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AMA SANCT IONED et~~~'lro-Am & Pro Card , Holders O nly Palals Omnlsport Paris, France Results: February24, 1996 Q UAUFYING, 1. Steve CoUey (9); 2. M.1n: Colomer (10); 3. Doug LAmpkin (14); 4. Bruno Camozzi (19); 5. Jordi Torre; (19); 6. Tommi Ahvala (25);7. Jean-Luc Nicto u (27); 8. Christophe Camozzi (27). ANA[., 1. Steve CoU (G-G); 2. Dou g Lampkin (Bet); ey 3. Man: Colomer (Moo); 4. Bruno Camozzi (G-G ). 1,1996 Bri efly~._ •• .-IITII of Char1otte. NC a Fears of the 'poss ib,ity of major acci, dent at. an in door wer e raised'again after Finn Toinmi Ahvala suffered a ho rrific cr ash at Berey. The '92 World Cha mpion crashed whi le j umping his Fant ic Sec tion from the top of a steel cage onto a st eel co ntainer. The aim wa s to 'splat' the back wh eel .into the contain er slde to stop the bike . a common mane uve r .• but Ahvala . cverjumped and -the' Fantics rear 'w heel landed . on top of the co ntaine r. The bike looped out instant ly smas hing Ahvala'down onto the container and then.rwlth Ah vala underneath. bike and r ider.careened off the end of . the con tai ner. down 'an elqht-foot drop to the floor. lt was a very nasty fall ' and though Ahvala broke no bones, he was ' · too stiff to walk after the bike landed on . him. Marc Colom~r and his fact;'ry 'Montesa prototype look like .the hot cornbina· tiOt) for the upcomi ng Wond Champ ionship Series. The Montesa actually looks similar to last year's vers ion ; butjt is in fact allnew . 'The alloy main frame use s slimmersection . tubing and alth ough sli mmer' on top. retains a wide section in the foot rest area for st abi li ty . Th e ' Honda -de stqned motor now sports a case -reed Induc tion sys t em and appears t o be con siderably more poweriul than anything else c urrently in use . ·Digital ignition gives. a' smoother 'power flow . A trick Showa rear shock con- . troi s the. back end, with norrnalPaiolis up : front, . . . · Marc Colom;'r is full of .confidence in . the new mount. but neither he nor . factory '. officials will commen t o n th e nu mber of gears in the t ransm tsaio n . ."M ore than th ree, - says Marc With a smile: There an intense riva lry between the Sp anish G as Gas and M ontesa factories, and there are ' rumors that bot h camps are 'using just four - : s peed gear boxes for their '9 6 title bids: is Special Thanks To: Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki (770) 479-3340 of Canton Roswell Fun Machines (770) 442-8460 Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Husqvarna Layton Suzuki (770) 386-8965 Shepherd Hotel 1-800-666-6878 Calhoun Cyc le (706) 629-9219 Huddle House (706) 629-2063 ~ __ OURV GRIPS ' ome tic C Gasket ~€m ~.r-ua~ ~. SPOR'W The prototype .Montesa also has a very. small f uel capacitY. Riders who have practiced with M arc Colomer like B ntaln' s Steve Colley -. say it needs refu eling afte r a short time. : Jordi -tar res ,_reigning 'seve n-time .W orld · Cha mpion, has had a disastrous winter o n . the Indoor circuit , and' whe n the '96 out· doo r Spen tsh N atloneiChamplon ship s bega n ' rece ntly. ' he trailed in thi rd beh ind easy winner M arc Co lomer and Gas Gas mounted A mos Bilb ao . The scores were Colomer 40, Bilbao ' 52. Tarres 53. Steve Colley, w ho has spent a lot of winters in Spain, .confirms that Tarres' fo rm is .definitely not goo d and that .Colom er is ' awe · so m e . "l went pr acticing w it h Colomer recen tly, " said Colley . "I won't make that . 'mtstake again · he blitzed mel " D o'';9 L a m p ki n ' has had 'an exce llent Indoor season, taking several big win s.,but his injured shoulder st ill gives him cause for .concern and he hurt it'again in BereY. · . . . Rumors are that .loan' Pons is not happy with his Fant ic sinc e sw itch ing from the 330 Gas .Gas. More pow er is what Pons seek s to suit.hlsaqqressfve riding sty le. Steve Colley won at Berey despite being a .physical wreck. Colley sported assorted cu ts and bru ises as ' the legacy o f a big crash at a Spanish outdoor trial, where he .colilded w ith another rider on the loop. He then ' gas hed his shins "while inspec ting the B ercy sec tions, and he just had a minor '.operation to remove his wisdom .teeth, . . WHII'E ~ tA _t=l="T"#-IE;t=I~ 'a R H elmet Fresh ~~ EIIeFFe Factory Connection UNCUT & UNCENSORED INT ERVIEWED AND RECORDED LIVE BY FORMER SUPERCROSS & OUTDOOR LEGEND DAVID BAILEY HUFFMAN & LaROCCO SPEAK THEIR MINDS ABOUT: ~ THE COMPETITION ~ THEIR NEW FACTORY R IDES ~ JEREMY McGRATH AND MUCH MORE I 1-900-77 2 - 2 1& & THESE ARE EXCLUSIVE IN TE RV IEWS NOT PUBLISHED I N ANY MAGAZINE S199 F O R THE F IR ST MINU 1E · 9 9 CEN TS E AC H ADD lf lONAL MI NUTE ' M USf BE 18 YE A H S em 0 1 Dr R