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Point Standings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Dave Thorpe (Hon) 1 80 Eric Geboer s (Hon) ..• . . . 17 6 Kurt Nicoll (Kaw) , 158 Jacky Vim ond (Yam) 101 Kees Van der Ven (KTM) • . • 93 Kurt Ljun gqvi st (Yam) . • • • • 83 . Jacky M arte ns (KTM) ..•.• 75 Hakan Carlqvist (Kaw) •••• 70 (Tie) Ma rk Banks (Hon)/ Diet mar Lacher (Hon) . . • • • 67 11. Bill y Liles (Kaw) .. ' .' • • • . . 59 12. Dirk Geuke ns (Kaw) . • . • • • 57 13: Me rvyn A nst ie (KTM) • • • •. 55 14. Ismo Vehkonen (Hon) • . •• • 54 15. Franco Rossi (Kaw) . • . • •. 44 Not only will the 40 plus riders be vying for GP points but pr ize money as well. Each moto winner will take home nearly 1000 U.S . dollars. A lot rides on the shoulders of England 's Dave Thorpe. He's currently leading the po int standings by four over Eric Geboers, Preview: U.S. SOOCC MX GP Big bore sheet-eut at Hollister By Kit Palmer Photos by Alex Hodgkinson When ro u n d seven of the 1988 WorId Championship 500cc MX Series takes place a t California 's Hollister Hills facili ty on Sunday, June 26, there's going to be a lot at stake especially for England 's Da ve Thorpe, who's di h 500 c~rren t Iy Iea m g ..t e cc ti tle chase by a scant fo ur points over the ho ttest rider on th e circuit, Eri c Geboers. Geboers is on a ro ll and T horpe knows he must kn ock th e wind out of the Belgian 's sails at HoIlister Hills if he expec ts to claim a third World Championship. In add itio n, th ey both hav e Brit Kurt Nicoll to think abo u t. Ni coll is thi rd in th e point sta ndings , 18 . points behind Geboers. T he USG P happens right a t the height of th e GP seaso n, and th e titl e chase cou ld n' t be mu ch closer. With T horpe leading Geboers by j ust four poi nts, it 's possib le that U.S. fans will witness a turn ing po int in thi s year's 500cc Wor ld Ch ampionship MX seaso n, a turni ng point that just mi ght gi ve Geboers the momentum he needs to becom e th e first rider in motocross history to win a World Champions hip titl e in all th ree classes (125cc 1982-'83, 250cc 1987). But if there's one person o ut there who would rather no t see such an ev~nt haI;Jpen righ t ~ow it's Thorpe. HI SlOry In me making could come at T horpe's expense. . . T he 500cc G P mo tocross series is the p remier motocross spectacle of the world. It's the most prestigous of all motocross series in Europe and is highly respected in the U.S. , and this year's USG P will match up Europe's best riders against some of America 's best , riding the fastest , mos t powerful , modem and exotic mo tocross machines ever built. . Un li ke Na tional motocrosses, the H oll ister USG P will feature factory riders raci ng tru e works machinery, from such teams as H onda , Kawasaki , Yam aha and KTM. Probabl y the mos t un ique motorcycles yo u ' ll have th e chance of seeing in action are form er 250cc World Cha mpi on Jacky Vimond and Finland's Kurt Lju ngqv ist 's works water-co o led Yamaha YZM5 00s, which yo u' ll be ab le to compare to three-time 500cc Na tio na l Cham pion Broc Glover's Yam aha. Glover will be mounted o n a 1988 factory