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(Yam, 106 .484 sp), 16. Virgin io Ferrari (Yam. 106 .412 sp l, 17. Michel Rougerie (Yam. 106.297 spl, 18. Gary Scott !Yam, 106.220 sp l, 19. Sadao Asami (Yam, 106.123 spl, 20. Christian Sarron (Yam. 106.098 spl . 21. Dale Singleton (Yam. 105 .906 spl. 22. Vietor Palomo Ivem, 105.863 spl, 23. Marcel Ankone IYam, 105.617 spl . 24. Christian Estrosi !Yam. 105.545 sp), 25. Marco Lucch inelli (Yam, 105.353 spl, 26, Takazum i Katayama (Yam, 105 .298 sp l, 27. Jimmy Morales (Yam. 105.094 sp l. 29. Mike Baeder (Yam. 104.947 spl, 29. David Emde (Yam. 104.905 spl, 30. Paul McLachlin !Yam, 104.805 sp), 31. Wil Hartog (S uz, 104.627 spl . 32. Steve Mclaughlin (Yam, 104 .595 501. 33. John Dodds !Yam. 104.525 sol, 34. Peter Davies !Yam, 104.518 spl, 35. Tommy Byars {Y , 104.136 sp l. 36. am Jean Philippe Orban (Yam. 104.102 SPI. 37. Kevin Stafford (Yam. 104 .070 501. 38. John Long {Yam , 103.656 sp l. 39. Ron Haslam (Yam. 103.630 501. 40. Mike Baldwin !Yam. 103 .563 spl, 41. Robert Muraay !Yam. 103 .406 spl, 42. Bob Rectenwald (Yam. 103.379 spl. 43. Was Cooley (Yam. 103.198 spl, 44. Rudy Galindo (Yam, 103.140 501, 45. Rob Bron (Yam. 103.094 50), 46. James Allen {Yam. 102.943 sp l. 47. Harry Cone (Yam, 102.910 spl. 48. Gianfranco (Yam. 102.844 spl. 49. Ron Mass (Yam, 102.820 spl , 50. Murray Sayle (Kaw, 102.n5 spl. (ToP) Franco Uncini (H· D 308), Gregg Ha nsford (Kaw 302), Kenny Roberts (Yam 2) and Steve Baker (Yam 32) allied th e lOa-m ile 250cc race. Only Bak er finished . (A bove) Baker uas join ed in th e winner 's circle by Takazumi Katayama (Yam 349) and R ich Schlacter (Yam 118). At right is tuner Kevin Cam eron . 8 his 1975 bik e and a new engi ne a nd fairing , took over the lead. Roberts pi tted on th e- 17th lap and Bak er was home free ; openi ng up a 28 -second lead over runnerup Roberts on th e final lap. It appeared in the lat e stages of th e leg that Roberts was not only losin g ground to Bak er but was also a bo ut to be chall enged by Kata yama . Checkered flag time. though , saw Roberts maintaining an eight-second lead over the third place finisher Katayama and his Sa rome Racing T eam OW3l . Katayama su ffe re d burns on his right leg d ue to a n unwrapped righ t side exhaust pipe. Rounding out th e top ten were Hansford a nd his Ka wasak i, Don Vesco sponso red Gene Romer o on a n OW31 . Au stral ian Warr en " Red Rocket " Willinl/: aboard h is self- spon sored Yamah a , Frenc h ma n Christi an Sarron on one of th e Team Sonauto Galolses Longu es spo nsored Yamahas, Pat Evans and h is Paul Dahm en -sponsored / Fritz Hu ebn er tuned Yamaha . and Dutchman Boet van Dulmen and h is self-spo nsored Yamaha n ipping the BS&W /BeI·Ra y sponsored OW3l of Randy Cleek a t th e lin e for ninth . Reti ring fro m the race in th e lat e stages were Fren ch ace Pat rick Pon s. who was running as high as fifth until his clutch for ced him to call it a da y on the 21st lap. and Ron Pier ce . who had qu al ified se ve nt h fas test. Pi erce p ushed his b ike - suffering a bad centt'r cra nkshaft bearing - ou t fro m th e pit s a nd too k the checkered flag using manpower for propulsion . T he n the rai n sta rted . • Results 750: 1. Ste ve Bak e r (Yam l. 2. Kenn y Ro berts (Yaml . 3. Tkazum i Katayama (Yaml. 4. Greg Hans ford IKawl . 5. Gene Romero (Yam). 6. Warren Willing (Yaml. 7. Christian Sarron (Yaml . 8. Pat Evans (Yaml . 9. Boet van Dulm en (Yaml . 10. Randy Cleek (Yam). 11. Harry Con e (Yam). 12. M ich el Rougerie (Yam). 13. Tommy Byars (Yam). 14. Christian Estrosi (Yaml . 15. Philippe Coulon (Yam). 16. Jean Paul Bain et (Yaml. 17. Dale Singleton (Yaml . 18. W il Hartog (Suz), 19. M ike Baldw in (Yam). 20. Ja mes All en (Vam). 21. Marco lucchi nelli (Yam). 22. Phil M cDonald (Yaml. 23. Murray Sayle IKaw ). 24. Mik e Kidd (Yam). 25. bob Rectenwa ld (Yaml. 26. Paul Mclachl in (Yam). 27. J ean Philipp e Orban (Yaml . 28. Tom my Byars (Yam). 29. Virg inio Ferrari (Yam). 30 . John Long (Yaml. 31. Bob Wakefield (Yaml. 32. Rob Bron (Yaml . 33 . Doug li bby (Yam), 34. Wes Cooley (Yaml. 35 . John Dodd IYaml. 36. Harald Merkl (Yaml. 37. Larry Bleil (Yaml. 37. Larry Bleil (Yaml. 38. Piers Forester (Yam). 39. M ichael Trimby (Yaml . 40. Bruce Und (Yam). 41. Hap Eaton (Yaml . 42. Bruce Hamm er (Yam). 43 . Kurt Liebmann (Yam). 44 . Torello Tecch lISuz). 45. J ame s Men adno (Yaml . 46. Henry DeGouw (Yaml. 47. W ill Hardin (Yam). 48. Skip A ksland (Yarnl. 49. Ron Pierce (Yam). SO. larry Koop (Yaml . Top Qualifi ers. Daytona F750 1. Steve Baker (Yam. 111.m spl. 2. Kenny Roberts (Yam, 111.678 sp), 3. W arren Willing (Yam. 108.708 spl . 4. Johnny Cecotto (Yam. 108.166 eel, 5. Patrick Pons (Yam . 107.755 epl, 6. Gregg Hansford (Kaw. 107.569 spl . 7. Ron Pierce Ivam . 107 .467 spl, 8. Gene Romero (Yam. 107.403 sp ). 9. Philippe Coulon (Yam, 107.305 so), 10. Boat V. Dulmen (Yam. 106.814 sp l. 11. Mike Clarke !Yam, 106.7071. 12. 'reeve Lansivuori (Yam•• 106.647 spl . 13. Pat Evans IYam. 106 .585 spl, 14. Randy Cleek IY am. 106.530 spl, 15. Skip Aksland Baker •de•• clslve In IOO-mile 2SOCC race as opposition falters By Gary Van Voorhis , DAYTONA BEACH , FL , MAR. 12 Steve Baker. playing a game of wait and see in the early laps of the lOO-mile International Lightweight event , came up with an easyvicto ry as a myriad of problems took his leading competitors on e by one . Baker led Takazum i Katayama to th e checkers by a m argin of almost 30 seconds with "Zoo rnie" holding double that m argin over Ri ch Schlacter. Harry Klinzmann a nd Frenchman . Pierre Soulas ro u nded out th e top five Yamaha mounted riders. As expec ted , Kenny Roberts a ndi St eve Bak e r won th eir respect ive qualifying hea ts on t hei r spe cia l Kel Ca rru the rs co nst ructe d lightweight (as much as 30 poun ds lighter than a sta ndard T Z250) a nd specia lly-fa ired Yam ah as with Baker t he fa stest.