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Ind ia na 46801 If(jj@Jg By Chris Carter PIIJfEIITOGO ROGER DE COSTER BENGTABERG HEIKKI MIKKOLA ~ MAD RID, SPAIN, APR. 20 Giacomo Agostini, seeking revenge for his defeat at the hands of 19-year-old Venuzuelean Johnny Cecotto in the French GP, turned the tab les on the young South American to win the 350cc race at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jarama circuit, near Madrid, by almost 10 seconds. .JOEL ROBERT H A KAN ANDERSON TORLEIF HANSEN SYLVAIN GEBOERS WILLY BAUER .11M POMEROY .11M WEINERT MARK BLACKWELL MIKE RUNYARD .............. - ~ ~ ADOLF WElL MARTY TRIPES BRAD LACKEY RICH THORWALDSON Since the 1969 introd uc tio n o f Tr.liebor g Tir es ne arty eve ry World Ctwmpionsrhp , Trans-Am., In ter.AmB, and US. Champion ship has been won on Tr.lI.borg Tires. 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'11 '2_ " '0'" _0.'.'__.•.,..... -. . -.ok'. '. _12·'.", US lmp~ . ... -.. . . . . - ... ..... ."Z1OI:t _ TEAM TRE LLEBORQ TIR E PRESSURES: :IlXlXZ" . - 'O'" 3001<2" 2_. ._ .. 100'0 -....._ ...- ...__ ~ ~ ~.~~ TORSTEN HALL MAN RACING EAST: 440 Belden Avenue Addison Illino is 60101 • 312 /54 3-5247 ~"""WEST "."" , , .,,. 80 26 Freeston e Avenue 16 Santa Fe Springs. CA 90670 CYCLE PARTS WATCH FOR OUR NEXT BIG SALE IN TH IS PAPER Cccotto's hopes of repeating his 250cc class victory were killed ea rly in the race when his chain broke, whil e leading. Cccotto's retirement left reigning 250cc world cham pion Walter Villa an easy task to win the race for Harley-Davidson. Italy's third winner of the day was Paolo Pileri, on the ultra-quick Morbidelli. He headed home world title holder Kent Andersson, who was lucky even to finish runner-up. But the 15,000 Spanish fans who watched the races at the trackside, and millions more at home, had something to cheer about when former world title holder Angel Nieto, giving the Van Veen Kreidler its racing debut, won the 50 cc race. Cynics claimed that it was a reluctance to part with too many pesetas that made the Spaniards run only these fo ur classes at the Grand Prix, but the lack of a 500cc race, two days of rain in practice, followed by a co ld, though dry, race day and live televisio n coverage kep t the cr o wd count do wn. The speedy Morbidellis of Pau lo Pileri and Pirpaulo Bianchi hurtled in to the lead, with Kent Andersson, on the under-powered Yamaha water cooled twin back in eighth place. There hadn't been a single dry practice session, so first time visitors to the circuit were immediately at a disadvantage. Andersson , of co urse , had been th ere before, and within a lap he pulled through to third spot behind the Morbidellis, with Yamaha teammate Bruno Kneubuhler fourth, Austrian Rolf Thiele (Suz ) fifth and Claudio _ Lisuardi (Ocrb i) of Ital y sixth . A lap later Andersson had spli t th e Italian pair, with Kneubuhler still fourth, Swede Leif Gustafsson now up to fifth spot on his Yamaha, and Spaniard Benjamin Grau (Derbi] sixth. Andersson ch ased Pileri hard, and th e pair pulled well clear of Bianchi, wh o in tum was now under pressure from Kneubuhler and Grau, who was up to fifth place by the fourth lap . On ce Pileri saw the danger from Andersson, though, he squirted th e Morbidelli out of danger. After 10 lap s, the one third st age, Pileri had an eight and o ne-half seconds lead over Andersson, who in t um was over 14 seconds clear of Bruno. but that margin was rapidly being whittled down. So far Andersson had set the fastest lap of the race, at one minute 5 L I seconds, some 10 seco n ds better than his fastest practice lap ! By the halfway mark Pileri was well clear of th e rest o f th e pack, with Andersson sti ll secon d, b ut with both Patience, dedication, constant attention to detail : World 250cc Champion Walter Villa . Kneubuhler and Grau, ch eered on by his fello w countrymen, hot on his heels. Within three laps Grau had passed both the Yamaha men, and once in front he started to pull clear. But five laps from home came drama. First Grau pulled out of the race with a seized engine. After setting the fastest lap of the race, one minute 48.9 seconds, the little Spanish two stroke had cried enough. Then, on the same lap Kneubuhler cras h ed , with oil on the rear tyre from his Yamaha gearbox. Incredibly Andersson, who looked unlikely to pull back from fourth place, was back in second spot, though now almost 20 seconds behind Pileri. Bruno remounted, in third place, and there he finished, wi th Bianchi on the other Morbidelli fourth, and Gustafsson fifth, the only men not to have been lapped by Pileri. One thi ng was clear though, and that is Yamaha needs to fin d some extra horse power to beat the Mo rbid ellis, an d both can thank their lucky stars that the Derbi is unlikely to race in th e remaining classics. It looked good enough to beat t hem both. Next o n the race card came the 25 0cc. Quickest in practice by far ha d been reigning champion, Italian Walter Villa, with Paolo Pileri, Chas Mortime r, Michel Rougerie, and Patrick Pons co mple tin g the front row of the grid. Johnny Cccotto, had slid o ff his Yamaha in the first practice sessio n, hurting his hand slightly, but his pride a little more. Johnny's crash had co me when he had tried to o u t b r a ke master-of-the-crash Patrick Pons, who lifted his tally of crash es to five for the season, by going motocrossing in the 3 50c c session a little later that day! But it was Engl ishman Peter McKinley who led the pack off the line, with Cccotto on his tail , and Villa third. Cccotto moved briefly in to the lead, and then his ch ain broke, and McKinley, in his first season of Grand Prix racing, led the pack for a couple of lap s till first Yamaha works man Ikuj iro Takai, and then Walter Villa nipped past. Takai was in co m m an d for three laps, and then Villa de cided he had waited long enough, and went ahead. Once clear the Italian began to extend his lead, leavi ng Takai a comfortable sec ond, and the in terest falling on the battle for third spot between Britain's own Chas Mortimer [Sarorne-Dan fay"yam ah a ) Frenchman Pat rick Pon s (Sonauto Yamaha) and the Derbi of Spaniard Benjamin Grau. Mortimer looked to h ave things in his grasp till his front brake started to fade , and Grau, who had passed Pons on the 24 th lap , m oved in front o f Mortimer a lap later . Th e Spanish cheers were c ut short soon a fte r, as Grau wen t through to

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