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time . po un ced at the first bend in m oto one , hea d in g off Hudso n. Wilken and Moiseev . This bunch swiftly detached itself from a furious p ur su ing possee co m pris ing Jean-Claude Laqua ye , Jarosla v Falta , Henk van Mierl o, Pierre Karsmakers and Kees va n der Ven , who had themselves o pened up a ga p ove r Vlad imir Ka vinov, J aak va n Vehhoven a nd Rolf Dieffenbach on th e Uni -T ra k Kawa sa ki. The la tt er pu lled out a fter five laps. sufferi ng reaction fro m a knee inju ry sustai ned in his nat ive West Germ any the previou s week end. At two -th irds d ista nce Velthoven clawed his wa y past Ka vinov and ca ug ht the bunch in fro nt , leav ing th e stock Ru ssian under fir e from J im Pom eroy a nd Henk Bloerncrt . Suddenly , o n t he half-h our . Pomeroy was forced out with engine problems. va n Velthoven a nd Falta collided and lost severa l places, and Hud son , lo oking dangerous fiv e seconds astern of the leader . oversho t on e of the fast , banked turns and was pa ssed by Wilken and Moisccv before he co uld hoist his Maico back over the berm. Van der Ven came through in devastati ng sty le and ousted Laquaye from a hot ly disputed sixth spot before the curly-headed Belgian flipped the SWM with four laps left. remounting to finish a plucky 15t h . Carlqvist drove smoothly ho me with five seco nds to spare over the dogged Moiseev, followed d istantly by Wilken , Hudson and van der Ven, with a ragged Kavinov hanging on grimly in front of th e ch a rgi ng Velthoven , whose eventfu l ra ce ca me to a premature end when the KTM shed it's ch ain two bends from the finish . Mais ch gated ba dl y. th en crashed and retired . whil e American Marty Moates popped a kn ee ou t of jo int and ca lled it a day. and japan's resilient lit tle Torao Su zuk i was forced out with a cra m p . Carlqvist led the second moto aw ay from Moisecv, Wilken a nd Hudson . Fa lta dropped his CZ in th e first bend , taking out Laquaye , who had 10 retire with bent hars on the SWM , whi le th e Czech oslovakian restarted dead last , Hudson drove under Wilken aft er 'fifteen minutes a nd bega n to exert pr essure on Moisecv until a nasty tan ksla p per on one of th e fast . rippled straights put an end 10 his challenge. Semmens. su fferi ng some clutch slip, was pushed back into tenth place by Erik Sundstrom , while Jim Pomeroy , ha ving been delayed in the first corner fra cas , was gobbling up pla ces as mercurial speed during the opening laps until he attempted a n ambitious cut inside Hooper. He succeeded onl y in loc king up the Bultaco, which hit a trackside tree before rebounding in to the unfortunate Englishman and bringing him off. Carlqvist remained imperturbably poised ten seconds clear of the field , while his gritty Russia n chaser was caught and passed. to the crowd's ob vious delight. by van der Ven , and Hudson was retaken byWilken. Karsma kers , thoroughly enjoying his temporary return to GP racing. had crashed on lap two . b ut recovered flambouyantly and caught Hans Maisch before the oil line to the Yamaha's monoshock sna pped five laps from ho me and forced his retiremenl o • Results Marty Moates twisted his knee In the opening moto and. rather than risk further injury. he retired. Pierre Karsmakers took a little time off from his test ri di ng j ob w ith Yamaha Motor Corporation USA to return to his homeland. World Championship 2S0cc MX Series: Round 2 Carlqvist storms to win in Holland By Jack Burnicle LICHTENVOORD E, HOLLAND . APR . 22 Haka n Carlq vist , Sweden's brilliant new motocross supre m o, consolidated his lead in th e 250cc MX World Champion- Jim Pomeroy (right! made a valiant charge through traffic from the back of the pack in the second mota only to crash hard and end his chances of a top placing. 14 ship with two pulverising wins beneath a blustery sky near Lichtenvoorde, Holland. The Husqvarna ac e now leads England's Neil Hudson by a substan tial twenty-seven po int s after two rounds . lea ving the modest Mai co pilot three points clear of re ign ing cha m pion, KTM's Gennady Moiseev , following two heroically co ntested con frontations in the strength -sapping Dut ch sand dunes. American rid ers Jim Pomeroy, Marty Moates' and J im T urner had a disasterous day with Turner refused a sta rt. Moates retiring in the first moto with a knee injury. and Pomeroy seizing an engine in th e opening moro a nd crashing in the second while put ting in a brilliant cba rge . Pre-ra ce problems beset the likeable Canadian MX cha m pio n from the States. Jim Turner, similarly mounted young Frenchman Patrick Boniface, and J ean -Pau l Mingels, all of whom were refused starts, though the Fi M jury relented on Satu rday a fternoon in th e Belgian's case. " Burner" Turner . perplexed and di sillusioned by European con nivi ng. a nd despite Pierre Karsm ak ers' offer to step down in favour of th e blonde t w c nt y-t wo - yca r -old (whi ch th c orga nizers rejected ), had 10 sit thi s on e out a longside a sym pa rhetic Bon ifa ce . ("( down h im self by th e French 1 Fed erat ion fail ing 10 co nfirm his en try. Carlq vist. having set fa stest pract ice 1. Hakan Carlq"ist IHus) ' ·1; 2. Gennady Moiseev o, (KTMI 2·3; 3. Kees van dar Yen (Mail 5-2; 4. Benny Wi lken (Mai l 3-4; 5. Neil Hudson (M ail 4·5; 6 . Vladimir Kevinov IKTMI6·* ; 7. Jaak van Velthoven IKTM I *-6 ; 8. Rick Sund strom (Hus) 10-7; 9. Pierre Karsmakers (YamI 7·- ; 10. Henk Bloemart IHusI 9-10; 11. Henk van M i..lo IKTM I 8-' ; , 2. Geo< ges J obe ISuzl • -8; 13. Hans Mai sch (M ail - -9. - Deno tes finish ou tside top 10 . WCM'ld Champt on ship Point Stand ings : 1. Carlqvist 1 571; 2. Hudson 1 ; 3. Moiseev 12 4. Falla 12 ; 5. 301 71; 11 van der Ven 11 81; 6 . W ilken (18 ); 7 . Ant onio Ebes (15); 8 . Rolf Dieff enbach 11 4); 9. Kay;nov 11 31 10. Maisch 11 01 ; .