Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

chased by teammate Keith Huewen, Schlachter, Dave Potter and Aksland. Less than two seconds covered that little dice. Crosby escaped from what looked an horrendous accident with "just" a broken leg, but if he had slid into the Armco head first instead of feet fmt it might have been a very different story. Moments after his crash another Briton threw it away. Chris Guy feU at Gaards, and though at first it was feared he had broken his arm, he escaped with a sore wrist. But thanks mainly to Roberts, Mamola and Spencer, the Americans had handed out another thrashing to the British who faced the final test at Dulton Park trailing by a colossal 57 points. Crosby had not broken his leg as was at first feared, but a badly gashed left calf meant he was out of the British lineup for the third and final meeting. He was replaced by Roger Marshall while Mick Grant had to step down also when the cracked bone in his ankle finally parted. His spot went to Steve Parrish. Chris Guy had not broken his arm either, but his bike was too badly damaged to repair in time and his team spot went to Stan Woods. o 00 0') ..... - ..... 1-0 0.. < Oulton Park All this might have pacified the 50,000 fans who lined the Dulton Park circuit, but the "illegal" use of replacements helped save Britain from an even bigger canning. Spencer came close to beating Roberts in the fmt ll·lap team race and managed to pass the world champion on the last lap in a fast left hander. But Kenny's factory Yamaha had the legs on the Erv Kanemoto model and Freddie had to settle for runner up, just a machine's length behind King Kenny. Mamola took third after Sheene's Yamaha had broken a crankshaft on the final lap. Barry's retirement lifted Keith Huewen into fourth place and the first Briton home. Alongside him was Roger Marshall . and both had nipped ahead of Aksland on the final dramatic lap. But with the Americans again pack· ing the middle, the result was another crushing defeat for Britain, 81-52. Schlachter took a tumble midway through the race, but though he escaped relatively injury free, his bike was rather battered and he missed the final leg. Spencer wanted to win this one, to share high point scorer honors with Roberts, assuming Kenny was second, but after setting a new absolute lap record for the Cheshire circuit in one minute !l5.!1 seconds, Freddie slid off and was forced to retire. That left Roberts and Mamola to fight for the win and Randy, riding the 500cc Suzuki that he had been using since Mallory Park, left Kenny's 750cc Yamaha gasping for air. Sheene again was out of the race with another broken crank, but Haslam was on hand to wave the Union Jack. He chased Roberts all the way and was only a fifth second short at the line. His efforts must have inspired the rest of the British who took fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, 10th and 12th places thanks to Huewen, Potter, Newbold, Marshall, Parrish and Woods. That gave them their first win of the series 75-61 and America's lead was cut from 86 to a fmal margin of 72. It was a sad weekend for the British who just do not .have the strength of the present American squad and have no one close to the teenage talent developing in the United States right now. A British win in this series in the foreseeable future looks very, very remote. • ~"''e''.lI. ........-- Tel'l1lllex ~ FornUa (gnonen. a ' OVER 1000 TIRES IN STOCK Nanhng 3OOx21 Dunlop K-190 .21.96 360x21 Brldgestone Rlmaaver 0 ~.,C111.. ' - GOOD/i'EA" YOKORA_A ~ SERVICE WHilE YOU WAIT: .Cu8tom WhHlBulldlng <1'~ MX RECAPS • H~SpHd 8lIlancing FROM MINI TO MIGHTY .l,> HI-POINT ~~\~ • SUltic 8lIlancing ALL TIRES DISCOUNTED • TIr. Inetallation '17.96

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