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no plans to settle for eight points and he closed steadily on h is tea mmate, passin g him at half distance. From then, Noyce 's challenge faded and he allowed Suzuki's duo of Lackey an d Vromans to relega te h im to sixth at the flag - a safe dista n ce ahead of T horpe who, n evert h eless, was closin g the gap. It seemed as if it was to be Car lqv ist's day , with the big Swede cro wnin g his fight for fitn ess with a superb en d-to-end winjn the opener. An d, as he took the lead at the start of th e secon d race, a two-leg victory lo oked on the cards. Vromans was righ t with hi m , however, and stuck to h is tire tracks li ke gl u e for three laps before divin g past an d quickly pulling away. Carlqvist had clearl y started to run ou t of .steam and Malh erbe, Hudson, T h orpe and Lackey passed him in quick succession before di saster h it the Swede. " I was passing a back marker when he ch a n ged his line," he sa id. " I h it hi s front wheel , fell and ca u ght m y ha n d in his rear wheel." The middle finger of Ca rlqvis r's ri gh t hand wa s broken in th e spill a nd most of th e nail was taken off, for cin g him to q uit the race for hospi tal treatment. Belgian rivals Vromans a n d Mal her be took over the leadershi p ba ttle , with Malherbe slowly reelin g in th e Suzu ki rider before passing. Wi th in two laps, Malherb e had a safe four second lead which he held to the fla g. With Malherbe in front , Lackey desperately needed p oin ts to safeg uard h is ser ies lead and as Vromans dro p ped his pace and allowed Malherbe to get past, Lackey also closed up quickly and sn a tched second. " I cou ldn't get into my rhythm fast en ou gh , bu t once I got going every th in g was fine ," said Lackey. " Last week it was ma ch ine problems, th is week rider problems." Neil Hudson was again a vict im of La ckey' s determ in a tion. From fifth at th e start, H udso n moved .in to a go od third place behind the Vro rnansMa lher be duel bu t could not hold the ha rd-ri d in g America n at bay an d fin ished in fourth spot to chalk up a typically consistent 4-4 resu lt for 16 po ints, wh ich sees him the only Briton sti ll right in with the front run ners , on ly a p oi nt adrift of third p lace ma n Vro mans. Afte r h is first race p ro blems, T horpe was intent on gettin g aw ay fro m the line a nd he shot int o th ird pl ace . He managed to stay in front of Malherbe for on ly four laps. h owever. and was then pushed dow n to fifth by Hudson and Lackey in q u ick . succession. Graham No yce was neve r in touch with the leading bun ch . how ever , an d could only im prove on his first la p 12th by degr ees as he inched up for another sixth. this ti me beh ind T hor pe. Both Thorpe a nd Noyce now need good results in Am erica a nd Ca nada to avoid dropping out of th e leadersh ip running altogeth er. American Gary Semics turned in an oth er good performa nce to follow Noyce through and didn' t drop lower th a n eighth all race. while French Husqvarna rider Pa trick Fura a nd Italian Franco P icco (Yam) added to their own points collection with two scoring rides each. • - ~ .• R a c ing Products AGO! 9 Carlsbad, CA Sunday, USG 2 SOOcc June 20 A Y" MAGOO" CHANDLER 1s t OVERALL ' Dan ny "M agoo" C hand ler is already a motocross legend that has won the hearts of spectators across the country with his high flyin g aggressive riding style . It's only fitting that his first major victory be America 's most prestig ious MX, the Un ited States 500cc Grand Prix. Danny really wanted this one and he proved it by being the fastest man at Carlsbad on race day. 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