Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. World ChamP-ionship. SOOcc MX Series: Round 3 . . .. • co Geboers I-I in'Sweden l!') 00 O"l By N eil W ebster ...... VASTERAS , SWE DE N, MA Y 5 Ca lifo rnia n Danny Chandler had th e opening moto in his pocket a t th e Swedi sh GP but threw it a way . After .a battle la st ing half the rn ot o , he got pa st works H onda rider Eri k G eboers and pull ed o u t a sa fe lead wh en he mad e a fatal er ror just th ree laps from h ome. G oing i n to a deep muddy rut h e didn't give hi s works KTM enough gas 'a n d th e bike sta lled. By the tim e he restarted , G eboers, Dav e Thorpe. G eorges Jobe a n d defending cha m p Andre Malh erbe h ad a ll moved a- . round him. And a cou ple more cra shes in .rh e seco n d moto lef t Chandler with onl y fourth spo t overall to leav e him fourth in th e point standings. Geboers marked hi s return to form after a year-long recovery from a broken leg as he rack ed up tw o rn oto wins for the overa ll victory, but he ' had I uck o n h is 's ide both times. First , Chandler handed him rnoto o ne a nd in rnoto two h e was chasi ng J obe hard wh en th e Kaw asaki m an got a rear tire puncture. G eboer s made th e most of ' it 10 pull cl ear a nd ta ke th e win despite pressure from teammat e Thorpe wh o kept it upright 10 th e close 10 finish onl y a co u p le o f seconds down fo r a pair of seco nds th a t put him o n top of th e p oin t sta ndi ngs . Honda 's Malherbe led th e point standings before th e rac e. but wa s in troub le right from th e sta r t. A crash in p ractice th e week before had left h im wi th a tw isted a n kle. H e hadn 't walked o n it unt il the Wedn esday befo re race day a nd hadn 't been tr a in i ng . T he n in to th e fir st turn o f moto one. he narrowly missed local ride r Magnus Jahansson who cra sh ed hi s ' Yamaha but ca ug h t his l eft hand o n the Swede's bik e. . " T he h and was alri ght in hi s fir st race wh en it was warm ," said Ma lherbe, wh o pressed o n to fourth, " bu t in th e seco nd m ot o after it had gotte n cold dur in g th e break, I co u ld hardl y move my fingers a nd thumb and cou ld n' t hol d o n ." Th e p ressure showed as Malh er be mad e a series o f u nchar acteris tic m ista kes, but 1 h un g in 10 la ke th ird 1<' a fter 'being outstripped by T horpe two la p s fro m home a n d wa s well p leas ed with his da y's work . Cha ndler too k fo urth overa ll bchmd th e th ree H o nda m en a nd now sta nds behind the m in th e point stand in gs, but is n in e p oin tsdown 0 11 third m all • G ebo ers' Hu sq va ru a 's Danny LaPo rt e. the fo rm er 250cc MX Worl d Champion . m ade the long tr ip fro m Am erica worthwhile with th ree cham pions hip p oints fro m a seco nd m o to l Sth, bUI a first race gea r bo x failure and a stri ng o f seco nd rn ot o fa lls mean t he w asn ' t happ y w ith th e res u lts. • Results 1ST M OTO: 1, E, Geboer s (Hon ); 2 . D. Th or pe (Hon) ; 3 . G, J obe (Kew); 4 . A. M alherbe IHon); 5. D. Ch and ler (KTM ); 6. K. Nicoll IKTM); 7 . L. Spence (Kaw) ; 8 . T. Soderberg IHus); 9 , A , Vroma ns IKTM); 10 , J , Pon jee IKaw); 11. G. Rond (Hon) ; 12. J , Sin ton en (Hus) ; 13 . M . A nst ie (Hon); 14 . J -,van Vel· thoven IKT M); 15. J . A ndersson .(Yam). • 2N D MOTO: 1. Geboers; 2. Thorpe; 3. Malherb e; 4 . Chandler; 5 . Vromans; 6 . 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