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Team Honda's Brad Lackey put together a 2-1 overall win at Farleigh Castle. SOOcc World Championship MX Series - round nine Lackey king at Farleigh Castle By Chris Myers TROWBRIDGE , ENGLAND,JULY 2 American works Honda rider Brad Lackey's run of British victories continued Sunday when he won the British 500cc Grand Prix at Farleigh Castle for the second year running. Lackey, who completed a hat- ' trick of Hants Grand International victories in March at Ringwood scooped the top points to , . ~ore. ove~ the tortuous Farleigh Castle Cl~CUIt WIth a runner-up place and a 16 Win. One step down on the winner's rostrum at the end of the day was reigning 500cc World Champion HeikkiMikkola who, after a runaway victory in the first race, had to be content with third place next time out after crashing and restarting last on the first lap. British Champion Graham Noyce was the third man on the rost ru m with fifth and third places that boosts him up one place to seventh in the title standings. ' T he 20,OOO-p lus cr owd came from a ll over Bri tain and Europe ex pecting a ?attle royal . between Mikkola, ~4 pomts clear In the championship table , a nd Lackey. . . Both men shared the fastest practice trme, but the battle never really came off. Mikkola cleared off from the American early on in the first race, but his crash at the beginning of the second meant the two never really got 'to grips . . . ., The; Farleigh C1rcul~ hadn t been used Since:the Gran.d Pnx last year 3:nd had a thick ~ovenng of grass which made practice o~ Saturday and Sunday, very . very shppery. But the first support race Sunday burned through the earth beneath and by the time the riders came to the gate for the first GP leg the course was in prim e co nd itio n . Bri tish h opes -were high as Noyce took a flyer a t th e start to ge t up Reigning World Champ Heikki Mikkola crashed and had to settle for second overall. behind Mikkola on the first lap . But in the squeeze at the first bend his rear number plate was , bent out. He managed to pull the annoying piece of flapping plastic free and throw it away on the first lap but the retaining bolt now stuck out a few inches and made braking difficult. Third on th e first lap was Belgian works KTM rider Andre Malherbe fro m Lackey and more Belgians multi world champion Roger De Coster andJaak Va n Velthoven . Lackey soon disposed of Malherbe and launched into a full -scale scrap with Noyce. Both switched places rapidly for two laps, but the American came through finally to slot into runner-up spot for the rest of the race. Mikkola had a six seconds advantage then and he stretched that more as the race progressed. At the flag he was a full 17 seconds clear. De Coster crashed andlost 12 places after three laps and Van Velthoven went out early on with a seized rnoto . West German Herbert Schmitz took up station early on behind the two Honda teamsters and waited patiently for his chance to take ยท Noyce. That came four laps later and once through he stayed in third place to the flag. Back in fourth now at the halfway stage, Noyce was being pressured by works Suzuki rider Dutchman Gerrit Wolsink. The two swapped places several times. ' but that bolt was causing' problems and the final result gave the Dutchman fourth and Noyce fifth ahead of Malherbe. DeCoster crashed again just a couple of laps after rejoining the race, but this time he was badly winded , bent up his bike and retired . , Back on a CCM John Banks held 12th place for a few laps until a crash with Belgian Andre Vromans put h im out of the running. Scot Vic Allan started eighth and rode steadily until he took a tumble on the same bumpy stretch of th e course as DeCoster and pulledout, After crashing on the first lap of the second race , Mikkola restarted last. From then on his progress through th e field was nothing short of staggering. In six laps he made up 20 places, and after a b rief two -lap spell dicing with Wolsink he made third place with six laps to go . The man he had to pass was Noyce , but the Briton had ten seconds advantage and Mikkola just didn't have enough time to make up the distance before the checkered flag came down and gave him third pia e and runner-up spot overall. By then Wolsink had dropped further back ahead of Van Velthoven and DeCoster in a miserable sixth after stalling his motor twice. Banks dropped out after his leg , ' bruised in his first race tumble, gave him trouble and Vaughan Semmens who 'd just m issed getting in the po ints first time out pulled out after he clipped his toe on a post. Vic Allan kept going this time but he had a poor start and just managed to avoid being lapped. Results MOTO ONE: 1. Heikki Mikkola IYaml; 2. Brad lackey lHon); 3. Herbert Schmitz IMail ; 4. Gerr~ Wolsink ISuz); 5. Graham Noyce IHonl ; 6. Andre Malherbe IKTMI ; 7. Ivan Van Den Broek (Mail; 8. Rob Wilkinson (Mail; 9. FritzKobele IMail ; 10. Andre Vromans ISuz). MOTO TWO : 1. Brad lackey IHonl ; 2. Graham Noyce (Hen) ; 3. Heikki Mikkola (Yam Y; 4. Gerrit Wolsink lSuz); 5. Jaak Van Velthoven IKTM ); 6. Roger DeCoster ISuzl; 7. Herbert Schmitz IMail; 8. Fritz Kobele (Mail; 9. Hakan Andersson IHus) ; 10. Rob W ilk inson (Mai) . 500 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MX SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Heikki Mikkola 12221; 2. Brad Lackey 11901; 3. Roger DeCoster (128); 4. Herbert Schmitz 11141; 5. Andr e Malherbe 187l 6. GerrilWolsimk 1791; 7. ; Graham Novce (601 8. Jaak Van Vclthoven 1 ; 55): 9. Andre Vromans (36 ); 10 . Hakan Andersson (321.