Fourth 500 cu. cm. win for Lawson
NZPA-AP Rijeka, Yugoslavia Eddie Lawson roared to victory on his Yamaha in yesterday’s fifth round of the world 500 cu. cm. motorcycling championship, his fourth consecutive win, and made a big stride towards winning the world title. Lawson won the Yugoslav Grand Prix race in this north Adriatic town (32 laps, 134 km) in 49mln 55.815, an average speed of 160.375 km/ h. Second was his fellow
American, Randy Mamola, on a Honda, 10.47 s behind. Lawson led the intermediate standings after five of 11 events with 72 points, ahead of Wayne Gardner of Australia, on 49. The defending champion, Freddie Spencer, has practically no chance to regain the world championship. The American, who suffered a bad fall in the season’s opener, was reported to have undergone surgery in the United States for an arm injury. He was planning a comeback on July 20 in the
French Grand Prix. Results. — Eddie Lawson (U.S.) Yamaha, 49:55.81, 1; Randy Mamola (U.S.) Yamaha 50:06.55, 2; Wayne Gardner (Australia) Honda, 50:07.17, 3; Rob McElnea (Britain) Yamaha 50:20.13, 4; Mike Baldwin (U.S.) Yamaha, 50:28.13, 5; Christian Sarron (France) Yamaha, 50:33.15, 6; Raymond Roche (France) Honda, 50:45.72, 7; Sumi Yatsushiro (Japan) Honda, 51:15.06 8; Dave Petersen (Hong Kong) Suzuki (one lap behind), 9; Paul Lewis (Australia) Suzuki, 10.
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