Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

FrenchGPRR ~ ~ - CONGRATULATIONS, (Continuedfrom page 21) 'b " A hole got blown out of my muffler and it wasn 't the first time, " Roberts said, " T h en later in th e race th e whole thing came off and it pi cked up a little of th e p ower it had lost ," I Spencer kept a co m fo rtable lead on Lucchinelli and g raduall y put some pa vement between th em. Haslam was running third after re-passing Fontan who was having some problems performing for h is co m p a trio ts. " I had two problems today. One is th a t m y muffler broke, a n d two, m y tires (Du n lo p) were too soft for this race. I let Kenny choose m y tires because I had a lot of worries in practice and I hadn't tested th e type of tires that th ey proposed for me . About ten laps from th e end it started sliding and if the race was three laps longer I wouldn 't have m ade it, " Michelin shod bikes were 1·2·3 . On his way to th e win Spencer lowered the tr ack record by fourtenths of a second cu tt in g a I:37.50 at a n av erage speed of 97.31 mph. Roberts got back past Fontan a n d was closing on Haslam when time ran out. And quietly slipping into th e top five was H euwen who a lso go t past Fontan for a rifth place finish ; his best ever. Spencer ca me around the final bend after the 29 laps a n d lofted th e front wh eel th e length of th e straightawa y. Not to be outdone, Lucch inelli matched him, although 15 seconds behind. " I prefer second to noth ing, " Lucchi n ell i said. " I didn't want to take the chance of ca tch in g him and los in g every th ing. I had a problem with traffic and the winds were very tricky." " It's a fantastic sta rt ," Haslam noted o f his second th ird place finish of th e yo u n g season. " I just kept m y di sta n ce, but I knew that Kenn y was closing towards the end. " . Roberts too, thrilled the chilled cro wd with a grandstand wheelie ea rnin g his fourth place with the KR brand of aggressive, determined riding on a less-than -perfect machine. " We were real close. Kenny had real good acceleration out of the turns and a littl e more powerband. I saw when he s lowed down and just watched m y pit signals. It was a good ra ce for m e and for Marco a n d Ron . The weather h ere was sort of like En gland. I saw guys in T-shirts in th e stands and I knew th ey wer e British," said Spencer. Onl y on e question left to be answered. Wh at would have happened if Roberts hadn 't been h indered by th e fa u lty muffler? " I think I'd have sta yed a head o f him. If not, I'd have raced with him," was Roberts' a ns we r. " We' ll never know what would have happened, " said Spencer, " bu t it would h ave bee n a good race." • AMA/CAMEL PRO SERIES ASCOT TT VICTOR Jorgy's oil 10 a great stan in 1he '83 season w ith his f irst Camel Pro Series win of t he year at the Ascot n . Hi -Po int is proud that J orgy is back again wi1h Hl-Po int race gear. Jorgy knows that Hi-Point Pro boots and G.P. gloves deliver for h im. (Han); 9. Sergio Pelland;n i burg (Han). (Suz~ 10 . Jack Middel - 25Occ : 1. Alan caner (Yam); 2. Jacques Cornu; 3 . Thierry Rapicault (Vam); 4 . Did ier de Radigues (Che); 5 . Tony Head (Arm); 6. Patrick Fernandez (Bar); 7. Jacques Rolle (BGO); B. Harald Eckl (Yaml; 9. Thierry Espie (Che); 10. Jean Marc Toffolo{Mor). . 125oc: 1. Ricardo Torma (MBAI; 2. Jean Claude Selini (MBA) ; 3. Maurizio Vitali (MBA); 4 . J . Wick ~ strom (MBA); 5. Thomas Mall Pederson (M BA); 6 . Jikka Jaakkola (M BA); 7 . Bruno Kenubuhler (MBA); 8. Ascareggi (MBA ); 9. Pjerluigi A ldrovandi (MBA); 10. Patrick Lagrive (Mar). 5Occ: 1. Stefan Dorf li n ger (Kre); 2. Eugenio Laz~ zarini (Gar); 3. Hagen Klein (FKN); 4 . logo Emmerich (Kre); 5. Paul Rimmelzwaan (Rot); 6. Geor ge Jo Looyesleyn (Krel; 7. Paul Bordes (Mol) ; B. Thea Timmer (Bull: 9 . Hans Koopman (Kre) ; 10. Massimo Deloren zi (Min~ . SIDECAR: 1. BilondlWoltisperg (LCR); 2. Banon / Bi rchall (Vam): 3 . SChwarzerI Hube r (Yamt; 4 . Kuma ndlTakashima (Tosl; 5. Huber/Mockel(Yaml; 6. ZurbrugglZurbrugg (Yomt 7. SChons/Rosinger (Yam); 8 . Van Kempen/De Haas (Vam) : 9. Hugh / . ). Gon ln (Yam); 10 :Monin/Paul cSey 0') r- ..... C'J .: 10-< 0. < HI-POINT * RACIIG * HI -PO INT RACI NG PROOUCTS 3709 West Erie Avenue. Lorain. Ohio 44053 2650-H Mere.ntHII tu., Rancho Cordova. CA 95670 No brag. Fact. 'The Best Go West' T-shirts say it all. Please turn to our order blank in the Dealer Directory page and make your statement. Res ults 5cc: 1. Freddie Spencer (Hon); 2. Marco toech inelli (Hon); 3 . Ron Haslam (Hon); 4 . Kenny Robens (Yam ); 5. Kei th Heuwen (Suz) ; 6. Marc Fantan (Yaml; 7. Barry Sheena (Suz) : 8 . Guido Paa ~ 00 Go Faster .-

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