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setti defea ted Domen ico Briga gli a by a sp lit second for six th . . Mart inez made no mistakes in the 80cc GP a nd ra n away with the rac e o n his Derbi, followed home by tea mmates Alejandro Criville and Manuel H erreros, m iles ahead of G abriel e Gna ni and G iusep p e Ascareggi. . The Derbis ha d things even easier than us ua l whe n their ma jor challen ger, Stefan Doerflinger, cras hed on la p six in the sa me place and in the sa me way as Martinez di d in the later l 25cc race, and then th eir only other rival, H em Torren tegui, was pressured into a cras h on lap 10, wh i l e challengi ng strongl y for second. T he sidecar p ilots were a ngry at havin g to race on Saturday, p referring to p lease th eir fans by racing o n Su nday than th eir sponsors by getting more TV tim e by raci ng th e da y before, and th ere was a pro test on the starting grid before a thrilling race (the only dry o ne of the weeken d ) got underwa y. . Rolf Biland was th e ear ly leader, pressed hard by champ io n Steve Webster, with the Swiss Zurb ruegg br oth ers in close attendance. In fact, Webster and Biland excha nged th e lead severa l times a lap , with the o ut braking ma neuvers having the small crow d's hearts in their mouths. T hen Allain Michel mov ed up to th e fron t with an even more daring bout of tire-smok ing braking, and ' the battl e raged three wa ys until the Fr en chman reti red with engi ne failure after 13 laps. By no w, Egbert Streuer had also joined in. Left o n th e line, he had lost three la ps in hi s pi t, bu t rejoined, waited for the leaders, and joined in th e battle. They didn 't know he was onl y pla yin g it up for the TV camera s, and th e stu nt cou ld have had nasty co nseq uences had anyon e tried too hard and cras hed. H e pi tted again, th en rejoined to fin ish 14th and las t. By th e end, it was just Webster and Biland wa y o u t front, and it seemed the Brit might hold on to the lead. But th e wil y Swi ss five-time World Champion was playing a wa iting game, and jetted into the lead on th e last lap, to win by almost two seconds. • Resu lts 500: 1. Kevin Schwantz (Suz); 2. Wayne Rainey (Yam); 3. Christian Sarron (Yam); 4. Eddie Lawso n (Yam); 5. Kevin Magee (Yam); 6. Pier -Francesco Chili (Han); 7. Didier de Radigues (Yam); 8. Wayne Gardner (Han); 9. Niall Mackenzie (Han); 10 . Shunji Vatsushiro (Han); 11. Rob McE/nea (So2); 12. Patrick Igoa (Vam); 13. Peter Schlee! (Han); 14. Ma rco Papa (Han); 15 . Michael Rudroff (Han). 500 POINT STANDINGS : 1. Lawson (105); 2. Gardner (85); 3. Rainey (82); 4. Magee (66); 5. Schwenn (64); 6. Mackenzie ( 60~ 7. Sarron (59 ); 8. De Radigues(421; 9. Chili (31 ); 10. McElnea(28). 250: 1. Lucs Cedalora (Vam); 2. Sito Pons (Han); 3. Juan Garriga (Yam); 4. Donn ie Mcleod (EMC); 5. Reinhold Roth (Han); 6. Martin W immer (Yam); 7. Jean Foray (yam ); 8. Anton Mang (Han); 9. Dom in ique Sarron ( H o n~ 10. H. 8radl (Han); 11. H. Becker (Yam); 12. H. Holder (Yam); 13. J .P. Ruggia (Yam); 14. P. casali (Gar); 15 . S. Caracchi (Han ). 250 PO/NT STANDINGS: 1. Pons (88 ); 2. Garr iga (83); 3. Corn u (58); 4. Sarron (53); 5. Mang (51); 6 . cada/ora (50); 7 . (TIE) Roth/Ruggia (48 ); 9. Shimizu (41); 10. McLeod (30). 125 : 1. E. Gianola ( H o n~ 2. J. Miralles (Han); 3. H. Spaan (Hon ~ 4. M . Herreros (Der); 5. A. Waibel (Wail. . 80 : 1. J . Maninez (Der); 2. A. Criv ille (Der); 3. M . Herreros lDe r); 4. G. Gnani (Gna); 5. G. Ascareggi (BBFT). SIDECAR: 1. R.8 ilan d! K. Waltisperg; 2. S. WebsterIT. Hew in ; 3. ZurbruegglZurbruegg; 4. ~ I • e N. • 00 00 O'l ........ ~ . ~ ...... <1) e :) ~ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROAD RACE SERIES · West German GP 500cc 1st Place - KEVIN SCHWANTZ 3rd Place - CHRISTIAN SARRON 250cc 1st Place - LUCA CADALORA 4th Place - DONNIE McLEOD AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MX SERIES - Mt. 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