First AMA 500 Nationa·l~ Mexico, N.Y.
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KENT .HOWERTON...AND
PENNZOIL...WIN CLIFF-HANGER
IN BLAZING FINISH
After gassing it from 11th to .
second place in the first Moto,
Kent Howerton of Team Husqvarnu jumped out front in
the second Moto to take first
place in a tight four-way duel.
Through forty minutes o f
grinding. tight-angled turns
and sparing engine temperatures. Howerton's Husqvarna
th~ir b at tles. The two . passed and
repassed each other before their Cun·was
Cut short by the big boys. .
Roger 0 vertook both Frans and
Graham, then Gerrit passed Frans on
the ninth lap. Roger had caugh t up to
Graham on a tigh t comer and took the
inside line. Roger suddenly realized that
b if 'o ne of them did not knock off speed
. they would collide. When Roger
• grabbed the front brake his wheel slid
l ou t from under him and he went down
wI in the sand. 'Gerrit got by but Roger
d " rallied and really poured it on to pass
d-bot h of them to take a commanding
lead, and Gerrit caught and passed
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rb Roger has now stretched his series
:'" lead to twenty-one points over Wei! who
11 is barely in second with one h undred
.J lan d three. Wolsink is breathing down his
~ neck with ninety-nine. Six points
In separate the next fo ur riders- with Ake
dJ Jonsson having fifty-nine, Karsmakers
o and Noyce tied at fifty-four and Herbert
"'I Schmitz . with fifty-th ree.
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Bengt Aberg (B UI/. 5. Frans Sigmans (Mai). 6 .
Jonsson (Ma 1. 7. Roger DeCoster (Suz).
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Adolf Weil \Mai) ; 8. Arne Lindfors. 9. Pierre
. . Karsmakers Hon) . 10 . Christer Hammargren.
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8. Graham Noyce (Mal) . 9. Valery Kornnev.
10 . Anatoly eccnecv.
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MOTO 2 : 1. Roger DeCoster. 2. Gerrit
Wolslnk . 3 . Graham Noyce. 4 . Frans Sigmans.
. 5. Ake Jonsson. 6 . Herbert Schmitz (Pu c). 7.
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Result·s
h MOTO 1: 1. Brad Lackey (Hus). 2. Gerrit
\/Volslnk {Suz}, 3 . Vic Eastwood (CCM). 4.
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