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Second overall in Czechoslovakia went to Danny laPorte. He topped the second moto for his first ever GP win. (File photo.) '. . .. .. .:.. : '. '. •• ' 1 '. ' Jean-Jacques Bruno rom ped to '-2 f in ishes at the Finnish GP and landed the overall win . (File photo.) World Championship 500cc MX Series: Hound four Bruno in tune at Finnish GP By Neil Webster Brad lackey put in a lackluster performance in Finland. but still remained on top of the points standings. now t ied w ith Neil Hudson . (File photo. ) R USKEAS ANTA. FINLAND. MAY 16 French Suzuki rider Jean-Jacques Bruno put together a 1-2 day and took overall honors a t the Finnish Grand Prix. Brad Lackey retained his first place spot in the World Championship chase despite a lo w-key perfo rmance, but h e . h B . n~)\~ s h a~es t h e Iea d wit n ta m s Nell Hudson. 10 Reign in g 250cc World Champi on Hudson took th e first 500cc GP wi n of hi s career wh en he led Bruno over the lin e in ihe secon d race. Su rp rise o f th e meeting was Ha ka n Ca r lq vist, still fighting for fitness a fter br ea kin g his wr ist a t a noncham p io nship English meet at Easter. Carlqvist showed he was sti ll quick en o ug h to tak e p oints last week in Sweden, but th en co u ld not last for a ra ce di stance. T h is week he meant bu siness and was right with th e leaders from th e start of the fir st race. sha do wi n g Bruno into turn one. Home rid er T apani P ikkarainen slip pe d into th e lead by th e en d of th e la p as Carlqvist moved in front o f Bru n o for second pl ace, and with th e Fin n fad ing fast , Ca rl qvist took over th e lead soon af ter. He co ul d o n ly hold th e lead for two laps before Bruno p us hed h im aside to tak e a lead he held to th e en d o f th e race for his first grand prix victory of the year. T he Swede was strong eno ug h to take second and his first 1982 Wo rld Championship points. One- ti me ser ies lead er Andre Vromans made the start line after a heavy sp ill in S unday morni ng pr acti ce which left h im with facia l cu ts and bruises and a n injured hand. bu t he had an awfu l aft ernoon. At ho~e on the san dy track , Vro mans built up from a st eady start to head Carlq vist for a time unt il h is Suzuki seized o n ly five la ps from th e en d. Vromans wa s th e victim of eq ually bad lu ck in th e second race when a flyi ng sto ne hit th e hand he hurt in practice, for cing him out again. " It wa s a bad da y for m e," he said. " Norm a lly I co u ld expec t 30 points here." H is non-scoring meeting drops him from second in the series to fif th. You ng Finnish ho pe J u kka Sintonen sent hi s home fan s wild as h e took the flag in third in race one and he showed it was n o fluke when he took fourth in the follower. Graham Noyce dro p ped o u t after a fall and a sta lled en gi ne dropped h im wa y down th e field in th e ea rly stages. As he had no chance of getti ng into th e po ints th e H onda rid er decided to pull it in an d save hi s strength for race two. And th e seco nd race was electr ifying. Noyce moved into secon d behind Carlq vist a fter a n early cha llen ge by Bruno faltered as th e French ma n fell. Hudson tuc ked behi nd in th ird. Then Noy ce passed Car lqvist, on ly to fall in almost the same p lace he had in the first race. as his front whee l slid a way in th e deep sand. Carlqvist came over the blind brow of the hump. o n ly to find Noyce spraw led on o ne side of the trac k and