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By Bruce C. Young
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., Nov. 29,
1970 - Battling both fierce competitors
and drizzling rain, Ake Jonsson sped to
a frrst place overall finish in the
next-to-Iast running of the Inter-Am
series today.
Even with the on-and-off rain that
drenched the area, most of the
Europeans still looked exceptionally
fast as the International class toured the
one-mile circuit approximately 20
seconds faster than their American
counterparts.
When it began, Jonsson did not
appear to be in contention at all as
Suzuki ace Sylvain Geboers took an
early lead trailed quickly by Chris
Hammargren and Bengt Aberg. While
this pair was dicing away at the second
place position, Ake was running smooth
and quite unnoticed at about eighth.
Suddenly, Geboers dropped oU,t of
the lead and Hammargren and Aberg,
still dicing, charged in front. Before
long, Jonsson made his presence felt as
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he, too, eased by Geboers to take third.
The battle for frrst was fmally won by
Aberg
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Jonsson third and, Geboers fourth, two
spots ahead of top American Bob
Grossi.
In the second moto Jonsson got a
good start and took the lead, never
losing it for the duration of the race.
Hammargren was again second while a
tight battle for third was won by Aberg
ahead of Geboers.
The third moto was expected to be a
close battle between the four as only a
small amount of points separated their
overall position. But a surprise occurred
- only for a short time, however.
At the drop of the flag, AkeJonsson
took off strong, right beside Brad,
Lackey. Lackey, who had been riding
the Trans-AMA series up to this point,
looked incredibly fast as he and Jonsson
locked handlebars for three quarters of
the first lap, running side by side.
Experience in foul weather racing
appeared to payoff for Jonsson,
however, and Lackey spilled at the
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