Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

MOTO 3: 1. Nilsson; 2. Jacky Martens; 3. Sm ers: 4. Hansson ; 5. King; 6. Bau er ; 7. Sulzer; 8. Wheeler; 9, H iggs; 10. Morten sen ; 11. Gatti; 12. 10 Martens; 13. Turn to Prime Network Ans tie: 14. Giov an n eli; 15. Pig notti. WO RLD CHAMPIONSH I P SOOcr MX S ERIES POINT STA ND lNCS ~ftcr 10 of 12 rou nds): l. Jacky Marten s (407); 2. [or ge n N ils so n (393); 3 . Joe l Smets (320) ; 4. Marcus H ansso n (287); 5. johan Boonen (263); 6. Darryll King (223); 7. Ja red Sm ith (ISS); 8. Gerald De lepi ne (153); 9. Jerem y Wha tley (152); 10. Franco Rossi (118); 11. Brian Wheeler (115); 12. jo Martens (110); 13. Merv yn An stie (106); 14. Karl Sulzer (104); 15. Soren Morte nse n (97); 16. Rudi Van Leeu wen (85); 17. D irk Ge uk ens (81); 18. Pekka Veh ko nen (79); 19. Carlo H ulsen (75); 20. Attilo P ignotti (72); 21. Siegfried Bau e r (65); 22. Ron ny We us tenr a ed (64); 23. David Thorpe (62); 24. War ren Edwards (42). WorldChampionshipM eMX Series: Round 14 Albertyn clinches title at Finnish GP . RUSKEASANTA, FlNLAND,AUG.8 reg Albertyn, the 20-year-old South Afr ican w h o e arn ed th e World Cha mpionship 125cc MX title las t yea r, ad ded the 250cc crown to his list of h on o r s at th e Finn ish GP . A lber ty n clinched the 250cc titl e with one round still le ft in th e series. The Dutch-ba sed Ho nd a rider thus became the third rider to sec u re back-t o -back 125 a nd 25 0cc titles. His predecessors wer e Dutchman Jo h n Van den Be r k (198 7/'88) a n d .Frenchma n Jean-Michel Bayle (1988/'89), while Ame rican s Tra mpas Pa rker and Donni e Schm it earned the titles in spans of three years. . Needing just 17 p oints to sco re the title in Finland, even if his closest riva l Belgian Stefan Everts won every remaining mota, Albertyn finished 11th in the opening moto following a first- lap crash, but he o fficially clinc hed the title in the second mota by p lacing third . In the third mota, despite know ing he h ad a lre ady wra p ped up t h e ti t le, Albertyn cam e ou t and b lew everybody awa y. Ev erts s cored the o ve ra ll win b y recordi ng 2+2 mota finishes . It was a n up-a n d -d own d a y fo r Schmit. He won the opening mota by 10 seco n d s over Ev erts, b u t n a r rowly es ca ped injury in race three when h is bike barely missed him after he was catapulted from the mach ine at high speed. Schmit is now assured second place in the series point standings, while Everts is a shoo -in for third. American Tram pas Par ker had a successful comeback. In his first race sin ce breaking his w rist at the Belgian GP in June, the KTM rid er scored tw o top-six placings on the sandy track to stay sixth in the series stand ings . An other Am erican, Ta llon Voh lan d ma d e the top 10 twice in Finl and, an d w ill most likely clinch eigh th p lace in the series in his first 250cc GP season. CN G Where one good turn deserves another Prime Sports Midwest Prime Sports Intermountain West Prime Sports Northwest Home Sports Entertainment SportSouth Prime Sports Upper Midwest Prime Sports Rocky Mountain KBL Sports Network Sunshine Network Madison Square Garden Home video versions available for $29.95 # HONDA Come ride with us. Prime Ticket Home Team Sports Empire Sports Network New England Sports Network Pro Am Sports Systems Call 1-800-292-5551 YAMAHA Res ults 01 k 1. Stefan Everts (Suz); 2. Greg Albertyn (Han); 3. Fre deric Bolley (Yam) ; 4. Werner De Wit (Suz ); 5. Trampas Pa rker (KTM); 6. Edwin Evertsen (Kaw): 7. Ku rt Nic oll {Ho n); 8. Don ny Schmi t (Yam) ; 9. Alessandro Puza r (Ya m) ; 10. Tallo n Vohlan d (Suz): 11. Mar k Eastwood (H on ); 12. Ma micq Bervoets (Kaw) ; 13. Ge rt Jan Van Doorn (Ho n); 14. Miska Aa ltonen (H on ); 15. Peter Iven (Kaw ); 16. Pete r Joh an sson (Yam); 17. Mar ko Ko valai ne n (Kaw ); 18. Ja im y Scevenels (Hon) ; 19. Teus Viss e r (Ka w); 20. M ich ele Fanton (Kaw); 21. Billy Liles (!

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