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ISDE rookie - mad e it to the finish line. . ~.
By the third day, Smith, Whi taker and
McLaughlin were already sidelined , and
the en d result was an 11th-place finish
for the U.S. squa d .
Onl y 12 Gold medals were awarded
this year, and unfortunately none of
those went to Ameri can riders. Even Silver medals were hard to come by. Just
three Ll .S, riders - Ty Davis, Fred Hoess ('f)
a n d Rodn ey Sm i th - earned Sil ver
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me da ls, and the res t of the 14 U.S. finQ)
ishers earned Bronze medals.
Dav is also earned the unofficial title
of "Top American ." He had accumulatQ)
ed fewer evaluation points than any of
the 37 .U.S. riders, and he was also the
top Ll.S. class finish er, placing sixth in
the SOOcc cla ss and 21s t overall. The
next-best U.S. class finisher was Hoess,
who was eighth in the 125cc class.
This year's overa ll indi vid ual winner .
was Dutchman Gerard [imrnink, w ho
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(Above) Dut ch man Gerard Jimmink (126) was the overall individual winner, but he was beaten by American Ty
Davis (center) in the Final MX Special Test,
(Above) Ty Davis had enough ti me at the checks on day two to perform minor
maintenance on h is Kawasaki KXSOO. Davis, an ISDE rookie, earned the
unofficial title of "Top American;" he finished sixth in the 500cc class: (Left)
Th is was one of the few times the sun made an appearance duri ng the six-day
event; American Clu b ride r William Rush leaves the pit area before
impounding h is bike at the end of day three.(Below) Day one dawned wet and
rain y. Of th e 488 riders that started the event, 282 finished.
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