Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

getting the better of h is rivals including Ulst erman Tom Herron who was third . Cha s Mortimer, the championship leader b efore the day 's race saw his slender one point le ad d isappear and now it looks as though Vill a needs o nly to fini sh in the fi rst five in either of th e remaining rounds in Germany and Sp ain to clinch the title. Villa made certain of his 250cc title with an im pressive victory in the 250cc race beating the rest of the field, headed by te ammate Franco Bonera, easily . The 250cc race was perhaps inevitab ly , not so exciting. The Harley-Davidsons of Villa and Bonera quickly established their expected positions at the head of the field , with Walter pulling away from his teammate at the rate of two or three seconds a lap and Bonera, in tum leaving the oth er s in his wake. Tak azum i Kat ayama fo und an unexpected challenge from young Swi ss rider Franz Kun z, and the J ap an ese ace looked likely to be o usted do wn to fourth sp o t, until Franz overdid th ings halfway round the last lap and slid off! Takazumi coasted home a comfortable third , but the battle for what was now f ourth pl ace between Palomo and Kneubuhler lasted to the line with the Sp aniard f(etting the better of things. The 500cc battle over 15 lap s 01 the Brno c irc u i t m ay n ot h ave been p art icul arly e xci ti n g, but it was dr am at i c. From the s t art Mar co Lu c ch i n ell i a nd his It alian fell ow c o u ntry man Virginia Ferrari ch ased Alex George o n th e Helmut Fath 4, after h is Hermatite Su zuki h ad blo wn up in p racti ce . By th e end of that first lap Lucchin elli was in th e lead , w ith T eu vo Lansivuo ri an d J ohn Newb old leading Ferrari , Dutchman Mar cel Ankone , Am er ican Pat Hennen an d Phillipe Coulon , whose engine had seized on th at op ening lap! Lansivu ori an d L u cchin elli so o n ' found themselves battling hard for supremacy. The lead changed constantly for seven more laps, th en sudde n ly Mar co was out of the hun t , h is Su zuki mi sfiring bad j ust as h is team mate Ferrari's m achine had d one o n th e fo urth lap , fo rc in g him t o m ake the fir st of seve ral stops. Pat Hennen an d Ch ristian Estrosi w ere o ther p acemak er s o u t o f th e race, early o n , to o. Pat's engine seize d on the second lap , while Christian's crankshaft broke. Agostini's race had been not m uch longer eith er. IIis Su z uki was apparen tly suffering some sort of fuel starvat io n at 11,000 rpm. Lucchinelli's m isfortune left the Finn with a 28 seconds lead from a three w ay b attle for second sp o t involving Boet van Dulrnen , John Newbold and Mar cel Anko ne. Lansivuori looked certain to win, but on th e las t lap h is m ach ine started to slow as he ran sh ort o f fu el, letting a surpri s ed but d e li gh ted Newbold th rough to win his first ever Grand Prix. J ohn was sorry for Tepi's misfortune , but he had h is own spe cial reason for being glad h e had won . Suzuki GB in Engl and h ad very, very reluctantly allowed him to borrow a bike and van for th e meeting, and he had been given very limited expenses. What better wa y to show his fe eli ngs for this laek of co nfi dence than winning the Grand Prix after setting the absolute lap record two weeks earlier in Finland! Lansivuori held second spot, Coulon was third, Auer was fourth , while van Dulmen and Mortimer both in trouble stumbled round slo w ly in eighth and ninth places! • MAi l THI S COUPON TOOA'( A LONG WITH A CERTIF IED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR YOUR ADV ANCE TI CKETS . BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY I NAME 35 0 cc: 1. Walter Villa (H-O) : 2. Juez V . Palom o (Yam); 3 . T om Herro n (V am ) : 4. Pen t l K orhonen (Yam): 5 . Ch as Mortimer ' (V a m ). SOOce: 1. John Newbold (Suz) ; 2 . Teuvo LanSlvuorl (Suz); 3 . Ph il ippe Co u l o n (Suz) ; 4. Karl Auer ( 'l am ) ; S . Max W iener (Y am). S idecars: 1. H . Sehm ld l J . P. MaUll. (Vam) ; 2 . SCf'lwarzel/Huber (Kon) ; 3 . Bilan d /Wil l iams (Vam) ; 4 . Ste inhausen /Hu bers IKon); S. O 'Dell /Kenneth CV.1lm). - STATE ZlP _ INDICATE YOUR TICKET REQUIREMENTS BY CHECKING PROPER BOXES. A TRI PPE eox , .. OOUCTI ON ' :tJ. ~ TICKET ' AICES: DSunday sa.oc, 02.o. vs S10.OO OSu~r Ticket S 15.00 . ; ISu ~, Tickel inc ludes Two -Dav Admitllon end P. .. 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