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"""""""'------!"-------.. -, 'S1tiIt,~\!er. bb' c'~lhei tTash oh.:;·-;·.,.,......-"""'.....- - -...- -..... the last lap while running third. Lawson's margin of victory was six seconds, Anton Man~ (Hon) beat Carlos Lavado (Yam) In a very close 250cc race. with Jean Francois Balde (Hon) third. Stephen Dorflinger won the 80cc class on a Krauser. , . ............ With his win at the Italian Grand Prix, Eddie a...waon leeds the 600cc Road Rec:ing World Championship point standings with 27. Randy Mamoae and Mike Baldwin ara tied for second with 20 each, and Australian Wayne Gardner is fourth with 15 points. Anton Mang and Carlos Levado are tied for the 260cc points lead with 27 each. Eddie Lawson won the 500cc race at the May 18 roundofthe World Championship Road Racing Series. the Italian Grand Prix in Moma, Italy. Randy Mamola and Mike Baldwin finished second and third to make it an American sweep, all three riding tobacco-company-sponsored Yamaha V-fours. Spanish Grand Prix winner Wayne Gardner was clipped on the starting grid and finished 16th. outof the points. after replacing a broken According to Sears Point Baule of The Twins winner Gene Church. Harley-Davidson may build a superbike racer. "They've got to get a good frame," Church said after his victory May 17 in Sonoma. California. "If they can get good lap times, Harley will build as many as it takes. 25, according to the AMA. I think we can be competitive in Superbike. There's only four or five real fast guys in Superbike. If you could finish in the top 10 on a Harley that'd be a showing." Unofficial early results My that John Martin rode a 200cc CanAm to win the two-day AMA Reli· ability Triels/lSDE QueIifier Sari.. round in ROM City, Michigan on May 17-18, topping Lerry Roe...... (Hus) and Geoff Bel..rd (CA). Official results were delayed by the theft of an IMII1t official's The Sen Diego, California P"nning Commluion voted 8-0 May 18 to approve the San Diego Intem8tionel RiIc:ewny, a combination superspeedway end paved road COUrM with an adjacent motocross trKk and off-road dirt coune. Construction of the trKk is expected to Start soon. Keith Chrisco cIernonatrnIs the Iatnt in frame-straightening techniqun following a collision with the tum-three creahwaH during A.cot South Bay Stadium speedwey racing in Gardena, California. o in ; § Ul ~ ~ ~ car, which contained the scoring computer; the car and computer were found in a pond. "ter Defending 250 and 500cc World Champion road racer Freddie Spencer remains sidelined with the tendonitis problem which forced him to pull out of the season opening Spanish GP on May 4. "The (right) wrist jut hasn't gotten any beuer since Spain," said Spencer ina phone conversation from his Shreveport. Louisiana. home. "Now it's similar to tennis elbow. It is so swollen that it's restrictive to the point where Ican'tsqueeze a brake lever." Spencer said he'd taken a spin on a street bike on Tuesday, May 13, and realized he couldn't compete in the May 18 Italian GP. After justa few minutes or riding, the wrist began to swell and the following day the elbow of his right arm was also swollen. "I'm going to Austria (for the June 8 Austrian GP) no matter what condition the wrist is in, ,. Spencer said, adding that Honda was recommending he see a specialist in Vienna. Spencer feels he still has a shot at successfully defending his 500cc GP title (he opted not to compete in the 250cc GP class this year). "With Wayne (Gardner) dropping out of the Italian GP, I still can¥in the title if Eddie (Lawson) misses a race," said Spencer. Rothmans will sponsor Honda Cenede'. 1988 roed racing effort in Cenede, with Art RobbiN riding an RS600 Formula One triple. Robbins, 26, has been Canadian Champion in both . . . . .; he'll be joined by mechanics Stu Shew and Pat Daly in the effort, which will include s.ven Canadian Nationals. 4 According to Ro~er Edmondson of the AMA Championship Cup Series and U.S. Endurance Road Racing Series. entries for the Paul Revere 250 scheduled for Daytona International 1la£_ayon.JIlly.S balVebeeR mailed - to teams currently running the endu· rance series; other interested teams should contact Edmondson for entry forms; entries dose June 1. Edmondson also said that 40 post-entry spots are available for the 5OO-kilometer endurance race scheduled for Brainerd. Minnesota on May 31. and that a recent AMAlCCS mailer erroneously listed June 19-20-21 as the dates for a rider school and race weekend at Blackhawk Farms, Illinois; the correct dates are June 20-21-22. More information is available from Edmondson at 704/684-4297. Asked about his plans following his Formula One win at Seers Point, four-time road racing World Champion Kork Bellington said he planned to finish the 1986 Camel Pro F-1 Serin with Maclean Racing, and maybe do another season of racing in the U.S. "I'm not desperate to get beck into GP racing," ..id Bellington, who won the 260cc end 36OccWorId Championships in 1978 end 1979. Joey Osowski beat Mark Mastrangelo in a battle of Suzuki GSXR II oos to win the Open GSXR Cup Series round at an AAMRR road race in Pocono. Pennsylvania on May 18; Mark Bougas topped the 750cc GSXR Cup Series race with Dave Sadowski second and Fred Renz third. all on Suzuki GSXR750s. John Ramsey won the Honda VF500F Interceptor Series race, with Silas Hiscock second and Steve Lombardo third. The races were run on the new 1.25-mile track configuration at Pocono International Speedway. Sander Avant suffered a severely broken leg May 10 while leeding his c.... in a WERA regionelenduranee race at Green Valley Race City, neer North Richland Hilla in T..... Five hours of SUlll8rY were required to repeirthe break. which wiU keep Avent out of action from four to ... months. a..u.ra end