Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Michele Fanton. On the th ird lap, J oh nson dem oted Georges J obe for eigh th, a nd then started to make tracks wh ich lif ted him to thi rd ahead of Stanton by a half di stance, A lap lat er Ge boers d o ve past Dymond for th e lead and was clearly inte nt o n revenge for hi s Nij mege n defea t. as he moved away. J ust a co up le of lap s from th e fini sh Johnson caught a nd passed Dymond for second bu t defeat seemed assure d u nti l a fantastic late lap charge took him o nto th e Belgian's rear wheel. Four turns fro m th e fini sh Geboers turned on th e gas too ear ly in a turn, th e rear wh eel steppe d o u t a n d J ohnson pounced for yet another superb victo ry. After usin g a new line over th e spec tacu lar hillside jump to dem ote his rivals one after th e other, Strijbos was building up for a late challenge to Sta n ton's fourth u nti l he lost the front wh eel a lap and a half/from the end -and saw all of h is fin e work negat ed, as he d ropped down to seventh again . . Race two was less excit ing as Geboers and J ohnson quickly passed Fanton for th e lead a nd aft er five laps th e Ameri can assumed his cus tomary place at th e front. A minor error l ate on meant Geb oers had to battle hard to repul se Dymond as a ll three Hondas finished close together with Strijbos a lone fourth ahead of a close battle for fifth which Bowen even tually headed with a lat e pass o n Pederson as the Suzuki tr io of Tichenor, Bartolini and Rinaldi pushed them hard. Rinaldi led the third m ot o away but Johnson took him on a climb at the start of lap .two , only to be caught napping by the Italian who swept back around the outside a few turns later. Johnson quickly took control again, however, but he could never relax as Strijbos charged past Dymond, j obe, Pederson a n d Rinaldi to give chase. j ob e, eliminated from th e second race with a front puncture, spent the entire race biting at Pederson 's rear wheel, but Dymond had passed th em bo th before hi s cras h 10 minutes from the end. . The H onda had skittered back down to th e base of th e climb in th e in cident and by the tim e Dymond had recovered ' hi s mount, he was down to 12th and needed to make two pl aces to rescue third overall from Pederson. Geboers had lost all chances of a 'ro str um place on th e second lap when Dolce had lost his bal ance as the Belgian dov e inside him and the Italian was dragged down a steep drop with his left arm caugh t between Geboers ' rear wh eel and fender. Dolce had to seek medical atten tion to his arm and Geboers was a hopeless last before he could rejoin th e ra ce. Entering the last lap, Dym ond had caugh t up to the four-way battle for seventh between Tichenor, Bartolini, Dirkx and Bow en. H e demoted th e last-n am ed two to ensure th ird overa ll , but he would have needed th e di stant Corrado Maddii to beat Strijb osfor second on th e day. Only Mik e Fisher and Tom Carson of th e Stateside contingent failed to record a top 10 fini sh during th e da y. The 20-year-old from San Diego wh o ha s just signed on for Kawasaki R&D to help develop T eam Green's 1989range, Fisher had been provided with "a worn out heap of crap" by a local dealer. After wooing the fans with spectacular acro ba tics in the Saturday training, Fisher was eliminated from the first race with piston damage after sucking in dirt through a defective inlet gasket. .A reserve motor was produced, but after a hasty change in the short break the Italians admitted that this already had some It's time to meet Vance & Hines Motorcycle Centers. 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