Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

- -- Not - particularl y- ' fast~ • the Hondas · - • kept go ing as their rivals d ropped out, and in fact fill ed the firs t seven pl aces in their class ! On the speed tr ap the q uickest 750 was th e Cr o xford/G eo rge race winnin g Tri u mph, clocked at 134 mp h, to the 133 mph of th e Sharpe/Ale xander BMW. Best 5 00 was the Su zuki of Loughrid ge / Rich ard s at 123 mp h , compar ed wi th t he n ext best, William s/Ro berts , the class win ner 's Honda at 1 18 . Co ndi tio ns for the race had been almost id ea l o n Satu rday afternoo n, a nd Sunday , t oo was a beau ti fu l day. Bu t Man x weathe r is u npre dictable, a nd Monday was te rrib le , with rain , sleet and snow, plus a very , very st rong wind that was rep o rt ed to be gusting to 90 mph on th e Moun tain, After several postpo ne ments, it was de cided t o m o ve th e 35 0cc race to Tuesday , we ather permitting, b u t a last minute atte m pt to run the 50 0 cc Sidecar race was aban do ned aft er a touring lap m ad e b y Mac Ho bs on , Siefried Schauzu, Gerry Bare t a nd form er Worl d Champion Max Deu bel. T uesd ay was a mu ch better d ay , a nd despite sever al protests, from so lo riders and Shell officials who wer e fac ed with a kin g size t ask of cleani ng filler t a n ks and making fresh t wo stroke m ixe s fo r Wednesd av 's race , it was agreed to run the sid ecar race first t o give drivers extra time to ch an ge en gine s fo r the follo wi n g d ay's 10 00cc Si d eca r T T. Off wen t the 70 st ar ters in p airs at 10 second in tervals, bu t early o n t here was ne ws of a shoc k retire men t. Siegfried Schauzu and passenger Wo lfgan g Kala uch were o u t of th e race havin g retired at Lambfel l Ch ape l with a sei zed layshaf t bearing in the gearbo x. Th e race was be t wee n Steinhau sen and Hobson fro m th e word go . At th e end o f the firs t lap th e German was j ust over eig h t sec o nds ahead t hanks to a record breakin g openin g lap o f 23m 44 .6s . In third place was He in z Luthringshauser, wi th Dick Greasley fourth, Gu st ave Pape , m aking h is "IT debu t , on the Konig in fif th position an d Helmut Schilling six th. Steinhausen held h is lead at the end of the second lap, but "Mac Hobson had broken the re cord with a lap 20.2 seconds better than Steinhausen 's short lived record. The ga p between the pair was now 3.4 seconds ! At Ramsey, more than halfway rou nd o n the last lap, it was reported that Hobson had taken the lead, and was two seconds clear of Steinhausen , But in the Mountain section the Konig outfit regained the lead to win, by ju st four seconds. Greasley was third, well over a minute behind this battling duo, with Helmut Schillin g grabbin g fourth position, Derek Plummer fifth, and Gustave Pap e sixth position and with it the Overseas Ne wcomer Trophy fo r the best visi tin g n ewcomer. Retirements were heavy with 37 in all, including Egan Sc ho ns, wh o threw a con-rod on h is BMW, and unlu ckies t o f all Richard Wegener who sto pp ed on t he Moun tain Climb wh en he had run ou t of petrol. He pulled o ff th e battery termin al, and the ti ny sp ark was e no ug h to ign it e the pe trol wh ich had be en pumped over the out fit through a sp lit in the fuel p ip e. The out fi t , which was powered by o ne of Schauz u's sp ar e engines was to ta lly destro yed in th e fire . Conditions wer e still perfect fo r th e postponed 350cc Junior "IT. Ch as Mortimer a nd T o m He rr o n , tw o o f the handful of regular grand prix competitors in this world cha mp io nshi p round, were first to push their m achines awa y. But at the end of that first lap Ch arlie Williams was leading the fie ld, five seconds ahead of Alex George, who in turn was eight seconds up on Tom Herron. Mortimer wa s fourth less than fou r sec o nd s beh ind Herron . What a race! After tw o lap s there was still m ore proof, if proof were needed, th at this was go ing to be a close fought bat ti e. Charlie Williams a nd Ale x George were a dead-hea t for first pl ace. Mo re th an 30 • ~ * NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MILE SUNDAY, JULY 20 • CAL EXPO STATE FAIRGROUNDS SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA _ _ _ _ _ _ BOXSEAT.. @ $ 11.00 _ _ GRANDSTANDS @ $10.00 _ _ G ENERAL ADM ISSION @ $8.00 MAILIN G FEE 50 TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED ...$ PLEASE PRINT NAMEt:.. 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