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CD " ~ 0> by Jim G ianatsis Photos by Charles Morey a nd Gianatsis M 8i HI AL EAH , F LA ., May 13, 19.73 - It was o ld h ome wee k in Hialeah as Pierre ~ -Karsma ke rs co n tinued his winning way s > fro m the Flo rid a Win ter-AMA seri es and ~ capt ured anothe r first place ove rall wit h en - hi s Yam ah a in the 5 00 N atio rial class. .s: Gary Se mics (H us) w as one o f the few ~ A merican riders who co uld co pe with w th e 90 de gree te mperat ure , 30 mi n u te rn ot o s a nd the deep Florida sand to run ,.. fast eno ugh t o pic k u p se co n d ove rall, U wi th Peter Lamppu (Kaw) th ird. T he 25 0 Nation al class was a Honda Facto ry team race as Ga ry J ones and Mart y Tripe s battled th ro ugh all three mot os, but the fin al ten minu tes sep ar ate d those wh o were iii sh ape fro m th o se wh o weren ' t. Gary t oo k a ll th ree m ota w ins ahe ad o f Marty , who d ro ppe d bac k to two distant sec on ds and a th ird to ne t second overall. Ba h Grossi (Hus) tu rned in two co nsiste n t fo u rths a nd a fi fth for t h ir d overall. d HIALEAH NATIONAL MOTOCROSS 250 NATION AL Jon es an d Trip es o u td istanced the field ear ly in ' th e fir st 25 0 m ota , but on th e third la p Marty unlo aded on 'th e back sect io n o f the c o urse. reco vering in time to ge t underway again in eigh th p osition. Meanwhil e Jimmy Weiner t m o ved his Kawasaki aro u nd DeWayn e J o nes to tak e ove r se co nd. Bob G ro ssi to ok ove r second wh en Jim also unl o ad ed in a tu m . T ripes was runnin g WF O an d passing everyone in an all out eff o rt to cat ch up with J ones . Marty got b y, but Ga ry repassed h im to take firs t. Trip es was sec o nd, and Wein ert recovered to finish third. Pierre Karsmakers, master of t he sand tracks , flies to victory . ,....----------------'--------, Luck y Pierre. T alented , too . T he seco nd mota was like par t two the Gary / Ma rty ha tti e with thi s time Mart y off in firs t 'and Gary a litt le ways behind. J ones survi ved a crash la te in ' t he mota to pass T ripes fo r th e win . Wein e rt p u sh ed his dead Kaw asa ki ac ross the line fo r th ird. Mota three an d i t was again Gary a nd Marty h aving a bang u p h attie over first. It was a p ass an d re pass game fo r tw en ty m in ut es that had th e spec ta to rs re ally up on thei r fee t. R ic h T ho rwa ld so n was a d istance back in th ird . Weine rt h ad dropped o ut fo r a num ber of la ps wh en h is d o wn pipe fell o ff. T ripes dropped 'back ne ar t he en d , an d Thorwald son moved up to ch ai le n ge .Jones h u t missed a shift an d fini sh ed a close sec ond. T ripes was third, DeWayne J on es fo u rt h . In 500 NATI ONA L A relatively sm all field of 18 b ik es left the sta rting gate in the first ope n m o ta . Kars m a ke rs fac tory Yamaha had go ne on ly abo u t fo rty fee t down th e tra ck and fo uled a plug. By th e time h is me ch an ic had the plug c h an ged he wa s a lap an d a .h alf be h in d the en tire field . Mike Har twig, Las t week's Nati on al winn er a t Opel ou sas , was in first fo llowed a good dist an ce back b y Gary Se m ics (H us). ~ike Run yard , looking go o d on his n ew S uzu ki ride, and Wyman Priddy (Kaw) . . Karsm a ke rs was ridin g like crazy an d sta rte d wo rki ng hi s wa y b ac k u p th ro ugh t he pac k to un la p h imself. Afte r six lap s of ru nnin g in first posit io n Hartwig pulle d in to th e pit s an d fell o ve r fro m he at exha ustio n. Serni cs took th e lead , fo llowed b y J ohn DeS oto an d Pe ter Lamp pu . DeSo t o als o pulled off th e trac k to stop and rest fo r abo u t fou r laps . The first m ota finished o u t with Mik e Ru nyard p utting o n a surprise charge near th e e nd to take ove r the lead an d the wi n . Peter Lamppu was s e c o n d , t hen G ary Sc rnics and , ars rna kers . T he last two rnoto s we re tot ally Pierre 's, the Americanized Du tchman who is co nside red to be the mas ter o f san d y tra cks . lie paced h imse lf using instructio ns fro m his pit crew and fin ished ' bo th motos wi th a te n sec on d m a rgin a head o f the second place m an . Finishing posit ions in the second mo ta were Mike Runyard .sec ond , the n Se rnics, Lam p p u a nd Pri ddy. In the final m o t a it was ex pected t h at R un yard would pick up anothe r seco nd place, and h is 1-2-2 c ard wo uld be go o d for first place . Bu t the p I' a tot ype S uz u ki b lew its main crankcase seal on the starting line, and Mike was forced to tour the co u rse. very slo wly as hi s bike be lch ed clouds of smo ke fro m the ge arbox o il leaki ng into hisengi n e . Midway thro ugh the rac e th e hi ke stoppe d smo ki ng wh en it h ad b u rned up all o f the o il, and he was able 10 pick u p hi s pace b u t he was j ust to o fa r back to . be in co n ten tion . Gary Se rnics to o k second , Lamppu third and Prid dy fourth. RE SULTS: 250: 1. Gary Jones IHon); 2. Marty Tripes (Ha n); 3. Bob Grossi (Hus): 4 . Dewayne Jones (Honl: 5 . John Joyner (Man); 6 . John Broders (Bull: 7. Jo el Nicho lson IHonl ; 8 . James Weinert (Kawl; 9 . Timothy Vermillion (Han); 10. Chris Douthitt (CZI. OPEN: 1. Pierre Karsmakers (Yam); 2. Gary Semics {Hus}: 3. Peter Lamppu (Ksw}: 4 . Wyman Priddv (Kaw): 5 . Michael Runyard (Suzl: 6 . Steve Stackable ICZI; 7. Mark Blackwell (Husl; 8 . Thomas Bragg Iv aml : 9. James J anelle (Mail; 10. David Stu art IMail.