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Morga n felt th e U.S. wo u ld be leading the standings after the vote wa s over. Burle son co u nseled hi s Trophy T eam ri ders to scrutinize their bikes very carefully before startin g and to ch eck for anyth in g th at didn 't look ri gh t. "Stay alert on th e trails," said Burleson, "you never know what the Czech s may have cooked u p if we're leadi n g." After the vote was lost a n d we were still in second, the preca utions didn 't ma tter. Day Six The time sch edu le remained on C for the shortened day six loop of just over 60 miles before the fin al MX test. Most riders with no chance of changin g their medal status did as much rep air work as possible with the sole inten t of finishing. T h ey took th e time penalties. Three ri ders entered th e final test on gold. Ed Lojak, who h ad consistently turned in the best individual scores of an American rider, T erry Cu n n in gha m, who had also ridden on gold all week , and Mark Hyde, wh o, through a combination of hard ridin g and attrition in h is class, had gon e from bro n ze on da y one to gold begi n n in g day six. The test track, ~ lo ng, serpentine co urse at an MX park wh ere th e Czechs had held a 500cc Wor ld Championsh ip MX GP, was ti ght enough to make a good start a nece ssity. The five motos for the I lg riders who had made it this far were timed events lastin g 20 minutes. Scoring was simple: Finish fiveJaps or as many as th e leader within the 20 m inu tes and you get your timed score. If yo u didn 't fini sh within the all otted time you were assessed a score of 1,200 points plus a penalty of 250 points for n ot being within the 20 min u tes. T h e 250 point penalt y cost H yde an d Cunningham th eir gold medals. O n ly Lojak, who fin ish ed fourth in hi s heat, and LaVoie, who finished eigh th in his, were within their 20 mi n u tes at the fin ish of th eir respective heats. The Czech s threw in some wri n kles, loading the h ea t with Lojak in it with nearly all500cc ri ders while he was one of onl y four riders on 250s. There were smiles all arou n d once th e racing was fin ish ed. " I might even have a beer tonight," said one ri der. "Make that two," said another. ." T h ose of you that earned medals, wh eth er gold, silver or bro n ze, have every right to be proud," said John Morga n. "In years to co me you'll loo k back on this event and realize th a t just to finish was a privilege and th a t all th e work, sweat and wh atever else you put into your effort was well wor th it. I congratulate all our riders, th ose who finished and those w.ho didn 't. You all ga ve 100 percent and did a hellu va job you can be p ro ud of." • Result s TROPHY TEAM: 1. C%echoslovakia (35 .352.221; 2. USA (43.923.831;3. Franc a (59.612.201;4. Swed en (62. 100 .74); 5. West Gerrneny (65.0 29.74). SILVER VASE: 1. East Germany (2.94 7.40); 2. Finland (8.358. 991 3. Czechoslovakia (46.898 .971; ; 4. USA (50.896.77); 5. Italy (65.102.691 . 1 25cc , BRONZE: M ike Melton (Husl 9.33 6.73/ 13th; Dwigh t Rudder (Husl 14.284.14 /1 8th . CLASS WINNER: Rolf Huble r. East Germany (Sim) 5.766.3 1. 17 6c c SILVER: Mark Hyde (HusI7.212.06/4th. CLASS WINNER: Josef Machacek. C%echoslovakia (Jaw l 6.528.28 . 2&Oc:c GOLD: Ed Lojak (HusI5.735.64 /4th. SILVER: Terry Cunningham (Hus) 6.227. 95/1 2th; Ron Ribolzi (Husl 6.405.4O/ 17th; Larry Roeseler (Yam) 7.439.9 5/ 22nd. BRONZE: Kevin Hines (HusI7.91 9.61 / 27th ; Ray Mungenast (Hus) 12.B4B.64/43rd. CLA SS WINNER: Gualtier i Brissoni. Italy (Hus) 555 9. 51. &00c:c BRONZE: Kevin laVoie (KTMI 9.327. 59/2Oth; Scott Harden (Husl 10. 1B6.BBI23rd; Ray Cosgrove (Mail 12.230.33/27th;Tom Buckles(KTMI 13.175.121 28th. . CLASS WINNER: Svenerik Jonsson. Sweden (H usI 5. 6 1 0. ~ 9. .. \. • • • ' ~ • • • e ••••• CONGRATULATIONS Ricky Graham A.M.A. Grand National Champion All those months of perseverance In pursuit of excellence have paid off with the ultimate win! Thanlfs for riding with Cast;-o/~ . Americas I Motorcycle Oil Engineered for Performance Castlo!J 401 Hacken sack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601