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Transvaal Series NATIONALS Pg's 5, 31

9 BRICKOR'S '79 RE-OPENING - The promise of an excellent track.
20 LEEUKUIL - 1st Round Transvaal Champs
28 TARLTON - Exciting club meet
31 TARLTON - 2nd Rd. S.A,'s Falconer dominates

Nalal Series

27 HIGHACRES - Results, 1st April

Cape Series

5 CAPE TOWN - 1st Rd. S.A.'s fierce competition in the 500 class
15 TABLE MOUNTAIN - First in the series
24 SUPERBIKES - Hondas disqualified

Fealures

2 EDITORIAL - Views and News COVER:
4 TARLTON - Don't miss this one Tyrone Stevenson (Drapflr Hirsch Husqvarna)
14 HENOCHSBERG - A New Riding Jacket over Jacks' Jump at the Brickor Supercross
16 KAWASAKI - The very quick Turbo Circuit of Errol Hammon. (Photo: Geroge Whyte)
17 SPEEDWAY - South Africa needed this boost
26 CHRIS BRAND - Riding for a popular magazine for
34 GWP - The all facilities group
39 YAMAHA - News
41 GRANT MABEN - What you have all been waiting

CENTRESPREAD:

A 'falling' sequence from the camera maestro

'American Eagle'. (Seymour Smith) .

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~~0 Hi there and welcome to this Quoted in brief from GUINESS book
Months Magazine. The S.A.
Volume 2 - Number 10 May'79. Motorcross scene took off with of RECORDS '78.
Distributed nationally by Intermag. the first two Nationals taking
Moto X & Bike News is published place in fine style. The two great MOTORCYCLE RACING
monthly by the proprietors GW days of racing saw the emergence Earliest race
Publications. of all the new faces, equipment
EDITOR & ART DIRECTOR: and bikes for '79 and by the look of The first motorcycle race was held over a mile J 16 km on an
Gary Whyte things this is going to be a good oval track at Sheen House, Richmond, Surrey, on 29 Nay.
CONTRIBUTORS: year. 1897, won by Charles jarrctr (1877-1944) on a Fournier. The
Charlie Treen oldest motorcycle races in the world are the Auto-Cycle
Viv Zimmerman This edition covers the Union Tourist Trophy (T,T.) series, first held on the 15,81
Craig Whyte aforementioned nationals and mile 25.44 km "Peel" ("St, John's") course in the Isle of Man
SUBSCRIPTIONS & P.R.O.: also brings you some exclusive on 28 May 1907, and still run in the island on the 37,73 mile
Viviane Whyte coverage of Grant Maben's life 60,72 km long" Mountain" circuit.
COMPILED & DESIGNED BY: overseas, bringing home to you all
the glory of the american MX Fastest circuits World
Gary Whyte scene, complete with photo- The highest average lap speed attained on any closed circuit
MAKE-UPBY: graphs. is 160.288 m.p.h. 257,958 km/h by Vvan du Hamel (Canada)
on a modified 903 c.c. Four-cylinder Kawasaki ZI at the 31
Suite 201, New Plaza Centre More good news is that we have degree banked 2.5 mile 4.02 km Daytona International
clr Jeppe & Rissik Sts acquired the services of a hot ~g.e1~~~~~:Florida, U.S.A., in Mar. 1973. His lap time was
Johannesburg technical correspondent in the
form of Charlie Treen, so you can The fastest road circuit is the Francorchamps circuit near
TYPESETTING BY: look forward to some great Spa, Belgium. It is 8.74 miles 14.120 km in length and was
Contact Colour Centre technical articles in the future. So, lapped in 3 min 50.3 sec (average speed 137.150 m.p.h.
2nd Floor, Marcoza House if you have any problems with that 320,721 km/h) by Barry Stephen Frank Shecne (b. Holborn,
15Siemert Road, Doornfontein old scoot of yours, just drop London, 11 Sept. 1950) on a 495 c.c, four-cylinder Suzuki
Charlie a line.on a different note, during the 500 c.c. Belgian Grand Prix on 3 July 1977.
PRINTED BY: we've been quite astounded by
" the standard of New machines Fastest circuits United Kingdom
Suite 2'"01, New Plaza Centre coming out from Japan. These are The fastest circuit in the United Kingdom is the Portstewart-
not just old designs which have Coleraine-Port rush circuit in Londonderry, Northern
clr Jeppe & Rissik Sts been revamped, but totally new 1reland. The lap record (10.1 mile 16,26 kill lap) is 4 min 53.2
packages which by the looks of sec (average speed 124.060 m.p.h. 199,655 kmlh) by john
Johannesburg things are real dynamite. The first Glyn Williams (b. Neston, Cheshire, 27 May 1946) on a
thing one notices on these new 747 c.c. four-cylinder Yamaha on lap five of the 750 c.c.
EDITORIAL& ADVERTISING bikes is the appearance of the event of the North West 200, on 21 May 1977,
nifty new F.lM. side plates.
OFFICES: Apparently international lap The lap record for the outer circuit (2.767 miles 4,453 km)
Suite 201, New Plaza Centre scorers have been complaining at the Brooklands Motor Course) near Weybridge, Surrey
clr Jeppe & Rissik Sts about plates being obscured by (open between 1907 and 1939) was 80.0 sec (average speed
riders legs etc., with the result that 124.51 m.p.h. 200,37 km/h) by Noel Haddow "Bill" Pope
Johannesburg these plates have now become (later Major) (1909-71) of the Uniled Koogdom on a
compulsory Overseas. Brough Superior powered by a supercharged 996 c.c. Ve-twin
CONTRIBUTIONS: "S-80" J.A.P. engine developing 110 b.h.p., on 4 july 1939.
We welcome any Photographs, articles Finally, Moto X and Bike News
and illustrations. They will remain the S A urgently require the services Fastest races World
property of MOTO-X'S A unless prior of a Natal correspondent, who The fastest race in the w~rld was held at Grcnzlandeing, near
arrangements are made with the could supply us with articles and Wegberg) W. Germany 10 1939. lt wal; won by Georg Meier
editor to return such material. Photo- photographs of all notable races. (b. Germany, 1910) ar an average speed of 134 m.p.h. 215
graphs should be 5" x 7" colour or Remember readers we'd like to kmlll on a supercharged 495 c.c. flat-twin B.M.W.
black and white prints. Contributors hear from you as we can't give you
will be awarded a fee if material sub- what you want unless we know The fastest road race is the 500 c.c. Belgian Grand Prix held
mitted is accepted. what you want. on the Francorcharnps circuit (see above). The record time
forthis ren lap (87.74 mile 14I ,20 km) race is 38 min 58.5 sec
Copyright reserved. Nothing in this (average speed 135.068 m.p.h. 217,370 km/h) by Barry
magazine may be reprinted inwhole or Sheene, on a 495 cc.. four-cylinder Suzuki, on 3 July 1977.
in part without the express per-
mission of the publisher. Allpublished Mos! successful riders World championships
material becomes the sole property of ~~e m!ls[ world championship titles (instituted by the
MOTO-XSA. /·edérooon ..l.nternationale Mo,orcyclisre in 1949) won are 15
by Giacomo Agostini (b. Lovere, Italy, 16 june 1942) 350 e.c.
All opmions expressed are not m I96S-1974, and 5OOc.c.in 1966--1972,1975. He is rheonly
necessary those of GW Publications. man to Win [WO world championships in five consecutive
years (350 and 500 e.c. rilles in 1968-1972).

Agostini won 122 races in the world championship series
between 24 Apr. 1965 and 29 Aug. 1976, including a record 19
in 1970, also achieved by Mike Hailwood in 1966,

Most successful riders Trials
Samuel Hamilton Miller (b. Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11
Nov. 1935) won eleven A.-e.u. Solo Trials Drivers' Stars in
1959-69.

Most successful riders SI:ramblef
Jeffrey Vincent Smith, M.B.E: (b. Caine, Lancashire, 14 Oct.
1934) won nine A.-C.U 500 c.c Scrambles' Stars in 1955-
56, 1960--65 and 1967

Ioë) Robert (b. Charelet, Belgium, Nov. 1943) has won six
250 e.c. moto-cross world championships (1964, 1968-
72). Between 25 Apr. 1964 and IS June 1972 he won a
record fifty 250 c.c. Grands Prix. He became the youngest
moto-cross world champion on 12 July 1964 when he won
the 250 c.c. championship aged 20 years 8 months.

MOlt luccessCul machlnel
Italian M.V,-AguSt3 machines won 37 world championships
between 1952 and 1973 and 276 world championship races
between 1952 and 1976. Japanese Honda machines won 29
world championship races and five world championships in
1966. In the seven years they contested the championship
(1961-67) their annual average was 20 race wins.

Vounrest and oldest world champion.
Alberto "johnny" Cecotto (b. Caracus, Venezuela, 25 Jan,
t 956) is the youngest to win a world championship. He wall
19 years 211 days when he won rhe 350 c.c. ririe on 24 AUi.
1975. The oldest was Hermann-Peter Miiller (1909-76) of
West Germany, who won the 250 e.c. ririe in 1955 aged 46.

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Falconer leads Beattie (504) and Brand (500) after nerve battling start. (Photo: Neil Hermann)

So - the first round of the national MX their own. Being a national event, as is narrowly from Beattie, with falconer"
championships has come and gone. Held customary for senior riders, they rode Trefz, Shandler and lllman fillingthe other
herer ....,.'"".•"•• in Cape Town on a balmy day we three motos each of 20 minutes plus one four places.
lap. Moto two. Beattie got the hole shot in this
looked forward to a day of fast Moto one. Chris Brand, obviously intent event, never to be headed for the duration
""'t¥o~'rl';~ competitive racing. In this we were not on making a good start to the season got of the race. Brand - sporting a smart ,
away first with Tommy Trefz at his elbow. "MX & Bike News SA" riding shirt -
always lucky, but on the other hand we Barry Falconer was not going to be left was behind Beattie and ahead of Falconer
did see some fantastic performances by behind and he had soon worked his way and Trefz until his bike stalled and these
the competitors in'some of the races. into second spot. At the end of lap one two riders went by. He soon got going
The track was well-watered and in this the Stuart Beattie was in position number again to put Trefz behind him, but was
dust was kept to a minimum. The lack of five. He was putting in some extremely unable to get back to second place. The
wind helped to make things easier for race ended with Beattie way out in front,
both riders andspectators. In this area, fast laps and while Brand and Falconer followed by Falconer, Brand, Trefz,
spectators, the crowd was well below were lapping the slower bikes by lap Shandler and E. van den Heuwel.
,previous numbers and this perhaps was seven, Beattie had worked his way into Moto three. Illman led the fieldat the start
the reason for the lack of "atmosphere" fourth spot. of this race, but Brand was at the head of
some people remarked on during the day. One minute 15 seconds seperated Brand the pack as the first lap was completed.
t"_,.·.;JJ'Ii Competitors of note missingfrom the line- and sixth placed Illman by lap nine and Once the riders had sorted themselves
Beattie had gained another position out after the initialscramble inthe first few
tr.r..~:s up were Ian MacMillan of Rhodesia. He higher up the points scoring scale, laps we saw Beattie and Falconer really:
On the next lap Beattie zapped passed putting pressure on Brand. The pace was
was out with a broken collar bone. Geoff Trefz and by the time Willy Souma so hot up front it appeared as ifthe rest of
Gray of Natal was out with a back injury brought out the white flag Beattie was up the fieldhad resigned themselves to filling
and Garth Gwillam, also of Natal, was out with and challenging Brand. Brand the minor placings, because Brand,
,..."""--",,t,hrough mechanical trouble which raised managed to hold onto the lead to win

its "Ugly head" during practice. A gear

~.m~~selector in the gear box was bent.

The 500 cc class were first off in a race of

Here Charlie comes through Vachandaz (372) and Jones (366). Beattie and Falconer just pulled further
(Photo: Neil Hermann) and further ahead of the rest with each
succeeding lap.
PAGES MOTO X & BIKE NEWSS A VOl2 No.10 Then drama! Beattie suddenly slowed

down - a flat rear tyre - and falconer
went into the spot behind the leader. The
gap was so great between the front three
riders that even with a flat tyre Beattie
continued the race - and still finished
third, albeit there were, as it turned out,
only another four laps to complete when
Beattie's tyre went flat.
It took Falconer just two laps to catch and
pass Brand - of all places in the esses.
From then on he rode to keep Brand in
second place, with Beattie in third, Trefz
in fourth, Illmanin fifthand R. Patterson in
sixth.
250 cc seniors - Moto one.
With a field of over 30 riders competing
nerves were as taut as the elastic
stretched across the start line.
Consequently there was a false start.
When they got away for the second time
Tyronne Stevenson showed he meant
business and anyone who wanted to beat
him was going to have to really ride fast.
However, at the end of the first lap it was
the current SA champion in this class -
Robbie Wicks - who was in the lead.
Wicks and Stevenson raced neck and
neck for 10 laps before Wicks' bike failed
and he stood dejectedly at the side of the
track seeing valuable points disappearing
before his eyes as the other riders went
passed him. Stevenson from then on had
an easy passage to the black and white
checked flag, followed by Tony Riddell,
Charlie Tissen, Mike Hopkins, Rod
Bergstrom and Arnold Burton.
Mota two. Tissen pulled off the perfect
start and led the field quite comfortably
for eight laps when suddenly he slowed
. down which allowed Stevenson to take
over place number one and BillyCooper
- the local up-and-coming rider - to
take over place number two.
It was later revealed that Tissen's wrist
which was injured last season was again
causing him great discomfort and he had
difficulty in operating the throttle of his
bike. Nonetheless he still finished a
creditable third, ahead of Rod Bergstrom,
Robbie Wicks and Tony Riddell.
BillyCooper in his delight at having gained
12 points pulled a "12" point" wheelie, but
lost his balance and ended up doing a
multiple point landing as his bike sped off
into the catch fence.
Mota three. Wicks hadn't really been
shaping well all day, and in this, the last
mota for this class for the day, he had to
do something outstanding to keep in
striking distance of Stevenson in the
points tally in defence of his crown. Yet
Stevenson got away first, but Wicks was
at his shoulder with Rod Bergstrom also
close at hand.
Robbie Wicks managed to pull ahead of
Stevenson mid-way through the race, but
he only held the lead for three laps before

Tony Riddell leads Hopkins at this first national. (Photo: Neil Hermann) bike petered out underneath him.
Moto two. Bergstrom in front again. He
Stevenson once more got to the front and was in front for five laps and really going
well, but then the bike's carburettor
this time stayed there. Rod Bergstrom started to give trouble and finally gave
up after another two laps, which
continued in third place for the duration of thereby robbed Mr. Bergstrom of any
points he may have been able to score.
the race, while Tissen and Riddell were R. Campbell took over the lead and
held on to win from du Plessis, Grobler,
battling it out over fourth place which van der Merwe, Claxton and Jones.
Claxton had again put in a tremendous
eventually went to Riddell.Arnold Burton ride to elevate himself from 10th to fifth
at the final flag.
was in sixth until he overshot a berm Moto three. du Plessis got the hole shot
but Bergstrom soon got past to lead the
which allowed Billy Cooper to come , field at the end of the 'first lap.
du Plessis had Bergstrom in his sights
through and take the five points. Tissen while Campbell had du Plessis in his
sights. Bergstrom's bike failed again -
had competed in this race with a I same problem - after four laps which
left du Plessis and Campbell fighting for
protective and supportive cast on his the 15 points which go to the winner of
each race.
wrist. Campbell got through into first spot
and the crowd then witnessed what
125 cc seniors - Moto one. must have been the best race of the day
as the two used every tactical rule jn
Gary Bergstrom won this event as he the racing book. When the white flag
was brought out for the last lap du
liked leading from start to finish and if Plessis was still in second place and
"Father" du Plessis was seen running
he is not "bugged" by mechanical from one vantage point to another to
keep an eye on Deon's progress.
problems looks like a good prospect to Going into the last but one corner on
the last lap du Plessis still had Campbell
head the points list at the end of the in front of him but braked a fraction
sooner than Campbell. Campbell left
season. Yet, there is much riding still to his braking just a shade too late and
overshot the berm. du Plessis went by
be done before that point in time.
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day are as follows:

500cc class

B. Falconer (Natal) Suzuki 15, 10, 12 = 37

C. Brand (Tv1)Husqvarna 15,10,12 = 37

S. Beattie (Natal) Yamaha 12,15,10 = 37

.T. Trefz (Natal) Yamaha 8,8,8 = 24

K Illman (Tv1)Yamaha 5,4,6 = 15

R. Patterson (Tv1)Husqvarna 3,5,5 = 13

L. Shandler (Tv1)Bultaco 6,6,0 = 12

V. Kulikowski (Tv1)Husqvarna 4,3,3 = 10

E. van den Heuvel (Tv1)Yamaha .. 1,2,4 = 7

L. Wood (CT) Suzuki 0,0,2 = 2

M. Hallswerth (Tv1)Bultaco 0, I, 1 = 2

G. Kruger (Tv1)Husqvarna 2,0,0 = 2

Butch Hirsch and Tyrone at the riders' meeting. (Photo: Viv Zimmerman) 250 cc class .15,15,15 =45
T. Stevenson (Tv1) Husqvarna 10,10, 6=26
C. Tissen (Tv1) Honda 12, 5, 8=25
T. Riddell (Tv1) Kawasaki 6, 8,10=24
R. Bergstrom (Natal) Suzuki 4,12, 5 =21
B. Cooper (CT) Honda 0, 6, 12 = 18
R. Wicks (PE) Honda 5, 3, 4 = 12
A. Burton (CT) Suzuki 6, 4, 0 = 12
M. Hopkins (CT) Husqvama 3, 2, 2= 7
R. Sturgeon (Natal) Honda 0, 0, 3 = 3
D. de Hutton (CT) Honda 1, 2, 0= 3
M. Hermanson (CT) Suzuki 2, 0, 0 = 2
N. Johnson (CT) Suzuki O. 0, 1 = 1
D. Campbell (Tv1) Bultaco

125 cc class

D. du Plessis (Tv1) Honda 12,12,15=39

with what I am sure must have been one Moto two. As easily as Manley won the R. Campbell (Tv1) Suzuki 8,15,12 =35

of the biggest smiles on anyone's face first moto O'Keefe won the second. S. Grobler (Tv1) Suzuki 6,10,10=26

P. Claxton (CT) Yamaha 10, 6 0=16

- except perhaps that of his father's Manley rode consistently well to finsh B. Becker (Tv1) Suzuki 5, 2, 8=15

who was beaming from ear to ear. second with Beuthin, R. Davies, G. Bergstrom (Natal) Suzuki 15, 0, 0= 15

Just to add to the day's events, the 125 Johnson and McCleery coming in K van der Merwe (Tv1)Kawasaki 0, 8, 4 = 12

cc high school riders emulated their 250 behind him. N. Milosevich (Tv1) Suzuki 0, 4, 6=10

W. Jones (Tv1) Honda 0, 5, 5 = 10

cc seniors in that they too had a false Mini-cross. Three events of five laps A. Stuart-White (CT) Suzuki .. 4, 0, 3 = 7

start in their first moto. These each. B. McGarry (Natal) Suzuki 3, 1, 2 = 6

youngsters, as was also the case with C. Bezuidenhout had all the "stops" out . W. Sykes (Natal) Kawasaki 2, 0, 1= 3

the 100 cc high school class, were riding and everything working in the right S. Rowe (Tv1) Suzuki 0, 3, 0= 3

two motos each of 15 minutes plus one order as he rode away from the rest of D. Basnett (Tv1) Yamaha 1, 0, 0= 1

lap. the field. Much to the surprise and 125 cc High school class
J. de Jager (Natal) Yamaha
At the re-start no one really got away delight of the local fans, D. R. Campbell (Tv1) Suzuki 12,15=27
A. Thompson (CT) Suzuki 15,12 =27
first but J. de Jager went to the front Maclaughlin finished second ahead of R. Pheiffer (CT) Yamaha 5,10= 15
D. Graham (Tv1) Kawasaki 6, 8 = 14
and opened up a 10 second gap Butcher, Londt and Trow. Dale Pheiffer G. Nel (Tv1) Suzuki 8, 6=14
P. Rundel (Tvl) Suzuki 10, 0 = 10
between himself and second man threw away a good third when he M. van Niekerk (Tv1) Suzuki .. '" 4, 5= 9
A. Jonker (PE) Suzuki 0, 4= 4
Campbell. lap six had de Jager going dropped the lot in the horseshoe. He D. Solomon (Natal) Yamaha..... 1, 3= 4
D. Sykes (Tv1) Kawasaki 3, 0= 3
well, but as he came off the wall-of- did however recover quickly enough to I. Whitehead (PE) Yamaha....... 0, 2= 2
L. Gamble (PE) Yamaha.. . . . . . .. 2, 0= 2
death he took a tumble which gave finish sixth. 0, 1= 1

Campbell his chance to nip through. de., Moto two. Guess who went into the

Jager had sufficient time to re-mount lead from the start? Yes

and set off again to finish second ahead Bezuidenhout. This time though he

of G. Nel, D. Graham, R. Pheiffer and didn't have everything working in the

A. Thompson. right order, for once he went farming 100 cc High school class

Moto two. Andrew Thompson - a and on another occassion put himself W. Manley (PE) Yamaha 15,12=27

local rider - pulled off the line first, only and his bike into the dirt. He still G. Beuthin (Tv1) Suzuki 10,10=20

to have de Jager, Campbell and Nel managed to finish fourth behind P. O'Keefe (Natal) Kawasaki 0,15 = 15

ease passed him. Campbell meant Maclaughlin (a popular win which G. Johnson (CT) Suzuki 6, 6=12

business and simply outrode de Jager thrilled the local crowd), Butcher and A. Carr (Tv1) Kawasaki 12, 0=12

G. McCleery (Tv1) Suzuki 5, 5=10

as they came over the roller-coaster Londt - another local - and ahead of R. Davies (Tv1) Suzuki 1, 8= 9

midway in the race. About this time Trow and Dingle. G. Smith (Natal) Yamaha........ 8, 0= 8

Pheiffer and Nel clashed, the result Moto three. Controlling his enthusiasm G. Lamey (Tv1) Suzuki. . . . . . . ... 2, 4= 6

being Nel was put out of the race and young Bezuidenhout rode this one out R. Struckmeyer (Natal) Yamaha . 3, 2 = 5

Pheiffer dropped from third to fourth. without making any mistakes to take W. King (CT) Suzuki............ 4, 0= 4

G. Coetzee (Tv1) Suzuki 0, 3 = 3'

At the end of the race de Jager was first place. B. King (CT) Suzuki 0, 1= 1

once more in front of Campbell who in Maclaughlin and Butcher were having Mini cross class

turn was in front of Thompson, a terrific race for second place which D. Maclaughlin (CT) Suzuki " 12,15,12 =39

Pheiffer, Graham and Rundel. went to Maclaughlin and gave him C. Bezuidenhout (Tv1)Kawasaki 15, 8,15 38

Seventeen riders faced the starter for sufficient points to come first overall on G. Butcher (Tv1) Suzuki 10,12, lO =32

the 100 cc high school's first moto the day's points tally. Butcher in third G. Londt (CT) Suzuki 8,10, 4 22

which was won in a canter by W. was ahead of Trow, Dingle and A. Trow (Tv1) Kawasaki 6, 6 8 -20

Manley of Port Elizabeth. Then came A. Hardiman. J. Dingle (Tv1) Yamaha 4, 5, 6=15

Carr, G. Beuthin, G. Smith, G. Points scored by the various riders in J. Hardiman (Tv1) Suzuki 0, 4, 5= 9

D. Pheiffer (CT) Yamaha 5. 0, 3 = 8

Johnson and G. McCleery. the different classes at the end of the R. Souma (CT) Suzuki 3, 0, 2 - 5

PAGE8 MOTa x & BIKE NEWS S A VOL 2 No. 10







The 5OO'sthunder round 8rickors first tum. (Photo: Seymour Smith)

Tony le Roux ahead of a support pack through Briekors first turn. (photo: Seymour Smith)

PAGE 12 MOTO X ft BIKE NEWS S A VOL2oNo.10

RESULTS

Pos. Minis Points
1. G. Butcher 27
2. C. v.d. Loo 23
3. W. Hammon
4. D. Zietsman 22
5. D. Koekemoor 15
13

Pos. l00cc Junior Points
1. R. Davies 23
2. G. Beuthin 21
3. G. Coetzee 20
4. G. McCleery 18
5. G. Larney 18

Pos. 125cc Junior Points
1. R. Campbell 27
22
2. M. Van Niekerk 21
3. N. Riddell 15
4. N. Miller
5. D. Solomon 11

Pos. Stars of Tomorrow Points
1. D. Bird 20
2. C. Conradie 16
3. A. Ranson 15
4. C. Meyer 14
5. I. Williamson i2

Pos Top 30 Junior Challenge Points

1. R. Campbell 15

2. N. Riddell 12

3. G. Beuthin 10

4. M. Lamb 8

5. P. Rundel 6

Pos. Top 30 Senior Challenge Points

1. T. Stevenson 15

2. D. Werner 12

3. C. Tissen 10

4. T. Riddell 8

5. S. Beattie .•. : 6

Charlie Tissen in his 'Me got muscles' pose. The guy behind him aint so bad Pos. 125cc Senior Points
either. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 1. R. Campbell 27h"
2. D. du Plessis
3. W. Jones 25
22
4. S. Grobler
5. G. Goosen 16
11

Pos. 250cc Senior' Points
1. T. Stevenson
2. C. Tissen 30
3. D. Werner 24
4. G. Bergstrom 18
5. T. RiddeD 16
13

Pos. 500cc Senior Points
1. B. Falconer 27
2. C. Brand 25
3. S. Beattie 22
4. L. Shandler 16
5. V. Kulikowski 11

Pos. Enduras Points
1. D. Amoils 20

2. A. Jackson 20
3. M. Manne 18
4. H. Schrebek 17
5. S. Maisel ............•.... 15

Deon Du Plessis bows humbly as he takes the flag. (Photo: Seymour Smith) by Craig Whyte

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First
Round

Table

Mount-

ain

Series.

Rightly or wrongly, and only time will tell, Heat two of the same class saw Rattay win Patterson and Claxton. The final race was
the powers that control MX racing here in with Miles second and King this time filling a debacle with only seven riders on the
the Western Cape have opted for short third. Rattay won the third heat for the line. Hopkins won as he liked from Simon
four and five lap races for the season, with class with King coming in second and Patterson who was riding with a twisted
a 20 minute plus one lap final race of the Miles third. knee to keep himself in the "money", but
day for the championship events. Many The juniors had three events during the still managed to fill third place with
people do not agree with this but then afternoon. All of which were won by Carl Claxton improving on his first two rides to
there are pros and cons for both, but one van Rooyen. come in in second place in the final.
feels that if the riders put more effort into The over 200 cc class raced over two Two weeks later the first round of the
their riding and raced for longer periods heats. The first was won by Billy Cooper Western Province championships was
they wouldn't have to think up gimmicks with Mike Hopkins second and Patterson run and the following are the overall
like this to attract spectators because third. The second heat was won by results, subject to confirmation.
spectators would come to see some really Hopkins, Cooper failed to appear, with de
fine events, instead of these short sprints. .Hutton second and Potgieter third. First, Billy Cooper. 12;15; 15;15· 57
What after all is MX racing about? Does it Patterson had fallen and injured himself Second, Mike Hopkins. 15;12; 12; 8-47
consist of smooth tracks and short and Cooper's front wheel had collapsed. Third, Derek de Hutton. 10; 8; 10;10-38
sprints, or is it supposed to be a test of The under 200 cc events were easily won Fourth, Mike Hermanson. 8; 6; 5; 12-31
rider and machinery endurance? by Peter Claxton with Stuart-White filling Fifth, Simon Patterson. 5;10; 8; 6-29
The first meeting of the season here in second in the first heat and the second. Sixth, Neil Johnson. 3; 3; 6; 5-17.
Cape Town was the first round of the In the main racing for the day - the Table
T able Mountain series. The crowd was Mountain series - the first heat of the Congratulations to Peter Claxton for his
negligbIe and the racing of a poor race was won by Simon Patterson, achievement of gaining his Western
standard, proving the riders were unfit followed home by Hopkins and Peter Province colours for winning the under
and unprepared for the rigours of even Claxton. Heat two was won by Hopkins, 200 cc class last season, as did D. Cowley
short races because only seven riders going away from the field, followed by for road racing on an RD400.
came out for the final event of the
afternoon, while five made it to the line for
the 125 race. Included in the final of the
afternoon was one rider who isn't even
graded as an "A" grade rider, but he felt
obliged to ride just to make up numbers.
Do the public really want to see this sort of
thing. It will kill the sport rather than make
it more attractive to the spectator. First
event of the day was won by Juno King in
the support class. Miles and Stemmett
filled the next two places. Begg fell of his
new Bultaco and broke his leg in this race.

MOTO X & BIKE NEWS S A VOL2 No. 10 PAGE 15



The history of S.A. motorsport took a
giant leap forward on the 17th January
when the first test of the Teljoy Inter-
national series was held at Milner Park,
in Johannesburg. The occasion was
unique in that this was the first time
speedway racing has been held
indoors, outside the United Staes of
America.
Indoor speedway has lately been the
rage in the U.S., attracting huge
crowds to prestgous stadiums such as
the Houston Astradome in Texas.
Speedway is becoming increasingly
popular throughout the world and is at
the moment only second to football
as Britain's largest spectator sport.
The S.A. series was held in Pavillion
No.5 at the Milner Park showgrounds
and because of the restricted floor
space an ultra-short track was con-
structed, a mere 150m in length.
Although this may at first not seem
terribly small, when you consider that
the riders' bikes have 500cc engines
and no brakes it appears very small
indeed. The shortness of the circuit

MOTO X & BIKE NEWS SA VOL2 NO.10 PAGE 17

The Test Series consisted of 3 nights series after he won the sudden death the lost ground on the short circuit,
of racing before capacity crowds, final with flying colours. Only one leaving Prinsloo to walk away with all
ending with the Victor Laudorum final overseas rider made it into the final and the honours.
contest. Each test consisted of 15 this was the fiery Pete Smith who All in all it was a 3 - nil victory for the
heats, engineered to enable each rider finally got his bike and riding together Springbaks and it is to them and the
to race against the others. The heats after a disastrous begining. The other organisers of this great event that we
consisted of only 4 laps, demanding a two contenders were Mike Ferreira and must extend out thanks for their efforts
'do or die' attitude from the riders, and Denzil Kent. Unfortunately, Ferreira in further entrenching S.A. in the world
anyone left be hind at the start had a had a bad start and was unable to gain motorsport map.

really rough time catching up.
The South Africans who had narrowly
beaten the overseas team at
Goodwood in the Cape, appeared at
the first test with high morale. They
dominated heat after heat and by the
end of the evenings racing, their score
almost doubled that of the overseas

team.
The Springbok captain, Peter Prinsloo,
and Mike Ferreira rode flawlessly in
each heat, proving themselves riders of
world class. In fact, Mike Ferreira was
responsible for the staggering record
lap time of 48.8 seconds. Another firm
favourite with the public was 16 yea~;
old Springbok, Denzil Kent. His tiny I
frame & boyish looks coupled with his
uncanny riding ability won him many

fans.
Benny Rourke, from the British team,
showed what an iron will these riders
must have. He had a nasty fall in the
8th heat nd had to have several
stitches in his left leg, but he was back
in action si heats later, suffering great
pain to assist his team. Unfortunately,
his battered leg could not withstand
the strain and he was forced to with-
draw halfway through the race. A
brave effort to say the least.
The second and third nights of racing
were repeats of the first, with the
Springbaks taking both the last 2 tests.
It was however apparent that the
British tem were gettin used to the
track with each event, which made
victory for the Springbaks more and

more difficult.
Once again, it was Prinsloo and
Ferreira who were the stars of the
show, riding circles around their
opposition. The highlight of both
nights was the penalising of Peter
Prinsloo for jumping the start. In bath Mil<e Ferreira (SA)
cases he was handicapped by 30m, but
by the third lap had overtaken the 2
overseas riders and was hot on Mike
Ferreira's heels.
Mention must certainly be made of
Springbaks, Brian Stephens and
Arthur Bruins who rode some admir-
able races gianing points for their
home team.
One of the more humurous incidents of
the 3 tests occurred when British
captain, Nig Close's fuel tank was
accidently filled with water, resulting in
a rather sick bike. The alcohol fuels
used in Speedway bikes are colourless,
identical to water in appearance,

therefore the overzealous helper was
soon pardoned for his blunder.
The final Victor Laudorum individual
Championship only further proved
Peter Prinsloo's domination of the

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"Hey! Thats my sixpence! "No ways, I saw it first!" (Photo: Seymour Smith)

"There, now see what you've done. It's gone!" (Photo: Seymour Smith)

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MOTOCROSS MEETING GUZZI (PTV) LTD
HIGHACRES
71 END STREET (CORNER PRITCHARD ST.)
MOTOCROSS PARK JOHANNESBURG 2001
1st APRIL 1979
23-8829 I 23-9571
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HIGHSCHOOL 125 cm- & JUNIOR
100 cmê SCRATCH RACE NATAL MX BY NOËL GALLI. the sponsored race. This was a 15

Pos No Name The first MX meeting of the year in minute plus one lap and Gary
1 4 C. Goodwill
2 90 S. Warr Natal got off to a fine start at St. Lucia Bergstrom lead for at least 10 minutes
3 33 D. Solomon
4 70 T. Middleton MX trials on the 7th January. A good before mechanical trouble put him out
5 36 P. O'Keeffe
SENIOR OPEN CLASS entry of 40 riders kept the crowd on of the race.
SCRATCH RACE
1 504 S. Beattie their feet throughout the day. The combined 250-500 class was
2 501 B. Falconer
3 209 R. Sturgeon As soon as all the bikes had been dominated by Geoff Gray (No.3) but
4 503 T. Trefz
5 9 C. van der Merwe scrutineered, an inovation was tried he had to do some tough riding to pass
SENIOR 125 cm! SCRATCH RACE
1 38 T. Gwillam which proved to be very successful. A Garth Gwillam (No. 35) on his KTM.
2 32 E. Martin
3 120 N. Woolridge half an hour practice was allocated for One of the most notable features of the
4 103 G. Neaves
5 52 G. Louw first the Juniors and then the Seniors St. Lucia track is the soft, sandy condi-
HIGHSCHOOL 125 ern! & JUNIOR
100 cm" SCRATCH RACE after which proper racing began. tions. This is not beach sand, but a fine
1 4 C. Goodwill
2 90 S. Warr Twelve events were held with the heavy soil causing little or no dust.
3 33 D. Solomon
4 36 P. O'Keeffe seniors having to ride for 20 minutes However after two or three races the
5 77 D. Sykes
HIGHSCHOOL 125 cm'' & JUNIOR plus one lap. The racing finished. at whoops get 2 feet deep and with the
100 cm" SCRATCH RACE
3.30pm followed by an early Prize soft ruts, many riders were more than
i 33 D. Salomon
Giving at 4.30pm. on their machines resulting in many a
2 70 T. Middleton
3 90 S. Warr Hard Luck Prize of the day went 'to painful shoulder and arm through
4 77 D. Sykes
FUTURE STARS SCRATCH RACE Gary Bergstrom Y"ho took and hel~ ~he fighting with the handlebars.
1 52 G. Louw
2 72 R. Milsom lead in most ~f his races, nev~r to finish Having seen Geoff Gray in action here,
3 262 W. Lourens
4 76 B. Main-Baillie first, due to bike problems'. HIS last race I can confidently prdict that he will do
5 149 L. Spinelli
was definately the most exciting, as well in the nationals in Port Elizabeth
EXPERTS
1 504 S. Beattie after a bad fall and lying last, he re- Rob Wicks be warned. '

z 271 R. Steele mounted and devoured the field ahead The lap record at St. Lucia was set at a

3 503 T. Trefz tI:? the. delight of the. crowd. However previous meeting by No. 534, Tommy
4 27 H. Beattie
his reign was shorthved and he was Trefz at 1 minute 46 seconds. Geoff
..
forced to r~ti~e his lead when his bike Gray mangaged 1.46 % seconds on his

began to misfire badly. red rocket 250 Honda. Best times in

Patrick 0' Keefe on a sleeved down most other races were between 1.56 to

125 Kawasaki, comfortably won all 2 minutes.

three 100cc heats, although he really

had to work hard in the sponsored race 100JUNIORS

to take honours from Gary Smith who P.O' Keefe (Kawasaki), G.Smith

rode consistently well. (Yamaha), S.Warr (Yamaha)

One of the 125 Junior races saw No.1 HIGH SCHOOL MX

Johan de Jager, No.2 Colin Goodwill J. de Jager (Yamaha), D. Solomon

and No.3 David Solomon (a rising star (Yamaha), C.Goodwill (Suzuki)

in his new class), finish 1st, 2nd and 125 SENIORS

3rd respectively. De Jager got 1st T.Gwillam (Yamaha), E. Martin

overall for the day. (Yamaha), D. Couzens (SuzuI(l)

The 125 Senior class was won by 250/500

Garth Gwillam, Eddie Martin and G. Gray (Honda), G.Gwillam (KTM),

Dave Couzens. Eddie Martin also won B.Falconer (Suzuki)

MOTO X & BIKE.NEWS S A VOL2 No. 10 PAGE27

The highly successful combined
motocross/speedway/flat track meeting
run at Tarlton Raceway on Saturday
holds great promise for many similar type
méetings to be run in the future.
1he motorcross programme was divided
into two heats each for Minicross, 100 cc
Junior, 125 cc Junior with the remaining
dMsés amalgamated to form an Expert
class.
This proved to be an extremely
interesting experiment and the
unbeatable Tyrone Stevenson
(Husqvarna) found himself running a
lowly third to a hard-riding Deon du
Plessis who forsook his usual 125 cc
Honda for a 250 cc machine. Second to
Du Plessis was Grief Wilson, who turned
in a magnificent performance as another
renegade rider up from the 125 class.
Deon did not finish the second heat, but
until he retired was having' a ding-dong
battle with Stevenson who eventually w~
f Wayne Jones and Greg Wilson. ,

ever, on points Stevenson won for
the day foDowed by Wayne Jones and
Chris Brand, first of the 500 cc
home.

PAGE 28 MIlTO X & BIKE NEWS S A VOL 2 No. 10

J

day the motocross was

well above b standard and each of the

classes run had more than their fair share

of excitement as riders battled to the

bitter end to set tle old scores.

Russell Campbell and Geoffrev Nel had

an amazing duel in the 125 cc Junior class

with bothlriders giving their best.

Campbell eventually won both heats from

Nel with Norman Miller and Mark Lamb

following.

the 100 cc class was also a cliff·hanger

with Andy Car fi~lly managing to lake

first place from Gary Beuthin and Mark

Smith. The Minicross once. again centred

on Charlie Bezuidenhout and Gary

Butcher - Bezuidenhout winning despite

riding the t lap of the secend heat with a

brok

With t motocross over, the speedway

oval was cleared of tyres marking the

crossover points for the motocross rideIiIr

Aurthur Bruins appeared on Peter

PrinsJoo's old machine and Alan Simpt&Qft

astride Denzil Kent's old bike,

Alan unfortunately had a spectacular spi ,

in the first heat and buckled the front

w"_, but he appeared later on

borrowed machine. WaYne C06

riding better each time he ~ "as

finally overall winn~r when a,uins

dropped his bike while leading the final.

Without a doubt there is plenty of talent

among the small speedway fraternity, and

thi sport deserves encouragement.

MOTOX&BIKENEWSSA VOL2No.l0 PAGE29

Motocross riders signed on in their droves

to join the flat track races. and Greg
Wilson and Tyrone Stevenson showed
plenty of talent in that direction by beating
the regulars at this fast and exciting form
of motorcycle racing.

If crowd reaction was anything to 90 by,

mixed meetings like this on club days are

going to become as popular and wen

supported as the nationals.

RESULTS

SENIOR EXPERT 125JUNlOR 100 cc

1. D. du Plessis 1.R.~ 1. G. Beultm
2. G. Wilsat 2. G. Nel 2. A. Carr
3. T. St(!ll(lf\!lOl1 3. N. Miler 3. G. McCIeeI'y
4. W .• Jones 4.M.l..amb 4. G. Lamey

MlNICROSS SENIOR SUPPORTENDURO

1. C. Be2uide.nhout 1. K Carr 1. S. Thomas
2. J. Dowling
2. G. Bule.her 2. R. Sheldralu! 3. H. Schreiber

3. J. Háriman 3. R McNeiIage 4. S. Vidra

4. C. van &Ir Loa 4. D. Bird

2nd Round

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Class denomination went by the board as
spectacular racing took hold of spectators
at Tarlton International Raceway on
Saturday for the second round of the
Kronenbrau 1308 South African
Motocross Championships.
All the national classes produced dynamic
motocross and the large crowd of
spectators were treated to some real
corpuscle-motivating motorcycle racing.
The 500 class was an experience in big
banger racing, which, more than anything
finallyproved that this clas can, and does,
produce some top class competition.
Natal's Barry Falconer (Suzuki) walked
the first heat with Ian McMiUan(Maico )
from Rhodesia unable to stave offa strong
challenge from the hard riding Greg
Wilson, (Suzuki) who went past on the
fourth lap to score a final second place.
The second heat was a remarkable event Father Jones stripping the cr's motor after Wayne had cooked a piston (Photo:
as Falconer overshot the first corner and Seymour Smith)
rejoined the field in last place.
Brilliant riding brought him through the
field to fifth spot when two riders,
including the leader Tommy Trefz (who
was having a magnificent ride) feU,
allowing the 'Maritzburg Marvel' through
to his second win of the day.
Falconer had to failsomewhere - and, in
the finalheat he allowed Stuart Beattie the
win Beattie had been trying so hard allday
to get.

The finalorder for the day was Falconer,
Beattie, Wilson and present South
African Champion Chris Brand in a lowly
fourth.
The 250 class again provided the crowd
with nailbitingsuspense as Charlie Tissen
went out to prove he was still the best
thing on two wheels.
He did it to, finally,after a three heat series
of scores from fourth to second to first.

Betweem Tissen (Honda), Tyrone Gary could just not put the new RMN to his full capacity as this was it's first

~----~----~------~------------------------~Stevenson (Husqvarna) and reigning time out. (Photo: Seymour Smith)

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racing was incredibly close with an

improving Tony Riddell on the Kawasaki

winning the first heat.

Stevenson won the second from Tissen

and Wicks, but Charlie came back in the r;:=============::;=====:.;:=======:;t

third to totally annihilate his opposition

and win from Wicks and Stevenson.

Deon du Plessis won the 125 class with a

second and two wins, beating Robert

Campbell and Symm Grobler who both

instituted some exquisite moves on the

circuit - designed to leave Du Plessis

stupefied - but which did not quite come

off.

Gary Bergstrom, up from Natal, had

some problems with his machine and

could not quite match the pace of the

leaders.

Johan De Jager on the ex-Charlie Tissen

works water-cooled Yamaha completely

dominated the 125 Junior class despite

some strong opposition from Robert

Campbell and C. Goodwill.

Geoffrey Nel made a last ditch effortinthe

second and final heat to catch up, but,

despite a magnificent win could only

manage fourth place overall.

For young Grant McLeery the 100Junior

race was a disaster - he started wellbut

tailed off through the two heats to finally

finish third behind Gary Beuthin and

Andrew Carr. .

Both Carr and Beuthin rode steady races

to score the points they needed against

McLeery, mounted on his new Suzuki.

Charlie Bezuidenhout tore the Minicross

apart with some demon riding that

ensured him of two wins and a second

place for the day.

The only reason he lost the final heat to

arch enemy Gary Butcher was through

an untimely fall.

Robert Campbell (RM 125n) an exceptionally mx'er, was the only 125
Senior to really pressure Deon du Plessis (Photo: Seymour Smith)

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RESULTS

Pos Minicross Points Pos. 125cc Juniors Points
1. J. de Jager 27
1. C. Bezuidenhout 42 2. R. Campbell 25
3. G. Nel 16
2. G. Butcher ' 39 4. C. Goodwill 16
5. C. Van Rooyen 14
3. T. Hardiman 26 6. N. Riddell 13
7. P. Rundel 11
4. C.v.d. Loo 21 8. D. Solomon 8
9. S. Ward 6
5. D. Zietsman 11 10. D. Dijkman 3

6. D. McLaughlin 10 Pos. 125cc Senior Points
1. D. du Plessis 42
7. P. Herring 9 2. R. Campbell 33
3. S. Grobler 28
8.. G. Londt 9 4. G. Bergstrom 22
5. W. Jones 21
9. D. Kokkemoer 8 6. S. Rowe 17
7. B. Bekker 10
10. B. Milosevich 8 8. K. v.d. Merwe 7
9. G. Goosen 6
2nd Round 10. B. Thompson 4

~1$08 Pos 100cc Juniors Points Pos 250cc Points
1. G. Beuthin 27 1. C. Tissen 35
2. T. Stevenson 35
THE GOLDEN OAK MEUOWED BEER 2. A. Carr 20 3. T. Riddell 31
4. R. Wicks 28
National Motocross 3. G. McCleery 20 5. D. Werner 23
4. P. O'Keere 17 6. R. Bergstrom 12
.GeCthtalmngpitohnslhnipgs~ 5. G. Lamey 14 7. G. Gwillam 10
~ .. 6. G. Smith 11 8. K. Hodgkiss 9
7, G. Johnson 9 9. P. Sturgron 7
8. R. Davies 7 10. W. Stewart 3
9. W. Smith 3
Points
10. T. Bosson 2 42
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Pos 500cc 24
1. B. Falconer 19
2. S. Beattie 15
3. G. Wilson 12
4. C. Brand 11
5. I. MacMillan 6
6. B. Shandler 1
7. T. Trefz
8. R. Patterson
9. F. v.d. Heuvel
10. W. Henning

Rhodesian Ian Macmillan proved his worth on an older big bore maico. (Photo: A 74 'Wubbel U' dodging white
Seymour Smith) (Photo: Seymour Smith)

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es opposedto the 125ccbrigade. racing against this bike and rider The 125 Senior Class is at its most

Andrew Thompson on a 125 has combination. wide open, and, by the second round

suddenly blossomed and his progress In the 100cc clas Grant McLeery and of the Tarlton Series should be back to

bearswatching. Gary Beuthin had a tremendous tussle normal with Stevenson and Tissen in

In the first eventfor the youngstersit was for first place, snatched only in the the thick of it where anything can
Thompson who led all the way followed closing moments of the last heat by happen.
by Roy Pheifferand Carl van Rooyen. Beuthin. Stuart Beattie, Raymond Patterson

The next time they came onto the track In the 125 junior class Robert Campbell and Chris Brand had an epic tussle for
and were sent on their way, it was van
Rooyenwho got awayfirst, hotly pursued eventually took first place over his arch honours in the 500 cc clasds, with the
by Pheiffer and Thompson. As they
entered the bend before "clubhouse" rival Neil Riddell, and if they continue lead changing several times until Brand
Thompson's throttle stuck open and he
carreeredinto van Rooyen.van Rooyen to perform as they did on Saterday this dropped back, his front suspension
continued but Thompson was out of the
race. van Rooyen, perhaps slightly class is going to provide some filled with water and locked solid.

spectacular moments during the He eventually finished third behind

season. Beattie and Patterson.

Neil's older brother, Tony, took first The Enduro class was without its

place in the 125 Seniors - a class stalwart Clive Strugnell who is waiting

presently without both Tyrone for his new Suzuki to arrive.
shakenby the bump, madea mistakeon Stevenson and Charlie Tissen, and of Greg Upton had a fairly easy ride to
the back of the circuit while leadingand course Grant Maben who is in America first place ahead of William Henning
dropped the machine in the sand. Roy. where he nothed up a couple of and Rod Rumbelow, with Don Shearer
Pheiffer and Gary Johnson went by second places in his first races over having a hard time in the mud trying to

beforevan Rooyencouldrecoverandthe there. get used to Strunell's old machine.

three of them finished in the order of

Pheiffer,Johnson, van Rooyen.

Mota three was somewhatprocessional

with Thompson pullingto the front at the

start with van Rooyen and Pheiffer- in

that order - behind him. It was in that

order they finished.Gary Johnson again

won the 100ccclassby finishingfourth.

The last event - mota four - for the

schoolboys saw Thompson battling to

keep van Rooyenbehindhim. Againthey

clashedand once more Thompson was

put out of the racewhilevanRooyenonly

started againin eighth place.

This then led to Pheifferbeingin slot one

and Johnson in slot two. Just when we

thought that would be the finishingorder

Pheiffer'sbike went sick which gavethe

leadto Johnson.Pheiffermanagedto hold

on to secondplacewhileAndrew Souma

- also 100ccmounted - finishedthird.

ROUND ONE TARLTON SERIES
Heavy rain had the Tarlton motocross
track looking like a quagmire by the
time riders went out for the morning
practice on Saturday for the first round
of the Tarlton Series.
A few sections of the track were
changed to avoid the heaviest mud,
but, while riders fell like flies around
him Natal's Geoff Gray was unbeatable
- so much so that in the final heat he
achived the near impossible and lapped
the entire 250 cc class field which
included Tony Riddell and Martin
Jones.
Jones eventually finished second
overall in the class followed by N. van
der Heuwel and Mark Davies, who re-
turned to 250 racing from a season
with the 500 class.
Another mud lark who had a runaway
victory was minicross rider Charles .."...''''_
Bezuidenhout on the new, imported
Kawasaki 80 which proved to be some-
thing of a spectacular machine on its
first competitive outing in South.
Africa.
Gary Butcher is going to have a hard
time keeping his grip on minicross

P"GUO MOTO X ft BIKE NEWS S.A VOL2 NO.10

GRANT: NEWS fROM The USA

Pics:CraiqSmith ~_ .._.

Grant soon after his fall, still managed a 4th overall. (Note the track surface)



Grant dropping his front suspension on entering a tight right hander

As we know him, 'fuji throttle Granet'



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