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0(") (Xl -.. 0') ~ - American MX team wins World Championship ANGREAU. BELGIUM. SEPT. 4 Hond.·. David B.lley. Suzuki'. M.rk Bernett. Vlmaha·. Broc Glover Ind KllweMld·. Jeff Wlrd _mad up to win the 600cc MX Teem World ChlimplOMhlp In the Motoerou dea NltIons In Belgium. The U.S. T. .m won with I .core of 16•• head of the Belgian _m·. 32 .nd the BrI1Ieh _m·. 64. • Glover won the tim moto with W.rd aecond. Belgium'. G .. third Ind B.11ey took fourth. Barnett DNF:= • WMk·. =.:.s~w.-' The eecond moto we. won by Belley with Belgium'. Andre Vro· ;=.~ (Suz) eecond. Barnett third .nd Ward fourth. Glover flniehed Roberts wins race, Spencer title at Imola IMOLA.ITALV. SEPT. 4 Honda'. Freddie Spencer won the 600cc Road Race World Chlmplon....p with I runner-up finleh behind former three·dme World Ch.mplon KIInny Roberti In the S.n Mlrlno GP .t Imoll. Spencer entered the nIC8 five pointe ah. .d of Roberti and knew he could win the dtIe by flnilhing behind the V.meli. fectory rld.r. Spencer led lePl one through .even. Roberta eight through 12 Spencer the 13th. Roberti 14 through 20. Spencer the 211t. .nci Robertllep. 22 through 25. the tlnal lep. Roberti took the checkered t1ag 1.23 eecond...heId of Spencer. with Vameh.·. Eddie uWIOn third. MCOnd. behind Spencer. UwlOn·. third plIce fIni.h coupled with the feet that Hond.·. Takazuml KllteYlml dldn't atart the rICe. hllving been ..noualy Injured In I pnlCdce give l.IwIon fourth In the tlnel point atandlnge. Suzuki'. R.ndy M. . . . . who finlahed fifth. took third In the polJrt atancling. behind .nd Roberti. That gave the four Americana who conteItiId the World Chllmplonehlp Road R.cing sert.. the top four lPotIln the 600cc dlvialon. . lOIII8. cr.'" spence; Hakan Carlqvist, who just added the )9~~ ~OOcc ~X World Championship mle to hiS 1979 250« crown is only lhe third rider to have won World Championships in two displacement classes. Heikki Mikkola was the first to turn the double adding the) 977 500cc litle to his 1976 . 250cc crown. Harry Everts then lurned the lrick wilh his 1979 125cc crown afler having won the 250cc title in 1975. Look for the &OOcc Huaqveml' to go the wlter-cooled route in the next yelr or '0. A worka ver.ion of the mlchine will report.dly mIke ita debut It the Motocrou de. Nltion. in Belgium on S.pt.mber Semc.. 4. 2 Jim Holley will reportedly spend the 1984 season in Japan, contesting that ~jopaJ uv ,,--: ~ ........ ~focs. •••••• .... ..... It: ~.!l ~ that·. In memoriam: Funeral Mrvicea for rolId I'lICIH'I Hugh Humble. 26. of Houlton. T..... Ind Mlrk Jon... 23. of Merriam. KIln••• were held Wedneldly. September 7. The two lolt their llvel In In .ccldent .t MIn.-..ote·. Brainerd Intemltional Rlcew.y during I Formull One practice aeaaion on Slturday. sapt.mber 3. Th. double tragedy mlrked the tIrat fltlllltles In AMA prof•••ion.1 rOld rlclng .inc. 197&. S.rvicea for Humble were hald In Houlton with.n Ifternoon graveaide .rvica It Ch.pe1 Hili Cemltlry In SIn Antonio. Humble ~ •urvived by hi. parent•• A.C. • Ind PItrIc:ia Humble. and. brother. Scott. for JOnea were held in Overlend Plrk. KIln.... He II .urvivecl by hiI wife. Stephani•• Ind their IOn. Scott. plu. hll par· .... Mr. and M.... Robert E . J - MX ~ • ,. " It It• ~.... • "'''''r,','''\ 4: I' • ,',','j "';:"~ • ''\I D.vid Bail-V. with .Aiatanee from Donnie Han.n Ind Scott'. Bevo Forte••draw••t random for the lucky winner in the "Scott Free.. trip to Hlwell contest. According to Scott Gogg wlnnan In the two·....... promtotlon were Shawmutt Hili. SII nd service In Grand R8pId. Michigan for ....Ing the moat gogg nd the Honda center In ~ field for being the lucky d. .l... In the drawing. Photo by Bob H.nnah. , hi. brother! Devld. and ..... Dee - !Jlachines to be used by Husky riders an the October 5-8 International Six Anne. Godaplld. Martland Hugh:Dan Enduro in Wales. Team Husqvarna's Mike Melton took the overall win at the Rattlesnake NaAfter reading the Terry NichGII' tional Championship enduro on Pro Perform.nce Riding School September 4 in Winterset,lowa, with product evlluldon In· lot a loss of 50 points. Kevin Hines laue. Rua D.rnell gave Papa I (Hus), John Martin (CA), Fritz Kadlec call Ind wanted to lit ,oWnd11 (Kaw) and Alan Randt (Hus) filled Itudente know that the Ru.. Dar· out the top five overall. Randt's score nell SChool of Motocrou.1ao hoIda of 44 gave him overall A honors, one-.nd two·dey achooI. throetthwhile Larry Pizzamigo (Hus) topped out the yMr. The coat is .40 I dey. the B ranks. Defending National For mora Info call 714/980-3212. champion Terry Cunningham DNF. Melton leads the point standings, Wheelsmith-sponsored Grant Pal256-174, over Martin with three enske has been designated the wiener rounds left. of the California Racing Club's Gringo Enduro by default. Bun TraK.wa.eld·mounted Elm.r Trett lunga. the reported winner. never turned In the tlm-..,.r 200 mile made it to the event so a friend used per hour Top Fuel run In N.tIonal his card but did not change the name. Motorcycl. Racing Aaociadon That was an infraction of CRC rules competition. Running In the Sepso the overall victory goes to ternber 3-6 NHRA U.S. Nationall Palenske. atlnd1ln8polla.lndIlIn8. Trett·.run In the tim round of eIIml_don. Mickey FlY h.d an id_ th..... we. I 7.34-l8COnd bleat at 201 .34 might not go right for him in Peo- . mph. Trett needed to run. 199.33 ril wh.n he went to pick up hi. to beck the record up. but the belt b...glg. IftIr flying in from hi. he could do we. I new-record home in Wlahington. "The airline 7.11 ET .t 199." In the fine! run lolt my bag. which hIId III my rid· . . . . . he HfeIted Terry V.nce ing gelr I' well I' my dothea... whoM motor went. Of the run. Aid Fay. "I borrowed neerIy 1MtIY. Trett aeId. "I ...". to get beck thi~ I needed to w••r:· Nlgging down to eerth before I can tell you engIne probl.m. kept FlY out of how I f.... It took I lot of hard the Nltionl" work. Ind .11 the credit goa to my crew. They .ra.11 women and. lot West Germany's Egon Muller won of people don't know whit they the World Individual Speedway do. I'm • mechIInIc .nd I know Championship before his couDttywhlit they dol ThIs II the II8ItMt men in the September 4 World Final thing ever hllppenecl to me." in N~rden.. According to skeldly pressume reports. Australia's Billy In other action from Indy, Kawasaki Sanders finished second with f~ rider Charles Isreal took the Funny champ Michael Lee third and DenBike win with a 7.771170.5 run over mark's Ole Olsen fourth. Dennis . George Bryce's red-light 8.18/145.54. alos was the top American, finiw.itlg Eraldo Frracci took his Honda lOth in the 16-rider field. The od:lft CB900-based Funny Bike to a new American competing in the eY~t top speed record of 178.92 mph. was Lance King. AMA/Camel Pro Sen. . atar Alex An error on our part led to the Jorg.n.n Ind wIf. Von Ire ex· ommiAion of the phone nu....... pectlng their firlt child. The due for Barltow to V..... race Infor· date. we're told. I. May 8.1984.m.tion II.t week. Thlt phone number II 213/341 -4041. Scot Harden left the V.S. on SepHosPITal STOP: District 57 desert te~ber 5. embarking on a 22-hour ~tar Howard McCasland is hospitalfhgh~ for Africa. He's going there to IZed as a result of a crash in the Seprace an the famous Roof of Africa tember 4 Hopetown GP at Indian ~ally for the South African Husky Dunes, and as of this writing he is in Importer. Meanwhile, fellow Husqa coma and listed in critical condivarna employees Dick Burleson. Larry tion. Cards and letters to Howard and Roeseler and Terry Cunningham will his family may be sent to Henry fly out of the V.S. on September 12. Mayo Memorial Hospital, 25845 West bound for the HUlQvarna factory in McAeil{l Pkwy, Val~~.~ 9J~-?~.. S~ll•• T,bcr.e.they will ~. the , '" .. 4,,~,