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Anders Michanek's perfect score GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN, SE PT . 6 Anders Michanek led a Swedish rout of the World Speedway Finals with a perfect score of 15 as track records fell like dominoes heat by hea t. The Ullevi Stadium track had dried well after a two-day soa king, developing a powdery surface layer. keeps ya puttin' Christer Lo fqvist of Swed en led off by simultaneously demolishing former champion Ivan Mauger and t he track record at 74. 7 seconds in the first heat. Tom my Johansson ,Pegged the record at 74.5 in the fo llowmg heat, an d in the th ird, overall winner Michanek bu mped it a full second to 73 .5 after diving under re ign ing cham pion Ole Olsen early in the race. I Olsen, w inner of t he Fredericia q ualifie r, cras he d heavily in th e fi fth heat , driving hi s leg into th e wall whil e th e he a t was allo we d to finish in cornple te confusion. Medi cs di agnosed a ch ipped sh in and Olsen was o ut for th e " igh t. n Michanek went on to break the track record two mo re times (leavi ng it at 72.8 seconds), winning all five of his hea ts for m aximum points. Ivan Mauger did n o t get a win u ntil the ninth hea t and then we nt in to a runo ff match race with Soren Sjosten tied (for second overall at 1 I points eac h) . Mauger gated first, grabbed the in ne r lin e an d ne ver • let it go to take the tie breaker. E.C. Head for aOee Hammer and Sickle. Get it, hammer and . . . aww, anyway that's Russian Michail Krasnov leading teammate Gordeev before his engine went sour. t o 250cc bikes, Honda, Suzuk i, Yamaha, Hodaka, you name it. Over 200% more cool ing (f ins) area than some stock heads. Results 1. A n ders M ichanek (S w e ) 15; 2. tvan M auger (NZ) II: 3. Soren s fc st e n (Swe, 11 : 4 . Joh n Louis ( E ng) 9; 5 . Be n gt Jansso n (Swe) 9: 6. Peter Collins (Eng) 9 ; 7 . Tommy Johansson (S w e) 8: 8 . Zeno n Piech (Po l ) 8 ; 9 . Ch r ist er Lo! qvist (Swe) 8: 1 0. Grlgori Ch y ln o vs k l (USSR) 6. E.C. Forged Dyke Zenon PIech gets it up trying to gas under Bengt Jansson, and just can't hold it . Racing Pist ons with un b re akable rin g. 12 5 cc & 10Occ, 125cc, Hodaka 100cc 52.5 m.m. overbo re. Poppy Honda Suzuki = up to Compare the price, com pare the q uality & t he compo nents. t hen order yo urs from: E.C. & WALKER 509 Industrial AV~. Boynton Beac h, F L 33435 (305 ) 737-6917 or 732 -1890 Wemblev Semi-Final: . Peter Collins stars on damp track WEMBLEY, ENG. , AUG. 31 Englishman Peter Collins held off Ivan Mauger and champion Ole Olsen, beating them both in a runo ff after the three had tied at 13 points. After his win, Collins co m ment ed, " I just wanted to q ualify ' fo r the world final . .. then I got a few po ints and t hough t 1 might as well have a go for the title." American Scott Autrey, unable to get dialed to the wet track, gained only three p oin ts after tossing a chain and crashing o nce. The cut to ma ke the Wor ld " Final at Gotheberg "was six . • Autrey didn't make it. Qualifiers Colli ns. E nglan d -( 13 ) : Olsen, D e nmark (13 ): Ma u ger , N .Z. (13) : oceeeev, USSR ,CI I): Lo uis, Eng lan d (IO); Piech. Po l and (10) ; Jessu p, England (8 ). Lovaas. Norway (7) ; Chyl novsky, U SS R e7}; Betts, Englan d (6) , Krasnov, USSR (6 ) . Exeter teammate Barry Briggs gives last -mi nute adv ice to a de jected Autrey late in the qualifier. Ole Olsen inspects the track before the World Final. Check those flam ing boots. Dag Lovaas (No rway ) gets the./ine and kee ps it from Englishmen Co llins and Betts. Krasnov, dragging the outside cushion, is about to cook h is engine for good. 5% cash d iscount on S500 minimum dealer order. Dealer and distributor progra m ava ilable. 250~400 MOTO-X MACHINES SALES·SERVICE·PARTS Bertus Foreign Car Service 1340 Hac ie nda Blvd . La Pue nt e, CA 9 174 4 213·330-6171 WHITTIER HONDA Mo torcycle T ra ilers Bell Helmets F ull Bo re Products 14324 E. Whit t,er Bhld. (2 13 ) 698'()065 Com p let e st ock of parts and ac cessories for street and dirt. DSS~ 15