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bra kin g, with the bandages," said Crosby. . And move he d id, cutting throu gh the pack and settin g the fastest la p wi th a n average of 116.43 m p h . He m oved up on and passed Katayama lat e in the race before Katayama retired wi th crankshaft failure on the th reecylin der Honda. Back and fort h they went with Reggian i esta blishin g h imself in fourth ah ead of Mamola and Ferrari.Balling ton wo u ld end u p in seventh ahead of Fonta n . It was the best finish of the year for Reggiani and Ferrari tied the best for Mamola. " Ferr a ri impressed me the most," th ird-p lace finisher Cros by sai d. "And R andy's coming through , bu t a little late." Crosby's bandaged han ds h urt so much that he refused to sha ke h an ds with anyone as blood seeped th ro u gh the bandages. For his va lian t efforts he was awarded the Man of th e Meeting award before a standing ovation by the 55,000 strong cr owd. "T h a t was rea lly tough goin g, bu t th ere was no way that I was going to quit. I'm a big tough lad and I don 't cry, but I must say my eyes wer e wa ter in g a bit," the popu lar New Zealander said. Second place was all Spencer's with seven seconds in hand a t the fin ish. T he Shreveport , Lou isiana, na tive ro de a superb race, bu t was down on power to the lig h tn in g-fast Suzukis. "T h e Suzukis were abou t 8 mph faster th an m in e on top end accordin g to the radar gu n . I tried to draft Ferr ari, but I couldn't even stay in his draft. I didn 't realize that I go t so fa r beh in d the m at the start". I was wa tch in g the p it boa rds an d saw I was 4 then 3 the n 4 seconds behin d Fran co. Bu t Fra n co ran a good race," sai d " Fast Freddie." " T hey sh ow ed me Freddie's p osi tio n th ro ugho u t the race," U ncini sta ted. " And th ey showed me tha t Ken ny stop ped. But he's always dangero us. I still think h e has a ch a nce a t th e cham p ionshi p . I didn 't ride this race safely but I won it. It wa s very bad a t the start beca use we d idn ' t kn ow what tir es to use , but we stayed wi th .slicks. (The top four fin isher s were Mic he lin-mounted .) I am very ha p py to h ave wori , but it is sad th a t Kenny and Barr y are both inj u red . I feel that I ha ve one hand on the • ch am p ionsh ip ." Result s 125cc: 1. Angel Nieto (Gar); 2. Ricar do Torm e (San); 3. Pier Paolo Bia nchi (San); 4. Eugeni o Lazzarari ni (Gar); 5. Ivan Palezzese (M BA); 6. Pier L Aldr ovandi (M BA); 7. Hans Muller (M BA); 8. August Aui nger (M BA); 9. Bruno Kneubuhler (M BA); 10. Will Perez (M BA). 25OCc: 1. Martin Wimmer (Yam); 2. An t on Mang (Kaw l; 3. Jean- Louis Tourn adre (Yam); 4. Roland Freymond (M BA ); 5. Jean Guig nabod et (Yam); 6. Thierry Espie (Yam); 7. Paolo Ferr etti (M BA); 8. Carlos Lavado (Yam); 9 . Christian Estrosi (Yam); 10 . Didier De Radigues (Yam). . 35OCc: 1. Jean-Francoise Balde (Kaw ); 2 Didier De Radigues (Yam); 3. A nt on Ma ng (Kaw ); 4. Carl os Lavado (Yam); 5. Chris tian Sarro n (Yam); 6. An dy W an s (Yam); 7. Danny Robinson (Yam); 8 . Tony Head (Yam); 9. Pekka Nur mi (Yam); 10. Stell e Tonkin (Arm). 500c c: 1. Franco Uncini (Suz); 2. Freddie Spencer (Ha n): 3 . Gra eme Crosby (Yam); 4. Lor is Reggiani (Suz); 5. Randy Ma mola (Suz); 6. Virgi ni o Ferrari {Suzl; 7. Kork Ballingto n (Kaw); 8. Marc Font an (Yam); 9 . Leandro Becheroni (Suz); 10 . Chris Guy (Suzl. SIDECAR: t . Egbert Streuer / Bern ard Schneiders (Yam ); 2. W. Schwa rzel/ A. Huber (Yam); 3. Stelle Abbon/Sha un Smit h (Yam); 4. Mi ck Bart on/ Nick Cutmore (Yam); 5. G. Non ingham / S. Jo hnson (Yam); 6. Denn is Bing ham / J ulia Bingh am (Yam); 7. Gerald Corbaz/Yllan Hunziker (Yam); 8. Derek Bailey/Bob Bryson (Yam); 9 . M ike Boddice / Chri s Bir ks (Yam); 10. M . Kuma no/ K. Takashima (Yam). POINT STANDINGS 25OCC: 1. J.L Tournad re (74); 2. A. M ang (67); 3 J . Sayle (27 ); 4. (TIE)D. De Radig ues /R. Freym ond / J-L Guignabodet (26); 7. M . Wimmer (25); 8j. P. Ferren i (22); 9. C. tavadc (18); 10. G. McG regor (17 ). 3 5OCc: 1. J . F. Balde (57); 2. D. De Radigues (49); 3. A. Mang (4 2); 4. C. Lallado (35); 5. E. Saul (31); 6 A. Nort(23); 7. P. Fern ande z (18); 8.J. Cornu (17); 9. G. Reiner (15); 10 . (TIEl M . Wimmer/C. Sarron / J . Sayle (12 ). 500cc : 1. F. Unc in i (103); 2. (TIE) K. Robert s/B. Sheene (68); 4. F. Spence r (57 ); 5. G. Crosby (56 ); 6. (TIE) M . Lucchinelli/R. M amola (26); 8. T. Katayama (25 1;9. K. Ballington (22). SIDECAR: 1. R. Bil and (4 5); 2. W . Schw arzel (40); 3. E. Streuer (33); 4. A. Michel (24); 5. J . Taylo r (23); 6. S. Abbon (16); 7. D. Bing ham (11); 8. P. Thomas (10 ); 9. M. Barton (8); 10. (TIE) M . Ku mano/ M . Boddice/ A. Gieseman (7). (lteDJI...oFWlH,'.".",.'..."'..\., ..,.. , CIRC . '".',' "';: '.' ,.. '. " . . 817-8 / 82 Nelson Ledges. OH WERA24 HOUR ENDURANC E RACE M iddleweight Superbike & 3rd Overall TEAM NORTHRIDGE SPECIA L, Geneva,OH . Yamaha Seca 550cc on DUNLOP K29 1 SPORT ELITE . 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