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place behind Knudsen, which was good
enough for one point. If GoUob had settled for that, he was through, but the
Pole inexplicably dived under Knudsen
on the second bend and dumped him
into the safety fence. GoUob was excluded from the rerun, that one moment
costing him so dearly.
But as Gollob led the runoff from the
gate with Smith close behind and Boyce
back in third, a reprieve looked to be on
for the Pole, who had caused so much
controversy in this year's series. Boyce,
though, produced two pieces of magic
. within the very first lap, rounding Smith
on the back straightaway and then diving inside Gollob on the fourth turn to
take the lead and seventh place overall.
Meanwhile, Smith was climbing all over
Gollob's exhaust but couldn't find a way
through - until the very last bend.
Gollob left the tiniest of gaps on the
inside. Smith, with nothing to lose and
everything to gain, went for it, shifting
Gollob wide as the two collided and
took the checkered flag. Gollob was left
wobbling over the line, his eyes turned
toward the referee box in the vain hope
of an exclusion for Smith, but it was to
no avaiL
So ended a dramatic meeting that left
all 16 riders completely drained emotionallyand physically. For the top eight
- Adams, Cox, Peter Karlsson, Knudsen,
Screen, Havelock, Boyce and Smith - lies
the realization of reaching next year'
Grand Prix series. For the rest, their
world-title hopes have been dashed
until the 1997 season.
(Left) Brit Gary
Havelock (Inside, left)
leads Denmark's
Tommy Knudsen
(Inside, right) In heat
one. Both Havelock and
Knudsen qualified for
the 1996 Grand Prix
Series.
(Below) (Left to right):
Cox, Adams and Peter
Karisson offer a smile at
the victory ceremony.
There may be a future
world champion among
them.
The day, though, belonged to
Adams, a cut above the rest, who along
with the other seven qual ifiers will take
his place alongside World Champion
Hans Nielsen, Tony Rickardsson, Sam
Ermolenko, Greg Hancock, Billy Hamill,
Chris Louis, Henka Gustafsson and
World Under 21 Champion Jason
Crump in next year's series. The field is
set, and the waiting begins.
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Lonigo Spe6Clway
Lonigo, Italy
Results: October 8, 1995
Olk 1. Leigh Adams (14 points); 2. Marvyn Cox
3. Peter Karlsson (11); 4. Tommy Knuclsen (II~ 5.
Joe Screen (11~ 6. Gary Havolock (9~ 7. Craig Boyce (8);
8. Andy Sm;,h ( ); 9. Toma.. Gollob (8); 10. Robert
agy (6); 11. Jan S.,..dunan (S~ 12. Zoltan Adotjan (S~
13. Mikael Karlsson (4); 14. 8rian Karger (3~ 15. Stefan
Alfonso (2); 16. An.onin Kasper (1).
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