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; TEN .. ~ ~ ,.- Chain YEARS AGO ' In a move 10 ease its p reca rious cas hfl ow sj ruari on , N ort on-Tr i u m p h announ ced o n Au gust I th e can celalion o f its factory raci ng effon for th e rem ainder of th e 1975 season . Tea m rid er s Mark Williams, John Hateley and Rob Morrison were given th eir factory racin g bikes in h opes th ey would co n tin ue 10 race th e mach in es as privateers, The factory would not confirm ra cing p la ns for th e 1976 seaso n . Grand National Champi o n Kenny R oberts sco red h is secon d co nsec ulive La guna Seca win , but on ly aft er Yvon DuHamel cras hed while h oldin g a 10-second lead on th e 29th lap of th e 40-lap even t. DuHamel unloaded in th e co rkscre w a nd su ffered a broken fin ger ; th e crash was ca used by oi l dumped from the engi ne o f h is factory Kaw asaki. John Boote pl aced seco n d, a n d Steve Baker took h is Yamaha 10 th ird p lace . Dale Singleton won lh e 20 -l ap J un ior fin a l, ahead of Fred Walli a nd third-place Ski p Aksland. Mike Bast held th e po ints lead in th e speedw a y seaso n, even th ou gh h e failed to make either ma in even t o n Tuesday night in Ventura. California . Ba SI h ad won a to ta l o f 11 Scr at ch mains for the seaso n; h is br other Steve Bast tr ai led cl o se behind with 12, foll ow ed by Jeff Sex ton (e ig hr ), Rick Woods (seve n ), a n d Mike Caruso (six). Barry Sheene h ad o bv ious ly recovered from h is inj u ries a t Da ytona , winning both th e Formula 750 a n d the 500cc race in the World Championship road race s in Anderstorp, Swed en . In th e Formula '750 rac e, Sh een e won by a co m forta ble 18 seconds over seco n d-p lace Barry Ditchburn (Kaw), wh ich mo ved hi m in to a n arr ow p oints lea d ove r ri val s ohnny Cecollo an d Giacomo Agostini. In th e 500cc race, Agostini wa s runn in g in seco n d p lace behind h een e when h e cras hed h is fourlinder Yamaha - j us t ove r one lap from th e fin is h line. Agostin i made a llant effor t 10 rest art th e m a chine, nl y 10 find th e front lire was flat. Reigning World Champi on Waller ilia won the 250cc race after Cecotto etired with ignition trouble. ob Hannah fini shed 12 sec o n ds head of seco nd- p lace ride rs in both otos of th e 125cc P ro class a t Sadleback Park in Irv in e , Ca lifo rn ia , h er Danny LaPorte re tired mid-way hrough th e seco nd mo to w i t h a eized engi ne. Bob Stem o verca me a a d sta r t in th e fir sl rn o t o 10 lake ec o n d o vera ll, a nd David Taylor .lairned third o vera ll. J eff Jennings Iso p u t together a I-I sco re 10 swee p h e 250cc P ros a head of La Pone, a n d hird-overal l Jeff ~ i d i c. n th e a fterma th of Rick Hocking's rZ750 dirt-tracker debu t, Kenny Roerts said h e'd run a simi lar ma chi ne n th e mi le o n ly if fo rced 10 by the .o rn p et j tion. " I' m no t a n xio us 10 see h em (two-stro ke rnul tis ) come in ; I hink th ey cou ld ru in m ile rac ing ike they have road ra cing." • .-": "World Class Ch ain for W orld Class R iders" i"'as5OCIafeS SSO West Regent St., Unit 301, Inglewood, California 90301 MICHELIN HI-SPORT 1 2 0/ 8 0 V 16 TF 11 1 0 0/8 0 V 18 T F1 1 11 0 / 8 0 V 1 8 TF 1 1 11 0/ 8 0 V 1 9 TF 1 1 1 6 0/ 6 0 V 17 TG22 130 /70 V 18 TG22 1 4 0/7 0 V 1 8 T G2 2 1 6 0 / 6 0 V 1 8 TG22 ' 1 6 0 / 8 0 V 16 TG22 f o r N in ja 600 & FJ - 1100 D.O.T•.Approved Street Legal Highest Performance and MICHELIN SLICKS J COM£S££ us SERVICE MICHE LIN TIRES ATAMA NATIONAL ROAD RACES 12/60- 16 11/64-18 14/6 8- 18 16/7 0 -18 18172 -18 18/7 2 -18 ' 11 09P Softest SF12 Softest 1238E Softest ' - - - " " ' - - - - - '."". SF2 1 e-zz. A.ug. Sale $75.00 11 4 5 K Softest 94 5 Drag Racing 800-628-4040 DEA LER INQUIRIES INVITED ~ "'~MIITII r:.. TRRC• UNBEATABLE . P BOX 861 • WILBRAHAM. MASSACHuSmS 01095 .O 4 13 · 734·62 11 - Outs ide Massach usellS 800-628·4040 15