MOTO X VOLUME 2 NUMBER 5

must surely be rated as the most spectacular
prang seen at Killarney. In the
rush over the jump Geoff Gray and Pete
Smith collided in mid-air, crashing to
earth in front of the crowd in the clubhouse
stand. The nett result of this was
Smith's left leg had both bones broken
and Gray's elbow was dislocated. A
spectacular prang, but it put out two
riders bound to have made things
tougher for the others to score points.
Robbie Wicks had a poor start but with
his immaculate riding it wasn't long
before he was in third place and challenging
Hopkins. After 10 minutes he
passed Hopkins only to have second
snatched back by Hopkins. Once more
Wicks worked his way passed Hopkins
only to be held up by a slow bike on a
bend for Hopkins to go past never to be
headed again. What a dice!
What happened to Tyrone Stevenson?
He had won by some 15 seconds riding
out front from the start.
MOTO TWO - Robbie Wicks and
Mike Hopkins continued their exciting
duel in this race, thrilling the crowd
with some fine riding.
Where was Stevenson? He was lying
eighth after a bad start. Slowly -
actually not so slowly - but surely he
worked his way up to third.
Robbie Wicks was trying everything he
knew to get passed Mike Hopkins. He
finally made it by keeping his throttle
wide open on the Texan take-off and
outjumped Hopkins. This was really
spectacular stuff! So we saw Stevenson
now trying to catch Hopkins. He failed
Arnold Burton making ready.
(Photo: Viv Zimmerman)
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- so the race ended with Wicks home
first, Hopkins second, Stevenson third.
Rob Bergstrom doing a lonely stint in
fourth.
MOTO THREE - Stevenson didn't
like coming in third in the last race, so
he did the hole-shot and that was where
he stayed - out front.
Hopkins was the one to get away badly
in this race. After five minutes he had
got up to third place putting Rob
Bergstrom and Jones behind him in the
process.
Halfway through Rob Bergstrom got
the better of Hopkins and moved back
into third, where he stayed, leaving
Hopkins to worry about Jones and
Gwillam who were pressing for higher
positions.
Stevenson picked up the 15 POINTS,
Wicks 12, Bergstrom the lO, Hopkins
the eight and Jones the six.
SENIOR 12Scc MX - MOTO ONE-
44 riders and one other -t-r- Grant
Maben. This man is no rider - he is a
phenomenon. I don't think anyone has
ever' told him he is allowed to throttle
off now and then.
Anyway Maben didn't get away first,
but it wasn't long before he was in
front. Going very well he suddenly
became one of those who parted
company from his bike as his chain
came off. With bike coming to a sudden
halt, Maben became a projectile. That
ended his race.
Gary Bergstrom was now in first place
and Deon du Plessis in second. There
wasn't much change thereafter and
Bergstrom came home first followed by
S. Rowe. N. Milosevich.
MOTO TWO - Arnold Burton along
with Mark Connelly were the local
hopes in this class and in the previous
Maben airborne at
Killarney. (Photo: Viv Zimmerman)
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