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IFYOU CANT READ THIS,YOUR EYESIGHT IS BEING AFFECTED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH .. . Eyes f ront - Bruno Kneubuhler, third 125, rasty fai ring and t ot al concentration on what's ahead. The 350cc race begins t o unwi nd. Ago is already gone, Cecotto (34) is stuck in t raffic. start h is 34th, and penultimate lap, he had trouble selecting fifth and sixth gears. Pons was able to take advantage of the Spaniard's misfortune to regain third place, but Mortimer, try as he might, could not get ahead. But just when Pons had thought he was to be third home, cam e an unexpected bonus. Takai, on the works Yamaha seized his water coo led twin j ust as he started his last lap , and pulled out. Villa wen t on to a co m fo rtable win the Harley-Davidson, over 80 on seconds clear of Pons. Sixth home was Michel Rougerie, on the other Harley-Davidson. Poor Michel had had to work hard for his championship points. Though on the front row of the starting grid, he had failed to push the H·D into life at the first attempt and had been one of the last away. Rougerie, in tum was chased home by fiery U1sterman Tom Herron and Peter McKinley, whose early pace had been blunted by a loose clip on handlebar that had crushed his thumb against the petrol tank every time he braked, and disappeared into the fairing every time he accelerated hard! Round the t wisty J arama circu it there is p lenty of stopping and starting, too ! Finally it was the 350s. Agostini had been in a cheerful, joking mood all weekend, despite the rain . He kn ew that revenge was near! Again Peter McKinley found the twist and turns of this Spanish circuit to his liking. He led th e p ack for two laps, with Agostini on hi s tail, young Frenchman Gerard Ch oukroun third, Victor Pal omo fourth , Kanaya fifth and Cecotto six th . McKinley hit ignition problems, though, and Agostini blasted clear to disappear over the horizon, leavin g his rivals struggling. Cecotto finally fought his way through to second place by the en d of the seventh lap , but there was a clear road ahead of him to Agostini, and he still had 3 I laps left to try it in . Try as he m ight, though, and Cecotto did try, he co uldn ' t catch Ago. The South American had some small consolation, in the fa ct that he set the fastest lap of the race, one minute 39.6 seconds, but the 'm an of the meeting was still Ago. Kanaya grabbed third pl ace aft er more than an hour's racing, and Palomo, in gre at pain, was fourth , but o n ly they escaped being lapped by Ago. The meetmg was allover by one o'clock, and maybe that was a good thing! Not one of the greatest ever "classics." • Results 50cc (18 la ps -3 8 . 0 5 mi les) : L A. N ieto (Kre). 2. J. va n Zee b roeck (Kre ): 3 . S. D orfl i n ger ( Kre ): 4 . E. Lazzarini ( Pi a): 5. N . Polane (Kre); 6. H . Rittberge r (K re) ; 7. J. Al gu ersu arl (Der); 8. C. V an Con gen (Kre) : 9 . R . K unz ( Kre ) : 10. J. Gall (Der ) . 125cc (30 la ps-63.42 m ile s) ; 1. p . Pilerl (M o r ) ; 2. K . A nde rsson (Yam ); 3 . B. Kneu b uhler (Yam) ; 4. P. Bi an c h i (M or ) ; 5. L. Gustafsson (Y am ) ; 6 . H . M u ller (Suz); 7. J. Zemsauer (Rot ) ; a . E. Lazzari n i (Pio ) ; 9 . p . Frohn meyer ( M ai ) ; 10. P. Salonen (Yam ). 25 0cc ( 3 5 laps-73.99 miles) : 1. W . Vil la ( H-O); 2. p . Pons (Yam); 3. B. Grau ( Der); 4. C. M ortimer (Sar-Vam) ; 5. R. M inhoff (Yam) ; 6 . M . Rougerie (H·D); 7. T . Herron (Yam); 8 . P. McKinley (Yam); 9. T. V irtanen (Yam); 10. A . Perez (Vam). 3 S0cc tsa laps-aO.33 miles) : 1. G. Agostin i (Yam); 2. J. Cecotto (Yam); 3 . H. Kanaya (Yam) ; 4 . V. Palomo (Yam) ; 5. D. B raun ( Vam); 6. P. Korhonen (Yam). 7. G. Chouk roun (Yam); a . W . Villa (H- D) ; 9 . A. cersc Santos (Yam); 10. J. G . W illiams (Yam). SUBSCRIBE! • • DEPT. SUB. P.O. BOX ol98 LOl"C BEACH. CALIFORl1iIA 9080 1 • • CYCLE N EWS WEST (1 yr.) $12.50 CYCLE NEWS WEST 1 yrs.) . • • .... 22.00 2 CYCLE NEWS WEST (3 y rs.l •. . • ..•. 30.00 Via 151 class mail for one year 40 .00 Via air mail fo r one yea r 50 .00 Th is is a Renewal Please bill me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I enc lose check or money order . .. :. .. . . .. Name (Ple ase p rint legib ly ) Address Cit y S ta te 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • Zip 17