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• , ...... .. ., T -J • - ' -- - -- "Mag Mopus' RidesAgain. ted behind Pean and just ahead of the Everts. Eve rt s ou t b r a ked Hudson into a deep downhill left hander, but the Englishman hung on a nd repassed the Bultaco ace, who almost im medi a te ly crashed for th e second and fin al time . Suzuki overwhelmed Bon iface as the IS -year-old Frenchman found his front petrol tank mounting coming adrift, and Carlqvist was thoroughl y justifying his second fastest practice time with a stupendous drive through the du sty pack . • Hudson , meanwhile , re lie ved of Everts' attentions , rapidly overhauled Boniface and Suzuki, the latter of· . fering a brief, but typically hectic , resistance before a tig hter line across a rocky outcrop took the Maieo surging past. "'-I the front , Ma isch and Kavinov had opened up a prodigious lead over a strange ly su bd ued Moiseev, but Pean had fall en and aggravated an o ld ankle injury , a nd the resu ltant gear shift ing p rob lems d ropped h im steadily downfield . On th e hal f hou r, Moiseev d ropped back int o fourth place behind Komeev with a broken rear sho ck, j ust as Kav inov dra ma ti call y cl osed on .Ma isch. As they entered the th ird la p fro m hom e, t he hard y Russ ia n powered ro und the German's blind side at the end of the fin ishing str aigh t and pu lled away to win . , Korneev followed , a long way back, then cam e a gri m ly det ermined Moiseev, losing ground to th e relen tless Hudson . Fortunately for Moiseev, his major rivals suffered an even gloomie r after. noon than he himself had done and he arrives for the U.S. round with a healthy 25 point lead over Ha rry Everts. • _r~overi ng The re's a legend among motorcycle riders about the mysterious rider. :Vlag Mopus. 'Half man-H alf cycle. It's said that many a rider has seen him in the distance. but no one's ever gotten close. Because there's nothing on the road faster or more surefooted than Mag. Mopus, or so the story goes. . Well at Bridgestone the legend of "Mag Mopus" lives on. It's the name of our newest line of motorcycle tires. Designed to deliver the kind of mileage, handling and traction that Mag Mopus would demand. See your Bridgestone dealer today for more infonnation on the first motorcvcle tires worthy of the ~ame ":\Iag Mopus" Results OVERALL: 1. Vladimir Kavinov (KTMI; 2. Neil Hudson (Mai); 3. Guennady Moiseev (KTM); 4. Hans Maisch(Ma~; 5. Valeri Korneev (KTMI; 6. Toroo SUZ\Jki IMonl; 7. Oenie' Peen ( Ma ~ ; B. J-C Lacquaye (Bull; 9. Hakan Carlqv; t (Hu,l; 10. Arne Loday (Husl; 11. Rob s Hooper (Mai); 12. Raymond Boven (Man); 13. Erik Sundstrom IHus). CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANOINGS, 1 Mo iseev (1351; 2. e-ts 11 101 3. Hudson (971 4. Maisch (951; 5. ; ; Kavinov 194; 6. Hansen 186; 7. Suzuki (56); B. Faha 1 1 154 9. Boven 1411; 10. Jean-Paul Mongefs, Fritz 1; Scheid l38l. .. 11