bined, was against Bob Hannah, a CLEAN AIR PERFORMANCE former Mid-Ohio winner who was there for the money only since his designated FIM class this year is FILTERS 250cc and this made him ineligible FOR ANY VEHICLE! for points. In fact he even had to , car, on-or-oll road. Send $2.00 lor catalog. start “at the back of the pack,” along with Jim Weinert, who normally rides 500s in GPs. Hannah turned-out to be an unwel­ Glover Sweeps 125 come spoiler. While teammate Broc Glover was turning a brilliant hole- shot into a 25-second lead, Hannah USGP As Hannsh berserked from 23rd place to fourth in just four laps. Then, riding a year- Plays The Spoiler old bike hastily prepared by Keith McCarty, he methodically moved into It’s hard to say what would have second, having zapped the first four happened if the Russians had come in World Standings: Akira Watanabe and Bob Hannah would have stayed (Suz), Gaston Rahier (Suz), Gerard home. Crumbling political relations Rond (Yam) and Siegfried Lerner between Russia and America pre­ (KTM). After trimming 10 seconds off vented the appearance of Iron Cur­ the Glover lead, Hannah crashed tain riders at round 10 of the World twice, forcing him to repass Rond 125 GP Motocross Series held at and Honda’s Warren Reid to salvage Mid-Ohio, so there were only seven second place at the line. Rahier, rid­ international riders there to battle the ing with a highly bandaged broken Americans. One could say the whole finger was slowed to seventh by its field, imports and domestics com­ pain, and Watanabe dropped-out due

on Sunday. That left the door open for and Sweden-win- ner Gregg Hansford to pull away in what was once a real points tussle Scoreboard between them and Roberts. 500 Grand Prix, Sweden Kenny’s luck was mixed during his closed on Kenny’s fifth month overseas in pursuit of point lead by easily winning while World Championship titles in Formula Roberts, still dazed from his crash, i\e 750, 250 GP and 500 GP. A crash hobbled home in seventh. Following *«1. and the rigorous schedule took their Sheene were Wil Hartog, Takazumi toll. On the disappointing side, he Katayama, Steve Baker, Bruno Ferrari will not continue racing in the 250 and . class, but he did move-up to the ju­ 250 Grand Prix, Finland gular vein of Johnny Cecotto’s Mechanicals forced a Roberts DNF season-long 750 points lead. Here’s at Imatra, and it was decided after the lowdown on his progress. not collecting points for two weeks in , West Germany a row that he should drop-out of 250 Kenny would like to forget the first competition. Racing the 250 class in MECHANIC 84-mile leg over Hockenheim’s fast the morning and the 500 class that 4.2-mile course. He finished eighth in same afternoon is simply too tough the rain after struggling with a fog­ to do both classes justice, and Rob­ TRAINING ging visor and sticking carburetor erts feels the 500 is the most impor­ APPROVED FOR VETERANS slides, a problem which forced John­ tant. AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE INSTITUTE ny Cecotto out completely. French­ 500 Grand Prix, Finland AMERICAN MARINE INSTITUTE man picked the An ignition failure in Kenny’s Ya­ P. O. Box 9128 Daytona Boach, Florida 32020 right tires .and splashed to an easy maha meant another DNF, but the win. Kenny battled Cecotto for a few points lead remained intact because laps in round two before the Vene­ Barry Sheene also failed to finish. Wil - - 1 800 874-0645 Z zuelan dropped-out, giving Kenny the Hartog won the race, followed by Ka­ Fla. Res. Call Collect 1-904-255-0295 lead, which he held. Sarron’s second tayama and Cecotto. SEND ME INFORMATION ABOUT: was enough to make him the overall Formula 750 □ Motorcycle Mechanics Course winner, followed by Franco Bonera, 1. Johnny Cecotto...... Yam ...... 66 □ Outboard Mechanics Course Gregg Hansford and Roberts. Cecot­ 2. Kenny Roberts...... Yam ...... 65 □ Stern Drive Mechanics Course to’s DNF put Kenny just one point 3. Christian Sarron...... Yam ...... 47 250 GP Name Age back with three rounds to go. 250 Grand Prix, Sweden 1. Kork Ballington...... Kaw ...... 84 Street 2. Gregg Hansford...... Kaw ...... 79 A crash in the Friday practice ses­ . Yam ...... 54 City _ sion at Carlskoga knocked Kenny un­ 500 GP State Zip. conscious and injured his thumb, so 1. Kenny Roberts...... Yam ...... 85 he decided not to ride the 250 class 2. Barry Sheene...... Suz ...... 82 Phone (___). Vet, to save his strength for the 500 race 3. Wil Hartog...... Suz ...... 65

72 MOTORCYCLIST/OCTOBER 1978 Below—125 World Champion Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) zips past a large crowd on the picturesque Ohio track. In the lower photo Gaylon Mosier grabs the hole- shot. Right—Weinert’s Kawasaki had an experimental water-cooled head. FLANDERS

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to heat, though the thermometer only went on to win again but there were read 80 degrees. Rond held-on for still rumors of a pushing match be­ third to give Yamaha a top-three tween him and Hannah after the sweep. race. Bob seemed happy, however, A Magazine Devoted Gassin’ Gaylon Mosier led Glover, for he gave away his nylon leathers Watanabe and Steve Wise on the by throwing them out of his van, To Motorcycle Classics second moto start, but suddenly along with bunches of Hannah Hats. •ROAD TESTS Hannah appeared in fourth from his •CURRENT VINTAGE back-row grid position. He literally Valvoline 125 USGP STORIES ran-down Watanabe in the air as the 1. Broc Glover, U.S...... Yam two sailed over a jump and both 2. Gerard Rond, Holland...... Yam •HISTORIC ARTICLES landed in a heap, Watanabe’s throttle 3. Marty Moates, U.S...... Suz •FRAMEABLE COLOR broken and his temper hot, and Han­ 4. Mark Gregson, U.S...... Suz CENTERSPREADS 5. Mike Guerra, U.S...... Yam nah dazed, but quickly up and back 6. Siegfried Lerner, Aus...... KTM AVAILABLE BY SUBSCRIPTION running in 15th place. He showed no 7. Danny Turner, U.S...... Yam mercy as he passed riders in a fright­ 8. Ron Turner, U.S...... Yam •YEARLY $10.00 (4 ISSUES) ening charge, one of whom was War­ 9. Evan Alborghetti, Italy...... Apr WALNECKS ren Reid, who got clipped into a 10'. Gaylon Mosier, U.S...... Kaw giant get-off which injured his wrist. Sales By this time everyone at Suzuki and 125 GP Points mm&m (two events remaining) P.O. BOX 489, WESTMONT. ILLINOIS 60559 Honda were mad at Hannah, and Dept. MC 1. Akira Watanabe...... Suz ...... 217 even teammate Rond wasn’t pleased 2. Gaston Rahier...... Suz ...... 212 with his rough riding. It ended with a 3. Gerard Rond...... 201 flat front tire a few laps later. Glover 4. Siegfried Lerner...... KTM ...... 86

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