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Lap afte r lap he tried to edge insid e the American , bu t lap after lap the doo r was slammed resolutely shut. Finally at 20 minu tes Pa rker left a gap and the Husaberg was throu gh , but only for 50 ya rd s - at the ve ry next turn Pa rker slammed inside to reta ke the lead. "If I had tried to defend the line:' declared Srnets, "he would have hit my rear wheel and we would bo th have go ne do wn ." Ju st over a lap later th e race was thrown wide open. : " I knew I had a cha nce to get Parker on the insid e at the tight tum befo re the hill, and when he bogged in the berm r had it:' explained Smets later. . But Parker was not giving up, wo und up the KTM to screaming pitch and was actually reelin g in the big four-s tro ke up the long hill. " I missed a ge a r s hift a p p roac hi ng the jump:' claimed Smets, w ho nosedived in to the gro u nd a nd was then flung over the bars. The former cha mpion esca ped wi th nothing mo re serious than bruises as his bike hit the ground an d bounced righ t over him - somersaulting twice on the way. It could well have been the shock of seeing the tiny KTM coming bac k at him which caused the loss of concentration on Smets' part, bu t almost certainly the enorm ous jump which Parker made to retake the lead was responsible for his own d ramatic departure just over a lap later. Alread y b y the end of the la p Delepine had taken over th e lead and there was clearl y a sus pens ion problem. Over a ju m p halfway around the following lap , the factory Mar zocchi fork legs and front wheel simply dropped off the sliders on Parker's factory KTM. Parker escaped with pulled neck muscles. Martens was already out after touching Smets leavi ng the first tum. "I must have broken th e spokes there and they damaged th e front br ake line," said a disa ppo inted Martens. Delep in e held off everything King could throw at him to win the moto and overall, while Johan sson had to settle for third after twis ting the front forks when he ove rju mped . Young was all over Van Doo m for fourth until th e Dutchman clip ped the chain-link fencing and d ragged it across the track. "I was too close to miss it and go t tangl ed u p : ' said th e chagrined Young . "I was down to 14th by the time I go t loose ." I':\' Luxembourg GP Folkendange , Luxembourg Res ults: May 28, 1995 MOTO 1, I. Joel Sm et s lHblt); 2. Peter Johansson (Hus ); 3. DarryU King (!:aw); 4. Cenud Delepine (H on); 5. Jacky Martens (Hus); 6. Trampas Pa rk er (KTM); 7. Franco Rossi (H us) ; 8. Mike You ng (Ver) ; 9 . Chris Jacobs (Hbg); to. Jeremy whatley (Ka w) ; 11. Chris Burnham CHon); 12. Peter Dirh (H on ); 13. Pel t."!' Hebmaan (Kaw); 14. Gert Jan Van Doom (H an); 15. Dirk Geukens (Hbgl. MOTO :z, I. Gerald Delepine (Han); 2. DarryU King (Kaw); 3. Peter Johansson (Hus); 4. Gert Jan Van Doom (Ho n); 5. Chris Jacobs (H b,:l; 6. Franco Rossi (Hus); 7. Sh ayne King (KTM); 8. John Va n den Berk IHon): 9 . Attilio Pignotti IHo n ): 10. [chan Boonen (Hus ): 11. Rupert walkner (lcrM); 12. Dirk Ceuken s (Hbg) ; 13. Avo Leok (Hon): 14. Mike Youn g (Ver); 15. Peter Dirkx (Hon). O /A: 1. Gera ld Delepine (H on); 2. Darryll Kin g (!:awl ; 3. Peter Johansson (H us ); 4. Joel Smets (Hbg); 5. Fra nco Rossi (Hus ); 6. Chris Jacobs (Hbg); 7. Cert Jan Van Doom (Hon): 8. Jacky Martens (Hus); 9. Trampas Parker (KTM); 10. Mike Young (Ver ). WORLD CHAMPION S H IP 500cc MX SE RIES POINTS STANDINGS (Af ter S of 12 rounds), 1. Joel Smets (148/3 wins); 2. Trampas Parker ( 32); 3. Danyll King lt27); 4. Peter Johansson It 11); 5. Shayne King (79) ; 6. johan Boonen (76); 7. Jacky Martens (73/ t); 8. Gerald Delepine (69/1); 9. Mike Youn g (68); 10. Pet er Dirlo: (48); 11. Gert Jan Van Doom (47); 12. John Van den Berk (46); 13. Mikkel Ca prani (36 ); 14. Rudi Van Leeuwen (35); IS . Fra n co Ros si (32); 16. Attilio Pignotti (30 ); 17. Chris Jacobs (23); 18. Rupert Walkoer (2 t) ; 19. Dietmar Lacher ltS); 20. Dirk Geuhns ltS). Upcoming rounds: Round 6 - Cingoli, Italy, June 11 Round 7 - SI.Jean d'Angely, France, June 18 Wo~d Cham pionship 250cc M otocross Series Rou 7: S nd wedishG P CLOSING I MOTALA,SWEDEN, MAY 28 elgian front-runners Stefan Everts an d Marnicq Bervoets shared the top placings at the Swed ish round of the World 250cc MX championship to close to within seven po ints of pacesetter Tall o n Vo hl a nd as the series approaches the halfway stage. The Kawasa ki an d Suzuki teamsters cu rren tly ho ld the upper h a nd , b u t Yamaha's Bob Moore led the first moto until he slipped off in a tum, and Honda has promised Kurt Nicoll, dearly unde rpower ed on the Scand inavian ho rsepower tracks, a new motor for the next GP in England. . 0 B Swedish GP Motala, Sweden Resu lts: May 28, 1995 MOTa 1: 1. Marn icq Be rv oet s (Suz); 2. Stefan Everts (Kaw ): 3. Andrea Bartolini (Yam); 4. Bob Moo re (Yam); 5. Peter Beirer (Hon ); 6. Io ekim Karlsso n (Hon): 7. Wern er Dew it (Suz); 8. Tallon VohIand (](aw); 9. Kurt N ic oll (H on ): 10 . Ped r o Tr a gt e r (Suz); 11 . Jaimy Scev enels (Han); 12. Fred eri c Bolley (Yam); 13. Joakim Elia sson (Yam); 14. Miska Aa lto ne n (Ho n): 15. Pet er Iven

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