Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

The American to o k h is works Yamaha to a narrow win over Maico's Hans Maisch, after early lea der Dave Wa tson (Yam) was brought down in a first bend clash with Rolf Dieffenbach (Hon) and Mike Guerra ' (Hus). LaPorte quickly pulled a good lea d, but dropped to third after fall i n g and had to fight hard to reclaim the lead by th e flag. He also crashed in the second race while d icing for the lead wi th Dutchman Kees van der Yen (KTM), and had to settle for third. Guerra managed to cl imb to eigh th in race one a fter h is sp ill a nd got a good fo urt h second ti me out to move into fifth in th e title chase. LaPorte now holds th ird, only two points behind seco nd man va n der Yen. • Results 1. D. LaPon. (USA· Y.m); 2. K. • • n der V.n (HolI.nd • KTM); 3. H. Mlisch (W . G.rm.ny • M.i); 4. R. Di.ff.nboch (W. G.rm.ny • Hon ~ 5. G. R.hi.r (B.lgium • Suz); 6. M . Guerr. (USA · Hus); 7. D. P••n (Fr.nc. · K.w); B. D. W.t.on (GB • Y.m); 9 . H. ••n M i.rlo (HolI. nd • Suz); 1D. W. W.ll inger (Au strio - Puc); 11. A . M....nt(B.lgium • Suz); 12 . W . Simpson (GB • M.i); 13. E. Sundstrom (Finl. nd · Suz); 14 . E. Alben (B.lgium • Y.m); 15 . M . Nyberg (Sweden · Suz). WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. G. Jobe (1DB); 2 . ve n der V.n (91 ); 3 . LaPon.(B9); 4. Di.ff.nbach (70); 5. W.toon (6B); 6. Gu.rr.(49); 7. Kin ig.dner (47); B. Laqu'Y' (43 ); 9. T.rkkon.n (30 ); 10 . R.h i.r (19 ). World Ch8mplonshlp 125cc MX Series: Round 6 O'Mara 'aces Swiss GP ' FRA U ENFE LD , SWITZE RLAN D. J UNE 6 Honda's American sensation Johnny O'Mara blasted to a double victory at the Sw iss 125cc Grand Prix, his first European classic. Dra fted in to th e Honda team to provid e a cu tt ing ed ge fo r th ei r team, " J o h n ny 0 " now m ov es into eig hth place in the ser ies. • Results 1. J . O·M.r.(USA - Hon); 2. E. G.bo... (B. lgi um • Suz); 3. C. M.ddli (It.ly · Gil); 4 . M . Rin.ldi llt.ly · Gil); 5. H. Eveno (B.lgium - Suz); 6. J . Vimont (Fr.nc•• Ylm); 7. M . Andr••ni (It. ly - KTM ); B. M. V.lk.n••rs (B" gi u m - Y.m); 9 . M . Sugio (J.p. n -Hon); 10 . Y. Khudi.kov (USSR · Cog). WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STAND INGS : 1. V.lk.neer s(1 12t 2. G._rs (107); 3. Rin.ldi (97); 4 . M.ddii (96); 5. Evons l84l; 6. W.t.nabe (57); 7 . Sug io (35 ); B. O·M.r. (30); 9. (TIE) Andr• • niN imont (2B). (OUT regu lar Eu ropean correspondent's coverage of the Sw iss I25cc MX G P failed to aTrive by presstime. With the help of the Intern ational postal service that coverage will be published next week . ..Editor) World Ch8mplonshlp Observed Trl81s Series: Round six . Lejeune, Schreiber 1-2 in West Germany By Mike Rapley STUTTGAR T . WEST G ER MANY , MAY 30 After five rounds, Edd y Lejeune, the you ng Belgian Honda rid er, had the distinction of finishing either first or second in .each Eddy Lejeune decidedly beet Bernie Schreiber. 19-43. for the win in West Gerrnenv. championship event, a nd once again at th e halfway stage in the title battle, L ejeune proved that he is th e current mas ter, by a nnexing a tremendous 24 mar k win over Bern ie Schreiber. Based o n the edge of the Black Fores t n ea r Stuttgart , the sixth round of the series p roved o nce again tha t o nly two men have any rea l chance of ta ki ng the title. Lejeu n e has 84 points whi le Schreiber ha s 73. with defending champion G ill es Bu rgat still in to uc h with 59 poi nts. bu t gradua lly slippi ng further adrift . J us t as if to emphasize h is cu rrent su per ior i ty, L ej eun e o pene d h is acc o u nt by co m pleting the o peni ng la p o f 17 sectio n s arou nd an 18 ki lom eter course for th e loss of just five marks . H e was the o nly rider in si ngle fig ures with event ual th ird p laced Toni Gorgot co m p letin g the la p o n I I , Burga t ha d dropped 12 and rather surprisi ngly, yo u n g Jo hn Lampkin posted fourth with 16. On 19 lost , Schreiber was in seventh p lace. Lejeune's second lap of four was simpl y incredibl e and short of a disaster he had to win. Schreiber irnproved dramatically and with nine to his cred it after h is second tour he had improved to th ird, still with Go rgo t in front of him . In the predominantly dry conditions with sectio ns in rocky dried up river beds , through wi ndi ng paths in th e forests a nd a couple of slippery h ill clirnbs, Lejeu ne's H onda was in its ele ment, yet the Belgian doubled his first la p sco re to record a measly ten and com p lete the trial for a total of 19. Bernie kn ew that he co u ld n't match Lejeune o n the da y, so se t about the task o f peg ging back th e Span ia rd Gorgot . H e managed it when Toni d ropped more tha n twice h is previous lap sco res, yet whi le h e dropped to th ir d he was st ill clear of J ohn Lampkin w h o re maine d co nsistent all day and sta yed in fourth p lace. It was certai n ly a day fo r th e British riders for they onl y had three competin g a n d a ll three sco red points. Peter Rart1:"rig h! scored h is fir~ t ev,er ~!?~lp Denny LePorte eemed his first MX GP w in in the French 250cc round . Champi onship p oints with eigh th pl ace. while Martin Lampkin finish ed n inth. J ohn Lampkin 's ride wa s th e talk of th e da y. and in clin ching eig h t points he moved ahead o f U n cle Marti n in the title table. Scott Head and Morgan Cavanaugh both co m peted. finis hing 26t h and 29th. Scott particu larly wis hi ng he co u ld find the for m tha t took h im into th e poi nts in th e openi ng round in Spai n . Curt Come r was a n o ther America n who made the tr ip into Europe, a nd he was we ll p leased with hi s performa nce. T he ex perience d yo u ngster, who sti ll recko n s t he six months h e spent rid ing in England di d hi m a world o f good, proved he was righ t fo r he finished in th irteenth p lace. a bove man y more experie nce d ca mpaigners. For ri der s o f th eir ex perience, Yrjo .V,ester ineq .C \.l 'J rI ~s I ~oIlJa~q ~f!d J aime Subi ra all d ropped mighty c1angers. T h e time limit o f 7 hours a n d 20 minutes wa s more than adequate to co m p le te the co urse , espe cially as th ree sections a nd a couple of kilometers o f t h e route were cut out. Yet these four spent so lo ng inspectin g so me of the sections, that they were a lmos t bo un d to be excluded for bein g late, a n d of course were when th ey cl ocked in o ver their schedu le. • Results 1. Eddy Lejeune (Belg ium - Han) 19; 2. Bern ie Schr.iber (USA - SWM) 43 ; 3 . Toni Gorgo t(Sp. inMon) 47 ; 4. John Lampkin (Brit. in - CCM) 5B; 5. Gille s Burglt (France - Fan) 62; 6 . Juan FreiJl:8s (Sp.in • M.r) 66 ; 7 . U~ K.rlson (Sweden - Mon) 70; 8 . Peter Canwright (Brita in • tta) 72; 9. Mart in Lampkin (Bri tai n · 5WM ) 82 ; 10 . Th ierry M icha ud (Franc• • SWM) 83 . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDtNGS: 1. lej.un. (B4); 2. Schr.iber (73); 3. Burg.t(59 ~ 4. Gorgot (34~ 5. K.rlson (17 ); 6. (TIEl G.I• • u i/Cou · lOrd 116); B. M ich.ud (16); 9 . John lempkin (14~ 10 . Jli ime Subir. (13). ~ ( I I' L ) .23 . .,

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