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Cycle News 1981 07 29

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bother me end I don't have on It... I cut Defending 500cc MX World Champion Andre Malherbe (Hon) carded a pair of second place finishes in theJ:t~ Dutch GP to take overall while Noyce (Hon) had a 1·6 day. Brad Lackey took Dith in the first moto. Noyce leads the point standings by a scant three pointa - 167 to 164 over Malherbe with Haltan Carlqvist (Yam) third with 150. The work. Vlmlha I'08d rec:er thet Kenny Roberta rode et Legune Sece wu not the '81 venton thet feeturea I aq~four engine Ind rotery velve Induction. The bike KR sew Iction on wu the Iete model with rectenguler elumlnum freme Ind the trlInev... four pIeton port motor with the two outakIe cylinders rev-..d to Improve the exheuet 1ocetIon. The -.m dldn·t .... wei end DNF both leg. due to wrong tire compound choice, cerburetIon trou~ Ind finely I burnt out clutch. 1_ The Suzuki RG500 that Randy Mamola rode to victory at Laguna Seca was also a year·old model, that according to Mamola. is 50 pounds heavier and had 10% !ell power than his '81 machine. "When I got on the thing," said Mamola, "it felt oblolete. Now that I've won this race on it, my mechanic probably won't let me com· plain about the new bike." Wlynl Aelney did not ride thl Novice event It the Legune Sece I'08d rece. end thl reeaon why .hows how cIoH to homl crime cen hit. Leevlng the LA. CoIlHum Richerd Moline of Gonmea. CA. beceme the winner In the Crde . . . '81 Rldl Awey Swe.p.-k. . when Lynn GrIffIs joined our publisher ShIron CIeyton to drew the winning neme for the VemehI Sece IiIiO July 11 et Legune Sece Aecewey. SpedeI thanks to Jim Shook for IoIning u. his Sece for this photol WInIton·. efter WItching the Superbowi of Motoe:roaa, Rllney wu mugged Ind robbed. Ind needed stltche. In his aeelp eftIr the ......nt hit him with I pIetol butt. To Weynl. whom we hope ~ ... et DuQuoIn. go our but wiahea for I speedy recovery. To the unknown ...11IInt. go our hopes that he .. ceught end sentenced from 10 ~ to life In the lower half of en overflled portI-CIfL The Aug. % British 500cc Road Race GP a Laguna Sea mnateh? Yeo JoiDiDg _ Laguna Seca winner Randy Mamola, Kenny Roberts and the ret of the gang at Silverstone will be Honda's Freddie Spencer. "He's going," said Honda Racing Manager Dennis McKay when asked to confirm reports that Spencer would ride the ex~rimental NR500 Honda in the Bntish GP. "They're rebuilding four new engines for him. In fact (the Japanese technicians) are flying hotne tonight." Spencer IIIed the NR500 to beat Kenny Roberts and Wes Cooley in a five· lap Formula One heat race that netted Spencer the pole for the fint lookm leg of the Champion Spark Plug %00. Of III the stock perta . .t to be found on freddie Spencer'. work Honde Superblke recer. would you believe the rnechlne rMIIns Ita • mph aplldometerl ttowev.. the .peedo needle .. showing signa of weer Ind. et lagune Sece. sported 11'1 epproxlmltl . . . . . . bend to the left... Terry Vance (Suz) abut down Randy Muon (Kaw) in the Pro Stock ranka while Terry Kizer (Kaw) topped Vince Santangelo in the Funny bike clau as NMRA drag racing joined the July 1819 NHRA Summernationals at Madison Township Raceway Park in English. town, New Jeney. Vance ran an 8.91 second pasa to Manson's 9.11 ride. Kizer blistered the track with a 7.99 second run as Santangelo turned in an 8.11 in defeat. "I hate to Sly It. but I won't be reclng thl IJuly 251 DuQuoin Mile INltIonell." aeIcI JIY SprIngeteen. "I'm still pretty .ore eround my ribs I I well I I where I broke my collerbone. It'. up to me when I go beck racIng. I've been told not to hurry things Ind to let everything hilI. Heck. I'm Itching to get beck, but It look. now like I'll ride the short trICk INltionIlI et Sente Fe. That gives me lnother two weeks to heel. If everything feel. good then I'U ride Peorll 11M. The [hairh ) bone tnek In my wrIat doeen't Efforu to reIae funds to send en Amerlc:ln contingent to Europe to contest the Trophee end Motocroa des NatIona COIttInued et Mld-Ohlo. Announcer Lerry M...... IUctloned off rider geer to benefit the CIUII. Merk Bernett. Chuck Sun. Broc Glover Ind Bob Henneh ere the rIcIera now dio•• n to ettend - If enough fund. cen be , . . . Trophee end MX" NetIona T-.hlrts ere stili IYlillbl1 for . . Iwith profits going to the rider fund). Send your order c/o HI-PoInt Rlclng. 3709 Wut ErIe Avenue. LoreIn, OH 440&3. Other donetlona cen be send directly to the AMA et P.O. Box 141. W_vlle. OH 43081. Honda will be ready to race the NS750 again at the Du~oin Mile, and judplg from the smiles in the Honda pita at Lapna Seca lat weekend (des· . their Te..than-elating ~ there) pte expect the biU.a to b e " they CXIIIlpetJtM:. They've changed the timing on the V· twin 10 that it now fire .. twing\e" style, both cyIiDden 011 the same crank stroke, and word baa it that they've gained four hcmepower in the proce8I. Grend NItIonII ChempIonahIp wII pr... nt the 4th lIMUII Good TIm. NetIoneI outdoor chlrnplon8hlp on Aug. ... et Leke WhItney CyCle Rench In WhItney. TX. There win be cIIaI.. from the Teeny Mini (47 yn.) through the Over 30. They'. have beginner for rIcIera who hive not prevtou.ey won I ONC trophy. IntwmecIeIel Ind ltXpeIU wII ride on Aug.• only. but II other el..... wII perdcipIte on both dIya. For· further InformItIon end entry forme. ..... contIet Jeffy Surber. 233 PIIIm AIre Drive. FrIIndIwood. TX n&4I. or phone cIIe... 7131141-3021. Yamaha'. Larry Roeaeler, co-winner or the 1981 SCORE Baja Internacional and a member or this year's U.S. Silver Vue team in the ISDE, underwent surgery 011 hia left 1tDee Tuesday, July 14. That knee baa given Roeseler trouble for the Iaat three yean, and while competing in an AMA D·58 race the previous Sunday, caught his foot in a rut and twiated it again. Larry ~t to see orthopedic IU~ Dr. Riddell on Monday, and 011 Tuesday the operation was performed. Tbanb to the use of a relatively new IllJ'gical tool called an arthroKope. the ~ure only involved five small inCllions and Roeaeler left the hOlpital the same day. He's at home now and willatart exercising the leg within a week, and could ride within three weeb if he wanted to. According to Roeseler, his plan is to get the knee, and the left shoulder he injured in April, back in top shape for the Oct. 5·11 ISDE in Italy. Suzuki owner Kevin Donnelly, while on a road ride to the Laguna Seca road races. But as a friend of the family pointed out, "Tim was among friends, leading the pack and doing what he wanted to do." Funeral services were scheduled for Tuesday, July %1. Godspeed, Tim. Pet Hennen will mike I perede lip Budw.... on I Voahimurl Superblke et the SIx·Hour Endunlnce Alee et RIve..-lde Aecewey. July 21. Pet wu the fIret Americ:In to win I &OOcc World Chemplonahlp SerIes roed rece. Ind th.. will be his fIret trICk epp......- since hie retlt ement from recing following I neer·feteI c:ruh et the lale of MII'I In 1978. Ron Pierce will join Eddie LaW10n on the Kawasaki Moton KZl000 Superbike for the July %5·%6 Budweiser Six·Hour at Rivenide International Raceway. Pierce speaks out about the AFM·sanetioned endurance race on p. %% in this week's Cycle News. Winner of the HoMe CA4&OA In the Cyde '81 Rldl Awey Sweepetlk Rlndy B..nk....hlp. Is not I Junior dirt trICker . . our ceptlon In Iut week'. peper a1IIt8d. HI" I Sportsmen Expert or I Pro Novice. It's poaible for Suzuki's Georges Jobe clinch the %50cc World Championship MX Series title at Unadilla next weekend, July %6. He needs to beat Team Yamaha's Neil Hudson by eight GP points (15 points are awarded per mota for a win) to take his IeCOIId conaecutive crown. to HoaPITII STOP: Kevin Hopkins c:ruhed end brokl 1Ine bonIS In h.. foot while prIetIcIng for the Loa Coyolel Europeen Screm~ on July 10. end It Iooka • • he'lI be eportIng I cut untR Aug. 10. Cerda to cheer him up mey be ..nt to 1&14 RoaehIven ...... Cenyon Country. CAI1.1. Terry Knight has developed a new frame to hoUie the' Suzuki 500cc thumper motor. Dial 415/58%·1555 for details. Been WItchIng ESPN sports PfOlJl........ lIlIend been 1)) ~ IIJIlIlid wherI they'd ll'lnounce motorcycle rece • tlml the cenceI Itl AccordIIlIlI to I apok penon et ESPN. It'll cell. uIdng for motorcycle gremmlng (end compIeInIng they put something .... In plecel to convince them showing I'IC8I .. I good Idee. I the Loa Angelu . . . . their number .. 2131738 8003 .e wIN'" Dhci..,. Kawasaki's Team Green vans undergoing preparation for a hea month in August. Their fint atop WI be the GNC Good Time Nationals i Whimey, TX on Aug. 8·9; then they' head off for Ponca City, OK, for th NMA Grand Nationals on Aug. 1%-16 and finally, they'll travel across U.S. to Reidsville, NC for the AMA Kawasaki Youth/Schoolboy Natio on Aug. 29·50. Both vans will anen all the above events to support a Kawasaki .riden. De. .rt ater Bob Belentlne Ind long time lady friend Michele Kllperek "are finelly gettlng.memed" (that Iccordlng to the Invltetlonl on July 25 In Gardenville, NV. A helrty congreta to the couple from Pipe. P"", to rece In the July 25 Vlnte rice thlt'. pert of the Budwe.. SIx-Hour showl Don't mill th entryl lnateed. phone Mike Lit I t 2131450-1242 Ind let hIm kno you p"n to bring him your Intry Riverside on Seturdey momln before 10:30 •. m. We were sorry to hear of the death of Tim Donnelly, brother of Del Amo Jay Springsteen made only one lap . the June 26 Santa Fe TT National, b

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