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TIKKURILA, FINLAND , May 20 Jacques Van Velthoven, the big Belgian
on the Yamaha, took the overall win
and th e title of GP victor on this sandy,
water-soaked co urs e that was just about
impossible to ride flat out on for 90
minutes. There was a lo ng fifth gear
straight and a fifth gear j um p after the
start to keep things in teresting. Brad
called it a 26
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ac tually got the h ol e shot biri after iwo
laps, DeCo ster and Van VeI th o ven were
out front dicing li ke m ad for the lead.
Brad had moved from about 20th to
about eighth when he go t sideways in
one of the co mers at the end of a fast
straigh t and the sam e Russian rider
centerpunched him. He went down hard
and his bike lo oked like it afterwards.
Brad recovered sufficiently to motor
around to finish the second moto but
was out of the points·paying top ten.
Meanwhile, the two Belgians, Jacques
and Roger, had run aw ay from the rest
of the pack. First one, then the other
would take the lead , only to be
re-passed on the next lap. This action
went on for 30 minutes on the cobby
circuit with nei th er having a clear
advantage or giving ground. Then, 10
mi n u tes from the end, Van Veithoven
seeme d to back off rather than risk
crashing , losing the im portant world
ch ampionship p o in ts an d the overall
win, which was within his gras p .
By the end of those 10 min u tes,
R oger h ad pulled out a 19 second lead .
Christ er Hammargren was a fairly
di st an t third in th is on e. DeCoster was
see n flexing his left h and to work ou t a
cramp as h e h eld the throttle to the sto p
wi th h is right. He is the class rider of th e
500 GP 's.
DeC ost er (Suz) is now ranked fifth in
world championship stand ings b ut it
should be kept in mind that he h as won
every mota he has finis hed in Gran d
Pri x competition. In fact, he has faile d
to win only one mo to he's finished this
year. He fin ished second but won
overall.
One important side aspect of this GP
was the formation of Grand Prix
Motocross Riders' Association, mainly
as' a result of the Austrian debacle where
the promoter refused t o cancel after a
snowstorm and only 17 riders sta rted.
Most o f th e top-ranked Wes tern riders
walked out but the FIM is, ap p aren tly,
going to count the Austrian GP toward
the Wo rld Ch am p io n sh ip .
RESULTS :
500cc GP: 1, Jacques Van Velthol/On (Vam)
Belg., 2 -2 . 2. Christer Hammargren (Vam)
Swed., 1-3. 3. Joseph Singmans (Vam) Neth.,
4·7. 4 . Jiri Stod ulka (CZ) CSSR, 3·10.
5. Herbert Wainer (Hus) W. Ger., 8-6. 6 . Ake
Jon sson (Varni Swed ., 7-8. 7 . VIa
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