Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

(Yamaha) who , after his part in the big Salzburgring crash in 1977, was understandably a little wary of taking any chances. Seventh , thanks to Lavado's gym. nastics, was Ed i Stollinger on a Kawasaki , heading home his race-long riva l Patrick Pons (Yaham a) and Vic Soussan on George Bea le's Yamaha . But the drama of t he race was not yet over . Young Ekerold, disturbed at rumours that the winning Kawasaki might be using something other than standard fuel, slapped in'a protest just as he had warned the factory people he would . before the race even began. "I am not tryi ng to tak e Kork's points awa y j ust for th e sake of the points. I want them to find out once and for all if.the rumours about the fuel are right. If pro testing means losing frie nds in :.the paddock, well that 's too bad. I · sim ply want to know the tru th. " said Jon . The protest w as rejected by the jury even though the Kawasak i had , by a I sad coincidence, failed to have been · parked in the technical enclosure after the rac e. n T he FIM official decided that that was as much the organizers' fault as I the fac tory team's, and by then it was too lat e th e check the fuel. The sidecar races failed to match the entertainment of the solo battles. 'As expected. the additio nal World Cham pionshi p for the latest sidecar crea tions. inspired by the ea rly Seymaz and Beo, was a damp squ id despite a close tussle between Rolf Biland in his latest ' LCR Yamaha car-like outfit . and Alan Michel's new Seymaz. , Biland went on to win the ra ce. s which attracted onl y 14 starters, after Michel's outfit broke a piston in the closing stages. letting Bruno Hozer . on · a simil ar outfit to Biland's, take ru nnerup spot. I La ter in the da y hopes of a rare Brit ish sidecar victory in the conven> tional sidecar race ended just a few ~ps from home when Dick Greasley broke a piston on his Busch -Yamaha. His departure let Swede Gate Brodin (Yamaha) into number one spot, well clear of a hectic dice between Siegfried Schauzu (Yamaha) and Rolf Ste inhausen (Yamaha) . Jock Taylor looked a good bet for a top six place using last year's Windle outfit un til th e rear hub brok e. In the 125cc race Clive Horton . Britain's sole representa tive, saw his hopes of Ch ampionship points fizzle out when his Morbidelli mysteriously slowed, dropping him to fourteen th pla ce. Out front Spaniard Angel Nie to (Minarelli) beat Aust rian hero Harald Bartol (Morbedelli). • Results 125cc: 1. A. Nieto (Min'; 2. H. Bartol (MOl'; 3. G. Bender IIBen l; 4 . H. Muller (MBAI; 5. E. Lazzarini (Motl; 6. P. P1isson (MOl'; 7. R. Blatt er (MOl'; 8. P.E. Carlson {MBAI; 9. W . Kosch ine (Dol'; 10 . B. Knueb uhl... (MBAI. Record lap: A. Nieto (Min ) 1 min•• 32.7 sec., 102.29 mph. IOld reco rd: E. Lazzarini (MBA) 1 min ., 32 .9 sec. 350cc: 1. K. Balling ton (Kaw'; 2. J . Ekero ld IVa ml; 3. A. Mang IKaw); 4. M. Frutsehi (Va ml; 5. W . Voila IV. ml; 6 . P. Fernandez IV. ml; 7 . E. Stolling er (K. wl; 8. P. Pons (Ya m); 9 . V. Soussan (Ya m); 10. E. Hyva rinen lYaml . Record lap: K. Bellington (Kawl 1 min., 25.3 see., 111.15 mph . Old record: K. Bellington (Kawl 1 min., 25.7 sec. 500cc: 1. K. Roberts (Yam); 2. V . Ferrari (Suz); 3. W . Hartog fSuzl: 4. T. Herron (S ull : 5. H. Kawasaki (Suz); 6. F. Uncini (SuII ; 7. S . Parr ish (Suzl: 8. M W iener (Suz l; 9. M ~ Lucchinelli (Suz); to. M . Grant lSuz); 11. B. seu ISuz); 12. B. Sheene ISuzl; 13. A. Geor ge ISuzl; 14. M. Baldvvin (Suz). Recor d lap: K. Roberts (V. ml I min.• 21.6 sec .. 116. 06 mp h. Old rocord: K. Roberts (Y. m l I min.• 21.7 sec. Conventional Sidecar: 1. G. Brod in/B. Gallros IYam l; 2. S . SchaUZ\JIL Puzo {V. m'; 3. R. S teinha usanlK. Arthur (Yam l; 4. H. Huber/B. Schappacher (V. m'; 5. A. Zini/A. Fornar o (Konig l; 6. W . Schwartz ol/A. Huber (Ya m); 7. K. RahkolK. Laapikainen (Y_); 8. P. Ca mpbell/D. Goodwin (Yam); 9. B. Brouwer/J . Oostwounder

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