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Scoring System was computed . Jim Cooke ( Kaw) was th ird. Peter Lamppu [Mo n] was in the h un t in th e 25 0 cl ass, bu t Gunnar Linds trom aced o u t hi s fe llo w Eu ropean tra nsplan t to win all thre e trips ac ross the fin ish lin e. Larnp p u 's b rute st re ng th for ced its way in to th e lead o f th e first race with Gunnar o n his rear whe el fo r mo st o f th e first half. T hen Gunnar got b y a nd that was it, even th ough Lam ppu never ga ve up. While nego tia ting for a ne w ride , Joh n DeS o to showed u p wit h his new CZs and was running third in the first m o to when the e ng ine se ized. He got the parts fixed to s ta r t th e ncx t round , bu t the yo ung mac hin e just couldn't hack th e heat and dust and soon soured up puttingJohn out. Yamaha's ace J im Weinert , th ird overall, p ut on the co me-fro m-be h ind show. A ba d star t p ut Wein e rt way back in the field in t he firs t round's start , but perseverance pushe d hi m th ro ugh the ran ks to begin h oundin g La m p pu in th e final fe w toUTS. He got b y and to o k a second. While La mppu an d Gun nar tried hogging th e show wi th a fe ro cious hassle in th e la te stag es o f the second mor o . Wein e rt j oin ed in and a t one p oint sna tc hed t he lead awav b ut lo st it almos t as quick ly w hen he wen t d own. li e go t th e b ike rest arted . but was to o far behind to do an y furth er d amage t o the o ve ra ll sta nd ings d esp ite fin ish ing second in th e final m o to . Mike Ru n yard , Larnpp u's Mon tesa tea m mate, was in stro ng con ten tio n afte r a fo ur th and th ird in m o t o s o ne and tw o , hu t a bro ke n co il b racket d ashed h is hop es in the fin ale an d he wound up n in th ove rall behind co ns is tent Ru ss Powell (H us}, Bry ar l Iol corn b (AJ S) , a new Pro Jim T urn e r (CZ ) an d Bill Co o k (Mai ). Dic k Mann co uld n ' t ge t hi s BSA go ing o n th e short , tigh t and rough course an d he wo und u p 13 th . T oday ' s races wer en' t nearl y as b ad, d u st-w ise , as S aturday 's Amat eur p rogram. Du st, coup led with th e h igh te m peratu re (measured as high as 120 near th e win d less star t area) m ad e fo r mi serab le co n d itio ns. When the wat er truck s were wo rking {several time s the .d ust was so thick that th e flag me n cou ld n 't see a d owned rid er 10 fee t - .....-:: .. - J Rich Th orwaldson levels out a drop -o ff , away. It m ad e m ost o f th e ra cin g a parade in th at wh o eve r go t int o firs t usually stayed th e re as passing be h ind th ird or fou rt h place was near imp ossibl e in th e fir s t few lap s an d since Boy, did Super Joe clear J4 corsI By J ohn Be thea SA CRA:\lESTO , CALlF ., :\lay 13 . 197 2 - Su pe r J oe cleared 14 cars and a land ing ram p to day ... an d walked away suffering from a broken collar bon e, bro ken wrist an d a re -inj u rc d bac k. T he ju mp was spectacu lar and wou ld have bee n fab ulous for 2 0 ca rs or so , b ut J oe mi scalcu la ted th e d ist an ce, an gle a nd speed a nd wou nd u p ove rshooting his target by so me 15 feet. T he ta ke-o ff ram p was set on a sligh t ang le and J oe had to trav el up h ill to re ac h it. ,\ t th e speed he a ttaine d (ap prox ima tely SO mp h ) , the ramp vau lte d hi m some 30 feet into th e air and a lo t fa rt her th an he expec ted , obv io us ly . Upon lan din g, the rea r wh eel bare ly to uc hed th e base o f th e ra mp. bu t th e fro n t cr as he d in to th e grave l surface an d ex p lode d into flying spokes . The force of th e su d de n b low to ssed Su pe r J o e .......~,",:"... ~..,; ...-__ -', ... --,-",--' :""", moto. ( Resul ts o n p age 36) ~ " ' . o ve r the bars and o n to the gro und, where he tumb led d o wn the road wi th his bike. lI e ne ver los t consciousness b u t laid in p ain for a few min utes wh ile b ein g atten de d to by th e am bulance personnel. T h en , wi th hel p , J oe got to h is fee t an d slowly walked to the am bulance. lI e is repo rted to h ave bee n sligh tly in shock the following mo rning, but he sai d h e w ould re turn to ju mpi ng as soon as p ossi bl e. Docto rs arc rep orted to h ave said " ab o u t five weeks" . The promoters clai m th e jump was 14 1 fee t , th ree fee t short of h is San J o se jump last fall. AMA officials on h and wou ld n eith er verify n o r de n y tha t d istance wh en asked, h owe ver. A first hand account, though, wo u ld seem to su p port the distance ; S u pe r Joe Ein horn we nt one hell of a long way t o clear 14 ca rs. I t caught fire Wednesday . but toda y ther e wasn' t anyt hi ng to be don e. th e m oto s were on ly 12 m inu tes lo ng time ra n o u t awfu lly fast , an d so di d many rid er s afte r the first or second • Super Joe knows at this point he's in troubl e.