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Red ing takes Grand ationell Sassal11an & Scott 1st & 2nd at San Jose on Harley XR750s vvith Red Wing Suspension. Japanese rider Ta kai at rest. but Ago was lap ping co nsisten tly at 2 min . 17 second s, more th an two seco nds b etter ' th an the o ld record, an d soon closed t he gap . But even tho ugh Ago went ahead, Read neve r gave up. It was he cti c racing, with b oth rid e rs making mi stak es, and th e crowd roared th ei r ap proval. On ce toward s the end Read had the MV sideways in a hundred yard long, 120 mil es an hour slide . It fri ghtened him , and Ago too. He too k t o the grass, a nd Read o nc e he was b ack in co n trol had pulled aw ay a co up le o f seconds, but i ts n ot the sor t of t a ctic recommended fo r every lap . " I stared d eath in th e fac e, th en, I re ckon " said Ph il after t he ra ce, an d all Ago co ul d sa y to Phi l was "You ve ry lucky !" T orracc a d idn't last long in th e race . The MV m agneto broke up on the sixt h lap an d he retired. Out of the race early too, w as Barry Sheene. Th e S uzuki four had oiled a pl ug at the star t , the e ngine had flooded, and failed to clear. Lansivuori was m o vin g through t he pack we ll. After seven laps he ousted Ka naya fro m t hir d p lace , but no way co uld he catch th e lea di ng pair. Stan Wo ods m oved in t o fift h p lace following Torracc a 's retire me nt an d that's how the race ended . Fo r m any month s we've been promised a n Ago-Read b attle of the h igh est qual ity . Now we 've seen it. The question is, ca n MV fi nd a few more horse-power to keep Read in the title hunt? Behind the quin te t o f w o rk s mach ine s ca rne the p rivateers. Die t er Braun with h is Y am aha 4 co mp le ted t he fu ll d istan ce, with Ch ristian Leo n o n the Konig sevent h , Scotsman Alex Geo rge eighth, an d rap idl y improvin g Brazilian Adu Celso San to s ninth . Cliff Ca rr , the o n lv Am eri can e n te red, fin ished 15 th . Co mp ar ed with the 500cc race . o f co u rse, ,,11 the o t he rs were fai rly tame . but t he end of th e 35 0cc battle w as dramatic, S outh Af ri can J o n Eke ro ld , th e sensation of t he A ustrian Grand Pri x. th e we e k b efore , h ad fin ished sevent h fast est in p rac tice her e de sp it e a h igh speed fa ll o n Frid a y th at le ft him wit h a bat te red mo to rcycl e an d a pain ful leg. lI e mad e a good star t. b ut Die te r Brau n was even q uic ke r o ff th e ma r k. chased h y th e yo ung Finn Pekk a Nurmi. At th e e nd o f th e first lap Braun wa s s t ill in fro n t wi th Sp aniard V ict o r Palomo seco nd . and Ceco t to third . Bu t within o n e record breaking Iap Ce co tt o moved int o the lead. Palomo, 10 0 eased p ast Braun , and t ha t 's h ow it sta yed until Fre nch m a n Patrick Pon s j oine d th e gro up . Whi le Cecotr o lapped co nsiste n t ly o u t fro nt Braun, Pon s an d Palomo d iced it ou t for sec o nd and th ird p laces. Bu t co ming in t o the stadi um on th e last lap Pon s (Con tinued on page 43) Red Wing 's t otal su spensi on system gu ided G reg S assaman to an AM A G rand rJat ional wi n o n t he u lt ra t o ugh San J ose M il e . No t only d id Sa s s am an' s Har ley-Dav id son XR750 use Red Wing Suspens ion, but so d id the second place Ha rley of Gary Scott . Th e lea d was a shuffle betwee n Gary Scott and G reg u nti l lap 18 w h e n S assaman pulled o ut the st ops and m a inta ined h is fro nt run n ing posit ion t o the ch eck er s. When it co mes t o perform ance y ou can 't b eat the sys tem . • ..... ·l ~~- \~ , . .- .----. Lat e ra ce results : a no t her Red Wing win thanks to a competi ti on fork t hat 's th e f ines t av ai la ble. bar none . 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