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an d ha d to d o it all again. , was go ing
for Ku rt, but' th ought I hea rd noises
from the rea r w heel on the last lap and
settled for sixth."
Bar tolini and Bernd Eckenbach had
ta ngled just a few me te rs o u t of the
ga te.
"We locked bars and I went d own,"
Bartolini sa id. "When ' got to 12th after
35 minutes, , could n' t even see the man
in front . I had to push so hard an d just
had nothin g left ph y si ca ll y wh en'
caug ht them in the las t tw o laps."
Race tw o was a su pe rb spectacle for
th e cro wd, with a titanic ba ttle lasting
half an hour between Smets, Johansson,
King and Nicoll, after they had mo ved
early lead er Mikke l Ca prani as ide a nd
wil d-ca rd entry jocke Karlsson had been
eli mina ted fro m an ea rly second by a
flat rear tire.
Johansson was in d eva stating form to
advance from seven th to tak e th e lead
fro m Smets after 1S minutes.
" I ha d so m e g rea t lines, a nd ' s aw
that' cou ld eas ily pass Joel," Johansson
sa id. " It was a g reat fee lin g to lead in
my hom e cou n try, and it made the pain
easier to forget , but I 'hit the wa ll' after
25 m inotes . I could n' t sta nd up on the
footrests anymore." He finished a brave
fifth.
The Swede's backward moveme nt
was the signal for Smets to ease open a
gap on the th reatening Ki ng, and
licoll's cha llenge faded agam at half an
hour- the same problems as race one.
Bartolini, a firs t-lap faller , then inherited third, but the mot or sounded terrible in the final laps and he almost fell
back into the clu tches of Nicoll.
Da rryll King was never higher .than
Tl th before his motor stopped.
"We don't know why yet," King said.
Parker was satisfied with eighth,
even though he was passed by compatriot Keith Bowen in the closing laps.
"My speed is good, but I don't hav e
enough race time yet , and I go through a
mental block after about 25 minu tes and
start making too many mistakes," Par ker said .
.
Bowen nev er really go t go ing in the
first, finishi ng 17th .
'" started around there and finish ed
there, too," Bowen said . "It see med like
nea rly everyone wa s go ing th e sa me
speed on the sa me dry line."
His second ride was much better, as
he pushed forward relentlessly from an
initi a113tli.
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Swedish 500CcGP
Uddevalla, Sweden
Resuhs: June 29, 1997 (Round 7 01 12)
MOTO 1: 1. [eel Sm~b CHbg); 2. Shayne Kin g
(KTM); 3. Pctcr [oha nsson (Yam) ; 4. Kurt Nicoll <
KTM);
5. Darryl! King (H U5); 6. James Marsh (KTM); 7. Erwin
Machtli ngcr (Ho n); 8. Iohan Boonen (KTM); 9, Andrea
Bartoli ni (Yam); 10. Fred n k Hedman (Hbg ); I t. Rup i
Walkner (KTM); 12. [onte Engd ahl (Ho n); 13. Willie Van
wesset (Hon); 14, Danny Th~'~ (KTM); IS, Cert 'a n
Van Doom (H on).
MOTO 2: 1. [oel Srnets (H bg): 2. Sha yn e King
(KTM); 3 And
B.trtul illi (Y"m );4 Kurt Nico ll (KTM);
5. r et M' Joh.tn. .-.on (Yam) ; 6. Erw in M.u-htl ing" O-fon);
7. Keith Bow en {KT\t> ; 8. Trampa s Parker (KTM ); 9.
Gert Jan Van Doom (Hon); 10. Millil CAprani (H U5);
11. Mab N ilsson ( K,aw); 12. [ohan Booncn U