Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ SOOcc MX a ( Co n tin ue d [rom pag e J5) home. It was eno ug h for Th orpe, wh o too k th e ch eck ered fla g 1.2 seconds a hea d o f th e Belgia n. Ka wasaki n um ber o ne Georges J obe had a di sa ster o f a race. Starring stro ngl y in fourt h p lace, he foun d h is swinga rrn spi nd le h adn ' t been tight en ed p roperl y a nd wa s co m in g loose. . H e pulled in a t th e end o f the seco nd la p 10 have it ha mmered ho me, a nd aga in a lap la ter to have a new o ne fill ed , bUI he lost so much tim e he slipped to dead last. Mo un tin g a stro ng fig h t back, j ob« m anaged to ge t 10 181h j us t a fter h alfway, on ly 10 ha ve his fro nt tire puncture a nd put h im o ut com p letely, Th e seco nd leg was to be a bit ha ppi er fo r J ob e a s he po sted th ird , bu t it wa sn 't eno ug h 10 brighten th e un h appy Belgi an 's mi serabl e seaso n . Second last year 10 Malh erbe, h e sti ll onlv stands sixth this vear after five rounds , ~ ~ ~ ... . Th e second round again belonged to Thorpe and Geboer s, but thi s tim e Belgian G eboer s didn 't wait so lon g before making hi s cha lle nge and put th e screws o n lead er Th orpe ri ght from-the sta rt. Never m ore th an fou r seconds clear, Th orpe aga in pl ayed the same ga me, never making a mi stake as Geboers showed h im th e front wh eel agai n a n d agai n , but j ust couldn 't ge t th rough . T he questi on was sell led three laps from th e en d , wh en Geboers ' rea r tir e p unc tu red a n d h e slip ped to fourth behind Malherbe a nd J obe. '" h ad it under co ntro l, " sa id Geboers. '" was so su re ' co u ld p ass him, th en wh en , felt th e tire go , co u ld n ' t beli eve it .T'rn n ot roo di sappointed though . , m ad e a go od ra ce for myself and everyo ne has th eir share of problems over th e seaso n, " " He was onl y quicker th an me in two pl aces," said Thorpe, " a nd th ey were big jumps where' was taking it easy to save the wheels. , speeded up in the last three laps of both races to get away and make sure. The only problem , had all day was when , nearly went down in the first turn o f race one." Italian Kawasaki man Mi ch el e Magarouo had the cro wd going wild when he took third in the first m oro , and he looked set to repeat th e Ieat until he ca ugh t hi s righ t hand o n a tire marker five laps from the en d an d broke hi s front brake lever o ff. He kept going for a fifth . British wo rk s KTl\I rider Kurt Nicoll , 20. goes to fourth in th e points tabl e co urtesy o f Ch andler , but he was far from ha p p y with hi s own tall y o f 7-8, desp ite fig h ting from th e back in m ot o o ne a fter a lso gelling ca ugh t up in th e Malherbe mel ee. Non-starters included to p 10 Kaw asa ki men Jem Wh atl ey a nd Laurence Spen ce, wit h Wh at ley hu rt ing a foo t in m id-w eek tra in ing a nd Spe nce br eakin g so me rib s in a do mest ic race two weeks earlier. Former Wo rl d Cha m p ion Hakan Carlqvist a lso p u lle d out wi th sho u lder probl em s. as damaged ligaments from a di slocati on in a Bel gi an race a week earlier proved 100 painfu l. • Results 1st MOTa : 1. D. Thorpe (Han I; 2. E. Geboers (Han); 3. M . Magarollo (Kaw ); 4 . C. de Carl i (HanI; 5. D.Watson (Kaw); 6. W. Siegle (KTM I: 7. K. Nicoll (KTMI : 8. E. Carducci (Kew) ; 9. G. Cavatona (Varni; 10 . M . Anstie (Han); 11. G. Gisler (Kaw); 12. M . Heutz (Yam) ; 13 . J . Ponjee (Kaw); 14 . E. Jaemers (Vam): 15 . P. Mayer (Honl . 2nd MOTa; 1. Thorp e: 2. Malherbe; 3. G. Job e (Kaw); 4. Geboers: 5. Magarono; 6. A. Vromans (KTM ); 7. de Carl i; 8. Nicoll ; 9. Anstie; 10. Siegl e; , 1. J . Manens (Hus); 12 . I. van den Sraack (Ma i); 13 . W . Simpson (Hu s); 14 . Pon je e; 15. J . van Ve l thoven (KTM). POINT STANDINGS: 1. Thorpe (152 ); 2. Geboers (150); 3. Ma lherbe (1391 4. Nicoll (9 1); 5. D. ; Chandler (8 9); 6. Jobe (74 ); 7. J. Whatley (59 1 8. ; . Vromans (571; 9. (TIE) Magarollo/Spence (50 1 FREE. 'A"F.K.l.......e ~ClT'I~Rr2. ~PR.\~ :ilA .... \oWrT WoI&. (~ ,",-2546 K#E SET THE STANDARDS•.• YOU SET THE PACE. HI-TECH "X PERFORMANCE. IRC: the pertect mix 01 engineering excellence. computer aided design, and hitech tire compounds that deliver the ground control you need! Whether you're racing or recreating, IRC makes tires specifically for your bike and riding style. 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