Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Noyce had a very p oor start, roundin g the first lap in 13th position. T h e tall U K Honda rider th en p roceeded to pick off riders one by on e, finall y making a las t lap ch arge to try a nd pass Hudson and Semics. Bu t th e two stayed in position to th e fin ish a nd no more than two seconds separ- : a ted the three at the fin ish line. Noyce was still bo th ered by a knee in j ury sustained in the USG P at Carl sbad. Brad Lackey was happy wit h h is first moto win , but wanted more o f the same. "After I fell on tha t uphill , it was all a question of ma kin g up time. My strategy for the second mo ta : Do n' t fall ," he concluded em p ha ticall y. Pederson finis hed sixth a nd French cha m p Patrick Fura bro ught h is 1983 model-H usky in for sevent h . They 'w ere the last riders on the sa me lap as Lackey. Earlier in the day, Bad Brad had q ualified his RN82 Suzuk i firs t, ahead of teammate Vromans' nea rly identical mount. He was determined to put tha t speed advantage to good use. At the start of the second mota , it was Vromans leadin g the pack into tu rn one with Lackey, Hudson, Semics and Noy ce close behind. Two laps lat er, Vromans was holdin g off Lackey while Noy ce p assed Sem ics for third , followed by Hudson, Pederson, Ca n adia n Yam aha rider Terry H ofoss and Fura. While Lackey was settin g up 'to chase Vrornans, Noyce was having the same tholleh l ~hout h im . The smoo th riding English man was wi th in a few bikelengths of Lackey when a passing attempt led h im to fall , on the six th lap. H e go t bac k on board and on course but Lackey was now long gone and bot h Hudson and Semics had passed h im . Noyce repassed Semics on lap 13 and Hudson six laps later. Semics did the same on lap 20 and was hounding Noyce when he got a board signal not to pass Noyce, th e team's main asset in the title chase now. Sem ics o bliged, the signal being in tune with an agreement th e American rider has with Honda for the series. But the major u pset of th e weekend had already hi t th e crowd, which was 10,000 for th e two days. Out on the course, at th e bottom of a hill he had twice tried to escalate, was Brad Lackey, motionless, furio usly trying to bring his engin e back to li fe. " It was no use ," he later said. " T he rear shock had broken three laps before a nd I had first ri dden with a rigid rear end on fu ll ext ensio n and then o n a spring only, but it was over when the shock blocked the air intake to the engine. I cou ld never have fixed it." After lo ng minutes, Lackey pitched the bi ke sideways a n d walked back to the pits, while Vroma ns was heading for a first p lace fin ish and 15 valuable title points. . The two Suzuki riders sa y that there is n o wo rd from Suzuki that either one should give to the other, and both feel that th e three remaining rounds will be a fig h t to the finish, with only 10 points se parating Lackey in first and Vromans. - Results 1. An dre Vromans (Belgi un, - Suz); 2. Gary Semics (USA · Hon] : 3. Graham Noyce (GB - Hon); 4. Neil Hudson (GB· Yam); 5. Patr ick Fura (France · Hus); 6. Bo Edberg (Sweden - Hus ); 7. Tim Krogh (Canada Hon); 8. Ja n Verwaagen (Holl and - Hon); 9. Pierre Couture (Canada · Hon ); 10. Brad Lackey (USA Suz). 1st MOTa: 1. Lackey; 2. Vro mans; 3. Semi cs; 4. Hudson; 5. Noyce; 6. Pederso n; 7. Fura;8. Edberg; 9. Couture; 10 . Verwaagen. 2nd MOTa: 1. Vromans; 2. Noyce; 3. Semi cs; 4. Hudson; 5. Fura; 6. Edberg; 7. Hofoss; 8. Krogh ; 9. Verw aagen; 10. Berenyi. 500cc WORL D CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STA ND· INGS: 1. Brad Lackey (16 1); 2. Andre Vrom ans (151 ); 3. Neil Hudson (127); 4. Andre Mal herbe (121); 5. Graha m Noyce (109); 6. 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