From:
Kim ( Do it sideways! ) Gregory
The Paris track was loose with a few surprise spots in it and I finished
a careful LAST in my first 3 heats. I did find a smooth path through
turn 1 & 2 (TIGHT inside), and managed to draw gate 1 in my last heat.
Good start, inches from the leader ( Biff ) through turn one
( he didn't have his front wheel across the inside line like me! ) .
Then he parked it. Down I went, shredding my leathers again!
I quickly got back on for the restart, tore down the back straight,
and the throttle cable stuck wide open. Crashed in turn three,
getting some good road rash.
Retired for the night! Off to soak in a tub of warm water!
New clutch (had to get one, most of the teeth were missing off my 3 spring)
is working good!
Ian March also had a tumble. He managed to get his foot jammed into the rear frame of another bike, and was dragged 40 feet. He was back on his feet by Sunday to be gate marshal at the first Eagle's Nest race.
Points: 3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for fourth DIVISION 1 Points Rider # Heat 2 6 10 15 19 Final 12 Chris Slabon # 3 3 3 3 3 1st 9 Biff Waczvnski #48 2 2 2 3 2nd 6 Andy Harris #19 2 1 1 2 3rd 3 Gary Hesmer #37 1 1 0 1 4th 0 Kim Gregory #97 0 0 0 DNF DIVISION 2 Points Rider # Heat 5 9 14 18 Final 11 Dean Bencsics #88 3 3 2 3 1st 6 Ian Boyd # 2 0 2 2 2nd 5 Jan Pawelec # 9 2 DNF 3 DNF DNS 4 Brian Marshall #87 1 1 1 1 3rd DIVISION 3 Points Rider # Heat 3 4 7 8 12 13 16 17 Final 12 Dave Condon #20 3 3 3 3 DNS 8 Larry DeVeau #29 2 1 2 3 4th 8 Tom Marriott #13 3 3 1 1 1st 7 Brian Ambo # 7 2 0 3 2 2nd 6 Carrie Temple #26 DNF 2 2 2 3rd 2 Andy Luther #93 0 2 DNS DNS 1 Ian March #47 1 DNF DNS DNS
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