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Both Lackey and Mikkola passed I
Andersson who could not stay with the '
pace. DeCoster started putting on a - !
hard charge at the halfway mark. He !
got by Andersson and began gaining
ground on Lackey who had gotten
zapped by Mikkola.
Roger made contact with Brad and
stayed -within striking distance of the
red Honda. Then Brad made the
mistake of looking back over his
shoulder while exiting one of the switchback turns and Roger gassed his
Suzuki and at the end of the fast. long
straight. DeCoster, in third place. was
now after Mikkola .
Aberg was up ahead alone but
Roger wasn't satisfied with third and
overtook Heikki, who didn't need to
take the risks to stay ahead of
DeCoster. Roger was pressing harder
to give Bengt some company. He tried
as hard as he could but he fell one
' Kavinov is flanked by the new 250cc
second short at the checkered flag. It
and Belgian KTM rider Andre Malher
was 47.19 .3 for Bengt, 47.20 .2 for
Roger.
Heikki and Brad fought their duel
until the end coming over the line side
by side. Heikki pulled a half bike ad vantage, finishing in 47.26 flat with
Brad getting clocked across the line in
47.26 .9 Andersson hung on to fifth
with Wolsink finishing in sixth
position.
Four-stroke fans enjoyed Bengt's
win . Aberg became the first fourstroke rider to win a Grand Prix race
in eight years when Dave Nicoll . 1970
Trans-AMA winner, won the Ettelbruck Grand Prix in 1969 aboard a
BSA. After the race' Bengt was a little
By Charles Morey
more bubbling than usual and when
UDDEVALLA , SWEDEN. AUG . 14
asked how he felt about his win he
commented, " It's about time, I really
As expected, Team Russia's overfeel good about the win!"
powering KTM riders Guennady
In the second race, Mikkola took the
Moiseev and Vladimir Kavinov
stan and pulled away from the field
continued their winning ways at.;
for a stan-to-finish unchallenged win .
DeCoster finished again as the
the Pirelli Grand Prix of Sweden with
bridesmaid. and Aberg stayed hot to
Kavinov scoring a solid I-I
finish third. Andersson took founh
overall . victory as Moiseev
spot: Brad took fifth with Gerrit
backed him up with a 3-2 second
making a second sixth place for the
placing. Belgium's Andre Malherbe,
day .
also KTM mounted. put together a 5-3
With three riders scoring four points
afternoon for third overall, and in
for the day using the Olympic scoring
doing so, narrowed the gap to five
system, the tie breaker was decided by
points on Bultaco rider Harry Everts in 0
total elapsed time for the two races.
the 250cc World Championship MX n
Heikki came out on top with a two
Series point standings. .
.
race time 'of one hour, thirty-seven
Everts. third in the standings before,
minutes and twenty- five point one
-the Bbhuslan Motor Club event. starseconds. Second was Roger with a time
ted the day strongly. The young I
of 1:37:36 .8 and Bengt wound up
Belgian qualified fastest in Sunday
third with a 1:38 :53 .
morning's time trials at 2:14.8. a full
With Heikki already having the
second and a half quicker than
500cc World Championship title in his
Kavinov's 2: 16.3 second place time,
pocket, the race for second place is
and then backed up that performance
becoming a nail biter for the Suzuki
with a second placing in the first fony
teammates. Gerrit now has a total of
. minute plus two lap moto. Evens'luck
196 points and Roger has moved right
died midway through the second race,
up to just one point shy of Wolsink
however, when one of his Bultaco's
with · a 195. The final GP iri
fuel lines came loose from the carWohlen.Swiuerland right outside of
buretor and drained the tank while the
Zurich on August 28 will see both
other line kept the motor running.
Gerrit and Roger pull out all the stops
Unaware of the problem until the
to take second place. Brad Lackey now
motor finally quit near the twenty -five
has a 164 total . and even if he won
minute mark. Everts was holding a
both races in Switzerland the thiny
solid third place at the time .
points would . not bring him out of
Star of the first moto was Tommy
fourth place. Brad has put in some
Olsson. a local Montesa rider, who
fantastic rides , beating all top three
rocketed off the line in second behind
riders this year , and will finish one
France's Jean Jacques Bruno, then
place better than his fifth in the
took the lead on the opening lap.
Olsson .maintained the position until
championship last season.
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approximately the 25-30 minute mark
when, landing from one of the brutal
Results
h. MOIo: 1. Ilengt Aberg IYom); 2. Ro;- o.c-..
Uddevalla jumps, his left footpeg
lSuzl; 3. Heikki Mikkolo (Yom): 4. Bred Locl