Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

position, ahead of Sheene. Alex George on the lIermatite Suzuki led the field away from the grid, but the judges decided he h ad jumped the flag, and he was p en alized one minu te, effec tively pu tting him o u t o f any championship points. A t the end of th e first lap New Zealander Stu Avant, m aking his debut at th e Swedish circu it, and delighted to be on th e fro n t row of th e grid for the first tim e in hi s European tour , was ahead. He stayed there, too, for seven laps, till Lansivuori, who like Sheene had made .a - poor s tar t, took over. Sh eene was 14th a t the end of the first lap, but he knew his capabilities and by the seven th lap was hard on the heels of Lansivuori who looked like ly to be his greatest threat. . And so T eppi was . The Finn held off Barry's efforts for 22 laps till the British .boy swept through, and shortly after the Suzuki seemed to be giving troubles and Lansivuori slowed dramatically. After the race it was learned that the swinging arm spindle h ad worked loose! For a while it seemed as if he migh t hold second place, bu t o n the back straight both Jack Findlay and Ch as Mortimer went ahead. Findlay 's effort c aught Mortimer . a little on the hop, but Ch as, unlike Jack, had raced in the 25 0cc race, too, and hi s • 56 lap s of racing left him too tired to find an an swer to the Australian. S tu Avant, so quick early on, found it difficult to keep the same pace on ce Sheene and Lan sivuori h ad go ne away from him. He was caugh t by I taIian - Marc o Lu cchinell i after 16 laps, but the New Zealander quickened his pace , and . • was back ah ead wh en Marco's Su zuki struck trouble. . But Stu was ca ug h t later by Mortimer and Findlay , after he had again felt " un wel l, and twice vomited into hi s visor! But Stu held on to fifth place to improve his championship position. Alex Ge orge, six th over th e lin e was pl aced 13th thanks to his handicap , and , PhiIl ipe Coulon, who h ad a real stru ggle to ge I an en try at the mee ting showed the o rganizers wh at a mi s take the y had -r m ade by in itially refusin g hi s star t e~, re qu es t, by fini shing six th in front of - hard riding Victor Palom o and Karl Au er , So Sheene was champi on , and on ce again he had turn ed the rac e in to a one man show. For Finland the others would get their chance of glo ry for th e British ace announced a fte r the prize givin g th at he would be givin g th e Finnish GP a miss for finan ci al reasons, just like A gostini had given thi s meeting a mi ss for th e se lf sam e reasons! The r ace had been goo d, bu t it m igh t hav e been better ! Dutchman Wil Hartog was lying fourth when hi s Suzuki b roke a con r od ruining the cran kcases and cylinder, wh ile Dieter Braun's Suzuki was qu ic k enough to keep him in seventh, until a faulty fr ont brake put hi m ou 1. Pat Hennen '5 · race was even sho rte r than Dieter 's 11 laps. The American lasted three laps in the top six I before ignition failure forced hi s retirement. . Ignition failure put Bruno Kneubuhler out of the running, too, but despite all these hard luck stories 1he glory was Sheene 's, .an d the symp ath y, and record lap , went to Lansivuori! • ThFIfst .a nd Fi e Inest \Handle ba fs & Ca ble KIts Beek/Arnley was the first and is still the leader, with the widest selection of ca ble kits an d broke hases for the moto rcycle industry. We ha ve kits for more d ifferent motorcycle madels than a nyone else! Every brake hose is D.O.T.approved a nd every throttle eable elbow is nylon lined for longer life a nd ease of . o peration. Long ea bles a nd brake hases a re avail a ble individua lly a s well as in kits for added convenienee. Beck/Arnley a lso ca rries a wide a ssortment of 8 ~ 10~ 12" an d IS" ha nd lebars, including tho se d rilled and slotted for all the Ja panese madels. Great Beck /Arnley selections of highbar ca ble kits, handlebars, and D.O.T. appro~ brake hases a re available to fill you r.needs- NO'N! f rom t h e Lead ef. •• BECKfi~RN LEY Riders: See Your Beck/Am";y Dealer Soon. . Dealers: See Your Beck/Amley Distribu tor rlSlecI below: Beckl ArnIo, Co

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