it would've been foolish of m e to try
to keep him ba ck by pushin g too
hard in the next tu rn . Erik was faster
th an me today, an d I kn ew that
Ni co ll was in trouble so 17 points
were enough."
With Carlqvist eliminated on th e
start line with a broken piston a n d
Persso n ba ck in th e p its after getting
i a leg ca ugh t in a riv al 's rear wheel,
Vehkonen wa s a lo nel y fifth , the
pro spect o f a cha ll en ge from Nicoll
at half di stance having di sappeared
when th e Championsh ip number
two took a tumble wh en Nicoll took
a handful of throttle at the wrong
tim e and went down hard o n th e
treacherous surface. He had to be
treated for severe grazing to hi s right
forearm aft er recovering from 12th
to eig h th in th e closing laps.
Ah ead of him wer e Banks, making
up partl y for hi s first ra ce disappointment, with Ljungqvist seventh
as he graduall y recovers co n fide nce.
Lil es was o n the leaderboard from
th e sta rt bu t was soon o u t with a rear
Oat.
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* IN MEMORIUM *
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO TED BOODY • • • AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AND SPORTSMAN
WHO WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL, MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU TED.
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World Championship
125cc MX Series: Round 4
Strijbos strikes
in Austria
SC HWANENSTADT, AUSTRIA ,
MAY I
Fra nce's Jean -M ichel Bayle
and H oll and's Dave Strijbos
con tin ued their dogfight for
th e 125cc World Championship ti tle in Austria, trading 1-2 moto
scores, wi t h Strijbos ta ki ng the
overall victory via his tie-b reaking
seco nd m ot a win.
H onda 's Ba yle was the rider to beat
foll owing morning' s tim ed practice,
and Ba yle co m p le tely sco rched the
competiti on in th e first m oto , bea tin g seco nd -p lac e S trij bos b y 21
seconds. T hird pl ace, a p p ro ximately
20 seco n ds beh in d Strij bos was
.M assirno Co n tin i, th en came Pedro
Tragter a nd Pat rick Dema ria:
World 500cc Champion, Hondamounted Georges J ob e didn 't ha ve
a good ride , su fferi ng p roblem s and
winding up ta ki ng 19th ,
At th e start o f the second moto,
J ob e went down in the first turn ,
wi th Cagiva 's Strijbos ma naging to
avo id h itti ng h im. H owever , Ba yle
was n't as fortunat e. Bayle crashed
into j o be th en crash ed again later
o n w h ile trying to gai n time on
leader Strijbos .
Strijbos a lso went down late in th e
ra ce which a llo wed Bayle to catch
within 10 seconds of th e leader, a nd
wit h in five seco nds by th e tim e th e
checkered flag dropped. J obe ba tt led
back to finis h 10th.
Am er ican Bo bby Moore rode practice bu t decided not to rid e becau se
of an in jured ankle. H e dro p ped
fro m fo urth to sixth in the standings.
T ragter 's thi rd on th e day p ut hi m
in th ird in poin ts, fo llowed by Mika
Kouki a n d J ob e.
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Res ults
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0 / A : 1. Davo Str ijbos (Cagl 2- 1; 2. J ean -Mi ch ol
Baylo (Han) 1-2 ; 3. Podro Tragt er (Han) 4 -4 ; 4.
Massimo Conti ni (Cag) 3 -6; 5. Mike Heal oy (Cag)
7-5; 6, Pas. Hagstrom (Kaw ) 9 -7; 7. Mika Ko uki
(Yam) 0 -3; 8. A lain Lejeune (Han) 6·1 3; 9. Corra do
Maddi (Han) 12-9 ; 10 . Edwin Evensen (Han) l O11.
POINT STAN DINGS: 1. Bayl o (146); 2. Str ijbos
(144); 3. Tr agtor (9 3); 4 . Job o (62); 5. Kouki (6 2);
6. Bobby Moore (59); 7. Borvoots (47); 8. Cont in i
(43); 9.Lojoune (39); 10. Puzar (37).
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