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C l 9 7 1 $l J Il f V"IO LOS I 0 8A CCO CO YAMAHA GOLD CUP ASTRODOME ·JA N UA RY 28 AND 29 ~~.P.M . . ~~ Pat Hennen wins second race 01 New Zealand's Marlboro Series • . c .._ o T HE BIG BIKES ARE COMING! By Ron Grant And along With the Ame rican Motorcyc le Associ ation's high sp eed two wheelers- the circuits top and toughest rid ers. The record breakers. The big bays See 'em eat up the trac k While they co mpete for cycling 's ou'll want to heavy pnze money Y ca tch au the ac tion from the first flag on . So come on out-early I WANGENUI . N EW ZEALAND . DEC. 28 ,1 976 Pat Hennen , on a Colem an Suzuki RG500 , once again proved .invincible on the tight , narrow cemetary circuit, winning both legs 'with ease, squeezing every ounce of power from his .rnaller m ach in e . H is record for this cou rse over the pas t three yea rs is five ins ou t of six races . Loca l rider John W oodley on a .im ila r RG di splayed some fine rid in g n the first leg to clos e o n Pat in the ate stages of th e ra ce after a bad start. -\ great battle fo r t hi rd develo ped etween Stu Avant . W arren Willing reco ve red fr om h is unfort u na te iccid en r in Au ckla nd last week ) a nd ra ern e C rosby on a ve ry qu ick oshi m ura Kaw asak i 1000 . W illing -nded u p th ird . Avant fo u rt h. a nd rosby , doing tr emendou s wheelies hrough th e esses, fifth . The seco nd leg p roved a re pea t of he first . b ut no t . however. wit hout a rillia n t battle betwee n Woodley and enne n for the firs t six laps . with en nen running second. This was hort-Iived , for Woodley lost third ear. Avant was a stead y third at this tage. but fast closing. Jeff Sayl e on yet nether RG500 from Australia passed ot h Stu and W oo dl ey for second lace . Crosb y agai n finished fift h. The Seri es next m oves to W ellington n J a nuary 2 .for the third ro und o n a imilar stree t-t ype ci rcuit. T he poi nts o ra l a t th is stage finds H ennen in ro nt with 76 points. Ava nt 70 a nd oodley 61. In . the su p p ortin g r a ces , Larry oleman and Wendell Andrews took h ree fourth places in the sideca r ea tures. Randy Mamola p ut in a fin e ide for third in the 350 eve nt, beating sle of Man winner, Charles .Mortim er J- a nd Aus tralian cham pion Ken Blake . I n a la ter even t R andy go t a litt le tOO mu ch t hrot t le an d sp u n out . (fort unatel y with no dama ge t o himself) , his m a chine ending up in p re tt y sa d shape. A crowd of approx imately 15 ,000 enjoy ed a good .d ay's racing with no inj uries to rid ers (a credit to the o rganiz atio n of the W a nge n u i Mot o rcycle Club ). The only accident was a teenager who fell from a tree wh ile specta ting! • TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets available at all Yamaha shop s Foley's and Astrooorne Ticket Office For further information call ( 7 13) 748-4500 Pric es 54 55 56.57, Discover oneof Camel Filter otorcycle R Graem e Crosby rod e a Yoshimura 1.000cc Kaw saki to fifth . d. CAME L I • , . I • T !z « a: " o a: ae E PRO SERIES , . Z > lD ~ if: .., 19 mg. "t ar" , 12 mg. m colme avoP1!1 elgarene, FTC Repon OEC. '76. W arning : The Surgeon General Has Determined That C igaretteSmokingIs Dangerous 10Your Health. 7