VOLUJI!IE VIII
NUMBER 27
July 20, 1971
Dear AMXT devotees: We've done it in
Europe!
Bryan Kenney won an
international event in France topping a
bunch of strong competitors from
Sweden,
England,
Belgium
and
Germany. The Sunday before, he was
fourth overall. My spirits are high, and
my tummy bulging.
Our fourth place happened on a
twisty course located just west of Paris.
A large number of riders gathered for
this June 27 bout, including VicEastwood, Andy Lee, Sten Lundin, Sig
Pettersson, Vehkonen and Hans Maisch.
After three straight wins, the German
Maisch stacked up another victory for
the red, black and yellow, followed by
Andy
Lee,
England,
Vermeille,
Switzerland, and Bryan.
The Fourth of July was really a
red-letter day for us this year. Bryan
w.On
an
international
e:vent
at
Montfort-le-Rotrou only 10 km. from
LeMans. The course was laid out in the
park of a chateau with a long,
far-from-smooth, climb up to the
:
After having a difficult time in the first two events of the lnter-AMA
Series, the Europeans caught. hol~ again and came through much stronge~
this past weekend in Houston, Tex. Above, Chris Horsfield (16,
England-Cll ,holds the advantage around th"e Cyc"lesports' Park turn.
Trailing him are Stuart Nunn (15, England-Cll and Vlastimil Valek (19,
Czechoslovakia-Cll. Report appears on pages 16-17. Photo by Dotie
Stingley.
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chateau and back down, around and
through a forest. There were nine
nations represented on the starting line
with such big ones as Marcel Wiertz,
Gunnar Nilsson, Andy Lee, and
Wolfgang Muller. Andy Lee'took the
lead in the first moto, and only on the
last lap did Nilsson swing into top spot.
Bryan finished th ird doing a good job of
holding off Wiertz. The second moto,
the outcome was the same' except thaI
Bryan bent'a brake lever allowing Wiertz
and Mortensen, the Dane, to slip by
him. And the lhird moto we won,
taking firsl place when Nilsson derailed
a chain! A lot of long, hard hours paid
off there in th,e winner's circle.
Not long now till we pick up' B";'ry
Higgins at the Luxembourg airport. Two
more rac.es includIng the West German
GP and we'll b~'~n official t-eam, We're
feeling really bad aDout our third
member, Bob· Prossi, just hope: he's in
one str."mg· piece before too long. Till
our next rendez-vous h'our -.take care.
.
.
Snowflake