; 5. Noyce 132); 6. Karomakors 128); 7. van Dt V_ C23); 8. _ (22); 9. Schmitz 119): 10. An-- c:tor.>n 1181. E 1:' 1:' ran out. Noyce crashe d ou t while in sevent h place and went over the handleb a rs hard . shaken up but uninjured. Ba nks slipped-off, bending his front fender. and re tired with Aberg comi ng in on the same la p wit h smo ke coming ou t of his Yamaha's e ngine. Mikkola continues to pull away from DeCoster in the title chase. Mikkola has been taking the starts - with ease . pulling way ahead in the first two laps and then cruising effortlessly to the. finish unchallenged in almost every race. Heikki's record in the standings now stands at five wins. one second to -Brad. and a third and fifth in Austria. He has won the last three races from start to finish , and his Heikki Penttila-tuned YZM Yamaha b has been ultra-reliable in every race so far. l!' Roger now has one win which came a;, in the very first race of the season in Austria which was followed by a string of five third places. In Finland. he fell behind with only 14 points collected for his fourth and fifth place finishes . Heikki now leads Roger by 24 points, and with Mikkola going the way he is. it is going to be quite a battle for Roger to pull even on points. let alone ~. take the lead. There are still 16 more races to go and anything can happen. . ~ Gerrit Wols ink is still holding down ~fthi rd spot and is only five points away from taking second place away from his teammate Roger . Gerrit now has one win, three seconds. one third a rfifth a seventh and an eighth. .n Brad Lackey has strengthened his v-' fourt h place even though he remains " behind Gerrit with the same amount n 'Of points by virtue of their identical scores in Finland. Brad has moved ahead of Graham Noyce by a margin ~J of 29 points as Graham has failed to finish ' in the last three races and only scored one point in the first race in Sweden. Brad has a win in Sweden. two seconds. one third. one fourth and a seventh place in the second race in Austria. 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