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125cc-500cc KENWORTHY'S MOTOCROSS PAR~ PRII NArlllNAI I r MOTOCROSS ~ Rick Ryan i s the on ly othe r American contesting the entire 250cc GP circuit. TROY, OHIO CAYTO N , 1 ~ OHIO ~ " Unadilla preview • effects of a crash during Saturday's p rac tice, and that combined with a wro ng ch oice of tire s left him 15th in the first moto, H e bounced ba ck to finish third in the seco nd round. 'I Whatley a lso chose the wrong tir es for the firs t moto and struggled before a crash left him 14th at the finish. H e a lso did much be tter in mo to two with a second- place finish. Smith was 'a little more consistent in both mo tos with 6-7 scores, but his points total for the da y wasn't great eno ugh for h im to gain significa nt gr ound on Van den Berk , who left Belgium wi th a 43-point lead, or pull away from Whatley. ' ," Vehkonen brok e out of th e poin ts tie for fo urt h and into co ntentio n for I the title with a 2-1 overall wi n a t the ' eigh th ro u nd in Yu goslavi a. A third o verall beh ind Herri ng allowed Sm ith to gain 10 points o n Van den Berk, who cou ld only m anage a pair of eigh th -p lace finishes, but Smi th couldn' t pull a way from Whatley since the Englishman matched h im in points for th e day . lx So when they make the next stop at U na dilla, the Americans, who usually do well on .their home turf an d take points from the Europeans, could be the spoilers in Van den Berk 's charge for th e title. Rick Joh nson will be the rider most likely to tak e the mos t points from the Europeans. He led the American team to vic tory in th e Motocross des Na tions a t Unadilla last year, ' a nd is one of the ho ttest riders in America' at this time. Johnson is conf ident he . Can win, but says that he isn't tak ing anybody lightly and doesn 't foresee a runa wa y. , - Bob H an nah can't be counted o ut either. H e p ut in a m ira culous charge on a 125 to come from beh ind and win his cla ss a t th e Motocro ss des Nations, and, like J ohnson, he has the support of th e fans . Plus it is Hannah 's type o f track ; tough and tech nical. d Sm i th , o n the o th er hand, is rela tivel y u n p roven against the current crop of his American co u n terparts, alt hough he did do well in severa l races of m e Golden State Series, a pre-season warm-up series Iield in Ca lifornia in January an d February. H e will undo u bt edl y be shoo ting for a top finis h a nd hoping ma t hi s coun try men can tak e enough po ints from th e Europeans to move him clo ser to the title. , It will be no easy task for whoever pulls off th e win at Unadilla. The track is tough and demands consta nt attention fro m the rider, and the com petitio n , which pits the best in America .aga inst Europe's best, co uld be even tougher. _ SUN. JULY 31 1988 COL.U "" . us- -+---+-.. FR!. AMATEUR & PRO PRACTICE SAT. PRO-AM & PRO QUALIFER PLUS ALL DISTRICT 11 CLASSES SUN. PRO PRATICE AT 9:00 QUALIFIERS AT 11:00 PRO NATIONAL AT 1:00 (Con tinued from page 17) 1 GATE - $12.00 UNDER 12 - $6.00 UNDER 6 FREE ! FREE PARKING FREE CAMPING .. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 513-335-f763 ~ ....., 4I/f/lA~-- : H D HONDA OFTAOY COME AND SEE ALL THE TOP PRO'S INCLUDING, -Ric k Johnson Jeff Ward Erick Kehoe Ron Lechien George Holland Jeff Leisk . Todd DeHoop Guy Cooper Tommy Watts AND MANY MANY MORE !!! The DuQuoin "Magic" Mile .Camel Pro Series G ra nd National Championship Presented by": th e Ill inoi s Motorcycle Dealers Association S unday, 'July 24.- 2 p.m.. THE Gil"", CHALLEN GE GREAT IN 'SS Six riders go five laps for $17,500 TICKET INFORMATION ADVANCE Reserved Grandstand General Admission $15.00 $12.50 ~ IMD I 2000 E. Cornell I Springfield, IL 62703 A (217) 753·8866 MasterCard o~ VISA accepted TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SOUTH GATE CAMPING UNAVAILABLE NOW - NO ALCOHOL AT THIS TIME - ....... . ~~C'. MOTORCYCLE CENTERS . Motorcycleservi e. tuneups, accessories and tire c s. Sev.nCon,.nl.nl C,lifom/aLDutiOn8: U MI,.d. 14258 E. Impe Hwy (213) 946-3459 ridl ., Sun V.II., 9007 Sunland A~ .• (81 768·9026 8) T llc.2466 WSepulveda Blvd.. (213) S30~J4 om . Anahl/m 828 W. Vermont A~ .• (714) 774-1049 Long- ••ch 5210/.Dng Beach Blvd (21 423-8878 B .. 3) South GI~ 5861 FirestoneBlvd.• (213) 927-6895 MD vl, 806 f . Huntington Drive. (87 303-6382 lltO 8) Distributo rs o r Dealers Call f or pr o duct (213) 946-3581 21