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GMOTOCROSS World Championship 125(( MX Series: Final round e Thierry Bethys making the final pas s on the Ita lian with two laps to go. In the second moto Demaria ran seco n d the entire distance beh ind Sch m it, who crossed the finish lin e in a shower of cha mp agne from hi s mechan ic. Tragter was abl e to demote Everts to finish third and lock up second overa ll for th e day. c:N Results 0 / A: I. Donny Sch mit (Suz); 2. Pedro Tragter (Suz); 3. Yves Demaria (Ya m ); 4. Stefa n Eve rts (Suz) : KTM's Jacky Martens gave Luxembourg its first-ever 500cc GP win in front of the.home crowd in Kohlenberg. Martens went 1-4 for the overall victory. 5. Tyso n Vohl and (SUl): 6. Erwin Machl ingler (Ho n); 7. Andrea Bartol ini (Han); 8. Massialli an o Gauara ta (Suz); 9. Mike Heal ey (KT M); 10. Peter Beirer (SUl). MOTO I: I. Donny Schmi t: 2. Tyson Vohl and; 3. Ped ro Tragter; 4. Stefan Everts ; 5. Mike Hea ley; 6. Yves Demaria; 7. Thierry Beth ys; 8. Andrea Bartoli ni: 9. Erwin Machlinger: 10. Ala n Morri son ; I I. Bader Mann eh ; 12. Jerome Belval : 13. Marcel Van Dru nen ; 14. B. Magain; 15. T eu s Visser. MOTO 2: l. Don ny Sch mit: 2. Yves Dema ria; 3. Pedro Tragter: 4. Stefan Everts; 5. Massiall iano Cazzarata: 6. Peter Beirer: 7. Wern er Dewi t (Kaw); 8. Erwin Mach linger; 9. Andrea Bartolini; JO. J erom e Belva ]: I I. F. Bolley; 12. Marco Seiler (Vam); 13. R.V. Rees: 14. G reg AJbert ijn; B. Maga in . FINAL 12S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STA NDINGS: I. Donny Sch mi t (285); 2. Bob Moo re (214); 3. Stefan Evens(161); 4. Andrea Bartolin i (155); 5. Mike Heal ey ( 154); 6. T yson Vohland (147); 7. Pedro Tragter (141); 8. Yves Demari a (118); 9. Bader Manneh (103); 10. Alan Mo rrison (84); II. Edwin Evenson (79); 12. Erwi n Machlinget (72); 13. Peter Beirer (65); 14. Ryan Hunt (60); 15. J erome Belva l (54); 16. Charrel Sweebe (53); 17. Ri ck Rya n (42); 18. Massialliano Gauara ta (37); 19. Marcel Van Dru nen (34); 20. Massimo Contini (34). Minnesota's Donny Schmit gave the U.S . its second consecutive l25cc World Championship MX crown after winning both motos in Agueda, Portugal. World Championship 125cc MX Series: RoundS Schmit doses on title in Swiss GP WOHLEN, SWITZERLAND, JULY 29 merican Donny Schmit moved cl oser to clinching th e 125cc World Championship by leadi ng both motos of the Swiss GP at Wohlen from start to fin ish. Belgian Stefan Evens follow ed Schmit home in each moto while American Bob Moore. the only contender for the title. com pleted the top three with 3-4 moto fin ish es. Alan Morrison grabbed the holeshot in the first mo to but was run into th e banners. Schmit sho t away with th e lead, while Everts passed Moore to claim the runner-up finishing position . American Mike Healey fin ished fourth. Moto two was another Schmit show with Everts trailing a t the fini sh. Moor e gated poorly and had to pass Jerome Belval and Pedro Tragter, who was competing in his first race follow ing an injury earlier in the season, before he encountered Peter Beirer. Beirer had charged up . to third by quickly passing Healey, Moore and T ragter near the halfway point. then held Moore off to th e end . Healey dropped back to 12th at the finish. I:N A Schmitw title with ins Portuguese GP sweep A GUEDA, PORTUGAL, AUG. 5 on ny Schmit becam e the second con secutive American to win the 125cc MX World Championship when he swept both motos of the Portugese Grand Prix, while compatriot Bob Moore clinched second in the final point standin gs despi te suffering a broken finger in the first moto. With the scheduled final round in Spain cancelled due to dust, Mike Healey was unable to make it an American sweep of the top-three positions when he retired from the second moto with engine problems on his factory KTM . Belgian Stefan Everts and Italian Andrea Bartolini both moved past Healey in the final stand- D 22 ings, Bartol in i finis hi ng just one point ahead of Healey. American Tyson Vohland nearly surpassed Healey as well, but after fin ishing second in th e first rnoto, Vohland ret ired after two laps when his eyes filled with mud in moto two. The GP was held in h igh temperatures, so the track was-arenched with water before each moto to eliminate dust. . Schmit led Vohland all the way to the finish in moto one, while Pedro Tragter passed Bartolini early in the race and controlled th ird to the end. Stefan Everts, Healey and Yves Dema- . ria also displaced Bartolini, with Results 0 / A: I. Donny Sehmit (Suz): 2. Stefan Everts (Suz); 3. Bob Moo re (KTM ); 4. Pe ter Beirer (Suz);.5. Pedro Tragter (Suz); 6. Mike Healey (KT M); 7. T eus Visser (Yam): 8. Tyson Vohl and (Suz); 9. Erwi n Mach tlinger (Ha n ); 10. Edwin Evertso n (Kaw); 11. Werner Dewit (Kaw); 12. Mar cel Van Dru nen (H o n ); 13. And rea Bartolini (H o n); 14. Bader Manneh (KT M); 15. Thierry Bethys (Han ); 16. Massia Uiano Gauarata (Suz): 17. Massi mo Con tini (Hon ); 18. Rick Ryan (H on ); 19. Marco Seiler (Yam); 20. J erom e Belva! (Suz). MOTO 1: I. Don ny Schm it; 2. Stefan Everts: 3. Bob Moo re; 4. Mik e Heal ey; 5. Peter Beirer; 6. Pedro Tragter: 7. Edwin Evertson: 8. Marce l Van Drunen : 9. Bader Manneh ; JO. MassialJi ano Cazzarata ; II. Tyson Vohla nd; 12. Teus Visser; 13. Wern er Dewi t; 14. Marco Seiler; 15. Erwin Machlinger. MOTO 2: I. Donny Schm it; 2. Stefan Evens; 3. Peter Belter: 4. Bob Moo re ; 5. Pedro Tragter: 6. Erw in Machl in ger ; 7. T eus Visser; 8. T yson Vohland; 9. Andrea Bartolini; 10. Thierry Beth ys: I J. Werne r Dewit : 12. Mike Heal ey; J3. Massimo Co ntini; 14. Rick Ryan ; 15. J erome Belval, 125 WORLD CHAMPIONSHtP POINT STANDINGS: I. Donny Schmit (245); 2. Bob Moo re (2 14); 3. Mike Healey (143); 4. Andrea Bartolini (140); 5. Stefan Everts (135); 6. T yson Vohl and (130); 7. Pedro Tragter (III); 8. Bader Manneh (98); 9. Yves Demaria (91); 10. Edwin Evenson (79) II . Alan Morrison (78); 12. Ryan Hunt . (60); 13. Erw in Machlinger (57); 14. Peter Heirer (55); 15. Charre! Sweebe (53); 16. Jerome Belval (44); 17. Ri ck Ryan (42); 18. Massimo Contin i (34); 19. Marcel Van Drunen (31); 20. Teus Visser (28). World Championship 500cc MX Series: Round 11 Martens triumphsin Luxembourg By By Alex Hodgkinson KOHLENBERG, LUXEMBOURG, AUG. 12 acky Martens gave Luxembourg its first-ever 500cc GP win when he combined 1-4 moto finishes to take the overall win before a home crowd at the final European GP of the season at Kohlenberg. . Martens, who is originally from Belgium but rides with a Luxembourg license. beat newly-crowned World champ Eric Geboers in the first moto, wh ile the second race was won by Dirk Geukens over David Thorpe. who fini shed second overall with a 3-2 moto tally. Kurt Nicoll completed the top tltree overall with 5-3 moto fini shes. The battle now goes to America with Geboers th e cha mpion and Nicoll almost certain of second. With Thorpe declining 10 travel to the final GP, the battle for the bronze medal is between Geukens and Martens . with Geukens holding an Ll-point advantage. <> With fast-starter Paul Malin still somewhat stunned after landing on his head in the morning's timed practice, there was a chance for someone else to take the holeshot and it was Finn Arto Pantilla who stormed to the front. But on the second lap Martens was past him and the factory KTM rider quickly established a big lead as the other riders fought to get on terms with Pantilla. Nicoll had made the best start of the big three but it was soon clear that he was having a bad ride. After the race it was discovered that the front brake was jammed on , although he managed to finish fifth. Geboers and Thorpe both passed Ni coll with ease and set off after Pantilla. As they closed on the Finn after 20 minutes Geboers had a simple fa ll and dropped behind Thorpe. But the new World cha mp is still full of enth usiasm and he recovered weir ' to pass Pantilla on the same lap as Thorpe with 10 minutes remaining in the 40minute plus two-lap moto , Within two laps Geboers had also passed Thorpe. when the two riders went offa jump side by side and collided in midair. Geboers came out of it the best although neither rider fell. On the last two laps they closed up on Marten s. but not sufficientl y to threaten his win. Kees Van der Yen retired early after a collisio n with Jeff Leisk damaged his rear brake. Leisk had a good comeback ride after sitting out several rounds du e 10 his broken finger. After starfing 13th, Leisk came thr ough to disp lace Dietrnar Lacher for sixth before the race was half an hour old. Franco Rossi had started sixth, bu t fell and was passed by Lacher and Leisk after 15 minutes before" recovering to fight off a cha llenge from Georges Jobe and Malin. In the end Rossi was the strongest of the trio and held off Jobe for eigh th, whil e Malin dropped righ t ou t of the points after an incident with Mervyn Anstie. "He put me in the fence as he came past ," said Malin. "I tried 10 do it to him in the next corner and came off worst," Leif Persson got the holeshot in rnoto two. but went straight in the overwatered first turn and dropped to eighth. Then halfway tltrough the first lap Ludovic Lucquin failed to brake and put Persson in the fence. A frustrated Persson was soon back in the pits. Martens took over the lead but he fell before the end of the first lap and dropped to fourth. Geukens assumed J