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Marc Fontan formed the other three. Mamola was riding wi th his ha n ds ope n instead of wrapp ed aro u nd the clip-ons . " Ka taya m a tried to out-brake me th en went by about 50 m p h quicker an d almost took my front wh eel OUt. I know I could h ave stayed wit h Kenny, bu t m y hands were tingling so much a n d the bike was vibrating," he sai d. H e finished fifth overall an d sai d, " T h is race does a lot for my confiden ce." Uncini passed Sheene in a righth an der at the end of the straigh taway and it appeared that Sheene had lost p ower but that wasn't the case. " I hit a wet spot and got into a ta n k slap per. My head and knee hit the fairin g and broke the fairi n g mount an d I think I tw iste d the forks," said the popular English ma n. Once out fro nt it was just a ma tter of how large his margin of victory wo u ld be and for Uncini it was about eigh t seconds on Crosby who' d moved past Sheene and Robert s. Fifth went to van Dulmen wh o took sixt h in the ; overall results. . The show wasn 't over wi th Uncini ' in the lead as Roberts repea ted his ' ea rlier riding demo nstra tion when passin g Sheene on the eigh th lap. It was a good sp o t, but he still too k th ird to Crosby, but seco nd on th e victory podium . " T h e times fel t better in the second ha lf," said Crosby. "The tires were perfect. We just ha d to scoop a li ttle dirt out of the carbs from my run ning off the track to get' it ready and cha nge the fairin g." " We did almost nothing between hea ts," team leader Roberto G all ina said of Vncini 's lightning-fast Su zuki. " H e said it vi brated so me so we chan ged brake discs, then the' entire rear brake caliper came off all a t on ce on the last la p . All that was left was th e disc. "Somethin g was wrong with the bike because it vibrated a lo t, but there wer e no major problem s. I cha nged the tire because whenever you stop you need a new one, I wasn't su re if I should change tires until the secon d lap then I knew that th e new tire was better. When the rain came it cleaned the track." T h e race marked the halfway point in th e season for the 500 s wit h V ncini holding a three point advantage over Roberts 63 to 60. With the best combination on the track and wins in three of the last four races, alo ng with a third, Uncini looks like a better than even bet to gi ve Ga ll ina his second World Championship in a row . Alt hough he admits it wo n 't be easy, the friendly Italian has the confidence to take the title and th e look of a wi nner. .• I Results 50cc : 1. Stefa n Doerf li nger (Kre); 2. Euge nio Lazzarini (Gar); 3. Ricardo Torma (Tor); 4 . Gi useppe Asca regg i (Mi n); 5. Hans Hummel (Sac); 6. Claudio Lusuardi (Vii ); 7. Thea . Timmer (Bul); 8. Rei ner Sche idhauer (Kre); 9. Hans Spaan (Krei); 10 . Paul Rimm elzw aan (Rot). 125 cc : 1. Angel Nieto (Gar); 2. Eugeni o Lazzarini (Gar); 3. Pier Luigi Aldrovandi (M BA); 4. Hans Mu ell er (M BA); 5 . Ricardo Torma (San); 6. Ivan Palazzese (M B); 7. Je an-Claude Selini (M BA); 8 . Hugo Vignetti (San); 9. Ger hard Wa ibel (M BA); 10 . Johnny Wi ckstr oem (M BAI. 25Occ: 1. A nt on Mang (Kaw ); 2. J ean-Louis Tourn adre (Yam); 3. Jeffrey Sayle (Ar m); 4. J eanLoui s Gu ignabodet (Kaw) ; 5. Patrick Fer nandez (Biml; 6. Graeme Mc Gregor (Wad); 7. Ma rt in W im · mer (Yam); 8. Rola nd Freymond (M BA); 9. Thi erry Espiue (Per); 10 . Gabr iel Grabia (Yam). 35Occ : 1. Jea n· Fra ncois Balde (Kaw ); 2. A nton Mang (Kaw); 3. Al an North (Yam); 4 . Patr ick Fer nandez (Bim ); 5 . Chr ist ia n Sarr on (Yam); 6. Gustav Reiner (Bi m); 7. Er ic Saul (Che); 8 . Tony Head (Yam); 9. Pierre Bolle (Yam); 10. Reina Eskelin en (Yam I. 500cc 1. Fran co Uncini (Suz); 2. Kenny Roberts (Yam); 3. Barry Shee ne (Yam); 4. Gra eme Crosby (Yam); 5. Randy Mamola (Suz); 6. Boet van Dul men (Suzl; 7. Kork Balli ngt on (Kaw); 8 . Takazum i Katayama (Han); 9 . Marc Font an (Yam); 10. Raymond Roche (Suz). WORL D CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STAND INGS : 1. Uncini (63) ; 2. Roberts (60); 3. She ene (4 6); 4 . Crosby (34); 5. Spencer (22); 6. Lucchinelli (18). SIDECAR: 1. Biland / W alt isperg (Yam); 2. M ichel/ Burkard (Yam); 3. Schwaezel/Huber (Yam ); 4. Thomas/Frese (Yam); 5. Stee uer /Sch neider (Yam ); 6. Taylor / Johanssen (Yam ); 7. Bingham/Bin gham (Yam); 8. Gieseman/ Riedel (Yam); 9. Berg er/ Berger (Yam); 10. Mo nnin/ Kalauch (Yam). - • • : ... : • ' _ '_ .. ~ ~ I ... S t ROUND 5 AMA 125cc S HI P NATIONAL CHAM PION 6/27/82 Binghamton, NY JOHNNY O 'MARA Honda on DUNLOP 2nd Mark Barnett Suzuki on DUNLOP The top 5 finishers rode DUNLOPS. Way to Go. O-SHOWI Coming back stateside and continuing you r w inning waysl Tha nks for choosing DUNLOP. . I ~ !!~!!!f:!!~ I "' , 13