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World ChamRionshiR 500cc MX Series: Final Round
By Neil Webster
Photos by Henny Ray Abrams
ST. ANTHONIS. HOLLAND. AUG. 21
Yamaha's Hakan Carlqvist will ride with
the number one plate in next year's 500cc
MX CPs. The Swede clinched the World
22 Championship title in the last race of the
season, surviving tremendous
pressure and a broken gear shift
lever to keep a seven poim
advamage over second place
man Andre Malherbe.
Honda's Malherbe. a former World
Champion. cruised to a superb second
moto win. crossing the finish line
half a minute c1~r of runner-up
Gerard Rond. but the series title was
virtually seuled in the opening yards