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WORLD MX SERIES CYCLE NEWS Austrian 500 Grand Prix SITTENDORF , AUST R IA, April 15, 197 3 - A fr eak April sno ws to r m that le ft th e V ienna a rea under tw o feet o f sn ow m ade a tra vest v of th e secon d of W orld ' Ch amp i on shi p r oun d m oto cros s c o m peti tio n in A ust ria. T he S ittendorf ci rcu it had di sappear ed unde r th e whi te stuff a n d there w a s n o . practice o n S atu rd a y . A n inte rna tio nal comm ittee of GP rid ers led b y \\' o rld Champ Ro ge r DeC oster re fused to race on a n impr omptu . ci rc ui t bulldoze d an d shovel ed o u t o f th e sn owdrifts un les s th e promote rs agr eed to d rop th e w orld cham pions h ip sta tus o f the race . They refused a nd the fi rs t m oto w as st arted with o n ly 17 rid ers ou t of the in ternationa l fie ld of 40 o riginally entered. The Russian s a nd C zechs o n the n ew magn esium.e ngi ne CZs , a grou p o f resid e n t Au stri an s a n d s om e che rry -pic kers a nxio us to grab ' GP points whil e the sta rs wen: away made up th e star t lin e amidst thre e fe et of p iled sn ow an d slush . T h e co urs e was nar ro w . slippe ry. a n d the snow soon tu rn ed into deep , wet m u d . But the CZ fac tory rid ers alwa y s race . regardl e ss o f co n d it io ns . Jiri Stodul ka, ridin g for th e CZ factory , w on b oth legs o f th e m o t oc ro ss . c o ll ec ting :10 w orld c ha m p io n ship p o in t s in . the pr o c e ss. a ldrich lI amm e rschmi d, ano ther CZ-moun ted Cz ech , fin ishe d se con d an d fifth fo r a th ird o ve rall th er eby ca tap u lt in g h im sel f in to th e poin ts le ad in world 5 0 0 class co m pe tit io n . St odul ka won b oth rno ro s wi th a fairly wid e m argin even th ough hi s shock m ount b ro ke in the secon d o ne . This rou nd showe d the St odulka is a good , co ns iste n tly rapid ride r (w h ic h m o st international :'IX fans a lready kn ew ) an d that th e :18 0 CZ s c an fi nish un der just ab o ut th e wo rst c on d it ion s im aginable. It d idn 't show much el se. Will those w h o left regr et it la ter in th e season ? e-- - -e. -• • • • • • -'I • Old r ich Hamme rs chmid Fran z Sc h iech t l A le xei Botc hk ov D. Pean V lad imi r O ut cn tntk ov B . Pi r o n S. Lerner A . Ang lolin i N. Eflm ov Puc KTM I • • e· • - I I . > ::; IJJ ;;: w Z W ..J U >- U I • • •• .- -· ..... .' •• ·· ••••• ... .' .... · -- • o e • ·•· · • I o • I I • I • I . -••••• ... ." •• • - -... , .. .-.. .. I I • • I - I . ... I .... ,. I I • I • I •• e· I I • • • o • .. I ~. •• · ·• •• • • I • • . ..• o •• • •• I I • • • • •• I • I • • I • 0 • • • • " • I I I • • I • · ... I" • • •• o I • I • .' •• • ·. . . •• • I I •• r -. .. .._: .e. ·." .. .. .'.'..: • I • I - Something for everyone. -. 'I • • •• CYCLE NEWS WEST/CENTRAL EAST ·•. • • • • 0- • •• I I o • - III .•. '. .. ..-.. .. ·. . .. • .· ·:•• • ... 0 o I;; • -. . • I o ..·-... .. • • · . .. . -. .. . ' 1• • .. • I •• • • •• .• • • ...... -. • • • - • .' .• •• .... •• • _: 7 • • I -e: U • • " = -c -; I • •o • , III .. • • .. Z o -. - •• I t- I I • • •I r. = • AMA M INI -CYCl.E NATIONALS SET I ;': • • • ••••• I -. -. • • • •• • ••••• • ,. • o •••• _ I • • - I' • • I • • • .",: ... ; ":: ~ ': .7. ;::: ==. • I • • • •• • • • :.. ':7- "". •••• • I I US SR NA TIO N A L MINI·C Y C LE CHAMP IO NSH IP SCHE DU LE Jun e 16 -1 7 Moto cros s, S traddlelin e Park, McCleary , Wash . Jul y 28 -29 S cramble s, Pat k a M .C ., Patoka, In d ia n a. Aug. 11 ·1 2 Short Track , Motocro ss, De c atu r, Al abama. Aug. 25·26 Moto cros s, :'I id -Ohio :'IX • Park, Man sfield, O h io. . S ept. 1-3 Mo t o cro ss, Cycle back Par k: Jacksonvill e, Fl a. Xo v. 2 3 -24 M o t o c ro s s , D e s ert Ra ceway s. Ph o en ix. Arizon a. •• III • • • Aust WES TERVILLE , 011 10 Th e American Mot o rcy cle Ass o ciation has th e sc he du le fo r a a n no u n ce d s even -eve n t Nation al C h am p io ns hi p Mini-Cycl e S eries, p att ern ed a fte r th e A:'IA G ran d Xati o n al C hampionship S eri es. Th e series will select a X ation al Min i-C y cl e C h ampion in ea cli of three m a ch in e c la ssific a tio n s. A:'I A Yo u th Division Dire c tor G uv O u tlan d no tes that th e re \\; 11 b e racing i~ N ovic e . J un io r and Expert c a tego ries, with only Expert di visio n ri de rs eligib le fo r X at io n al Ch am pi onship poin ts. Eac h rid er d ivision will in clude com p e t ition in th e th re e ma chine classe s of 0-60cc, 61 -80cc, and 8 1· 100 cc , an d a N atio n al Ch ampion will b e n am ed in e ac h of th ose ca tego ries. Riders will b e all owed to ride two cl ass es o n different machin es at a give n event. Ea ch rid e wiII coun t as an a ppearan ce, and, for p urposes of d e te rm in in g the Natio nal Cham pi onships, a rider's two best appea ran ce s will be c o un te d . A sliding sca le \\;11 dete rm ine p oin ts based on rider entry a t each ev en t. Outlan d n o ted that this is n e ce ssary b ecause man y ' fa m ilies a re n ot in a p osition to take thei r mini-rac e r 10 e ven a m ajo ri ty . much less a ll: of th e e ven ts. I- • I ta l Au st Ita l Mai co ••••• 5 -.,.• • US SR CZ . . .. -. _. .- ..... ...- ... • CS SR CZ Cl I • ••• • • •• USSR B ul •I • Au st CZ Yam I • • CS SR Hu s • I CZ M .... o .-.e._ e e. e S ittendo rf . Au st ria Walter Le lt g e b ~ co I- 'I Au st r ia n 500 G r a nd Pr i x cz . e, ITSYOU IGMT W REYOU lYE. . WORLD CHAMPIO NSH IP MOT OCR OSS Ap r il 15 .1973 Jir i S t c du uca M I • I • I' ••