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Th e star t o f t he 5 00 event a~d Ph il Read (MV) has br oke n into th e lead . NO. 3 is Saar inen and Agosti ni (11 is back i n t he Pack . lap . Drapal won with Walter Villa ~-....;;...--....;.;;.;.;;.;...;;.....;..;,;;;;.;.;...-----------------------., se co nd , and Fin n rider Teuvo Lansivouri third, all on Yamahas. Brun o Kneubuhler o n the 350 Harley twi n was ten th on the only n on- Yamah a to finish . T he 125 class fo llowed th e 350 class; th ey lo oked so slo w. It w ould have lo ok ed b ette r if they were first to ru n . Kent Ande rson won for Yam ah a , in fact th ey won all so lo races. No w . all they n eed is a sidecar m o t or, the n they co uld win every thing. T he 500 clas s fo und Saar in en on the pol e wi th Agostin i next. T he fia g fe ll and away went Phil Read on the MV • wi th Saarin en second and poor Ago fourth o n th e old MV -3. T he sound o f those MV ' s wa s wo r th th e price of a ticket alo ne . Re ad and Saarin en pulled away fro m Kanaya wh o in tum pulled away fro m Ago. The MV- 3 is no lon ger fas t en ou gh for th e Yamaha 4 's. Phil R ead sho wed the MV -4 will do the job, but S aarinen 's pa ce was to mu ch , an d Pierre Karsmakers outPhil fell back a wheel behind him. J ap an must be p roud o f K an ay a for his great distanced the 500cc rides. On th e fou rt h lap he tu rne d his fas tes t lap at 168 . 19 Km /H . T his was Open cla ss field on his too mu ch fo r R ead who fe ll b ack a few flash y yellow MX lap s lat er beh ind Kanaya. On lap 16 afte r a grea t b attle with K an aya R ead Yamaha. Pierre 's winpulled in wit h w at er in th e w orks. T hat ning oil. .. Pennzoil 2 w as t he en d of MV as Ago wa s so fa r back th at h e h ad pull ed o ut. (Bu t 1 Stroke Motorcycle Oil. d on't th in k it was water. ) Ago 's MV-3 The Yamaha MX Racjust w asn ' t fast enough . S aa rinen and Kan aya lapped th ird place Konig rider ing Team recommends Kim Ne wcombe . Fifth pl ace Nielse n (Yam ) w as lapped tw o times, so fast was Pennzo il. Its exclusive the p ace of the two Yamah a four's. The hydro-cracked base prolast ra ce of the day w as th e side cars, and what a ra ce. Setting on th e p ol e was tects again st ring-stick no t a BMW b ut a K on ig, in fact, two .wear and seizure . Konig's as En ders wa s thi rd from th e pole. Pennzoil 2 Stroke MoT he fla g fell and awa y went Gaw ley torcycle Oil burns clean o n h is K onig wi th Luthringsh aus er righ t o n his tail. It was short lived. As Hein z for winning performshifted into fourth gea r, his new works BMW engine locked up on the left side. ance. He left the clu tc h o ut. agai n and it Take a tip from the restarted an d away he went in ten th. End er 's was n ow a dis tant second. T he Yamaha MX Racing Kon ig was t oo fas t. Team and Pierre As with all tw o-s trokes , Konigs sh ould slow when they ge t h ot. Ender 's Karsmakers, ask your waited, but it n ever slow ed. With six dealer for Pennzoil Molaps to go En ders reall y turned it on. Gawley's wife hung o ut th e "slow" sign torcycle Oil and be a as he had a 14 second. T h is was a mistake. Ender's passed Askabout Pennzoil's complete line of motorcycle oils. winner. him with three laps to go and p ull ed away to win. The Konig was hot and co uld n 't match the sp eed of the BMW. It was almost the first big win for a two-stroke in the sidecar class. RESULTS: . > yamahama racift9 team and pennzo-. ride .victory! , GmG ,,-GUo. moIOC'OIICh~lp -hiGlee& lIotidQ 1 25 Class : 1. · A n d e rs o n Kent (Yam); 2 . Jansson Borije (Mal) ; 3 . Angel N ieto R . (Morb idell l) ; 4. eucherln l Othello (Malanca) ; S. Lazar in l (Ma l). 2 5 0 Class : 1. J . Saarinen (Vam); 2. Kanaya H ldeo (Vam); 3 . Mortimer en. (Vam) : 4 . ' Lansivuorl T . (Vam) . 5 . Dodd s John (Vam) . 350 Class : 1. Drapal Janos (Yam); 2 . Vi lla Walter (Yam); 3 . Lanslvlourl Teuvo (Yam); 4 . Nelson Bil li (Yam); 5. Garanth Bo (Yam) . 500 Class: 1. J arno Saa r inen (Yam) ; 2. Kanaya H ldeo (Yam): 3 . K im Newcombe (KOnig); 4. M andacd Guido (S uz); 5. W . Nielsen Borge lvam) . . 500 Sidecars: • Enders/Engelhardt \BMW); 2 . Jeff Gawley/Sales (Kon g) ; 3. v a n n e s t e v a n n e s t e (BMW) ; 4 . z Lulhrlngshauser/Hahn K lerls/Schwarzel (KOnig) . (BMW) ; 5. Pennnlll 7 Stroke and · Struke M 1 olo,cyde O ,I ~ lor cycles lJ S l n.~ t~.i ~. on IrMk . IT.ul or street PENNZOIL COMPANY Oil City. Pennsylvania Western Headquarters: Los Angeles, Calif.