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FLORIDA ' ~~ f MOTOCROSS 281h D K 111- Lampkin was thankful to make it to the end without a major crash. Said the World Champion: "1 was determined to get across and 1 ended up coming off the bridge far too fast. 1 almost went over the handlebars big-time, but managed to hold it with two big dabs. 1 was ju st lucky." The following section was, according to Lampkin, "pretty tame," comprised of a series of steps and finishing with a quarter-p ipe , altho ugh it surprisingly took two from Colley and another mark of Colomer. The followin g two sec tio ns w ere bread and butter for the top six, as only Cobos dropped a point - and a silly one at tha t - on th e wooden " d ragon's teeth," while on the following wooden steps all six went through clean. This was a surprise, as in qualifying on ly Colomer and Lampkin had mad e it up the big step while the rest struggled. The final section was the hit-or-miss suspended logs - an obstacle tha t was good for the crowd but not too good for the World Championship chasers. The sadly off-form Colley, plus Cobos and Bilbao - all three Gas Ga s ri ders crashed off for fives as Fujinami joined Colomer and Lampkin in escaping for two. Lampkin won his race with Colomer - this does not happen often, as Colomer usually gets him in the runoffs - leaving Lampkin the winner on just five marks , with Colomer second on seven and Fujinami in an excellent third place. It takes even the top riders at least a season to settle in to the Indoor circuit, and "Fujigas" is showing rapid ly improving form. O'l German Ind oor Trial Koble nz, Ge rmany Results: January 11, 1998 (Round 2 of 7) FINAL: 1. Doug Lompkin (Bet) 5; 2. Marc:Colomer (Moo) 7; 3, TaJcahisa Fujinami (Hun) 9; 4. Amos Bilbao (G-G) 11; 5, Steve Colley (G-G) 14; 6, David Cobos (G-G) 14. WOR LD CHAMPIONSHI P I N DO O R TR IA LS SERIES !Round 2 of 7) : I , Doug Lompkin (40/2 wins); 2. Marc:Co lomer (34); 3, Steve Colley (24); 4. TaJcahisa PujinamJ (23); 5. Amos Bilbao (22); 6~ David Cobos (20), Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 - Helsinki, Finland, January 31 Round 4 - Toulouse, France, February 5 .' a I YWc t e k An al Winl e r Am 0 e 0 "Y ~~~ ,£.~ n k f "FINALS " a February 28 f ~ Saturday Classes ~~V 51ccAuto Stk (4. 6) ~ ~ 51cc Auto Stk (7-8) i 65cc 7-1 1 ~~ +~,.. 85cc 7-11 ~ ~ 8Scc 12~13 i~~' -fJIr'~ , .. 85cc 14-15 f1j ~ ~l f10 .. 'I. V I'. eO~~ e ~* ~ ~ A- ~. tt?O~ " ~. /"r. V Sunday Classes 125B 125C 250B ' 250C 500 Novice B/C 125A 250/500 A Plus25A Plus 30A 125Youth 12·1.5 ~ tI' .., ~ ~ ,§,," ~S March. ALIIA SA N CTI O N E D FACTORYCONllNGENOE5 VAMAHA $ GatesWDIBe Open All Night Saturday ~= Doug 'Lampkin is s~lJriding ahopped-up , Bet a Techno pr odu ct ion bike - .his full , ' works, '98 model is due to be' handed over : In February, though the young B~sh rider seems to be in no hurry, forthe new bike. : 1, have no idea what il is like or what's on it 'o r,ln'it. Atryway, I'm going quite well on'this ,.lone),· Lampkln said. There are 'rumors of a conventional steel-frame Beta, but Lamp-. kin has stated that he doesn't want ,to be '. messing wit h' prototypes '- that's not my job, ~ and he fully expects a modified-alloy Techno. ' , , Tak'ahi sa ,Fujinami was l imp ing at , Koblem:and confirmed thai he did hurt him' , self when landing alter a' huge: ...nplanned jump, off the ,14·foot·tall M ichelin tire that ' was part of Sheffield' s indoor event.. 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