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.l6' M e, M .... en The Yugoslav /250 Grand Prix seconds ba c k. Every time Gunn ad y cleared th e u phill jump th a t h ad d on e in Hakan 's Yam ah a, the KTM 's wh eels would soar o ver the he ads o f , th e assemb led sp ecta to rs. And he doesn't get airsick. . Wi th five minutes to go, M i k k 0 I a . started a h elluva ch arge to get past Bab o rovsk y. When Hei k ki ge ts go ing he h as a savage in testity that would knock ove r walls. With o ne lap le ft , he pa ssed the y o un g Czech to ta ke second place . Mo isseiev still had a very co mfortable lead whe n h e took the checkere d flag. MOTO TWO: Bab o rovsk y must h ave still be en p umped fro m the first m o to , as he shot off the line ahead of Moiss eiev, Falta an d Mik kola . Jim Pomeroy fell in th e first tum an d wa s down to abou t 18 th . The fr on t th re eso me cle ared off a little fro m th e rest an d started chu rn in g up dust fo r them to eat. Then Moisseiev took .ove r firs t, le avin g th e two C:Z teammates to g fight over second. Which th ey did. Sudden ly , again o u t of the Sudden ly, again o u t of the dust, was Hakan Andersson in fourth . J ar oslav Falta went p as t eve ryone in front of him (b o th of them ) to take th e lead. With 15 min utes gone, the order af ter Fa l l a w as Babor ovsky , Moisseiev, Ander sson , Mik kola, Weil, Vehko nen an d Po mero y. A fter missin g th e first moto , an d taki ng a second ro w start an d fallin g o n the first lap of the sec on d , J im p ressed o n an d p assed Weil an d Veh ko nen. T h e fro n t three rem ain ed ve ry ti gh t a good di stance ahea d of Mik kol a. T h en it was Haka n agai n , passing every body , i n clu d i n g th e s p ec tac ular Fal ta, And ersson was gassing it! ""hen he 's on fo rm this year, wh ich is usu ally , nobody can touch h im. Good st arts? He's gone . Bad sta r ts? ~'e wo rks his wa y up. Fal ta was going banzai -crazy trying to ca tc h him, and make no mis take , the fact o ry CZ 's are fas t and so is he. Th e nex t bunch included Mikkola , Pomeroy an d so me distan ce b ack , Veh kon en. Afte r ano ther lar ge gap ca me Uno Palm (Puc), J o be and Mar cel Wier tz, Jim's Bel gi a n h ost an d senior Bultaco te a mma te . Everyone else was lapped. T he n Andersson lapped Wiertz and Jobe as Pomero y closed to wi thin a bike len gth o f Mik kola. With five minutes to go, J im laid it d own wh en the front end wash ed o u t in a h airp in . He re sumed with ou t losin g a pla ce, bu t Mikkol a h ad pulled ah ead fo r a secu re fourth p lace. Pom ero y 's fifth place finis h gave hi m six mo re World Championshi p p oin ts, but M oi ss ei e v' s f an t as tic p erformanc e bu mped J im to fifth in th e over all standin gs. One lo usy air fil te r clip... Haka n Ande rss o n lappe d everybod y up to seven th place, and has all b ut won th e 19 73250 World Championship with five rounds still to go . If ano ther rid er w ere to win every remaining moto and Ande rsso n didn't fini sh in any , he co uld lose the titl e. But d on 't bet on it. Haka n is du e and h e's collec tin g on an eleve n-year investme n L J im Pomeroy ? If he doesn 't ge t hurt o ne of these ti mes when he lays it down, Jim will be one o f the top five in th e world in 25 0cc m o tocross. He 's th at goo d righ t now. Do n ' t ever say "Jim Who?" azain. The Europe ans do n ' t. RESULTS : KTM Gunnady Moneiev H e ikki M ik kol.a HakJn Andersson Hu. J a,o sla v F alta Je an-Cl lud e LIQue CZ An ton i" BaboroVlky Kale.,i Ve hkonen Uno Palm CZ Jim Pomeroy Bu l Swed 6-. Swed 4-DNF USA DNF·5 T or lel f H.ansan Yam Mon Puc K.w c: ::0 .., lJl ;: W Z W ..J U >U Mosseievend KTM finally got t he overall that has been brewing for weeks . MOLLY BLUE SEZ • • • Join Me In The Star-Studded - in er's'C le Wn irc Ent ran ce to the sta r-st udde d wi nner 's cir c le can be accomplishe d with yo ur natu ra l ta lent and th e 'use o f HR L's winning lin e of MOL LY BLUE lub ricants. HRL LUBRI CANTS· 7340 Florence Ave., . Downey , CA. 90240 (213) 927 -4781 USSR 1-3 F in Swed CSSR Bel9 CSSR V.m . III 2-4 DNF ·l DNF ·2 5·7 3·DNF F in 8-e Dealer end Distribu tor Inquiries Invited