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;.... se By Chris Carter ISLE OF ~IAN. ENGLAND. JU:'\E )·7 Only the sidecar class had the World Championship contending. Reigning World Champion Klaus Enders was forced to retire on the first lap of the three-lap even t with transmission troubles. At the. time, he was extending his lead over his nearest rival Siegfried Schauzu by no less than two seconds a lap. Lucki ly fo r Enders Schau z u lim pe d home in nin th spot with m echan ical probl em s o n th e BMW an d scored o n ly tw o p oints to m argin all y increase hi s own Worl d Championship le ad . T he LutheringerhauserfH ann team was th e luc ky w inner after Sc hauzu slowed. Lu theringhauser 's win h o ists him La third pl ace in the World Champi o n ship tab le. ahead of En de rs, but behin d Schau zu. UJ a. a: « :t til z « :; a: o z > !IJ til o .... Production Class' o Retirem e n ts an d cras hes pu t m any of th e favo ri tes in the bi g Sol o class o ut of th e ru n ni ng, leaving Eng lishman Mic k Grant o n th e 74 1 Triu m ph T rident known as " S lippery Sam" to win t he class and give this famous b ike its fourth IT w in, before goi ng into wel l-earned ret irement in so me dealer's shop window. Top left: Fee-fi-fo-fum . Helmut Dahn (BMW) smells the blood of Engl ish · man Mick G rant (no t shown) in the production TT. To p right: U.$. Husband an d w ife team Joseph a nd Alma Rocheleau . entered this BSA rig in t he Sidecar TT. 250cc Race 16 Wednesday was wet and miserable for the 250cc race. The roads we re wet and there we re p a t ch es of mist o n the mountain sec tion? but the race was interesting and e xci ti ng if not always p leasant for the ride rs concerned. Charlie Williams repeated his 19 73 vic tory, bea ting ru nner·up Mick Grant by almos t a minute. Grant was a very lucky man. lie ca me off h is Yamah a at Creg-ny-Baa on t he second lap of the fo ur lap event. wben lyi ng third, bu t remounted. li e mov ed into secon d p lace in the last 100 yards o f th e race! Expe rie nced Pr odu cti on racer Dave Nixon (Tri) fell in the G len Helen Sect ion an d su ffe re d se rio us in ter nal injuries. lI e d ied o n th e wa y to th e ho sp it al. T hi s w as t he second fa ta lity of th e IT fortnight . fo llo wing a Sidecar ac cide n t on Mo nday eveni ng's practice p er iod. Wes t G erm an G rand Prix winner, IIelmu t Kassne r failed to ad d to his Nu rb urgring sco re an d so we no w have three j o int leader s of the 2 5 0cc World Champi onship . Kassner, Ital ian G P wi nner Walter Vill a and n ow Ch arl ie Williams. Williams h opes to ride in the :t -=-_-=-_.. =:. _ _•a. L Left: Ra in pe rils Charlie Willi a ms , second pl ace at Governor's Bridge . Above : Clas sic European road ra cing o n the little island in t h e Irish sea . Photos by No rm a n Sha rp e. Dutc h and Belgia n Grand cons o lidate hi s p o sit io n . Prix 10 500cc Race Th e Se nior 'IT h as los t its sta tus as th e nu m ber o nc race in th e p ro gr am m e, B Ul there was p len ty o f in terest in the wi nner. Yam aha h ad nev er wo n a Senior IT in the lon g h ist o ry of the event. Bu t this yea r they made up fo r it in no small way. when th e first e ig-ht mac hines were all Ya ma ha. T he m an w ho led that Yamaha walk-ove r form er Man x GP win ner. Phil Ca rpen te r wh o pi c ked up th e 1.00 0 pounds fir st pri ze h y healin g Cha rlie Williams home hy 5 0 se conds. R acing cond it io ns w ere no t good. Il eavy sho w ers plu s st ro ng w inds co m b ine d to m ake a success io n o f wet a nd d ry p at ches a rou nd a circu it th at is dangerous enoug h at th e best o f ti m es . 125cc Race Frida y mo rn ing's ) 25cc race . sad ly of p oor qu ali ty an d no lo nger a rou n d of th e World Cham p io ns hi ps. w as wo n by Clive Hort on ( Ya m) o n on ly his second-ever visit t o th e Isle o f ~I an . Second was Ivan Hod gki nson an d third T o m lI err o n , making h is d ebut on a 12 5 c c mac h ine. In fac t. To m h ad never sat on a 12 5 cc u ntil th e s ta r t of this rac e. Formula 750 Race Ch a rlie Mort im er to ok the lead in th e Open Form ula 750 Race o n th e first lap and d espit e two sto ps for fu el to avoi d th e p ossib ility of ru n ni ng out as he ha d do ne ea rlier in the week. to o k fir st sp o t fro m C ha rlie Williams b y 8V, seconds. T h ird b est w as To ny Ruiter to give 35 0 Yam ah as a o ne , two and three . •