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Ita lian Michele R inaldi also put in a poor showing, finishing just a head o f Drech sel in moto o ne and j ust be h ind h im the second time o u t to equal the KT M man's seven-point tally for the day. T he former 125cc World Champion is no w in da nger of lo sing his fifth p lace in th e standings 10 Nilsson, who has come back on fo r m in the past couple of events. It all adds up 10 wha t shou ld be an exciting climax to the series in' R u ssia a nd Wes t Germany. Results 151MOTO: 1. Gert·J en ven Doorn (Hon); 2. Anders Eriksso n (Yam); 3 . Henk van M ierlo (Hon) ; 4 ~ He in l Kini gad ner (KTM); S. J acky Vimond (Yam) ; 6. Jacky W estdor p (HonJ,; 7 . Pet er Ha nsson (Hus,; 8. Leo Combee (Ho n); 9. Peter Johansson (Hon); 10 . Marc Velkeneers (Mai); 1 1. J orge" Nilsson (Hus); 12. Patrick. furs (Hon); 13. M iche le Rina ldi C Suzl; 14 . A rno Dr ech sel (KTM); 15 . Vanni; Ke N eUa (Honl . 2nd MOTO: 1. van Doorn ; 2 . Nilsson; 3. van M ierto; 4 . Ki nig adner; 5 . Hannson; 6. Sven Bergg ren (Su zl; 7. Combee; 8 . SOlen Mortensen (Kew); 9. xerverte. 10 . Vimond; 1, . Drechsel; 12. Rinaldi; 13. J oh nny Verwij 51(yem); 14. Theo Eggens IKew); 15. Ali os Nieder mever (Hu st. ; POINT STA NDING S: 1. Vimond (244 1 2. Kinigadner (231 ); 3 . van Ooorn (216 ~ 4 . Drech sel ( 1841; 5. Ri neldi (1771; 6. Nilsson (172); 7. Erj ksson (114); 8 , Vel keneers (10 2); 9. Kervolla( 961 10. M or; to nse n (9 1). World Championship 125cc MX Series: Round 9 D utchman Gert-J an van Doorn used the soft san d of his homela nd t o his advan tage in winning the 250ccGP. --------- .. I I I World Championship 2S0cc M" Series: Round 10 Dutchma van oorn wins on home soil By Mannix Devlin LICHT ENVOORD E. H OLL AND , JU L Y 2 1 LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIOII Mitchell spunaluminum wheels, by , Performance Machine are thetightest, strongest, and truestracing wneets . today. Now available in thIs racy new cutoutpattern, the CHICANP", is bred for the track but is equally at home on i thestreet. 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Dutchman Gert-jan van Doorn pulled dramat ically cl oser to th e series point leaders and is now o n ly 15 points in arrears of defending World Champion Kinigadn er a nd 28 behind Vimond. Van Doorn was a board th e Venko Honda . In the first moto, Swede Anders Eriksson rode his Yam aha strongl y to cop second place ah ead o f another Dutchman, Henk van Mier lo. Sonauro Yamaha's Vim ond h eld fourth for most of th e race, bUI a slo w sta rt ing Kin igad ner, on a KTM, staged his now cu sto ma ry strong cha rge in th e cl osin g stage s. H e passed th e Fr en c h man with tw o laps remain in g a nd immediately pull ed OU I a four-second advantage wh ich Vimond co u ld n ' t close. Van Doo rn won o ver Eri ksso n. van Mi erl o , Kinigadn er a nd Vimond. Beh ind th e ver y much o n -for m van Doo rn , Er iksson agai n made a st ro ng st art in the seco n d mo ro , bu t was forced to pull out a fter a quarter of an hour as he staned 10 pass out. Aft er being brought down in moto o ne a nd onl y being a ble to recover 11th spot at the flag. Sw ede jorgen Nilsson was in a determined mood the sec o n d tim e out a n d for ced through into second behind winner van Doorn to claim 17 more ver y useful cha m p io n sh ip points. Van Mierlo again Iinished in third s po t, with Ki n i g a d n e r mov ing through from a n eighth place start to sec ure fourth at th e flag . . Vimond had more th an h is sh a re of probl ems thi s time out. H e fell in the third turn a nd had 10 resta rt from well back in rhe pack . Back up to ninth place with a strong, forceful ride, Vimond a ga in crash ed , Restarting 15th , h e co u ld on ly work back up 10 10th before the flag ca l led a ha lt to th e proceedings. Still having trou ble wi th a shoulder inju ry he pi cked up in a Canadian race p ri or to th e United St ates 250cc GP a t Unadill a , West G erman Arno Dr ech sel ha d a relati vely poo r day with 14th a nd 11th pl ace fini sh es, losin g h is thi rd spo t in the titl e c hase 10 van Doo rn as a result. Strijbos sweeps Finland HYVI N KAA. FINLAN D, J U L Y 19 Holland's 17-year-old whiz kid , Da vey Strijbos, stretch ed out his lead in th e World Champions hip point stan di ngs by winning both m oros o n th e quarry track a t H yvinkaa . The H o nda rider ex tended his title lead by a furthe r 10 points ov er Finn P ekka Vehkonen , who wen t 2-4 on th e da y. T he p air were in vo lved in close tussles in both rnot os a nd th e Ben elux yo u ngster, Stri j bos, won th e opening moto des pi te a £:I II a t ha lf-di stance, Vehkonen took seco nd. The seco nd ti me o u t i t was Veh konen who had a tr ip to the ea rth, a nd Dut ch men J o hn Van der Ber k a nd Kees Van der Ven n ipped by before he got his rhythm back again . Strijbos won ov er Va n der Ber k, Van de r Ven a nd Vehkonen . Suffering from a virus infection which has severely a ffected his form, Ital ia n Corrado Mad ii, thi rd in the title chase, could only manage two fifth p lacings. Desp ite his lfi-poi ru advantage in the standings, St rijbos is still awaiting the results of deliberations of the FI M wheth er to str ip him o f his I I points from fifth place in the second moto at H o lzerl in gen in Germany the wee k before. Should the F IM decide th a t the points be withdrawn, Srrijbos will o n ly hol d a five-poi nt margin over Vehkonen in th e ru n for the crown: Results - 1st MOTO : 1. Devey Str ijbos IHon); 2 . Pekka Veh · kane" (Cag); 3. Kees Van dar Ven (KTM) ; 4 . Fran c o Rossi (Ceg ); 5. Cor rado M add ii (eag ); 6. J oh n Van der Berk (Yam); 7. Giu seppe Andrean i IApr); 8 . M ike Kouki (Suz); 9 . J acky M art en s (KTM ); 10 . ArlO Pan li lle (KTMI ; · I1. Ala in Lejeune (Suz): 12 . Ron ald Verh eagen (Hon) ; 13 . Torbjorn A xelsson (Ho n); 14 . M as simo Con t ini tCa g); 15. Karl Tiainen (KTM) . 2nd MOTO: 1. Str ijbos; 2. Van de r Bar k; 3 . Van der V e n ; 4 . V eh ko n en ; 5 . M add i i; 6 . Andrean i; 7 . Con ti ni; 8 . Tiaine" ; 9 . Ver heag en ; 10 . Axe lsson; 11. Haken Ho usby (Ka wl: 12. G un van Gije sgh em (Ho n): 13 . Thier ry Godfroid (Ka w); 14 . A nte on Pruij m bo om (Hon ); 15 . Jean-Luc Fuc h et (Yam ). POINT STAN DINGS : 1. Strijbos (2 541; 2. Veh· konen (2 38); 3 . M addii (22 5); 4 . Van der V on (189); 5. Van der 8 erk (149); 6. Lejeuno(120); 7. M art ens ; (1 18 1 8 . Andreani (1061 9 . (TIE) Contini /Kouki (89). :

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