Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- Despit e having a pinned broken le g, Eric Geboers (5) fin ished a remarka bl e fifth o verall. Here he pursues Jobe. . Andre Vromans (4) a nd Leif Persson didn 't fa re too well a t the US G P. Between the two, Persson p laced best w ith an e ighth in the f irst m o t o . excl uded from th e seco nd m oto results, as a co ns eq ue nce o f th e p rotest. Glover didn 't think th e protest was • legitimate. " I've see n it happen in other GPs when th ey hav e m uddy conditions," h e sa id . " I was stuc k o n the side of th e h ill , the bik e wa s faced backwards; 1 had 10 coast dow n to start th e bik e up. It was o n ly p roba bl y 15 ya rds a nd 1 was o ff 10 th e side of the co u rse." " I learned m y lesson last year abo u t trying to go reall y fast ," said Ba il ey ref erring to h is crus hed w heel a nd cr ash whi le lead in g he re a yea r ago. " T h is yea r 1 took a real co nse rva ti ve a p proach .. . 1 wa nted to wi n thi s race. " 250cc S upport O'Mara led th e start o f th e fir st moto with J ohn son, Don T urk (Hon) a n d P et e Mu rra y (M -S), in lO W. O'Mara, with J ohnson o n hi s ta il , quickl y pulled a way from th e res t o f the pack, lea ving Turk to d eal with Larry Broo ks. Brooks went into th ird at the beginning of lap three, but by this time, Joh nson a nd O 'Mara were o u t o f sig h t. Husqva rn a 's Mick y Dymo nd m o ved i nto fou rth be h in d Brooks. Abo u t midway int o the race O 'M a ra began to pull a way fro m J ohnson, th e tw o rider s far a head o f third place Bro oks. Dym ond wasn 't very close 10 Bro oks, a n d T urk wa sn ' t a th rea t 10 Dym ond as th ey sp rea d o u t o ver the co urse. Bu t a good ba ili e was shaping u p fo r th e sixth positi on bet wee n Mike Kell , Murra y a nd G ordon Ward. Kell fell way back at m id rn o to , lea vin g Murra y a n d Ward to d uel for the rem a in d er o f th e race. After severa l laps o f repeated a ttem p ts 10 pass Murra y, Ward fi nally made a pass stick on the fi nal la p to finish sixth beh ind T u rk, Dym o nd, Bro oks, J o h nso n a nd the wi n ner O 'M ara , T he sta rt of moto tw o aga in h ad O'Mara lead ing th e pack wi th T u rk , Johnson , Murra y a n d Bro oks close beh ind. J ohn son m o ved to seco nd very quickl y, a nd Bro oks was into th ird by the en d of the firs t la p. J oh n son co u ld n' t ge t a ny closer th an three seconds 10 O 'Mara , a n d things began to sp read o u t qu ite qui ckl y a mong Honda support rider M ike Fisher had a good fi rst-moto outing b y p lacing fifth and eventually finish ing 10th overall . the to p fo ur of O 'Mara, J ohnso n , Bro ok s a nd Turk. On ce agai n a bat tle shaped up beh ind them as Murra y was bein g p ress ured by Terry Fo wl er a n d Wa rd. For tw o laps, th is trio staved close, then Wa rd m o ved into sixth a s Fo w ler beg an to d ro p o ff the pace . O n la p eig h t, Wa rd wen t by Murray a nd in to fifth, selling the o rder fo r th e res t of th e race. O'Mara went o n to win big, lappin g up through six th p lace. J ohnson was seco nd a h ead o f Brooks, T ur k. Ward a n d Mu rr a y. . ' " I go t th e hol es hot both tim es a nd g ot a way from him ," said O'Mara a fter wa rds . " Yo u ca n ' t slouch o ff h ere a t all beca use the tra ck will take yo u real easy." • Re su lts MOTO O NE: 1. David Bail ey (Hon); 2 . Br oc Glo ver (Yam); 3 . George Jobs (Kaw); 4 . Dave Th orpe (Hon); 5. Mike Fisher (Hon); 6 . Andre Malherbe (Han); 7 . Eric Geboer s (Hon); 8. Leif Persson (Yaml; 9. Bill y Liles (Kaw ); 10 . Greg Zin erkopl (Han) . MOTa TWO: 1. Bailey; 2. Th orpe ; 3 . JoOO; 4 . Liles; 5 . Geboers; 6 . Malherbe; 7. Ku rt Nico ll (KTM): 8 . David Watson (Ha n I: 9. Scott Johnson (Yam); 10 . Ellis. 500cc OVE RALL: 1. David Bailey ; 2 . Dav e Tho rpe ; 3. Ge orges J obe 1170); 4 . Bi liV Liles; 5. Eri c Geboer s; 6 . And re M alherbe; 7. Brae Glover; B. J imm y Elli s; 9 . David W atson; 10 . M ike Fis her . UNOF FICIAL POINTS STAND ING : 1. Dave Thorp e (24 7); 2. Andre M alh er OO (232); 3. Eric Ge bo er s ( 18 5); 4 . GeorgesJoOO (17 0 ); 5 . Kurt Ni coll (134); 6 . Danny Chandler (8 9 ); 7 . A ndre V romans (KTMI; 8 . Joe Manens (73) ; 9. Jeremv Whatel ey (7 1); 10 . M ichie Magarono (67). 250c c SUPPORT: 1. J oh nn y O 'Mara (Han) 1-1 ; 2 . Rick John son (Yam ) 2 -2 ; 3 . La rry Brook s (Ho n) 3 -3 ; 4 . Don Turk (Ha n) 5 -4 ; 5 . Gordo n W ard (YamI6- 5; 6 . Pet e Murray(M -S) 7-6; 7 . Ter ry Fowler (Ho n) S·7; B. Damon Webb (Yam) 9 -8; 9 . Rob En gel (Yam ) 1 1· 9; 10. Rod Richardson (s uz) 12 - 10 . 15

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