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World Championship 250cc Motocross Series
Round 13: Gennan GP
A Belgian
affair
PASSAU, GERMANY, AUG. 6
llon Vohland finally waved
goodbye to his lingering hopes
. of the World 250cc MX title
when the shoulder injury sustained a
week earlier in Poland prevented him
from qualifying for the 13th round of
the series at Reisersberg near the town
of Passau in the extreme southeast of
Germany.
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Secondmotowlnner
Joel $meta
(3) now
enjoys 'a 2Gpoint lead
over Parker
with two
rounds left
In the
serles.
(Below)
Jacky
Martens (2)
rode_II,
combining
4-5 moto
finishes for
fifth overall.
(Below) New Zealander Darryll king (11) battled Martens all day and came out ahesd,
finishing fourth overall.
·B.rieflv ~ ,-~'.'
.The second qualification group was interrupt·
ed'after 20 minutes when veteran Italian Grovanni Cavatorta crashed and lay unconscious In the mid(!le of the track, but he
retumed to the paddock with no major"injuries
the same evening.
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Fuel testa were carried out for the fi(St time
this. year in the SOOcc .series at'Namur. It was
really no. surprise to anyone as later tests
would not give enough time to discPver .the
rBsults before the series ·fltlllie. Those 'tested . All J,eading KrM riders were using t!Je new
wEire STnets, .Par1ter, Boonen, Delepihe; Dar-' orange end purpl.e livE!'Y of the·'96 production
JY!I King and Van Leeuwen. .
range. Parker even rO<:!e with or~nge ba~k·
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grounds to' his number plates: "Husqvarna'
Mike: Young.has·split with·theVertemati have· been usi.ng green plates all year 59 I
brothers and is now back home in CaJifo'mia: ga!lSS this i~ close elJough to th,e reguiation'
:Offjci8.lIy, recurrent knee' prolilemS since the . yellqw," said p.ar1ter.
Italian 'GP are given as the reason for ·!h.e .
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'split, but thl! relationship between- Ypurig and .. AI.so working out of the.Team Fari~Ji ehcampthe highly volatile brothers has been tense for ment was enduro world .champlon Mario
'.rnos1 of the seesoo:The Vertematis.are keen. RinaldI. 'The Italian Junior MX Champion in
to obtam llie ~rvices of "94 .chafTIpji:Jfl 'Mar- the late '80s, Rihaldi' qjJalified 1001. on .a· KTM :
cus Hansson for next year if the Swede can
LC4 four-Stroke and was' best Italian ,n both
overc.orhe .!tie injaries which have -p.re\(entep.· r.aces, Just missing poin~ With. 16-H·molo finfiim racing since last year. .
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amazing. ~ ride;" c6nteStad ~ualifi~tion
Leading ·rlc;lers .agre!ld' on Fdc;tay to .signa
.at Namu.r.. Althou.gh 'the 5.o0cc;·cla~s' h!is' petitic;>n to, the, FIM stati,ng theireagre'ernent to'
attracted large en'ir.ies:allseasoll, rrjany were: 'ride 0.0 tarmac .past ttie Chalet du Moriu.at tl)e Citadel on .one-day I.lcences 'and tile . ",*ntcafe agajn n~xt'Yea(. FOr·thB lasl three'
r~son......as Iwo-folc;l. Firstly,. 'it 'i,s every. Yllars the famous sectioh -where Hjlkiln .Cer-..
inotocro~serl;" drllam to ride at 'east' once Iqvist stopped fof a ·beer on his:way to vlctocy
al'QUrid the worl