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THE NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIE BAD NEWS FOR OUR COMPETITION SINCE 1971. .... V ..0 a Sten Lund in. 1959- '61 Wo r ld Motocross Champion. V > o Z co me in o rde r 10 sta nd hi s g-round. Th is was even more tr ue for Ka rsmak ers, th e Amer ican Dut ch ma n . livin g in Bel giu m . " If I wer e to make a wish, I would wi sh to re ma i n yo u ng and to be a ble to ride C Ps," Karsmaker s to ld me. He is still o fte n o n hi s bike. At th e sta rt of thi s Year 's gra nd prix season , H usqvarna even offered h im a ride in the 500cc champ ionship in H oll and. "U nfo rtunatel y, I had to turn down th e o ffer. T he Hu sk y wa s so a wfu lly fast th at I just didn 't dare to tak e it to the limit." No Visa One man who would have loved to co me to Lommel in order to recol lect memories is the triple ch a m p io n (1966- '68 ) Paul Friedrichs from East Cermany. We m et him a t the CP at Holice (CSSR) some weeks before. He wasn't very optimistic th en about gelling a visa , because o f two reasons. One wa s because the invitation had been a bit late, and th e other was, in his opinion, the CDR is not interested at all in international rnotocrosses. CDR riders are not allowed 10 travel to the West, with th e occasio na l ex ception for matches in other socia lis t co u n tr ies (a kind of Eastbloc CP l. Since th e time Friedrichs sto p pe d competing, h e has never m ounted a bike. He ea rns hi s living a s a manager with a wholesal er 's firm in vegetables and Fruit . Husqvama Mororcyck Co. 4925 Mcn:ury St. • san Diego. CA 92111 Husqvarna TH£ FINAL ST£P UP Race day Indeed it was th e old days all o ver agai n in Lommel . II was warm a nd dusty: after a wh ile. the spectators we re dir tier tha n th e riders . Ca lls fo r th e wai ter a re th e regula r thing in Bel gium - a nd o n ly in BCIg i u rn. The ri ders had to be dragg-ed OUI o f th e ba r j us t before th e m at ch a n d th at you 'll o n ly see a t a veterans motocross. It wa s a pit y th at th e very ser ious riders a nd th e riders-far-fun (t he real veterans o n th ei r o ld ies ) ha d to stan togethe r, T hat wa s the reason wh y ma ny o f th e o ldies stop pe d before the fi n ish . What was left was a ma tch bet ween a number of men wh o did n ot have th e p hysica l fitn ess . bu t wh o sri ll co n tro lled th e o ld techniques, Mikkol a took it ea sy a t th e sta n si nce he still had to pl o w th at week , but Karsmak ers. DeCoster a n d Wolsi n k wer e mo re fana tic. Wol sink fell over a slow ri de r a nd quit a fte r a major engi ne fa ilure: Karsm ak ers won the first rno to. DeCoster ma de the da y fo r the Belg ia n spectators by winnin g m o ta two. After hi s poorer perf ormance in th e first round, DeCost er sa t sta ri ng bl ankl y for minutes, takin g no notice o f anyone o r a nyt hi ng. Kar srnak er s ea rne d th e o vera ll, a nd j us t like in th e o ld days, h e was sa tisfied with h is Iota I sco re, " It 's o n ly a pity th at I beat him now . I u sed to try so often, but th en it wa s a lot m ore • difficul l." EDDIE LAWSON and PJl win ABC Television's Superbikers Yamaha f act ory rider EDDIE LAWSON t eam s up with PU Lubricants to win the 1985 Superbikers on the dirt and pavement of Carlsbad Raceway. The Switch Is On to P J 1 It's time fOT you to switch up! Ask f or PJ 1. th e ex act h i-performance blend of oils an d lubricants that fa ctory race teams use. 31