Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

GEN U I N E 1 life to show he co uld p ush -start. But it w as In v a m , a nd . ev entuall y a di sappointed Sh een e le ft the grid . Once th e race started it was all Ago st in i. He did it th e h ard way to o . lie pas sed all th e main co ntenders to take the lead a nd dis appear into the distance . leavin g Kan aya a co m fo rt ab le sec o nd, and Lansivuori Armando T oracca , an d Phil Read to worry about th ird pl ace. But then Ago's machine stopped with suspected ignition troubles . lie had built a king-size lead, and set a new absolu te record for the circuit. But he didn't get an y points! It looked, just for a while as though Lansivuori and Read , now clear of To racca , might catch Kanay a. But he had be en o nly co as ting. At t he flag he was almost 12 seconds cle ar. Read followed Teuvo h om e , and t ho ugh it's enough t o put him into sec o nd place in the championshi p table behind Kanaya, the MV is still not really ~MC PRODU C T S ...... LIMITED OFFER co m pe ti t ive . Harl ey-Davidson fact o ry rider Gary Scott, making h is Grand Prix debut, never Rot p ast th e first tu rn . Scutt tore off th e st art ing grid , but he ap p aren tly tried t u o ut -bra ke th e field and crashed . He wa s un inj ur ed. Finall y it was the side ca rs, and th e clo ses t race of th e day . West German Ro lf Stein h au sen and Swiss-It alian An gelo Pan telin i staged a real di ng-d o ng scrap th ro ug ho u t t he 30 laps. Stei n ha usen finally Reiling th e be tter of the b attle , afte r Angelo had World Champ Andersson in a sand wich . Things didn't go well for Ago. III '" OJ CJ ::> '" al Z et ~ >al III o f- o .......~_ or a Gui ness Book o f Records entry . Ie claims that eight rid ers seized Up. mmedi atel y in fron t of J ack during th e ace , putting even more gre y hairs o n his veteran 's he ad ! Two o f th o se ret irements, Ago and e co t to , wat ched gloomily, but afte r he reck onin g th ings were not so b ad. go a n d Ce co t t o s t ill lead the ham p io nsh ip battle , but som e o f th eir ivals are much closer . It was a long race , almost 90 miles, for he 350s , and it was not a lot sh orter for he 125s wh ich foll owed them . Their ace was 30 laps in st ead o f 35. And for very one of those 3 0 laps the all Italian e a rn o f Paulo Pileri and Pirpauol ianchi, on M orb id ellis, d omin ated t he roceedings, On t he sec o nd lap Du tchman He nk 'an Kessel sp lit th e p air fo r just a brie f o men t , but a lap late r it was back to he usual 1-2 si tuat io n . Bianchi was in fact the m uch quicker f the two this time . His ultra-light eight helped o n th e long uphill clim b, nd he began to pull aw ay fro m hi s ca m rna te . But th e nipped ahead o n th e lin e. A cruel b low ind eed. T h e oth er Swede in th e world champ io nship hunt, Leif Gust afsson, was fifth after fighting off a lung challenge fro m Aust ria n Harold Bartol . who slid u ff in th e closing stages , leaving six t h posi t ion to Brun o Kn eubuhler. Th i s dedicated Swiss rider's litt le Yamah a wa s eve n slower than Kent's. so he was gra t ef ul for even 5 champi o ns hip points ! Then ca me th e 500s. The race w as over 43 laps, ab o ut 110 miles of high speed racing. but before it even started t he re was dram a. argument and actio n . Sin ce ea rly in the morning me ssages had t old th e paddo ck many times tha t " sli cks" were n ot all owed fo r the races . In th e morning the t rack was ind eed we t, and rain, which ruined the last tw o pr a ct i ce ses s io ns on Saturday. i ns t r uc t io ns were cl e ar. c. last lap , parti cul arl y o n the lo ng hill ! Second is en o ugh to put Pan t elin i. in his fi rst season o f GP racing , in t o th e cha mpi unship lead. b ut t he big question is · w h o is second ? Brit ain ' s Mac Hob son w as lyi ng thi rd in the race , after his race long rival Karl Gerber uf Sw it zerl and had been forced tu retire wit h mech anical p robl em s on the Ko ni g. On the penul ti mate lap Mac had started t o run o ut uf f uel , and at th e end of t h e lap he had calle d in to th e p it s to re-f uel. But t ho ugh he had co mp let ed t he tas k, and set uff down th e pit lane. he was h eld o n the red ligh t whil e ot her o u tfits went p ast . But befo re h e cu uld rejoin t he race , St einhau sen crossed t he line, and Hob son was st opped from cu mplet ing his final lap. li e d idn 't even t ake th e ch ec kered n ag, th ough . And th at means he isn 't a fin isher . An o ffi cial prot est was re fe rred to the next FIM Congress, Ti ll then w e d on't k now if he is seco nd , or si xth . ill the cha m p io ns h ip b a t t le. Eq ually unluck y , t oo , was Swiss st ar Rudi Kurth. An ap parent shortage o f new chain p revented th e Reyn uld s man giving him o ne , and thc o ld o ne Rudi had to use brok e, when he was lying third and ra pid ly ca tc h ing t he lead ers. World Ch amp i un sh ip c u n t ender Wern er Scwarzel oiled a plu g at th e sta rt, he had to shut o ff quickly, when a rival cut ac ross his p ath. But af te r a pit stop he did three quick lap s t o pro ve he is st ill go ing to be th e man to beat in the futur e . The race too k it s to ll un m achines. Siggy Sch au zu's n ew Helmut Fath b uilt o ut fi t w as o rie re t irement, but there we re so many o the rs that Swiss Rolf Bil and , wh o had retired th ough a still m i x ture o f tire and engine problems. th reatened . But when th e 5 0 0 race was due the dry was b one dry, and th o ugh it still looked wet en ough tu p ersuade decided to rejoin the race afte r 5 laps and st ill finished 8th. • so m e rid ers (Te u vo Lansivuori on the new wor ks Su zuki, fo r on e) to use wet we ath er ti res . it was not ye t raining. li an chi i s t o w i n th e It al ian hampionship , and Pileri thc world t it le . Bian ch i slowed dram atically o n th e ist lap to alluw Pileri to ca tc h him. and vert ak e. Then o ne behind th e ot her ey crossed t he line . Rei g ni n g World Champion Kent nd ersson had tried hi s best t o stay -it h them in th e early stages . but he ad fin all y h ad t o give up a n un equa l tru g gle agai ns t mu ch qui ck er o t o rcy cles. Third w as good enu ugh fo r im he t hought. But poor Ken t di dn ' t 'en get third . lI e ran o ut of fuel in th e n-in t o t he finish an d Van Kessel J: I FIM regulati on s say th at slick tires ca nn o t be used wh en it is rain ing, So armed wi th th e rule bo ok ARo put u n sume Dunl ops with three hand cu t groo ves, an d w aited fo r th e upro ar. l t came ! But, as so o fte n happen s, Ago wo n . 'I'hc organi ze rs gave in, and th e race st arted a lm o st twenty minut es after co rn ing to th e gr id . This len gth y delay was n ut a ll ARu'S fa ul t , t ho ugh. Barr y Shcene , sixth fastest in pract ice in hi s fi rs t Gr and Pr ix si nce hi s Da yto n a crash was t uld af ter a Sunday m or nin g med ical th at he was n ot fit eno ugh to race. li e th ou ght he was and ca me to the line. T w ice he push ed the bike into $2MS , y es ! co me d o se t o run n in g out of fue l o n th e The start of the 500 race . Pick a line and push. Result s 125 cc : 1 . Pao l o Pi l er l (M or) ; 2 . P le rpa o to B ian chi (Mor) ; 3 . Henk V an K essel (AGV );4. Ken t And er sso n (Yam): S . Let t Gustafsson (Ya m) ; 6 . Bruno Kneu buhler (Yam) ; 1 . Patr i ck F ernande z (Yam ); 8 . Horst seer (See ) :9. Joh ann Z emsauer ( Ro t ) ; 10 . Hans Muller (Yam). 35 0cc: I, Hi de o K a nay a (Ya m) ; 2 . Jon Ek erold (Yam) ; 3. Santos A d u Celso ( Y am ) ; 4 . Ph ili p e Coulon (Yam ) : 5 . Patrick Po n s ( Ya m); 6 . A nton Ma ng (5 M Z ) ; 1 . Gerhard C h oukroun (Yam ) ; 8 . Hans Sta delman n (Yam ); 9. Pen tt l Korh o nen (Yam ); 10 ," Ma x Wie ne r r va en . SOD cc : 1. H id eo Kanaya (Yam) . 2. Teuvo La n stvuor! (S u z) ; 3 . Phil Read (MV) ; 4. T or acca A rman d o (M V); S. La hf el d Hor st (Kon ) ; 6 . D i et er Brau n (Yam ) ; 1 . A uer K ar l (Yam ); 8 . He r ro n To m (Ya m );9 . Al ex Geor ge (Yam); 10 . Tchern ine T h ierry (Yam). Sid ecar : 1. R. Steinhausen/ Hu ber j BUS); 2. A , Pan t el l n l/ M azzo n i (Kon) ; 3 . Prug l K ussbe rge r (Kon ); 4. H . 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