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awa ys, but t he Husky wa s killing m e on th e bi g hill. I felt su r e Jack y w ould h av e to ti re b efore the end after h is inju ry l ast week ju st so long as I kep t h im und er pressu re . The first time I came to him he u sed h i s p ower to ge t away aga i n, but th e second time he stalled and I was gone ." M art ens ac ce p ted m oto de f eat g r ace f u lly, sayin g , "I d ecided n ot to tak e a painkiller f or the seco n d m oto . In t his h ea t I w as afrai d i t wo u ld m ake m e d i zzy . I w as in pain fo r m ost of th e ra ce but by the en d I w as i n ag o n y with m y b ack . I h o p ed I co u l d break Parker's resolve w hen I turned up th e p o w er again the fi rs t ti me h e c a u g h t m e, bu t h e w o uldn' t g ive in. I co uldn 't h av e h eld h im b ack even if I h adn' t stalled." M ore Hu sky s ri d de n b y Pe t er Joh ansson a n d Jo han Boonen com p leted th e top four, whil e their ea rly adver sary King lost fi fth to Smets on th e final l ap . The H usa ber g star had another troubled ri d e. " I d idn't make a v ery g oo d sta r t, an d then at the bottom of a d ownh ill it was al most like a repea t of race one," said Sm ets. " The rut actually went under th e h ay bal es w h i ch were l eaned against th e snow fenc e and one fell right i n m y p ath! I caugh t up aga in to the l eaderboard p ack an d then fell o n m y own. I w as the fastes t - I cau ght eigh t seconds on Parker in th e last three laps but I had l ost con tact w ith th at secon d fall." Rossi had go ne ou t early , crashin g in the dust and being unabl e to restart h is bike. Y oung j ust d idn't get ou t o f the ga te all da y but put i n an oth er su per b charge to eve ntually fi nish ninth. 1'X Austrian GP Sittendorf, Austria Results: April 23, 1995 MOTO 1: 1. Jacky Martens (H us ); 2. Darryll King (Kaw); 3. Trampas Par ker (KTM); 4. Franco Ros si (H us ); 5 Peter Johansson (Hus); 6. Peter Dirkx (Ho n ); 7. John Van den Berk (Hon); 8. Attillio Pign otti (Ho n); 9, Shay ne King (KTM ); 10. Joh a n Boo n e n (H u s ); 11 . Ge r a ld De le pine (Hon); 12. Rupert Walkn er (KTM); 13. Ge rt Jan Van Doo m (H o n); 14. Anders Svensson (H on); 15. D irk Geukens (Hbg ). . MOTO 2: 1. Tram p as Parke r (KT M); 2. Ja cky M arte n s (H u s); 3. Pete r Johanss on (H us); 4. Jc han Bo onen (H us); 5. Joe l Sm e ts (H bg ); 6. Da rryll King (Ka w ); 7. Geral d Delep ine (Ho n); 8. Ronn y Weus tenral.-d (KTM ); 9. Mike Yo un g (Ver); 10. Rud i Va n Leeuwen (Hon); 11. Thierry Klutz (H on); 12. Chri s Jacobs (Hbg); 13. Attillio Pign otti (Hon); 14. Shayne King (KTM); IS. Anders Svensson (Hon ). WOR LD CHAMPIONSHIP 500cc MX SERI ES POINTS STANDINGS (A ft e r 2 of 12 round s ): 1. Tra mpas Parker (63); 2. Jack y Mart en s (62/ 1 win); 3. Darryll King (52); 4. Joel 5mets (51/ 1); 5 Peter Johansso n (48) ; 6. Mik e You ng (29); 7. Mikkel Ca p ra n t (24 ); 8. Joh an Boonen (24); 9. Rudi Van Lee uwen (23); 10. Peter Dirk. (22); I I. Shayne King (21); 12. Attilio Pign otti (16); 13. Fran co Rossi (13); 14. John Van den Berk (12); 15. (TtE) Dictmar Lacher / Ronny weustenraed (8); 17. (TIE) Mervyn Anst ie / Th icr ry Klutz (5); 19. Chris Jacobs (5); 20. (TIE) Ema nuelle Giovan elli / Rupert Wal kner (4). Upcoming Rounds Round 3 - Wohlen, Switzerland, May 7 Round 4 - Loket, Czech Republic, May 21 (Above lett) Califo rnian Mike Young fell vi ctim to a transmission failure in mot o one, but raced back to ninth in mototwo. (Abov e) Mike Youn g' s factory Vertemati. (Lett) Round one winner Joel Smet s dropped to fo urt h in the standings . . 'Briefl' .... W orldChampionship250ccMotocrossSeries Round3:S iss G w P Demaria's double PAYERNE, SWITZERLAND, APR. 23 I t was the tum o f Frenchman Yves D emaria on the fac tory Ya maha to score a d ou ble-m oto win at the thir d r ound of t he W o rl d C ha mp io ns hi p 250cc MX Series on th e grass la n d p astures of th e Com b remon t-le-Peti t circu it cl ose to Pay erne i n w estern Sw itzerland . So far, the series has seen Marnicq Bervoets taki ng a double w in for Suzuki at th e Span ish series opener, an d Stefan Eve r ts winning both motos fo r Kawasak i in th e Dutch sand. D emaria won the o p en i ng m oto in Switzerland by l ess than a second from Rinaldi teammat e Bob Moore, and the 125cc W orld Champion w as only headed by the Fren chman and fellow American Tallon Vohland in r ace two. D esp ite riding w ith knee and ankle injurie s sustai n ed over Ea st er, Ev erts w as twice fourth, and retains a n arrow lead over Demaria in th e stand in gs. l'X SwissGP Payerne , Switzerland Results: April 23, 1995 MOTO 1: 1. Yves Dem a ria (Yam); 2. Bob Moore (Yam); 3. Marnicq Bervoets (5uz) : 4. Stefa n Eve rts (Ka w ); 5. Werne r De wit (5 uz ); 6 . Andrea Ba rt oli n i (Yam); 7. Peter Iven (Kaw ); 8. Ped ro Tra gter (5 uz ); 9. Peter Beire r (Hon); 10. Tallon Vohlan d (Ka w ); 11. Bader Manneh (Hon); 12. Jaim y Scevene ls (Ho n); 13. Frederic Bo lle y (Ya m ); 14 . M ark Ea stwood (Ho n ); 15 . Pau l Coo per (Hon ). MOTO 2: 1. Yves Demari a (Ya m) ; 2. Ta llo n Vohland (Ka w); 3. Bob Moor e (Yam); 4. Stefan Everts (Kaw ); 5. Werne r Dewit (5u z); 6. Peter Beirer (Ho n); 7. Ku rt N ico ll (Hen): 8. Andre a Bar toli ni (Yam ); 9. Mamicq Bcvoet s (Suz )j 10. Fred enk Be lley (Yam); 11. Leon Giesbcrs (5uz); 12 Ped ro Tragter (5u z ); 13. Miska Aalt onen (Han); 14. Mark Eas twood (I-Ion ); 15. Pau l Cooper (Ha n ). OIA: 1. Yve Demaria (Yam); 2. Bob Moo re (Yam); s 3. Stefan Everts (Kaw): 4. Tal lo n Vohla nd (Kaw); 5. Mamicq Bervoe ts (Suz) ; 6. We rn e r Dewit (5uz) ; 7. Andrea Bartolini (Yam); 8. Pe ter Beirer (Hon); 9. Ped ro Trag ter (5 uz ); 10. Kurt N icoll (lion). WORLD C HA M P I ON S HIP 250 cc M X S ER IE S POI NT S ST ANDINGS (After 3 of 15 ro un ds): 1. Stefan Everts (87/ 1 wi n) ; 2. Yves De ma ri a (83/1); 3. Ta llo n Vohla nd (73); 4. Mamicq Bervoets (67/1); 5. Kurt Nicoll (55); 6. Bob Moo re (52); 7. Wern er Dewit (51); 8. Ped ro Tragte r (49); 9. Peter Beiter (40); 10. Pete r Iven (35)j 11. Andrea Bart olini (35); 12. Leon C lesbers (26); 13. Remy Va n Rl'CS (23 ); 14 . Jo a kim Ka rlsson (23); 15 . Mis ka Aaltoncn (21); 16. Ja im y Scevene ls (16); 17. Ba d e r Ma nneh (14); 18. Fred eri c Bolley (9); 19. josep Alonso (7); 20. Danny Theybers (7), Upcoming Rounds: Round 4 - Maggiora, Italy, April 30 Round 5 - Schwanenstadt. Austria, May 7 to 'change' gea rs aga in with this ' mot or at 609cc but the speed is phenom enal. I just. hope I can hold on for 45 minutes without it ripping my arms off." . . Jacky Martims had a painfui 'week behind More than half thestarters in Austria were him after crashing during the second, rnoto of once again riding Honda s. but 'none had the the Belgian Easter Trophy at Neeroeteren the pace to make 'the leaderboard and the red · prev ious Sunday. "When I landed my .lett 'thigh came down on a post," said Martens . . bikes, tiavingwon 15 of the last 16 manutac- ' ters' titles in tnesooctass,' currently trail a "Fortunately there is nothing broken or torn but l.arn still black and blue.~B ul then things poor fiflh with 37 .points to the 63 of KTM, got worse, "I decided to race again but when I : Husqvarna 's 62 , Kawasaki's 55 and Hus- : aberg's 52. ' landed off the .tirstjumpln thEl thiid rnoto my back ,seized up 'solid." Ttie at -year-oro had suffered slipped disc in the earlier crash, . KTM chose Sittendorl , .scena of the Austrian but thedislocation did not become apparent : 500cc 'MX GP, to announce that the parent 'until the next time it was jolted, Jacky could . . holding company which owns KTM Sportmonot even get off the bike and, had to be lifted . ' torcycles Austria and USA had acquired a .. off by four men, om! at each corner! It wasn't ' controllfnqinte rest in Hu~abe!g . 'Herr God-. until friday thaI the Belgian could even get . fried Reichinger; business manage r at Mat- · out of bed . "Even ' then icould only hobble . tighofen: explained: ."The share transfer will arou nd 'like 'a n old man, but I had to .come ' actually take place du ring the next few,days, here andtry to score points-" . . . bu t the ar ranqernents are ce rta in. " .Him Reichlinger d eclined to divulge ' the extent of The FIM have imn'o unced that a 'fuel Sample ' the share holding but confirmed that it is a ' .taken from ' Iha tank of official ' Suzuki rider ' majority holding (KTM have obtained a 51% ' Marnicq Bervoe ts at .the Dutch 250 MX GP: 'share); he stressed: ,"Th is is, not a takeover, ·on April 2 did not conform to FIM regulations The two companies will continue to operate ' reqardinqlead content. Suzuki 'team boss '. independently and retain their own identnies: . It makes sense for us 'to work toqether to Sylvain Geboers has already asked forthe B sample to be tested. Bervoets retains his five . strengthen the European .indu stry . ."We, will -points from the Dutch race at least until the ' endeavor not to compete in eachother's marInternational Jury meets; his 40 point rnaxl- '. 'kets 'as far as this is feasible. Husaberg clearinurn from the preceding' GP in Spaincannot . ty have t he best cards .I n four-stroke motocross ; while KTM are the ,most prornibetaken away evenit he' is ev~ntually connentin two stroke, technolOgy and 'long disfirmed to have used illegal fuel in Holland . , Th e A'sample showed a lead conten t ot' : tance raids: but there.will clearly be cornpeti-' tion in enduros." A press release issued later :0.018 giliter; the legal limitis 0.013. . the same day confirm ed Herr Reichlinger's ' ' Mike 'Young raced the"'95 Verte'mati 'engi~e' . comments, and also stated that there will be, an integration of worldwide ,marketing and ' with cogged va lve movement rat her than 'chain drive in Austria as prorntsed. vTests . distribution efforts in addition to the joint purhave gone well." explained Alvaro Vertematl, . chasing arrangements which we're already in ' 'wnomen revealed the ultimate advantage of . place. The willingness of the HUSaberg directhesystem. "It is not onlya'matterofeliminat- ' tors to make a controlling share interest avall-" ·ing timing slip: We can easily ch ange the cog . able' to KTM Holding is linked to 'a need ior .wheels at the .race track and alter the stroke ' add itional capital inv estment desperately ' length .by tsmin, This 'gives 'us a choic e of : needed to expand production to meet an · displacement size .anywhere between 510cc ever-increasinq de mand for their product, ' and 609cc.:This track is wide ·oPen ·andwe . The KTM press ' release also confirmed that are starting off with the biggest motor," Young production will continue at the Swedish base confirmed that the feeling of the motor was '" in Rofo rs. The secrecy of the negotiations very, different. "The '94 motor I raced 'up to . was 'highli ghted when the .sales manager now was very revvy 'and you cou ld ride all ' from the Husaberg factory, who had still been , day in second gear and never tall out of the .at the plant on Friday, was vigorously'deny.power ·band.". Young' said. "We are using a' in'g the sale of shares to KTM all day Satur- , ·higher c.ompression' and I. have to ' remember, : d~yat ~he Austrian GP. .' . . , a

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