and Bruno took over front spot. Lindfors remounted, though losing position
each lap he soon slipped out of the top
10.
Wolsink now held second, but Noyce
was pushing hard; 15 minutes were
upon the clock as the present world
points leader passed the Dutchman in
the woods and headed after Bruno.
Lackey had gated in ninth behind
Hakan Carlqvist and Gerard Rond.
The three of them came hammering
through and soon caught Malherbe;
Rond took Malherbe two laps later for
fourth.
Wolsink slipped over the berm 30
minutes out letting Rond, Malherbe,
Carla and Brad by. The Dutch sand
ace remounted in seventh but was unable to regain any places before the
fmish flag.
Noyce demoted Bruno to second
spot on the 35th minute, then the
French Champion stalled his Suzuki
on a tight left bander and Rond easily
slipped into second. Malherbe picked
up more speed toward the finish, and
he also passed Bruno.
With just two laps to the flag, Rond
flew over the bars of his KTM. He got
going again but lost two places. Carla
and Lackey could not keep in touch
with the front four and both settled for
easy points in fifth and sixth places.
Andre Vromans had crashed on the
first lap but fought back to 10th atthe
fmish, in the second moto no one
could stay with him as he led from
start to the flag.
Toon Karsmakers, Frans Sigmans,
Lackey and Carlqvist were all in tow
after the front runner as round two
started. Noyce had to avoid Rond who
fell in the middle of the pack at the
start. and the ex-World Champion
came around in 16th place.
Sigmans fell on lap three, and Carla
moved into third already passing
Lackey. Malherbe had started in seventh, and the works Honda star quickly
slid in behind Carlqvist.
Noyce was starting to make ground,
and after 20 minutes he tucked himself
behind ·Bruno who was in seventh.
Lackey hit a straw bail and took a
short flight, he restarted only to find
he had lost three places to Wolsink,
Bruno and Noyce. On the same lap,
Noyce was able to bump Bruno back
to seventh.
Carlqvist and Malherbe were
battling it out for third place; lap after
lap, the Champ tried to pass the
Swede. The crowd was going crazy as
the two appeared side by side out of
the woods, neither giving in or gaining
an inch. As they were about to disappear back into the woods, Malherbe
took a chance and dived insi
