1.
GV COMPETITORS BEFORE START
0.05

2.
SCU TIBBLIN WORKS ON MOTOR CYCLE
0.07

3.
SV LUNDIN (NO. 3)
0.10

4.
SCU JEFF SMITH (NO. 11)
0.11

5.
GV PAN..START.
0.18

6.
GV COMPETITORS ROUND CORNER
0.24

7.
GV PAN..TIBBLIN (NO. 1 AND OTHERS PAST CAMERA
0.29

8.
GV PAN..LUNDIN FOLLOWED BY TIBBLIN OVER HILL
0.35

9.
GV PAN..SMITH (NO. 11) PAST CAMERA AT SPEED
0.38

10.
GV PAN..VANDERBECKEN (NO. 61) FOLLOWED BY BAETEN (NO. 47) PAST CAMERA AT SPEED
0.45

11.
SV LUNDIN FOLLOWED BY TIBBLIN OVER MOUND
0.48

12.
SV SPECTATORS
0.50

13.
GV SMITH FOLLOWED BY SCAILLET (NO. 43) AND JANSEN (NO. 53)
0.53

14.
GV PAN TIBBLIN LEADS THE FIELD TO WIN
0.58

15.
SV SWEDISH COLOURS RAISED
1.01

16.
SV & SCU WINNER TIBBLIN HOLDS FLOWERS
1.06



Initials JRG/S/MGT/BB


SPORT: MOTOCROSS

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Background: ROLF TIBBLIN, OF SWEDEN, WON THE BELGIAN 500 C.C.MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX AT NAMUR ON SUNDAY.STEN LUNDIN (SWEDEN) WAS SECOND, JEFF SMITH (BRITAIN) THIRD, OVE LUNDELL (SWEDEN) FOURTH, NIC JANSEN (BELGIUM) FIFTH AND PER-OLOF PERSSON (SWEDEN) SIXTH.

TIBBLIN, REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION WAS FAVOURITE.JEFF SMITH, SECOND IN THE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, IS TRYING TO BREAK THE SWEDISH HEGEMONY.BUT TIBBLIN HAS WON FOUR GRAND PRIX CONSECUTIVELY -- IN HOLLAND, FRANCE, ITALY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX, THE 10TH COUNTING FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, IS RUN IN TWO HEATS OF 40 MINUTES.

IN THE FIRST, LUNDIN LED TO THE 11TH LAP.THEN TIBBLIN TOOK THE LEAD TO WIN.IN THE SECOND, THE BELGIAN SCAILLET LED IN THE FIRST TWO LAPS.THEN LUNDIN AGAIN TOOK THE LEAD FOR A WHILE AND THEN AGAIN, IN THE WOODS, IT WAS TIBBLIN WHO TOOK OVER AND WON.

FINAL CLASSIFICATION: 1.ROLF TIBBLIN, ON A HUSQVARNA, TWO POINTS.2.STEN LUNDIN, LITO, FOUR POINTS.3.JEFF SMITH, BSA, SIX POINTS.4.OVE LUNDELL, MONARK, EIGHT POINTS.5.NIC JANSEN, METISSE, 10 POINTS.6.PER OLOF PERSSON, HUSQVARNA 14 POINTS.