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DeCoster Takes First Belgian International
b y T o rnie G . Lafon
LUMMEM, BE LGIUM, Fe b . 2 5 , 19i3 T h e first bi g on e of th e 19 73
Intern ation al m o to c ro ss season go t
underway afte r th e snow storm ende d at
n o on . All th e big guns of E uropean
m o to cr o ss we re lined up for the
presen tat ion to the h uge cro wd th a t
lin ed b oth sides o f th e en tire co u rse.
T he all-gi rl m a rch in g band par aded
up an d d own the starting line wh ile th e
S uz uki escort l e arn o n th eir
three -cylinder i5 0's , all d resse d in th e
red su its of th e Visa Cigar ett e Company,
gave th eir show. "V isa" flags fl ew eve ry
whe re an d th e cig are ttes were b ein g
p assed o u t to anyon e wh o would tak e
th em. " V isa " sponso re d th is o ne in a b ig
way an d wanted peop le to know it.
T he race it self h ad Juniors, Se nio rs
an d Jn ternationals plus In tern at ion al
sideca rs. Th e big bo y s had tw o heats
and o ne Se mi t o make th e Mai n j us t lik e
statesid e fl at tr ack. Only the Main
co u nted in th e fin al o veral l sta nd ings .
Ji m Po meroy (Bu l) w as in th e firs t
h ea t wi th J o el R obert (S Ul). As th e gate
fell, Robert hit a German and go t
pi tch ed off. Willi Bauer (Mail to ok firs t;
T orlei f Hansen was second . Uno Palm
o n the bo lt-t o geth e r fra me 38 0 Pu ch got
by Pomero y , wh o ran fo ur th m o st of
the way. for ' a third in th e he at .
Po m er o y Was rea lly flying ' till he lost it
an d finished sixth, good for a spot in
th e Main ah ead of so me of th e b ig guns
who had to try agai n in t he Se mi. J oel
Robert m ad e two laps in last pl ace to
get hi s start m on ey and p ulle d off, but
th e c ro wd bo o ed him all the way to th e
pits. (I n Bel gium ? .. Ed)
The . Semi saw Ak e Jonsson, R oge r
DeC o ster a nd m o st of th e other bi g
names make the Main, Ake just d id n't
look t o o good o n th e Yam ah a 360 bu t I
know his bank account mu st look good.
S yl vain Geb o e rs (S uz) lo o ked like
the slo west rider of the d ay , took last in
the Sem i and calle d it a d ay . J oel
R ob e rt had already lo ad ed up his bike
an d w as o n h is wa y h ome .
T he Mai n saw DeCo ster wi n with
Ben gt Aberg o n a H usk y . second , ana
J aak Van Veith o ven th ird o n a Yam aha.
J im Pom er o y . (B ul) , the only US
rid er ente red , lo ad ed up at the st a r t ,
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Herb ert Simon romped in the 75 0 sidec ar class with his Hedlund 620cc single in a Wasp chassis.
U no Palm, fifth i n 250 w orld stand ings, w ith the 380 Puch he w i ll be cam paigning in
1nternat ion al meet ings, He finished six th to e av . Now ever ybo dy will be wea ring Sgt . Presto n of
th e Yuk on hat s in th e pits.
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