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Cycle News 1986 07 16

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T.am Lucky Strike Roberts' Randy Mamola rod. a Yamehe to score his first World Championship 600cc Road Race Grand Prix win of 1986 in Spa, B.lgium on July 6. Mamola beat Marlboro Yamaha's Eddi. Lawson by 17 seconds In the r.ln-sodd.n GP. Third plac. w.nt to Frenchm.n Christi.n Sarron (Y.m) with Australian W.yn. Gardner (Hon) .nd Engli8hman Rob McElnea (Yam) rounding out the top fiv•. T.xan Kevin Schwantz (Suz) scored his first-.ver World Championship point with his 10th place finish. Lawaon still leads the championship with 84 points to Mamola's 74 and G.rdner·s 72. M.mol.·s teamm.te. Mik. Baldwin. crahed his Yam.ha .t the La Source hairpin. rejoined the rae., but later retired with • seized .ngin•. Spaniard Sito Pons (Hon) moved into second in the 250cc Road Race World Championship with his win in Belgium on July 6. Pons beat England's Donnie McLeod and Jacques Cornu to take advantage of championship leader Carlos Lavado's (Yam) first-lap crash. Lavado's 72 points leads Pons' 62 in the championship standings. The 125cc race in Belgium saw Domenico Brigaglia (Ducados) take the win while Faus Gresini inherited the championship lead when Luca Cadalora dropped out of the race. In qualifying for the Belgian Gl'llnd Prix. Eddie Lawson broke his1986 lap record with a 2:28.26 lap. Lawson said he didn't want totak. the chance of staying with MamoIa in the l'IIiny GP. but said. "W. were styling in the dry," -- Former motorcycle jumper Eve\ Knievel recently was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri for allegedly soliciting an undercover policewoman who was posing as a prostitute. according to newswire reports. Police said Knievel. 47. was charged with soliciting for immoral purposes'and was released after posting $500 bond. Knieve\'s court date is September 10. 2 Kawauki's Georges Jobe (1-11 won the French round of the 500cc World MotOcrou Championship in Chateau-du-loir. Frence. on July 6. Eric G.boer. (Honl fini.heef second OV81'1111 with a 2-3 while teammate Andre Malherbe (3-41 finished third. Champion.hip lead.r David Thorpe put together a 9-2 tally allowing Malherbe to close to within two points in the championship chase 229-227. G.boers h.. 207 points to Jobe's 184 and K... van dar VlII'I's 162. Slots remain open for motocrossers who wish to compete in the July 19 Mickey Thompson Grand Prix in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Interested racers should call 818/359-5117. Kawasaki's Ninja 600RX Limited Edition fe.tures.n .bony paint schem. and an aluminum fram.; the bike is expected to be on the m.rk.t in June. Th. AugUst 9-10 WERA R.gion.1 Sprint roed rac••t Talladega Gl'llnd Prix Raceway in Talladega. Alabama has baan r.scheduled for Augl!st 16-17. Th. rac. includ.s Suzuki GSXR Cup S.nes.nd Honda Interceptor 500 S.ri.s events. Regularly scheduled speedway races at Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. California will not be held on Friday. J uiy 18 due to a conflict with Orange County Fair events; the every-Friday-night speedway schedule will resume on July 25. Trick Racing G.soIin. has posted .1760 in contingency awards for Pro cl..... at the NMA Yamaha Grend N.tional Championship motocross scheduled for August 410 at Ponca City, Oklahom•. Pro class overall winners will earn .260 if they meet the t.rms of the contlng.ncy progr.m. Mor. information is.vail.ble from Trick .t 6191 281-9133. The USA vs. The Rest of the World Americans Cup Budweiser Challenge speedway race scheduled for Ascot South Bay Stadium in Gardena. California will .see 1984-1985 World Speedway Champion Erik Gundersen lead a team of seven top European speedway stars against a U.S. team on July 31. The Europeans. organized by six-time World Champion Ivan Mauger, will include 1976 World Champion Peter Collins of Great Britain. Swedish ational Champion Jan Andersson, West German Champion Klaus Lausch. Italian Armando Castagna. Finnish Champion Kai Nt-imi and Roman Matoust"k of C..zechoslovakia. The Amerir.m team will be made up of the seven riders who score the most points at regular Thursday night South Bay Stadium speedway racing in the next three weeks. The r.ined oUt June 7 AMA R.gion.1 ha" mB••t N.zarath Raceway in N.zal'llth, Pennsylvania h.s been rescheduled for August 19 at 7: 30 p.m.•nd more information is • vaileble from 216/769-0631. Pleasant Hill, California's Allan SCOll has entered the 125cc class at the August 3 British World Championship Grand Prix in Silverstone. England. SCOll, the 1983 AFM I25cc GP champion on Sport Video·sponsored equipment, will ride an EMC 125 with a Rotax engine tuned by Dr. Joe Ehrlich. Prince Charles and Princess Diana were presented with a Kew...ki Concours during a recent visit to the Kawasaki plant in Japan. . C.n-Am·s Geoff Balard won his third ISDE two-d.y qualifier this season in Livingston. T.nn...... July 6-6. Ball.rd captured the overall .ft.r be.ting second over.11 finish.r nm Shepard. riding • Y.maha VZ260.Third overal went to Husqvarna rid.r Ed Lojak. Ballard won the 600cc c1... a. well, while Shepard and Cagiva's Duane Summers locked up the 260 .nd 126cc cIus wins. Beta riders Scott Head and Ryan Young split National Trials wins in Thielman. Minnesota, July 5 and Hixton. Wisconsin, July 6. Head captured the win in Thielman over Yamaha rider Jack Stites, Fanticmounted Steve McNeil, Young and Morgan Kavenaugh (Beta). In Hixton. Head suffered his first loss since 1984. placing second to Young. Sites finished third ahead of Honda rider Don Sweet and Beta-mounted Steve Faracey. Th. Bure.u of Land M.n.gem.nt is looking for. people to sit on the Californi. D.sert District Advisory Council from January 1987 through Dec.mber. Nomin.tions ar. due byJuly 31; for mor. information 'Contact the BlM .t 1695 Spruce St.•. Riverside, C.lifornia 92507. Round two of the Historic Motocross Challenge Series will by held at DeAnza Cycle Park in Sunnymead, California. on July 20. The race, hosted by the CZ Owners Club and the California Vintage Racing Group. will feature a special class for Greeves Motocross Specials and Hawkstone Scramblers, marking the 2!nh anniversary of their introduction. The event is pan of the regular SMX program; for more information call Rick Nabers at 714/662-7377. Th. July 3 AMA/MotoWorid U.S. Endul'llnc. Road R.cing Series Paul Revel'll 250.t D.ytona International Sp••dw.y in Daytona Beach, florida was rained out with only qu.lifying heat l'llces compl.t.d. T.am Hamm.r·s Doug Toland qu.llfied on the pole for the 2&O-mlle night rac. by winning thlf seven-I.p GTO (over 600ccl class h••t rac. W.dnesd.y night. July 2. beating T••m lockhart'• W.nd.11 Phillips. E.th.rt.y R.cing's Jeff H.ino and Cycl. Tech R.cing·s Dan Chlvington. Team Sunset's P.t.r Carroll won the GTU .(undar 600ce1 he.t rec. to qualify 46th on the grid. Th. rac. has be.n r.sch.dul.d for October 19, with team grid positions, .ntry fees .nd the balance of the purse (.18,000) carried over until than.

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