Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• Bu t it was an easy run for Mortimer aft er Herron went out as his reserve gas tank had lo st its lo ad , syphoned away by th e bre ather pipe! Ch att eron grabb ed second pl ace m o re than 20 seconds behi nd Mo rt ime r, but 22 ahead of J ohn Williams in third pl ace. J ust a short b reather, and then ca me the six lap Open Classic. lt was tho ugh t th at Mike Hailwood's lap re co rd would fall this y ear sin ce it had been set in 1967 ! Mick Grant was favo red to brea k it , and from a st anding start o n the 75 0 Kawasaki Mick sho we d h e was cap abl e. His op en ing lap beat Peter Williams' 750 lap record fo r the ci rc uit , an d a ft er j ust 3 7 and three-quarter m ile s he had ope ned a 28 seconds lea d o ver J ohn Williams in second pl ac e . Bu t he was just a second ahead of Tony Ru tte r. Gr an t smashed the reco rd with his second lap d espi te the odd mi sta ke aro u nd th e circuit, a wheelie for the benefit and pleasure o f h is signaller at th e Goo sen ec k, an d slowing down for h is pit st op! The rec o rd was no w 10 9 .8 2 mph . But Grant di dn't race o n for much longer. Three hundred yards aft er th e Go ose nec k on lap th ree , where he sa w he led b y over 4 0 sec o n ds h is ch ain snapped . That left J ohn Williams a nd T ony Ru tter to fight it ou t. Rutte r had p u t in a lap at 10 6.63 on lap two to m ove into second pl ace, but Williams , also m ounted o n a 350 Yamaha m o ved ah ead, a lap later . On the fou rth lap Ru t t er was still tryin g h ard. He lap ped at 107 .88 mph , th e fastest lap ever by a 350, a nd m ove d back ahead of Will iams. Bu t at Ballu gh o n th e fif th lap , Rutte r's chain bro ke, and the race was on a pl a te fo r J o hn William s. J ohn crossed the line almost fo ur minu tes ahead of second plac e Percy Tait, This pop ular veteran had disc overed the steering damper b roken as he went to the start line, b u t he decided t o race on. His bravery was rewarded ! Un lucky Ken Hu ggett lost his third place on the fin al lap when h is Yamaha seized so lid in the Glen Helen sectio n. He was rushed t o the hospital by helicopter where doctors we re attem p ting to save his leg. His acci d en t let Charlie San by (75 0 Suz uki ) in to third place . It was his first ra ce o f the year! Most of t he top 10 leaderb oard m en were o n 350 Yam ah as, b ut one o f the big bike heroes of the race was German Hel mu t Dahne who fo ug h t his b ucking BMW into n inth p lace . An other T ourist Trophy ove r, a recor d cro wd and a grea t day 's ra cing. Cheers for a lap o f honor fro m Ge off Duke a nd Mike Hailwood on a Honda Go ld Win g between the races on Tuesda y, Wednesda y a nd Friday. And a special chee r, too for Mick G rant 's fab ul ous lap re cor d . Now all th at T'I' en th u sia sts ca n d o is sit and wait u ntil th e Berlin congress in Octobe r. - Red Wing scores third consecutive National victory. Springsteen wins at Harrington with Red Wing total • suspension. Lo uisville winner Jay Springsteen and h is Team V ist a Sheen Harley XR proved t o be a n unbeatab le com b inat io n for the sec o nd week in a row as rookie Expert Jay devasta ted the com pe ti t io n at th e Harrington, De law are National half mil e. Rac ing on a track wh ere t ract io n w as at a prem ium, J ay 's Red Wing suspensi o n got th e power t o t he track and help ed Springsteen set track rec o rds in bo th t ime t rials and the National . When it comes to performance, you can't beat t he system. v.. , ~ . -z _", .. \.~ \"; ";;:' ! .-' \ . \ Results IN TERNATIONA L P RODUCTION : 1. Dave CrO xford / Alex Georg e (Tt l ). 2 . cnas Mort imer / B i lly Guthr ie ( Y am ). 3. Se lw y n Griff iths/Dav id . W i ll i ma s (T r i). 4 . St u ar t Jones/William Simpson ( Y am ). 5 . A lan Nor t h / M i c k Patr ick (Yam) . 6. Steve Ward/ G ra h am Waring lYam). 7. M art in Sharpe/Abe A~ xan der B M W ). 8 . Cha r l ie . W ill iams/Edd ie Roberts (Hon). 9. R ichard St eve ns/ Pe t e r Casey ( Y a m ). 10. R i c h ar d H u n te r/ M i c k S co tt (Suz) . 35 0cc JR TT : 1. Charlie Wil li am s ( Y a m). 2. Chas M ort ime r (Yam) . 3 . T o m H er ro n (Y am). 4. St eve To nkin (Yam) . 5 . Dere k Cha t t e rt o n (Y am). 6 . Billy Guthrie (Vam) . 7 . Ge r r y Ma te er (Yam). 8. G eo g9 Ba rr y (Yam). 500ec S IDEC A R TT , 1. Ro lf St ein ha us en /Jo sep h Huber ( SK ). 2 . M ac ' HObson /Go rdon R u ssell ( Y a m ). 3 . D ic k G reasley /Cliff Ho ll and (Yam) . 4 . He l m u t Sch illing/FranC Is K n igh t s (BMW) . S. De rt'!k Plumme r / Ch ar les B i r k s ( K o n). 6 . G u stav Pap e/ F ranz Ka ll e nberg (Kon) . 7 . Al e x Cam Pb e ll /J im Pear so n (Yarn }, SOOcc SR TT : 1. Mick G ra n t (Ka w ). 2 . Joh n W illi a m s ( Y am) . 3. Ch as M orti me r (Y am ). 4 . Billy Gu thrie (Yam) . 5 . · St eve T o n k i n (Ya m ). 6 . Geoff Ba r r y (Y a m) . To n y Rutter ( Y am. 1 0 0 0cc S ID EC AR TT : 1. Si egf r ied Sch au zu /Wolfgang Kalau ch (B MW) . 2 . D ic k Greasley/C liff H o ll an d ( Y am ). 3 . Ge rr y Bare t (Kon) . 4. G raha m B o r et / N l c k Smi t h (Ma g ) . 5. Ken M ilto /De nn is G r aham/De n n i s T owe r (S Ul) . 6. D ave Lawren ce /J im a r c o m narn (Li m). 7 . R ob i n Wi l l iamso n /Jack McPh e r son ( M ag ). 25 0c c TT : 1. Cha s M ort i m e r (Y am ). 2 . Dere k Ch att e r t on (Yam). 3 . Joh n Wi ll iams {Ya m }, 4 . Tony Rutter ( Y a m ). S. A lex Ge orge (Ya m) . 6 . B i ll Hen derson (Yam ). 7. N el l Tuxworth (Yam ). O PEN C LASSI C T T : 1. John W i lliams (Ya m). 2 . Pe r c y Talt (Yam) . 3 . C har lie Sanb y ( Suz). 4 . Neil Tuxworth (Yam) . 5 . De rek Chatterton (Yam) . 6 . Bill Hen derson (Yam). 7 . John Wee den (Y am) . Late race results: a noth er Red Wing wi n t ha n ks t o a compet it ion fork that 's t he f inest avai la ble, bar no ne. It's got pr emiu m t rip le-lip seals to keep fluid in, dirt out; h igh ·performa nce damping, wi t h hydra ulic st o ps t o p revent bottom ing ; li g htwei ght a l loy s l iders; t empered sta n ch i on tu bes : 3 -posit io n p rel o ad spri ngs, externally ad justable ; and lo t s m ore. A ll fi tted · w ith shoc ks, o ptiona l spri ngs a nd st eeri ng d ampers . in t o a to t al, tu nea ble .suspensio n system t hat builds winne rs. Just ask th e Red Wing t eam : AMA Gr and Nat io na l experts Do n C a s t ro , John Ge n nai, Rick Ho c k ing, Charl es Seal ; End u ro star Alfie He n r ich ; a nd Mo tocross win ne rs Tony DiSt ef ano a nd Bo b Ha rr is. R ed W i n g s u sp ension systems a re par t ic ipants i n the AMA m a jor continge ncy programs. School's out. 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