Sheene defies illness to win at Goodwood.
Barry Sheene showed little sign of succumbing to the cancer he revealed had attacked his throat and stomach last month to win a thrilling Lennox Cup encounter at the annual Goodwood Revival meeting.
The British crowd favourite, who is favouring natural herbal remedies over the more traditional chemotherapy to beat the disease, came out on top of a typically close battle with Australia's Wayne Gardner, that had to be decided on aggregate times after each rider won one race apiece at the restored Sussex race circuit.
Barry Sheene showed little sign of succumbing to the cancer he revealed had attacked his throat and stomach last month to win a thrilling Lennox Cup encounter at the annual Goodwood Revival meeting.
The British crowd favourite, who is favouring natural herbal remedies over the more traditional chemotherapy to beat the disease, came out on top of a typically close battle with Australia's Wayne Gardner, that had to be decided on aggregate times after each rider won one race apiece at the restored Sussex race circuit.
"That was a fantastic race," Sheene told journalists afterwards, "We both trust each other implicitly, which makes wheel-to-wheel racing possible. He beat me yesterday so I had to try hard today."
Despite announcing his battle with cancer just last month, Sheene was determined to be on the Lennox Cup grid, and, mounted on a Manx Norton, faced up to challenges from the likes of Gardner, Freddy Spencer, Chas Mortimer and ITV F1 commentator James Allen.
Sheene emerged victorious by just 0.156secs in Sunday's race, having sneaked past Garner at Woodcote on the final lap. Despite his slender victory, it was enough to take overall victory, based on the aggregate times. Garner had won Saturday's encounter by just 0.011secs.
