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If the man from Pollack Pines, Californ ia, was n' t too well kn own in Italy before the Bologna Su percross, he definitel y be cam e a s ta r h ere overnigh t. " La rni" trounced th e fie ld in a ll six motos ove r two d ays of racing to make a clean sweep. No t only di d the Itali ans appreciate his smooth, fluid riding style, but he ingr atiated himself with the fans . with his easy smi le an d unpretentiou s perso na lity. The Bologn a race is part of the huge Mot or Show that ru ns for 10 d ays and dra ws over a million and a half people. The show featu res cars, mo torcycles and b icycl es, a s well as d o zen s ;' f ra ces, in clu ding mo untain biking, rall y cars, trials and road racing. Typically cold, gray skies of winter in northe rn Ital y g re e ted th e riders a nd fans on race day. Fortunately , the p rom ot ers were smar t en ough to h i re Am e rican ma ster tra ck builder John Savitsky to design and build th e tra ck. Laid out in a flat field at the show's border, Sa vitsky cr af ted a n exc iting and technical track composed of san d and clay that offered the perfect balan ce of traction, roughness an d total la ck of dust. The eve n t used a three-mote format , and point s ea rne d in each race was added up to proclaim an overa ll winner. Lam son sta r te d things off w ith a ho les hot and led from start to fin ish, thou gh Lami never got more than a few seconds ahead of a tight pack includi ng Ward, Craig, Cooper, Tragter an d Vohlan d . Vohland hung righ t with Lamso n in the firs t moto an d even mad e a bid for the lead at one point, but he au gered into the front side of a hu ge whoop. He lost a number of places getting rest arted and then b lasted th rough the field for second place. As he always does while racing in Europe, Ward look ed very fast, keeping to within a bike leng th of Lam son throughout mu ch of the race. Not really kno wn for his su percross ski lls, Bobby Moore looked su rp rising ly s trong on t h e Ch esterfi eld Yamaha . Moore wa s fast and consistent, finishing th e. day eigh th ov er all but was re ally closer to the lead er s than th e re sults may suggest. When it was ove r, Lamson swept all three motes, but Ward -kept h im hon est. Cooper sneaked in for a solid third ove ra ll foll o w ed by Voh land , Craig and I rag ter. Th e n ext d ay, Lams on again took center stage on h is Team I -SOO-Collect Honda, as he swept all three motos. The d ay started very poorly for th e It a lia n-based Wo rld Champ, Moore, when he cras hed and sustained a possi ble broken leg. Following Lamson for I . the overa ll w as agai n a fas t and ve ry I consistent Ward, and Vohland. A quiet Co oper sli p p ed h om e in fourth and Tragter claimed fifth overall. 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