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lap la ter a nd Ma mola was in fourth a hea d of MacKenzie and th e finish ing order of th e top five was set. " From the ha lfway point my times were as good as Way ne's, " Ma mo la said. H e went on 10 explain that he was using a new Dunl op U K handbuilt front tire that he felt was be tter th an the Michelin. The problem , he explained, is that hand building a tire is' a less exact science than mass- ' producing one so it was possible that it was slightly mal-formed. Mac Kenzie, whose rid in g st yle heavily favors usi ng the front end, was having tire problems of his own when Mamola approached. "Just when he passed me my rear tire was going off. H is bike was a li ttle faster than mine. A backmarker got between us and he got a ga p. 1 was rea lly worried abo ut th e front. I tried 10 conserve it a t th e end because th e rear was knackered," th e Scotsman sai d. With five la ps to go Gardner's margin was under four seconds with Lawson turning his fastest lap of the race a 2:09.04 (93.5 11 mph ). A lap la ter and th e ga p was under th ree seconds with La wson speeding up as Gardner slo wed down. At the end Lawson had him in his sigh ts, but came up sho rt by 1.87 seconds. Taira was 17.05 beh ind th e winn er with Ma m o la re co veri n g to just 2.01 seconds behind Taira. MacKenzie was II seconds back in fifth wi th th e . charging Ya tsushiro passing Sarron for six th on th e fin al lap . Sarron was ha ving tra ction problem s a t both ends a nd he tr ied to compensa te by adj ust ing the suspension with a kn ob located on th e left clip-on. " I could on ly turn it o n the straigh t," he said, "A nd if it wasn' t right I needed fo ur laps 10 turn it back th e o ther way . Anywa y, the o n ly thing I wa nted to do was fini sh without cras hi ng and I mad e it." McElnea wou ld finis h eigh th ahead of Chil i a nd Ro thrnans H onda 's Roger Burnett. " I got go ing a little too late," Lawson ad m itted . " I still don 't ha ve th e co nfi dence in the front en d. 1 co uld ca tch Wayn e on the brakes, bu t he had clean er bottom end power a nd he would pu ll me from th e ape x on. It 's fru stra tin g 10 see him in there then pulling on the throttle and watching him make time on you . T he H onda pulls from abo ut 6000 rpm. Ours hi ts a lot harder and a lot later. H e has th e ri~ht com bi natio n and he's rid in g tt well. H e' s using it 10 his full po tential. T hat's why I feel good abo ut my ride today because I closed o n him at th e end. " .Gardner said th a t he was " Ri d ing a little too easy a t th e end. T he rear tire was starting 10 go away a little bit. T he front was no problem. 1 tried to mak e as much tim e as possibl e and then Edd ie go t h is ac t together. It was pIus-four, p lus-five and it got down to pl us-th ree, but th at was towa rd the end. It might ha ve looked easy, but it was n't." • PJl OILS TAKE 13 G.N.C. .TITLES' AT PONCA CITY As t he dust settled and the c heckered flags flew. it was the following PJ1 Facto r y Pi lo ts dom i na t i ng the ir competition because of the horsepower advantage they get w he n they use PJ 1 Goldfire Pro two-stro ke oi l and PJ1 Octane Plus gas engergizer. PJ1 world c las s oils an d lu b ri c a n t s are" designed and proven for high performance and long lasting ' reliability that will always take you to the checkered flag and beyond! UThe Time to Switch to P J 1 is Now!" 60ee Stk. 9- 1-1 83ee Mod. Int. 1-2+ 1St JEFF DEMENT 125ee Mod Int. 1st COLIN EDWARDS 1st RICK SIMMET 60ce Mod. 9-11 83 Mod. Ex. 12+ 1st EZRA LUSK 125ee Stk. Pro 1st JEFF EMIG 1st MIKE LaROCCO 83ee Stk. 9-11 SuperMini 105ee 12+ 1st EZRA LUSK 1st JEFF EMIG 83ee Mod. 9-11 SuperMini 105ee 9-11 1st JEFF DEMENT 83ee Mod. 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