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right thigh - " th e one 1 broke in Scheveni ngen" - a ge a r cha nge bent th ro ug h 90°, a bent frame, cooling fin s snap ped off th e engine, a nd clutch a nd brak e levers hanging o ff. With th e Husqvarnas a nd H onda m ounted G eboers al wa ys well back it was left to th e KTM rider s to chase th e th ird a nd fourth p laced Ka wasa ki riders. Dann y C ha nd ler was the first to make a m ove but co u ld n ever di sp lace Watson even before Ni coll go t past when he m ade a m is take. Two la p s lat er a back m ark er to ok Magoo out on th e hill and it was o n ly a brave effo rt which sa w him eve n sta rt ra ce tw o , th e Am erican bei ng in grea t p a in as th e crash aggrava ted h iv shoulder injury. Taki ng ad va mage o f the ear ly sort o u t to m ove up from a first-lap 10th , Ni coll th en spe nt a lmost the rest o f th e race following Watson. " It's n ext to im poss ible to pass round h ere. M y one good lin e for o vert a ki ng wa s up th e hill a n d Dav id was u sing th at to o. If h e h adn 't m ade a slip near th e end I'd still be behind him," said Ni co ll. Watson had lo st th e front wh eel when h e cl ip ped a p o st with th e bars a t a time when h e h ad design s o n Magarotto' s third p la ce and Nicoll 's effo rts to take i t a lso fail ed de spite a last ditch effo rt . Spectators didn 't kn ow wh ere to look in th e opening min utes of the seco n d rnoro a s Th orpe blazed through from the ba ck a n d Watson relived m emori es of th e 1980 M o to cr o ss d es Nations by leadin g Malh erbe for two-and-a-half laps. The fir st turn in cident had s ta rte d when Persson - " I was still a ngry about race o ne a n d forgot a bo u t th e we t grass in th e ex citement of m ak ing the start" - went d own in from of th e pack . Malherbe and Thorpe both got round him but Bri t Mervyn Ansrie was right behi nd th e Sw ed e and co uld not a vo id la u nch in g into th e air straight into Th orpe. Ansti e wa s soon o u t as Thorpe forced ba ck but Watson was flyi ng at th e fro nt. Of Watson's r ivals in th e points chase, Chandl er went ou t ea r ly, as expected , while Magarotto had to pull in after injuring hi s left leg at the firs t turn whi le Vromans a n d J o Marten s wer e both well behind in th eir battle for e ig h t h a gainst Kurt Ljungqvist, wh o was o nce aga in ver y impressiv e. But th e man o f th e ra ce w a s Thorpe! Malh erbe's first sig na l from wife Sabin e gave Thorpe's posit ion through t he gap in th e h edge as 20 seco nds bu t at th e e nd o f la p one h e was a lrea dy 14th. After o ne-a nd -a half laps he wa s eig h th a nd o n th e :h ird vi sit to th e hill he was fourth )e h ind J obe. By th e en d o f th at lap [harpe was a fte r Malherbe a n d next :i me ro u nd in the lead . Long befo re the e nd o f th eir ti tan ic uruggl e, made even hairier when a /o u ngster ran across th eir path a n d tumbled in m id- tr ack, both wer e -erv tired, but a t suc h a pa ce it was no urprt se. Un ce co u ld sy m p a t hi ze "ith j obe who had been so keen to h ow well but co u ld never se tt le to a h ythm , o n a tr ack m uch cha n ged rom ea rlier in th e d a y, a nd h e wa s iear lv two minutes behind a t the fini sh . lesults &0 DA. 500cc INTERCEPTOR BOX STOCK ROAD RACE SERIES 1985 l.!":l 00 0") .!flj~.,~ . Willow Springs Raceway Sunday, July 28 - "'000' 0" ' " This weekend make your plans to attend the HONDA 500cc INTERCEPTOR SERIES ROUND #5 Plus! See 12 AFM Club Races from 250cc GP to Full Blown 750cc Superbikes! BE THERE! See A Full Day Of AFM Road Racing Action! Gates Open 7:00 A.M. Admission $6.00 HONDA. FOLLOW THE LEADER Cycle News Ca lendar - Wh ere . Wh y, W hen &; H ow t o g el th ere, Esprit' fits you like a glove Fits your riding style. 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David Thorpe (Hon); 2. Andre Mal erbe (Honl: 3. Michel e Magarotto (Kaw); 4 . Kurt ico ll (KTM); 5. Dave Watson (Kawl; 6 . Me rvyn .n st ie (Ho n); 7 . Ku rt LjungqvisT (Hon) ; 8. Michael e utz (Yam); 9. Gerar d Rond(KTM); 10 . Jo M art en s i us); 11. Eric Gebo ers (Hon); 12 . Geoff Mayes ~ a w); 13. Ett ienne J aemers (Yam ); 14 . Walter ruhler (Kaw) ; 15. ChriSTophe Husser ISuz) . 2N D M OTa : 1. Malh erbe; 2 . Thorpe; 3. J obe; 4 . ic oll ; 5. W atson; 6. Vrom ans: 7. Geboer s; 8 . l art en s; 9 . Lju ngqvi st: 10 . Siegle; 1 1. Leif Persson 'am) ; 12 . Jaemers; 13 . Willie Simpson (Hus); 14 . lhnny Ponjee IKaw); 15 . Erwin Gabr iel (KTM). POINT STANDIN GS; 1. Thorpe (284); 2. M al her be 69); 3 . Geb oer s (1 99); 4 . Jo be (1 8 5); 5 . Nicoll 60); 6. (TIE) Cha ndler/ Vr oma ns (89); 8. M art en s ' 7); 9 . Ma garon o (82); 10 . Watson t78) . ~I'" Universal KnR 27