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FEATURES
PREVIEW
ROADllACE
Glen Helen U.S. 500cc MX GP: Roger
DeCoster keeps the tradition going ••.6
INTERVIEW
Going out on top:
MX World champ EricGeboers . . ... 10
MOTOCROSS
Stanton, Cooper win; Bayle
injured at Washougal Nat'l
12
Hughes hot at Loretta Lynn's
AMA Amateur Nationals
20
Geboers clinches 500cc World
MX title onhome turf
26
Schwanu wins, Rainey second
in British GP victory
16
Dutchman Racing rules
M
id-Ohio Endurance
DEPARTMENTS
WORKBENCH
LOCAL EVENTS
CALENDAR
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RESULTS
Peter Perry
Team Belchfire
Los Angeles, CA
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Factory Honda rider Eric Geboers clinched the World Champion ship 500cc
MX Series in his hom e country of Belgium. See page 26 for Belgian GP
race report. Geboers will be heading to the U.S. for the fina l round of the
series a t the Glen Helen OHV Park in San Bernardino, California. See page
6 for a U.S. 500cc MX GP preview. Phot os by Nicholas Soni na .
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Copyright
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The results we ran with our coverage
of th e Daytona 200 were provisional
results. As we reported in the follow ing
week's paper (t he March 28 issue),
Quarterley was at first incorrectly
credited with fifth in the Daytona race.
The corrected results list him in 11th
place, Ashmead fifth , Chin sixth, Kipp
seventh , Ja y Springsteen ei g h t h,
Guen ette n in th and Ott is Lan ce
10th . . . Editor.
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ON THE FRONT PAGE:
Editorial
Ja ck Mangus. A ssociate Publi.shn l Edi tor
Kit Pa lm er, Associate Edit or
Paul Carruthers, Asso ciate Edi to r
Nat e Rauba , A ssociate Editor
Bria n Ca tterson, Associate Editor
Ken Fau ght. Assis tant Editor
Ed wina Mangus. Calendar Editor
Hey, we won!
The results of the July 4 ARRA SixHour Endurance Road Rac e at Willow
Springs that appeared in the August
I issue differ su bsta n tially from what
actually happened. Enclosed is a copy
of th e final results as we received them
fro m the ARRA. 1 am certa in that 1
am not the only rider who participated
in th e event who is disappointed in
not reading accurate results of the race.
AUDITED
ORCULAnON
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