Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Second Mota ' . Show er s overn ig h t kept th e dust ' down for the fir st rnoto, but the su n ca me out for th e secon d rnoto , kicking th e dust u p as th e pack fu nnel ed th rough th e first turn . T his time G eboers was ou t fro nt wit h O ' Ma ra agai n second. Maddii, Vimont and Rinal di were close behind wi th KT M',s G u iseppe Andreani joining the lead pack. Everts was in I Ith with Velkene ers gell i ng a nother poor start even furth er back . G eboers co uld take the overall if he took the secon d mot o , and he and Joh nny 0' took th eir duel away from th e field as Vi mont p assed Maddi i for third, wi th Velkeneers moving up 10 cha llenge Everts in th e to p ten. G eb oer s seemed to be pulling ou t a small lea d, bu t knew the pressure was always there. " O n some parts of the course he was fas ter a nd o n o ther parts I was faster. 1 seemed to make u p time on the back part of the course," sa id G eboers. As th e clock mo ved up 10 the ha lf 'h o u r mark o f the 45 mi n ute plus two lap m ot o, O 'M a ra made h is charge. A pproac hing the d ou ble jumps Geboersappcar ed to falter and J ohnn y 0 ' pounced o n th e m ista ke, li terally flying into th e lead as Geboer s di dn ' t ha ve th e momentu m 10 ta ke bo th jump s a t once. . "I got in a hol e a nd got sideways and di dn 't have enough speed to clear both jumps, a nd he flew over me," sa id G eboer s. " I sa w him get a li ll ie sq uirrelly co mi ng o u t of that turn a n d just gassed it ove r th e jumps," sai d O 'M ara. " I kn ew it would be close after practice yesterday a n d tod a y 1 thought I could win." Once past Geboers there wa s no sto p p i n g him. With th e 7,000 stro n g crowd clearly on his side he ran o u t the clock, quickl y building up a lead that would be 23 seconds at th e finish. Maddii had cleared h imself from a fight for fourth between tea m ma te Rinaldi a n d Andreani and mov ed up to cha ll en ge G eboer s for second, but fell a few seco n ds short at th e flag. Rinaldi got th e better o f Andreani for fourth with Vimond a nd Velkeneers again fin ish in g six-seven . Everts fell ba ck to eighth when his sh ock failed 20 minutes before th e en d of the race. ''I'd like 10 come ov er here a n d race th e World Championships, but m y main prior it y right now is winning th e 125cc title in T he States," said O 'Mara as his pit area was deluged by journalists and fan s. Standing a wa y from the crowd wa s Honda 's Roger DeCoster, who organized O 'Mara's trip and in whose house in Trernelo, Belgium, O'Mara and Felt were staying. O 'Mara had arrived a few days before to visit a nd train with former Honda teammate Danny LaPorte, who lives close to DeCoster (wh i le O'M ara was winning in Switzerland LaPorte was in Corseul, Fran ce, winning hi s fir st 250cc GP ). Aft er recognizing DeCoster, a fa n carne -up and offered him a drink of champagne. "I didn 't win today, Johnny d id. But since he's busy in ther e I'll d rink i t for him ," sa id DeCoster. 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Johnny O'M ara IUSA - Han); 2. Eric Gebaers (Belgium - Suz); 3. Corrado Maddii (lt aly Gil); 4 . M i chele Rinaldi (Italy - Gil); 5 . Jacky Virnan t (France - Yam); 6. Harry Everts (Belgi um - Suz); 7 . Guiseppe A nd rean i (Italy - KTM ); 8 . M arc v etke neers (Be lgi um · Yam); 9 . G8rt -J an Van Doo rn (Hoiland · SUl); 10 . Janning Kervell a (France · KTM ). lst MOTO; 1. O'Mara; 2. Geboers; 3, Maddii: 4. Everts; 6. Rinaldi; 6. Vimont; 7. Velke neers; 8 . Andrsani ; 9. Yoshifumi Sugio (Japan - Hon); 10 . Ron Lunsford Bobby Goodin Allan Johnson Jamas Haackar George Lloyd Quentin Hogan Congratulations for going tha distance. Thank you for choosing 1U91 Sport Elite. Ak ira Watanabe (Japan - Su z). 2nd MOTO: 1. O'Mara ; 2. Geboe..; 3. Maddii; 4. Rinaldi; 5 . Andreani: 6. Vimant ; 7 . Velkeneers; 8 . Everts; 9. Yuri Khudiakov (USSR · Cao); 10. Van Doorn . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTSTANDINGS: 1. Valkeneers(1121; 2. Geboers(107); 3. Rinaldi (97); 4. Maddii (961 5. Everts (84); 6. Watanabe (57); 7. ; Sugio (35); B. O'Mara 1301; 9. (TIE)Andreanl /Vi man, (281 . . '. • • •• CHAMPION SPARK PLUG CLASSIC DUNLOP BELL VAN LEEUWEN BUDWEISER COCA-COLA WINSTON I .. ~ . ' .~ • • 27 '. '. '

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