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The East/West motocross challenge
concluded with the second round held
at Ba y Mare . Smarting from the
previous week's one-point loss, the West
team roared back and took the first
four places in each rn oto , led each
time
by Greeves-rnounted team
captain Jim Wilson. John DeSoto,
Jim West and John Rice were also
among the West's top scorers .
Canadian Dave Sehl (H ·D) was the
winner of the Louisville half mile
National , topping early leader Cal
R a ybor n (H ·D) and Larry Palmgren
(Tri). Triumph-mounted Maurice
Fraser took the supporting Amateur
show . In the Grand National Seri es
points sta nd ings, Dick Mann still led
with 249 , followed by Jim Rice )217)
and Dave Aldana (205).
Russ Sanford, president of Motorcycle
Owners, R iders and Enthusiasts , was
selected by the U.S . Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the Advisory
Council for the Pacific Crest National
Scenic Trail. Although th e Canada-toMexico trail was for hiking and
equestrian use only, Sanford was
appointed to represent the interests of
vehicle users on th e public lands the
trail crossed.
Suzuki's Joel Roben managed to pull
a four- point lead in the 250cc World
MX Championship point standings
over teammate Sylvain Geboen.
Robert and Geboers split moro wins in
the Italian round, with Joel coming
out on top with a 1·2 to Sylvain's 3·1.
R oger DeCc»ter (CZ) was second in
the first moto; Torlief H ansen (Hus)
rounded out the top three in the final
round .
In 500cc MXGP action in Sweden,
Christer Hammagren took his first
'G P win after Bengt Aberg and Arne
Kring cr ashed while battling for the
lead. All t hree were Swedish and rode
Husqvamas . Still another Swede, Ake
Jonsson (Ma i), pla ced second overall.
Steve Nichols, Greg Wickam, Rob
Morrison,
Scott
Smith,
Steve
Thomas, Phil McDonald, Scott
Autrey and Fred Timberlake all took
main event wins in a night of short
track a nd TT raci ng at O range
County Speedw ay.
In late-breaking news fro m across th e
pond. Malcolm Uphill won the Isle of
Man 750cc Product ion race on a
T riumph T riden t. Uphill won after a
thrilling last lap battle with Norton
rider Peter Williams, and the m argin
of victory was a razor thin 1.6 seconds!
The 500cc race was won by F .
Whiteway on a Suzuki tw in .
Tom Rockwood (Tri) contin ued his
domination of Ascot's weekl y half
mil e , besting DeWayne Keeter (Nor)
in th e Expert main event. Don E mde
(BSA ) won the Amateur final, where
Iowa's Lynn Holloway had qualified
riding an ancient Velo 500 : Gary Scott
(Yam) won the Novice race.
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