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six seconds. "This round has had the longest days (9.5 hours) and the longest course (180 miles), so 1 think 1 did okay," said Silvan. Edmon dson, however, was less impressed, feeling that the course suited Silvan's style perfectly. "They had those boring 40-kil o m e ter (25-mile) road checks (tests), and motocross tests in thick sand, so how can he not win," said the Englishman. The Heavyweight category co m peitors could again only marvel at Sala, w ho chalked up another win to reinforce his rock-solid points lead. Pellegrinelli gave it his best shot, finishing just three seconds behind his countryman. Eriksson made up for his Day-One DNF in the Lightweight Four-Stroke class by winning Day Two in brilliant fashion and besting se ries leader Jonsson by five seconds. Rinaldi was thir d. While he is not a threat in the championship, Eriksson could play the spoiler. "It's a long way from being over, but this (finishing ahead of Rinaldi) has helped-me," said Jonsson . Peter Jansson put a dent in Tiainen's domination of the Heavyweight FourStroke class on Day Two, using some strong special-test performances to score the win. Tiainen was second ahead of [araslov Katrinak. With just one round remaining - in Hungary - both of the Lightweight divisions (two- and four-stroke) are up for grabs. The injury to early leader Giorgio Grasso will likely keep him out of the final race, so it appears-that the light weight crown will go to either series lea der Silvan or defending champion Ed mo ndson, who a re currently six po ints apart, 147-141. With 37 poin ts, Nilsson sta nds an outside chance. " I wo n the last time the re (in Hungary )," sai d an optimistic Ed mondson. " If you loo k at Silva n and Nil sson ' s re sul ts (wi tho ut th eir home r ou nds) they were not that impressive." The Lightweight Four-Stroke class will com e down to a last-round battle between points leader and d efending champion Jonsson, and Rinaldi, who are separated b y just tw o p o ints. The Heavyweigh t cla sses are both all but sewn up , with Sala and Tiainen leading the two- and four -stroke ca teg o ries, respectively, by comfortable margins. £N Jamsa, Anland Res ults: June 18-19, 1994 DAYI 1JW, 1. Petteri Silvan (Hus) FmIand; 2. Jeff Nilsson (Hon) Sweden; 3. Mika Aho l. ( Hus) Fi nland; -I. Ma uriz io u rmi nati (KTM) Ital y; S. Juha Pekka Leino For all advance tickets , subtract $5 .00 from Gate Price and please indicate which tickets you wan t! Include a self-address stamped env elope, all orders must be post-marked 10 days prior to the National or Grand Prix race date. SAVE $5.00 ON ALL ADVANCE TICKETS PRICES AND RACE SCHEDULES ARE THE SAME FOR THE BOTH NATIONAL AND GRAND PRIX WEEKENDS Dear A mateur Rider, Please accept my profoundapologies for the way you have been treated the day beforepro-races at Budds Creek. We havegained a reputation among the pro-riders as being one of the best race tracks in the United States, and now, in the world, at your expense. I've ' come to realize that the amateur program is a very important part of the weekend and is imperative to the overall success ofan event of this magnitude. We would like to have you as our guest the day before the U.S. Grand Prix. We have an elaboratewatering system and in the past we have not used it to our advantage. The policyof using the amateur riders to work the water into the race track has been abandoned. Please forgive mefor my attitude over the pastfew years and comerace one ofthefinest fadlitie~ sport as our g 'n the ~t . There will befree amateur sign-up, Saturday, on the pro-track before the u.s. Grand Prix. Thank you! ~ ~. Hare Scrambles sign-up on Saturdaywill also befree! Sincerely, " . 7 " ('1M) FmIand. H/W: 1. Giovanni Sa la (KTM) Ita ly; 2. Paolo ""lIegara (Yam) Italy; 3. V... Kyton... ~ 29

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