MOTO X VOLUME 2 NUMBER 5

have baulked him.
Barry Falconer had also nosed in front
of Hermanson and Shandler by this
time. Thus, at the chequered flag the
first five riders across the line were
MacMillan, Brand, Green, Trefz and
Falconer.
MOTO TWO - First off the line were
Tommy Trefz, Ian MacMinan, Chris
Brand, Mike Hermanson, M. White
and B. Shandler.
Graham Green and Barry Falconer
pulled out of the bunch and began to
pressurize Shandler. The three leading
the race were beginning to pull away
from the rest as they each challenged
for a better position.
Just as eight minutes went up Green
passed Shandler and continued his
chase after the leaders. Hermanson now
came under pressure from Green. Chris
Brand forced himself passed Trefz.
Three laps later Green had got in front
of Hermanson and Shandler had
slipped back a place as Falconer got in
front of him.
Green was having a fantastic race.
Nothing seemed able to go fast enough
.to keep. him at bay for he hauled in
third man, Tommy Trefz.
The pressure from Brand caused
MacMillan to make one of his rare mistakes
and as he went wide Brand went
through to first spot. This was not for
long as Mac recovered\ quickly and
rode well to once more recover first
place. Green kept going and now had
Brand in his sights. Riding superbly he
got himself into second place and then
made MacMillan his target. With no
more than three minutes 'Ieft he shot
passed MacMillan and even managed
to increase his lead.
Hermanson, after riding well, parted
company with his bike in the esses
which put him out of contention for
high points. The race closed with Green
across the line first followed by Mac-
I MilIan, Brand, Trefz, Falconer and
Shandler.
MOTO THREE - Forty odd minutes
of hard riding had begun to tell on the
riders of the big bikes, for as they came
out for the last 20 minutes they all
looked slightly weary, yet none could
afford to let up and allow the other an
easy win - points were vital to all.
MacMillan, Green and Beattie were
first away. As they entered the first
bend Beattie had come up into second
and the way he was riding had no intention
of giving it tip. No doubt the
body-weariness MacMillan had confessed
to just before the start of the race
was a contributing factor to his falling
heavily on the back section of the
circuit. One immediately noted a
slowing down and as the laps reeled by
he dropped lower and lower down the
field.
Hermanson was another to take a
tumble after a jump - only his race
was over. The muscles in his shoulder
and arm had been torn. M. White was
another participant in this event to take
a spectacular tumble.
While all this was going on Graham
Green and Chris Brand were fighting it
out for first place and 15 points which
eventually went to Brand as Green
began to slow up. At the chequered flag
we saw Brand, Falconer, Beattie, Trefz
and Green come in for the lion's share
ofthe points.
Overall placings for the three heats: C.
Brand. G. Green. I. MacMillan. B
Falconer. T. Trefz.
SENIOR 250cc MX - MOTO ONE-
As the time came around for the start of
this series of races, the question being
asked was "How will Mike Hopkins
fare on his home-track after his poor
showing at Brickor? We were pleasantly
surprised.
A bunch of riders got away from the
line in this race and as they went into
the first bend and toward BP jump
there just did not seem to be enough
room for all of them. What transpired
Tyrone Stevenson (206) passes Mark Davies (203) on his way to taking the
chequered flag. (Photo: Bm Rosenberg)'
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