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moto and finished second in the f inal moto. Graham Noyce (Hon) was second overall w ith a 3-1 day. and Andre Malherbe (Hon) took third with a 2 -3 performance. Noyce heads the point standings with 52. followed by Malherbe with 49, and Carlqvist with 35. G e o r g es J ob e (S u z) w on b oth rnotos o f the French GP, the second round of the World Championship 250cc MX Seri es. Second overall with a !I-2 da y was Jean Claude Laqua ye (H o n), with Jo Martens (Yam) taking third with a 2-4 tally. Defending World Champion Da nny La Porte failed 10 finish eit her moto , The po int standings show Jobe o n 101' wi th 57, fo llowed by Laq uaye with 43, an d Martens in th ird with !l4. Eric Geboers (Suz) had a perfect 1-1 day in the Belgian 125cc MX GP on Sunday. April 24. Second overall went to Michele Rinaldi (Suz) w ith a 2-3 tally. while Marc Ve lkeneers (G il ) was third overall with a 4 -2 day. American Jim Gibson finished f ifth in the first mote, but DNF the second. Geboerscontinues to top the point standings. now with 114 points. and he is followed by Rinaldi with 92 and Gibson with 58, -T erry Cunningham (Hus) p osted the . best individua l sco re in th e ISDE One-Day Qualifier he ld on Sunday, Apri l 24, in Athens, Ohio. Tough tra il conditions and rain made the I!lO-mile event a n exercise in survival and only 14 of 157 starters fin ish ed . Kevi n Bro wn (H us) and Mark Hyde (Hus ) won the 250 and 125cc Intent classes, respectively. Bro wn 's score was good enough to earn h im seco n d overall, We were fortunate in receiving a couple of photos from Sweden, showing Husqvarna's new watercoo led 250 CR prototype. Other than the radiat ors, water-jacket cylinder and new exhaust pipe, we co uldn't spot too many o ther changes in the Husky. We expect t o see t he bike released in the U.S . later th is year. ' 2 AMA/Ca me l Pro Series co m pe tito r Scott Pear son ha s been o ut of th e hospital for a week foll owin g kne e su rge ry tha t las ted five and a half hours. " It 's looking great. Th e swellin g has sta rt ed to go down . I'v e a ' new type of cas t that 's anc hored by screw s th rough th e top a nd bottom of m y leg a nd by tubes. running down each side . Th en th ere 's a Iibcrg lass cas t o n top o f th a t." sa id Pea rson . add ing "T he doctor's reall y pl eased with how fast I'm healing. The cast may come off after San J ose, and then it will be th erapy a fter tha t. The do ctor can't say how long I' ll be out, but I'm loo king a t the end of June." Honda 's Freddie Spencer led the first-ever American 1-2-3 sweep of a GP road race when he won the Italian GP's 500cc race .at Monza on Sunday, April 24. Following Spencer across the line in second place was Randy Mamola (S uz), Eddie Lawson (Yam) took thi rd. Spencer's margin of victory over Mamola. who was riding w ith a broken foot. was eight seconds, Kenny Roberts (Yam ) had a one and one-half second lead over Spencer on t he 20th lap. bu t an off-course excursion cau sed by a back -marker dropped him to fourth. He then ran out of gas one lap from the f inish and DNF. Ron Haslam (Hon) had fourth place going into the last lap, but his bike suffered a broken crankshaft beari n g and Haslam also DNF. Spencer's third straight w in give him a " perfect" 45 and he heads the po int standings over Roberts and Ha slam, who are tied for second with 20, and Mamola who is in third with 18, Ca rlos Lavado (Ya m) won th e Italian GP"s 250cc road ra ce whi ch saw only 18 of 40 starters fin ish, Th e 125cc GP went to Ange l Ni eto (Gar) , a n d Eugenio Lazzarini (G ar) won the 50cc race . The second round of the World Championship 500cc MX Series was held in Austria on Sunday. April 24. and was won by Hakan Carlqvist (Yam ). who won the f irst Three riders who rode the previous ISDE Qualifiers this season (Oklahoma and Tennessee) were unable to ride in the Oh io Qua lifier. Ed Lojak broke his collarbone in two places at the previous weekend's National Championship Hare Scramble, Jeff Fredette tore ligaments in his knee while practicing and will spend six weeks in a cast. and Fritz Kadlec is working out contract differences w ith Kawasak]. Team Honda 's Davi d Bai ley u nderwent 117 ho u rs of th erap y with sports medicine specialists in Los Angeles in a week, in efforts to correct ankle injuries suffered during practice for the Dallas Supercross. "When I went in, I cou ldn't even wiggle m y toes," said Bai ley. " It defini tely still h urts , but I have no problem walking on it. " Bail ey didn 't let th e pain stop him , as h e went on to win the 250cc class at the Gatorback National on Sunday, The exa ct type of therapy used is a T eam Honda trade secret, but we h eard th a t it us es sound ma chi n es of some type, Honda support rider Tom Carson crashed in the second moto of the 250cc class at the Gatorback Nationa l . breaking two bones below the knee in his left leg. Carson flew home to Oh io on Monday. He willl1eed surgery to p lace pins in his leg. Carson can be contacted at Box 336, Hopedale. OH . ' 43976. Goa t Breker suffered a broken collarbon e in a practi ce session following th e Dallas Supercros s, He will be 'o ut for at least two weeks, and is expected to be back in time for the SI. Louis Nati on al. JoJo Keller has dropped outofthe National MX scene. He has gone , back to New England. where he will be competing in the NESC series in efforts to pare down his weight and overcome other problems. Jl Whi le th ere was no o ff ic ia l a n nouncement at the Apri l 24 Wid owmaker Hillclimb in Salt Lake Cit y, Utah , Kerry Peterson blasted hi s 150Occ, nitro fuel-injected Har ley over th e reigning lady of hillclimbs for his third overall win to ret ire the perpetua l trophy. In this 20th annual run at the legendary hill. Peterson was the big winner with $1000 (or the first run of the day to top the hi ll , $!l500 for winning the Exhibition class and $ 1000 for winni ng the Miller Beer shoot-out (a su dde n death run -off for a ll past winners). Lest you think that Peterson and h is ap tly named " Boss Hog" hogged all th e glory, h e won the 500cc Expert class in one run on a 490 Maico. Keith Roeseler was second all the way around on a 10000cHonda. The h ill was the to ughest ever, yet five riders made lega l runs over the top, Also at W idowmaker. a Utahan (two. in fact) cleared the top for the f irst time in the history of the newer long hill, Dave Morris was the first. but he went out of bounds at 1354 feet, Lance Lundgren was the rider over for a legal run and f ifth place. At th e G a inesville ro u nd of the •Wra ngler Su pe r Series, Bob H a nna h DNF because of ill ness . The Hurri ca ne finished in the 20s in th e first moto and didn't start the second moto. After the Gainesville round of the Wrangler Super Series. Mark Barnett and Bob Hannah are tied for the lead in the series' battle for an overall number one. Things should get real interesting 'from here on out! H en ry Corry, J im An derson a nd Ken Maciver had th eir names drawn at th e Ca liforn ia Racin g Cl ub's $5000 MX. T hey will receive $ 1000 Pro-Trac gift certificates. T he winners should contact C Re. The "Cash Class" of the May 7-8 Virginia City Grand Prix has quite a few well-known entries. including World 500cc Motocross Champ Brad Lackey, former motocross star Rich Thorwaldson and desert aces Dan Ashcraft and Mike Sixbery, Entered in the Old Timers Expert class is former AMA Grand National Champ Dick "Bugsy" Mann. If you haven 't seen any Bonanza reruns lately, we'lI remind you that Virginia City is in northern Nevada. Th e regu lar Wednesday night speedway race a t Inl a nd Motor Speedway in San Bernardino, Ca lif., was ra ined out Apri l 20, but th e same program wit h the sam e scheduled rid ers will run April 27. IMS wi ll be dark o n May 4 because of th e fair at the Orange Show, but ra cing wi ll return o n Ma y II with British League rider Lan ce King making o ne of his return rides in th e U.S. During th at week King will a lso ride at Ven tura and Costa Mesa , ' Juniors int erest ed in the invi t ational at Ascot May 7. in conj unction with the AMAICamel Pro Series National half mile should send a postcard w ith hometown! riding number. sponsor and bike make to Agajanian Enterprises, P.O . Box98. Gardena, CA90247, or telephone 213 /321-5323 by Monday. May 1 , The entry list will be selected Tuesday, May 2 .