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The man making all the news apart from Lackey, however. was The Man himself. DeCoster. Last away from the initial pile -up, he was already half a lap down on the leaders, but rode magnificently to finish sixth. A second race fourth place. only yards behind Wolsink . saw him on the rostrum at the end of the da y in third ' place overall. Lackey failed to gate well in either race, but within five laps he was at the front and never challenged. In the first moto he inherited the lead when Herbert Schmitz failed to make the top of a steep muddy climb and in the second he displaced Carlqvist and Frenchman Jean -Jacq ues Bru no, making a heroic effort with'his broken collarbone heavily plated. Despite the pain. Bru no was the only Suzuki runner to score; his teammate Gerard Rond struggled to 12th place in the first moto before twisting his knee and retiring from the second moto. Jim Pomeroy was all at seat in both races and completed only 12 laps on · his works Beta. • -to win! Results I . Brad lackey IKawI I -I ; 2. Hakan Carlqvisl lVam) 22; 3. Roger DeCoater IHon) 64; 4. Andre Vromans lYaml 3-10; 5. Ivan Van den Broeck IMail 4-8; 6. Jean Jacques Bruno ISuz) 5-8; 7 . GeniI Wolsink (Mail 1D-3 ; 8. Andre Malherbe IHonl 8-5; 9. Geoff Mayes IMaiI7-· ; 10. Walter Gruhl.. ISuz) · -7; 11. Herbert Sa lzmann (Husl 9-· ; 12. Ludwig Rainbold IKTM) · -9. • Denotes placing outaide top 10 World Championship Point Standings: 1. Lackey 1 2. Carlqvist 144 3. Malherbe 139; 4. Vro mans (25); 541; ); 1 5. DeCoat.. (19); 6. Ven den Broeck lI S); 7. WoIsin klG«ard Rend 11 31; 9. Bruno lIl t 10. Herbert Schmitzrn. World Championshi~ 12Scc MX Series: Round3 Velkeneers edges Everts in Belgian struggle By Alex Hodgkinson HECHTEL. BELGIUM, APR. 20 Back in the sand of his native Belgium, I25cc World Ch am pion Harry Evens was beaten again by his IS·year·old compatriot Marc Velkeneers and also headed by leading Dutchman Peter Groeneveld after falling whilst in the lead of the second moto at Hechtel. Velkeneers, the youngster who had beaten Everts in Holland three weeks before. had led the first moto until he crashed and finished a close second to the champion. Despite Everts' crash in race two. Velkeneers seemed to ha ve thrown away his chances of victory again with another fall late in the race. The Yamaha youngster came back with a vengeance, however, to pass Groeneveld on the final lap with Everts a distant third . With ex-champion Gaston Rahier strugglin~ in the atrocious conditions . snow, ram and high winds were the order of the day . only Everts and Velkeneers seem ab le to consistently tackle any type of track in this year's series. • Results 1. M. c Velk. - a lYam ) 2-1; 2. Harry Ev«ta lSuzl 1-3; 3 . Pet. Groeneveld lHon) 3-2; 4. Eric Gaboers lYaml4-5; 5. J _ Mari. Mllli- . lTGM) l D-4; 6. MIIt1l Autio lHon)5-9; 7. Valeri I(orneev ICZl · ·7; 8. Gaston _ lGm 7-·; 9. Michel. Rinald i lTGMI 7·"; 10. ComKlo Medelii (Apr) 6-"; II . Robert Gr..-1Pucl 8-"; 12. GillleRoovw (Apr) "-8; 13. Eric Ven Eaen lKTMI9";14. Peuli Pippoia lHull "·10 . World Championohip Point Sllndi ngo: 1. Everta (82) ; 2. Velk.-. 186); 3. Gr_ _ (32) ; 4. Rahier 123); 5. mEl AutioIDinanl ZijlsttalToreo SUZU k ~Craig C<>lemenI Totaumi Mi_I18l. OutRageously FAST AND • • • IT'S LEGAL! The 1980 Husqvarna 250 and 390 OR models meet the tough California Department of Motor Veh icles standards for off-road reg istration . And it' s the very same model that fin ished first over-all in countless off-road races inc luding the SCORE BAJA 1000 last fall. Why play around with optional kits for noise control and extra-cost performance mod ifications when you can buy an OR? . .. Every OR includes as standard equ ipment Ohl ins remote reservoir gas shocks, air assist front forks . die cast mag nesium engine. heat-treated sw ing arm , chain tens ioner, a redes igned 6- speed gear box , Mikuni 38 MM carb, Motoplat COl ignition , appro ved spark arrestor an d more! Take a look at the OR's competition record , and you 'll know we mea n it when we say, " HUSQVARNA- to win !" TEAM Husqvarna For Ihe name of your nearest Team Husqvarna dealer consult your Yellow Pages or write 104925 Mercl!ry st ., San Diego, CA 92111. TN Two-Day ISDT Qualifier Dick Burleson Husqvarna on Dunlop More ~.s ride 011 Dunlop thw•...,.other tlrelritheworlcl. ~ DUNZIOP I!o. Box 1109,IluffaIo, NY 14240 19