Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Brad Lackey , who had won all th ree motos at an International race th e week before in Switzerland, had nothing to lose and nothing to ga in in ·Wohlen . He was firmly locked in four th place in the standings , unable to . im p rove or lose his position. Brad raced sm oo th ly in the first race to finish seventh after getting knocked off in the first corner whil e dicing with Ja ak for th e lead . Heikki "Hessu" Pentrila , the Finnish mechanic who bulletproofed 'Heikki Mikkola's Yamahas, stood ankle de ep in the pit area and Sunday morning and commented, " No I don't have to work very much today. The bike is ready to make one lap . That is a ll th a t is necessary... . He was talking a bou t the fact tha t Mikkola had torn a ligament in his right hand the week before in the same Internationa l ra ce that Brad had won . His doctor told him to sta y off bikes. But Heikki showed up in Wohlen for two reasons . . to make his contracted appearance to collect the start money and for the party afterwards! DeCoster ho leshot the fin al moto of the season, going on to win the Swiss Grand Prix a nd move a head of Wo lsink for second pl ace in the stan dings. Ironically, the only G ra nd Pr ix events tha t Roger won were t he first and the last of th e season. The GP in S~itzerland was held on Roger's 32nd birthday. . Graham Noyce and Hakan Andersson swa pped first race places to finish third and fourth. Andersson's hard . consi stent riding moved him up to fifth place in the standings, quite a n accomplishment for the '73 250cc World Champ in his first season in the 500cc class . Ha ka n scored points in the last 10 races of the season to climb fr om a very slow beginning, Fin ishing second was hard for DeCoster . He had started the season planning to race two more seasons, win two World Championships and then retire with seven 500cc World titles to his credit , one more that six time 250cc winner Joel Robert . At the post·race sh ind ig Roger had a few words to say a bo ut next yea r . " I will race hard next year, really gas it , and if I win the Championship I will then retire... Br ad L ackey stopped in the second race when a fla t rear tire slipped on the rim and made it impossible for him to continue. Gerrit Wolsink went out of the ' race when the pain in his right knee be came unbearable. The party afterwa rd was a joint ef-, fort by Camel, Yamaha a nd Honda. A full-on barbeque, ca ses of ch am pagn e and wine and music coming from the huge semi-trailer converted into ~n in formal disco by Honda had the riders , all the wives and close people of th e seaso n getting soused, dancing and wrestling in th e mud and letting it all go now tha t the serious racing had fin ished for another yea r. A great racing season has come to an end. Roger and Gerrit will be at the Trans·AMA , Adolf Weil 'sa ys lie's going and Bengt Aberg wants to go if he can get th e support from his spon· sors. Heikki will rest for three weeks at home before flying to Japan for three weeks of testing for next season. Heikki'sonly plans for the U .S . are to com pe te in the Anaheim Supercross nre. • , Ifyo« ride moioC/~ hare defign make for a sfiffer and ~crambe or abotlffo fe/Iyo« howpuni~hing If can be. Btlf we wouldlikefo fell yoo fnlS:... Goodyearha~ sfudied mofocro~~forsomefime ana: w/1fJ fhe help of riaers: like AMA /Cl7S ~upet"cr~ Champion Jimmy Weinert; we engineered a new M IXfire. The Eagle M/XIL YOl/ shoa/o'know what we,dia; and why we did if. . 1. The Eagle MlxIl starts" wifh a rugged nylon cord body;' fhen a l7e1A1 ' . I, exfremely fear-- J] re£t~fanfrvb- . oercompoaoo' I pain~fakingly engineeredfor a ~eafic fype ofridet: Thetek one. rorthe uey you ride. A~ yourfrlends. NkyOtl/" 1 i Gaxfyearde4ler ;;bouffhe. Eagle M/XII...itt a ~fudy in .{frengfh. i~added. 2./~Mdel flaffoolprinfandfalt fapered lug GOOD;rEAR - Uphill, we. always climb with caution; downhill, we crash carefree. . IVI1ENA!tfJTJI£f 8 /1(£ f'A5JEJ >Vu to ioa~I( AT THE B/!<£FI UT I l!EFoR£ >tJ1/tPT/(£ 711£ fbJY CHICK!?/ lN6 IT? P ON A WA~I:1~{I/INYMoMllfG Po YoU /.J/C/1f. FoAA' 70R!PING A/l.P W NOR/< IN RtJrIl HOUR '!RAFFle? PO YOU GA51TA urns IFY ou l st 'Moto : 1. Jaak van Velthoven IKTM) ; 2. Roger OeCoster (Suz); 3. Hakan Andersson (Mon) ; ~ . Graham Noyce (Mai); 5. Gerrit Wolsink (Suzl; 6. Wi lli Bauer; 7. Brad Lackey (Han); 8. Andre Vromans (Suz); 9. Svlvain SEE A 5/GN 7HAT REAPJ: 'PANG EKou.JCURV ESAIiEAl> ' ? Geboers; 10. Aka Jonsson . 9, Bob Wright ICCM); 10. Ivan van der Broeck IMal1. 500cc World Championship final point standings: t . Heikki Mikkola l272); 2. Roger DeCos ter (222); 3. Gerrit Wo lsink 1202) 4. Brad Lackey 1 : 168): 5. Hakan Ander · sso n (Mon); 6. Herbert Schmitz IMai); 7. J aa k van Velthoven 1791: 8. Graham Noyce 1741: 9. Bengt Aberg 162 10. Adolf We i11451. . ); harder working fire. ~!Ja/low groove£ in the . fop ofeac!J lug ptlf hundteds ofbifing edge£ to work when yOUle running on marbly or hard pack .{urfaCef. '. ' . 3. The Eagle MlxII ha~a new · igh- fanding Sioewalt de9gned h s fo flex andabrorb fhe kind 9f .woc/0£5 A SU MMER) tvE NG /?E.I1/NP trl ~~aua YoVOFWe J/1£/.J.. OF NlGHT- a »> , 8 LOOMIN6 JA5M""~ fjNP THE. TA5TE O cl N£. BU ? 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