MOTOCROSS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
250cc MOTOCROSS SERIES
Round 15: German GP
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By A lex Hodgkinson
GAlLOORF, GERMANY SEPT. 7
,
he memory of two fantastic duels
b etw ee n Stefa n Everts an d Pit
Bcirer at the Germa n Grand Prix
in Gaildo rf was soured when the
new cham pion voiced his d isgu st wi th
the day' s eve nts after the race, claimin g
that backrnarkers Andi Kansti nge r and
Kenne th Asplund had cause d h im to
lose a record-equ aling 10th GP win .
Th e Be lgi an go t b a ck up o ff t he
ground to finish the day equal with the
1f
top scorer, but the w inner's laurels went
to the German, who thu s took his maid en 250cc GP wi n on home soil in his
fina l ride for the Parno Ho nda te am
before switching to the Rinaldi Yama ha
team alongside Tallon Vohla nd for 1998.
. The Californian, Vohland, ended the
series sixth . A first-mota third-place fin ish h a d moved him a h ea d of jocke
Karlsson, bu t the Swede reve rsed th e
order agai n in race two wit h a fourth, as
Vohla nd could not do better tha n sixth
after a poor start and a mid race fall.
Mike Brown ended his European GP
career with a fifth in moto one an d a
m ech anic a l DNF in mo ta two. The
native of Tenn essee e nded the series
11th.
22
MorOONE
Ever ts holeshot the firs t mota b ut
Beirer was right on him from the word
go. For more than 30 min ut es, the duo
tore around the Gaild orf express wa y the Belgian as smoot h as ever and the
Germa n as ou trageously ragg ed as ever.
And "Pit Bull" stayed on the bike for the
full .45 for once.
(Above)
Reign ing World
250cc Champ ion
Stelan Evens (1)
and Germany's
Pit Belrer (7) laRd
the field into tum
one at the
Gennan 250cc
GP In Galldorf.
(Lett) Belrer
wound up
scoring the
overall victory
via 2ยท1 scores. n
marked the tim
time that the
German has ever
won a250cc
Grand Prix.
