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Norman Smith won two classes in the
In termediate division on a '74 Yamaha. .
passed Husky rider Ken Si mpson on
the last lap. Smit h again grabbed th e
holesh ot in rnoto two and again ha d
Si mpson on h is ta il. This tim e ,
thou gh , Sm ith was ab le to keep hold
of hi s lead to th e end.
'.
La st up was a combina tion of Plus
40 and Plus 50 Intermediates a nd
Experts. This time H iggin s and Weinert were racing against each other as
Plus 40 Experts. The two took off from
the rest of the pa ck, with Higgins
maintaining a lead of ab out three
seconds. At th e fin ish th e margin was
even smaller.
In the second moto Higgins started
dead las t a nd blazed th rough half th e
pack on th e first lap. By lap two he
was th ird beh ind Weinert and CZ rid er
Tom Marsh. But ins tead of making his
move on th e lead ers, Hi ggins sta rted
to lose ground with shifting troubles.
Weinert , riding h is on ly race of the
year, took th e overall by virtue of h is
2-1 pl acings, wh ile Higgins (1-3) was
second overa ll and Marsh (3-2) took
home the th ird-p lace trophy.
With no ot her Premier 500cc ent ries,
J eff Sm ith , two -ti me World MX
cha mp and AHRMA's execu tive director, en ter tained th e crowd aboa rd a
pris tine Team Ob solete G50 Mat chless. T he circa-1960 converted roa d
racer is sai d to be wor ih mo re th an
a starting line full of Honda Elsinores.
Smith rode smoothly and quickly, but
had problem s remembering the " backward" shift pattern of the gearbox. a
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