Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

International dateline w. Find out more before you make y-our choice. What happens inside, when you run a d ifferent lubricant in each cyl inder of the same engine ... Klotz i n one side a nd a leadi ng petro leum-bose product in the other? The d ifferences w ill astound you. Pisto n a lter 1,027 Pisto n olte r 1,027 Get " The Klotz Report ." miles w ith Klo tz miles with petroleum oil Read all a bout it . See you r Klotz dealer for a free copy. Or, write us d irect. Please include 25¢ to cover cost of postage and hand ling and we'll a lso send a long our brochure on the whol e Klotz family of p roducts. But be forewarned, you may never want to run a " cheapie" oil aga in. Dea ler inqu iries are welcome. I%II@JgPOWE G Rm O Klotz Speciol Formula Products, Inc. P.O . Box 1343 Dept. CN 55 Ft. W ayne, Indiana 46801 Frenc h roun d. It's a little su rprising, but it hardly seems to matter now. Gaston Rah ier has won three out of the first fo ur 12 5 GP motos an d is in ex celle nt men tal and phy sical shape. He is co ming o ut o f the shadow of other well-known Su zu ki-mounted Belgians like DeCoster and Ro bert to earn a World Champion ship in his own right. Gaston was a little sic k in Britain and says he can go faster. Unless somebody ge ts injured, the race fo r 125cc World Champ will be an all-Belgian affair with possible spoiler roles to CZ factory rider Antonin Baborovsky and the gentle Japanese Akira Watanabe, Rah ier's Suzuki teammate. Th e 125cc class is still , however, ripe pickins' for some o f the more talen ted American riders. It 's a da m n shame they lack the matu rity , or in tere st , or support necessary to race in the World 125cc Championship . . The U.S . 125 Grand Prix at Mid- Oh io shoul d prove very in teresting. Som e • Ho ndas m igh t even show up. Results MOT a O N E , 1. G ast o n Rah ie r (Su z ). 2. Andre Ma l her b e ( Zun) 3 . G ilbert De Roover (Zun) . 4. Roge r Ha rvey ( V am) . 5 . A n ton io Bab o rovs k y (eZ). 6 . D an iel Beaum on t (Vam). 7. G r ah am N o yce ( H u s). 8 . I va n o Brisson l ( Asp ). 9 . Jl rl Churavy (CZ ) . to . A k l ra Wat an ab e (S uz). MOTO T WO : 1. Gaston Rah i e r (S u z ). 2 . Andr e Malherbe (Zu n ). 3. Anton i o Ba bo rovsk y (eZ). 4. Gil bert De Roaver (Zu n). 5 . A k i r a Wat an abe (Su z) . 6 . Terry Dyer (S u z) . 7. Roge r H arv ey ( V am). 12Scc W OR L O C HA MPI O NSH IP STAN DI NGS T O DAT E (With p oin t s) , 1. Gast on Ra h ler (55 ); 2. Gil bert De R o o ver (43 ); 3. A nd re Mal herbe (36 ): 4 . Aki ra Watanabe (2 8); 5. A n t o n i o Babo r o vsk y (24 ). 250ccGPof Czechoslovakia: Willi Bauer rolls on By John Huetter HOLlCE, CZECHO SLOVAK IA, MA Y 4 BULTACO F EAT U R IN G A SAFETY FO A M FILLED ACRYLIC GAS TANK WITH A LIST OF SAFETY AN D PERFORMANCE FEATURES INCLUDING REDUCTION OF F U E L AERATION AND VIOLENT FUEL MOVEMENT ! SEE YO U R D EA L E R DEALERS : SEND LETTERH EAD FO R CYC L E CRAFT'S C O LOR BROCH URE AND DIS TRIBUTOR lOCATIONS CYCL E CRAFT INC. 1572 SOOUEL DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065 (408) 476-4566 AMA Pilot program~ every Tuesday night 1/2 mI-Ie M ay 27 ~ TT & % mile other dates 3 classes: Minicycles-125cc-250/360cc 14 Open to all riders - licensed & unlicensed - except Pro Experts Advancement points for AMA Novices & Juniors. call for info: Oaytime 213-321-1610 213-323-9710 Nighttime 213·532-6363 213-676-8124 German Willi Bau er (Su z) was declared overal l winner of th e Czech 25 0 GP and added it t a his conside rable points lead in th e Wo rld Cham pionship race - an d still has n ' t wo n a m o to in Grand Prix co mp et ition. Fo ur-two fmi shes in the 45- mi n u te legs over a changed, bu t sti ll bumpy course, gave Willi max imum points, along wi th Miroslav Halm, the my st eri ous Czech wh o usu ally races only the Czech 250 GP and usually wins it . Halm had two-four tallies. The first moto was won by Zd enek Velky (CZ) and the second by Jaroslav Falta (CZ) in a race that is norm ally Czech-dominated. Today Was no ex ception. It 's a surprise th at Bauer won on elapsed ti me . Jim Pomeroy (Bul) put himself out of the firs t mo to via a crash , but came back in the second round to finish sixth between Oldr ich Hamersmid (CZ) and Vic Allan (Bul l. Six-time World 250 Champ Joel Robert (Suz) distinguished h im self with a t hird in the first rno to , but re tired in the second, co mplain ing of fad ing shocks, a co ld and t he fact th at he was o ut o f the second m o to top 10. Bau er 's consistency may be the key to a champions hip . No firsts ; bu t no • DNFs, either. Results MOTa O N E : 1. Zde nek V el ky (C Z) . 2. Miro sla v Ha tm (CZ) . 3 . J oel ROber t (Suz ). 4 . W i l li Bau er (Su z). 5. Ado lf W ell (Ma i ). 6 . H an s M ai sch (Mai ). 7 . Oldr lch Ham ersm ld (C Z) . 8 . E v gen y RY baltc h en ko (C Z ) . 9 . Pavel R ul e v (C Z) . 10. Jl r k a I CZ). MOTO T W O : 1. Ja roslav Falta (C Z ) . 2. Wi lli B au er (Su z) . 3. H ans M aisc h (Mai ). 4 . Mlrosl av H al m (CZ). 5. Old ri ch Ham er sm i d (CZ ) . 6 . J im Po m er o y (Bu l). 7. V ic Alla n (B ul) . 8. Harry Everts (P u c ) . 9. H akan A nder sson (Vam ). 10. Ji r k a (eZ ). 2 S 0c c WORLD CH AM PI O N S H I P STA NDI N GS / P O I N T S , t. W i ll i Bau er -78 ; 2. Ja r o sla v Falta- 54 ; 3. Joe l R o b ert-47: 4. A dolf Wei l -4 3 ; 5 . H arry E verts an d Ha ns Mai SCh-41 ; 6. Jim Pom eroy-3 9 ; 7 . Ha kan A n d e rsso n- 3 7 ; 8. Z denek V e l k y - 31; 9. O ldr l c h H am e rsm id- 2 7. AustrianGP Kanaya makes history, Ago makes fuss and Sheene misses the race By Chris Carter SALZBURG RING , AUSTRIA , MA Y 4 Two engine failures for Giacomo Agostini, two victories in a World Champ ionship meeting for Hideo Kanaya, an d a cras h, the third in s uccessive wee ks, fo r Johnny Ceco tto ; they were just some of the highl ights of a d ramat ic and action packed Aust rian Grand Pri x at t he Sal zburgring. With b oth Agost in i an d Cecotto level p egging wit h a w in and a second pl ace each in t he 350cc class it loo ked as this race mi gh t be the big one of th e fo ur event programme. But when Agostini retired with a se i zed engine on his Yarn aha, and Ce cotto was brought down in a three m an crash , all on the second lap, the p ict ure rapidly ch an ged . Ce cotto was one of two in nocent victims of a n engine seiz ure for Hungarian star Janos Drap al . Dra pal, d iving through on the inside of a group o f rid ers to improve on a poor start. los t co nt ro l as th e rear wheel locked up. His bike went away sideways, knocking off Britain 's J ohn Williams, and co min g within a fraction o f an inc h of hitting Ago. But while the Italian world cha mp io n escaped, Cecotto could not avo id the figure of J ohn Williams , wh o was in his path, an d ro de over him. He , too, then fell off. Dra p al escaped a very heavy fall wi th just a broken collar b on e , and Williams, wh o missed las t year 's Isle o f Man IT th rough a p ract ice crash in t he Island , h opes to b e reco vered fr om a frac t ured shoulder b y th e time th is year' s race is d ue inJune. _ C e c o tt o w a s unhurt, excep t for kn ock in g th e han d he inj ured in h is Spanish Gr and Pri x pract ice fall , two weeks ago . The m an who had led almost fr om th e st art , Hideo Kan ay a , th en had the race in his p ocket . He was chased fo r a wh ile b y Sp aniard Vict o r Pal omo, who is in fin e fo rm at the m omen t , but he alway s had p len ty in reserve, an d af ter twice crac king th e lap record he began t o open a sizeable lead. After a neck an d neck tussle for eigh t laps Hideo p ulled ope n an 8 1/2 seco nd lead ove r the next eight laps. Br a z ili a n star Ad u Ce lso Santos loo ked a good bet for third p lace , unt il he was caugh t and p assed by the b at tle between Britai n 's Ch as Mortimer, and South African J on Ekerold, who onl y 45 minutes before practice had started o n Friday, talked his way into a start at the meetin g! This battling du o caught Palomo , too; Mortimer moved ahead, but on ly briefl y . Just four lap s from home , his engine seized . Palomo went b ack into second place . b ut he, too , st ruck t ro uble . His bike s lowed, Ekerold m o ved ahead , and Vic to r wa s forced to retire . Th a t gave Santos the t h ird p lace he deserved , wh ile unlucky Sw iss Phillipe Co ulon , an early pacemake r in th e bat tle un til his old engi ne wen t off son g. grab be d fourth posi tio n in a fo ur -ma n bl anke t fin ish in w hich less t ha n a co mp lete seco nd covered Coulon , yo ung Fre nc h ma n P a t ri ck Pons , Ger ma n c hamp io n Tony Ma ng. and another Fre nc h ride r Gerhard Choukro un. No fewe r than 20 riders ret ired , t he b ulk thro ugh engine seizures. Aus tralian J ack Findlay , who p ulled o ut be ca use he though t the main b earin gs we re breaking up o n his Yamaha, is ho pi ng

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