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RACE OF THE YEAR
By Chris Carter
ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER
Wonder boy o f the British motorcycling scene, Barry Sheene won
the Race o f th e Year at l\lall ory
Park for the seco nd year in a ro w.
Bu t th ou gh Sheene's super
skills impressed th e cro wd , it
was visiting American Dave
Aldana wh o p rovided the d ay's
biggest sh ock.
He caught, passed and batlIed
.
30
with Sheene for mos t of the 40
lap s o f the 1.35 mile Mall ory
Park track, and on ly in th e closing stag es was Barry able to o pe n
any t hing like a comfo rta ble lead .
" If it had raine d I think I
might have don e even be tter"
said second place man Aldana
aft er th e race .
For many, Dave Ald an a was
the surp rise p ack age. He lapped
the Mallory circui t fast er than
any ot her Ameri can had done
before, including Ken ny
Rob erts, and his showmansh ip
ensured tha t he'll be wel comed
back in Britain, any time !
Cliff Carr cras hed his big
Yamaha on Saturday, and
th ou gh he esc ape d injury h is
bike caught fire. The flam es
were q uickly ext inguishe d, but
th er e was so mu ch work to do
on the bik e tha t his mech ani c
Alais ter T aylor sent Cliff back
home for t he nigh t.
RACE OF TH E YEAR : t . B. St-eene
(750 Suz l. 2 . D. Aldana 17 Suzl. 3.
50
M. Grant (750 Kawl. 4 . P. Pon s (750
Yam l. 5 . J . Williams (3 5 1 Yaml. 6. J .
Newbo ld 1750 Suzl. 7 . G. Agost ini (500
Yarn}.8 . T. Rutter (350 Yarn) . 9 . P. Ta it
(750 Suzl. 10. P. Maho ney (750 Yaml.
FASTEST LAP: Sheene 49.4 sec. (reco rd I.
MCN SUPERBIKE CHAMP: 1. B.
Sheene (Suz l. 2 . M. Grant 1Kawl. 3. D.
Aldana (Suzl. 4 . Y. DuHamel IKawl. 5 .
J . Newbo ld (Suz), 6 . P. Tait (Yaml.
FASTEST LAP : Grant and Sheene
49.8 sec.
