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Number One won. He is lapping Romero.
back of the field. Mann had begun to
pass packmarkers
putting
room
between himself and Brelsford holding
an unofficial ten second lead by lap
twelve.
Bart Markel was working his way
through the pack on his twin ignition
Harley moving from eleven th on lap two
to seventh by lap ten. The top three
places had been decided by the halfway
flags with no one having a shot at Mann
unless he broke, and Brelsford and
Beauchamp secure in second and third
ahead of Dave Sehl, Larry Darr and
, Ch uck Palmgren. The trio raced and
dueled over the remaining twelve laps
with Darr slowing on lap fifteen and
Palmgren taking fourth for good ahead
of Sehl with Bart in sixth.
Gary Fisher, fighting back from a bad
start, pushed his Norton into eighth
place by lap nine and settled down to
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Chuck Palmgren, Mert Lawwill, and Bart Markel check out Bugsy's bike before the race B
favored.
.
ugs was
holding off a charging Doug Sehl (H·D).
Sehl slipped by on lap fourteen putting
the sixth Harley into the top ten
fmishers.
Mann began breathing down on
fourth
place
Palmgren
on
lap
twenty-four but with victory so close he
chose the safe line to the finish easing
up and taking the checkers fifteen
seconds ahead (If Brelsford after passing
sixteen riders on his way to the win.
Harley
established
numerical
superiority in heats one and two with
Dave Sehl, Larry Darr, and Doug Sehl
leading a first heat sweep, and Mark
Brelsford and Rex Beauchamp copping
two spots ahead of Gary Scott in heat
two. The third heat had Cal Rayborn in
third beh ind Chuck Palmgren and flying
Dick Mann. Bart Markel put Harley on
top in the Semi with Ken Roberts
