SUPERMOTARD Circuit Jules Tacheny
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METIET, BELGIUM, OCT. II
n pouring rain, KTM motocross team
m a nager a nd fo rmer World g ra nd
prix rid er Kur t Ni co ll re tu rn ed to
racin g a fter his ea rly-se aso n retirem ent
to w in the mot ocross sta rs race on the
M ett et Su pe r b ike r wee ken d . Nico ll
proved to be too go od for sev eral forme r
and pr esent World Cham pio ns, winning
. the Mot ocros s Challen ge race ah ead of
fiv e-tim e World M otocros s Champion
Geo rges Job e and four -t ime W or ld
Champion Stefan Everts.
Nico ll th en w ent out and fin is hed
second in the America Race.
In the main event of the day, which pitted the best motocrossers aga inst the best
Su permotard riders, Nicoll and his fellow
mo tocross stars were beaten easily , wit h
Belgian Eric Delannoy taking the win.
With the 1998 motocross and road
racing season all bu t over, attention has
tu rn ed to the Int ern ational shows, and
no ne is more p opular than the Mettet
Superbiker event, Held in the small village of Mettet, this event usually attracts
the elit e of motorcycle racing, although
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(Above) Great
Britain's Kurt Nicoll
came out of
retirement to win
the MX Challe nge
contest at th e
Int ernationa l
Supe rb ike r race in
Belgium.
(Right ) Forme r
250cc World champ
Stefa n Everts was a
li ttl e off th e pace,
fin ishing fourth. He
was, however, the
top MXer in the
Superbike fi nal,
with a sixth-place
fin ish .
