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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(24 Mar 1985) SP25038516 SOUTH AFRICA MOTORCYCLE 500cc Grand Prix at Johannesburg - Lawson (USA) wins. Eddie Lawson won the South African 500cc motor cycle Grand Prix for the second straight year Sunday, narrowly taking the chequered flag ahead of compatriot Freddie Spencer who earlier in the afternoon won the 250cc race. The race was run in a searing 82 degrees (F) temperature, and Lawson admitted afterwards that Spencer could have pushed him even harder, but for some tyre problems. "When Freddie had tyre problems he really had them" a grinning Lawson said afterwards. The race was the first in this year's world championship series. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e199031a71bd4762af7b3486457c1421
