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Moisseev made the most of it : with
victory in both races he jumped
further into the lead and ended the
day with 66 points to runner up Evens' .
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Moisseev blasted straight into the
lead from the start on lap one 'a nd , but
for a tumble that let Everts through
for one lap , would have led for the
whole distance. The second race was
also a real Moisseev benefit - he led
from start to finish again .
Little Belgian Everts did well in the.
first race to finish second, but didn't
do so well in the second. He started
fifth and got caught up in a bunch of
riders, including Kavinov, who soon
got past, and Everts only managed to
finish fifth .
_ Czech Jaroslav Falta (CZ) st arted
th ird in the first leg but crashed
spectacularly on the second lap bf the
second race. He rejoined the fray but
soon retired.
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Hansen went out when his bik e lost
its chain in the thick mud three times .
An early retirement was Hakan
Carlqvist, who crashed very seriously
and was taken away to the hospital
with a cracked shin bone - he hasn't
raced since and his bike , an
experimental factory Husky , was I
converted into a 400cc machine for
A[ne Lodal to ride in the 500cc grands
prix.
Surprise of the second race was little
Japanese Tarao Suzuki on the Suzuki.
He finished second, though a long,
long way behind Moisseev after a super
dice with Hansen before he retired.
Things went drastically wrong for
Moisseev in Czechoslovakia on April
30 , however . Without a doubt the
toughest round of the series the
Czechoslovakian Grand Prix was held
at Hol ice over a very hard, bumpy,
dusty and in some places, very fast
circuit. It 's very tough on the riders
too.
Overall winner was Czech Antonin
Baborovsky who , in front of a partisan
30 ,OOO ·strong crowd, completely
dominated the meeting.
Moisseev was forced out of the first
race when the rear wheel of h is KTM
broke up . Then, he retired early in t he
secbnd race with more mechanical
troubles.
In complete contrast, Baborovsky,
back in 11th place after a dreadful
start in the second leg, battled through
. to third 'place by lap 10, and although
he could not ca tch the flying Ka vinov ,
together with his victory in the first leg
\t was enough to give him the overall
first.
At the start of the first leg British
hopes ran high as Neil Hudson
(Maico) charged away with the
leaders. Local boy Frantisek Jirka (CZ)
led for . the first three laps but, then
Baborovsky made his move and built
up a lead of 28 seconds by the end of
the race . Baborovsky finished
exhausted, practically falling off his
bike as he crossed the line.
Evens soon got up' to third place as
the experts began to pass the tiring
Jirka and that's where he stayed for the
distance. Home favorite Falta came
storming through from a bad start to
fifth place, only to crash on the eighth
lap and retire because of pain in his
shoulder.
As the riders'charged away from the
gate at the second leg there was a
moment of glory for another local ,
Morosav . Jirka (CZ). brother of
Frai1tisek , who led for one lap.
However, Falta recovered after his first
race crash , roared into the lead never
to be challenged and scored his only
win of the series so far. Consistent
Kavinov again grabbed the runner·up
spo t while behind him West German
Hans Maisch got back into contention
on his Maico. · but lost· 'a ' d ice with
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