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doctor, was taken to the hospital for
treatment of heat exhaustion. No
word at presstime on the outcome of
any of the hospital trips.
Kawasaki's "Jammin' Jimmy" W-einert
has been accepled by the FIM to
contest the final three 500cc World
. Championship MX Se~ies rounds.
He'll remain in the U.S. until the
AMA 250cc National Championship
MX Series is over, then join Lackey in
Rolland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Weinert is expected to ride the "new"
bikes, leaving the proven equipment
.for Lackey's title chase_
Yamaha's 500cc Road Race World
Champion "King Kenny" Robarts
assisted in the ABC Wide World of
Sports color commentary at the
Bel-Ray 500cc USGP of Motocross
while Yamaha's other 500cc World
Champ Heikki Mikkola did his
thing on the course.
In Sunday morning's qualifying,
Heikki Mikkola turned in the best time
on the wet (in places) and dusty (in
places) Carlsbad track. The Flying
Finn was clocked at 2:22.50 while
second best qualifying time went to
Brad Lackey at 2:24.30, almost two
seconds back. Danny LaPorte's
2:25.10 was good for third ahead of
Roger DeCoster's 2:25.32. Mike Bell
completed the fastest five with a
2:26.10 run.
Kawasaki's Tommy Croft withdrew his entry to the Bel-Ray
500cc USGP of Motocross due to a
concussion suffered at the New
Orleans Superdome race on the
previous weekend.
Darrell Shultz failed to make the race
at Carlsbad when he bailed off during
practice and went to the hospital to
have his shoulder/collarbone checked
out.
Gaylon Mosier withdrew from the
USGP on Sunday morning with
abdominal pain, reportedly due to
stomach flu.
CCM rider Bob Wright collapsed right
at the checkered flag and, after
receiving attention from the track
Confused over the way Carlsbad
overall results were figured7
Here's how it was done: The FIM
uses Olympic scoring (one point
for first, two for second, etc.! to
determine the overall results for
press people who can't handle
having more than one winner for a
single day's racing.Ties are broken
using times from the motos. World
Championship points are awarded
to riders on the basis of a two-race
day, and the system is the FIM 15point, 10-place system. If you
calculate GP points, and award
overall positions that way, the
results change drastically. For
example, Chuck Sun would not
have finished third by the GP point
system. Brad Lackey, who placed
13th overall by the Olympic
system, scored 15 GP points for his
second moto win. Sun, on the
other hand was awarded only 10
GP points for his 4-9 finish.
Grand Prix MX bike weights varied
from the lightest (surprisingly monoshocks are reputed to be heavy)
machine. Rick Burgett's Bill Westtuned Yamaha, at 217 lb., to the
heaviest (not surprisingly) bike. Bob
Wright's CCM four-stroker, at 246 lbs.
But, as one motojournalist asked at
Carlsbad, how much does Ricky
Burgett weigh 7 .
Gerrit W.olsink's winning Suzuki
weighed in at 218 lb.. as did
DeCoster's Suzuki. Rond's Suzuki and
Smith's Honda. The official list put
Bell's Yamaha at 228 lb., although
Mike reported that it checked in at
218. Likewise, the list puts Rex
Staten's Yamaha at 225 lb. Mikkola's
weighed 221. Strange ...
The Uni-Trak Kawasekis varied in
weigfit Lackey's registered at 220
Well, here's how it looks on the outside, at least. The long-awaited and wildly-rumored 500cc Grand Prix road racer
from Honda features a V-4, water-cooled, four-stroke motor. It's cradled in a monocoque chassis that, as you can
see. is suspended' by some sort of monoshoek-type suspension. No more detailed specs ara available. but what a
neat photo to look at and speculate overI
lb.; Weinert's weighed 229 lb.;
Mosier's was the heavy at 232 lb.
Suzuki not only captured the 500cc
USGP win and the 250cc Support class
victory at Carlsbad over the June 10
weekend, their warrior in the 125cc
GP wars, Harry Everts, swept the
Finnish round of the 125cc World
Championship MX Series with a
perfect 1-1 score.
Seen at Carlsbad were Peter and
Judy Lamppu. Both work in the
movie industry in Hollywood,
Peter as a carpenter on movie sets,
Judy as a script girl. She reportedly
will ba coming out with a record in
the not-too-distant future. Hope
she'll see that Papa gets a copy
and info on availability.
Dick Burleson rode his Hus