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~ m lL '" 5 '" u z :I: ., 0 > CD UI 0 ... 0 ... ~ - :I: 00 ~ - >- ;::j ~ French privet. .r Reymond Roche is now fourth in points; (below) Steedy Eddie Lewson leeds the stendings by 17 points. Terry Vance and his Byron Hines-tuned Kew..eki beet Bob c.rpente,'. Suzuki in the Pro Stock fine.. line over 17- econds ahead of Mamola after having run a superb race. The Shreveport, Louisiana resident controlled things perfectly to ride just as he wanted and no faster than he needed, despite selling a new lap record at just over 100 mph. After the race, Spencer was asked if it felt good to head a Honda 1-2-3. His reply showed where his priorities lie: ''I'll tell you what feels good - more points! That's the only thing that feels good." Runner-up Mamola was also happy, with two things in particular. "The first thing was beating Eddie, and the second was gelling into the first turn ahead of Ron Haslam - that's a real achievement'" Roche, the third place finisher, said that his engine was running rich, otherwise he thought that he could have passed Eddie earlier. Lawson didn't say anthing - which speaks of either desperation or diplomacy. In the 250cc GP, Californian Wayne Rainey LOok an impressive pole position, using his cornering skills LO best advantage on what is essentially a handling circuit. The Team Marlboro Roberts Yamahas are still down on power compared with the Yarnahas used by Carlos Lavado ~nd Christian Sarron and the Rotax-powered machines of other LOp runners like Manfred Herweh. Unfortunately for Rainey, his first GP from the pole was marred by Iris old problem, an inability to get a good push start, and he was well down the field when they came past on the first lap. He was not alone, however, for other notables making bad starts were point leader Sarron and Spain's Sito Pons. As Rainey and Sarron started their climb through the field it was former World Champion Anton Mang who took an early lead. After three laps he was ousted by reigning title-holder Lavado, who started to pull out a commanding lead before the front end went away, depositing him in a cloud of dust on the outside of one of the faster corners. True to Lavado fashion, he bouced back up unhurt, but his race was run. It was Mang who inherited the lead, closely pressed by his fellow German Herweh, and the two opened up a wide gap between them and the next group, which consisted of Thierry Espie, Jacques Cornu, Sarron and Rainey. For 18 laps these four ballied amongst themselves, crossing the line four abreast on more than one occasion. The only casualty was poor Espie, whose Chevallier-framed Yamaha suffered engine problems and then failed just four laps from home. At the front, Mang and Herweh continued their wheel-to-wheel battle until Mang had a connecting rod bearing go with only two laps left, and in the chasing group it was the crafty Sarron who got ahead on the final lap to take second. Cornu was third, and Rainey was fourth after suffering from the same sort of Dunlop compound problems which Lawson encountered in the 500cc GP. With eight points in the bag, Rainey now lies seventh in the 250cc point standings with 29. In the only other race of the day, the 80cc GP, Stefan Dorflinger and Hubert Abold gave Zundapp the top two spots, and they were followed home by Derbi-mounted-jorge Martinez. Dorflinger crossed the finish line nearly 10-seconds ahead of Abold. • Results 500cc: 1. Freddie Spencer (Hon): 2. Rlndy Mam· ala (Han): 3. Raymond Roche (Han): 4. Eddie lawson (Yam); 5. Ron Haslam (Hon); 6. Didier De Radigues (Hon); 7. Barry Sheene (Suzl: 8. Sergio Pellandini (Suz); 9. Virginia Ferrari (Yam); , O. Herve Moneau (Cag). 500cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. Lawson 1891: 2. Spencer (72): 3. Mamola (56): 4. Roche 1531: 5. Haslam (43): 6. Sheene 126): 7. Van Dulmen (1 9): 8. De Redigues (181: 9. Pellandini (13): 10. Roth (121. 25Occ: 1. Manfred Herweh (Rea); 2. Chris1ian Sarron (Yam); 3. Jacques Cornu (Yam); 4. Wayne Rainey (Yam); 5. Sito Pons (Kob); 6. Ivan Pelazzes8 (Yam); 7. ).18n Carter (Yam); 8. Martin Wimmer (Yam); 9. Teruo Fukuda (Yam); 1.0. Patrick Fernandez (Yom). 250cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. Sarron (721: 2. Mang 146); 3. Herweh (451: 4. Pons (41): 5. Lavodo (36): 6. Wimmer (331: 7. Rainey 1291: 8. Cornu (26): 9. Caner (171: 10. Fernandez 116). 8Occ: 1. Stefan Dorflinger (Zun); 2. Huben Abold (Zun); 3. Jorge Martinez (Der); 4. Gererd Weibel IRea); 5. Hubert Spaan (Kre); 6. George Looijesteyn (Cas); 7. Zdravko Matulja (Zie): 8. Paul Rimmelz· waen (Har); 9. Theo Timmer(Cas); 10. Ono Machinek (Kro). SOcc POINT STANDINGS: 1. Dorflinger (61); 2. (TIE) Abold/8ianchi ISO): 4. Spaan (251: 5. Waibel (24); 6. Aspar(23): 7. Heykoop(15): 8. Muller (131: 9. (TIE) Looijesteyn/van Kessel (12). Joe Veeger (fer 'ene) piloted Rey Worth's Vence 8& Hine. Suzuki 750to the , Junior Pro cless win, beeting Frank Giordeno. NMRA National Championship Series: Round 7 Vance scorches Summer Nationals (;Iy John C. Klapik EAST HADDAM, CT, JUNE 24 Terry Vance set yet another Pro Stock mph record in winning at Connecticut International Raceway, turning 161.14 mph on his' Vance & Hines two-valves-per-cylinder Kawasaki. But Jan Laurenti stole the Summer Nationals 'show by using his Suzuki GSl150 to become the first rider in history to run the quarter-mile in under 10 seconds in the Stock Eliminator class. LaurenLi went 9.98 and backed it up with a 10.03 in his (irst elimination round (or the record. U n(ortunately it was a losing effon in the handicap eliminations. Vance's win was his fifth of the year in Pro Stock and Bob Carpenter was again the man he ran against. Vance qualified his Kawasaki in the top spot'£or the seventh straight time, clocking 8.50 seconds at 159.43 mph. He sent Randy Mason pac~ing up early with a sizzling first round 161.14/8.51 to Mason's losing 15V • 8.59. Suzuki-mounted Carpenter (Continued to page 28) 13