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Jun 6 | Circuit des Frontières |
Circuit des Frontières,
Chimay,
Belgium
9.500 km road course |
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Preview
As usual, the classic Belgian road race had one of the best fields of any of this year's International races : Agostini, Read, Sheene, Cecotto, Länsivuori, Nixon, Rougerie, Schwärzel and Steinhausen headed the entry list on the ultra-fast Chimay circuit.
Four solo classes and a sidecar race where scheduled, and although the race distances were decent, the nature of the Chimay circuit meant that this amounted to 20 minute sprints ! Cecotto set a new track record during the F750 race, with a lap at a stunning 214.8 km/h average speed. Helped by a glorous weather, the event was a total success, with a reported 60,000 spectators attending on race day.
Results
| Distance 10 laps = 95 km Speed 211.8 km/h |
| PP Michel Rougerie 2:40.90 - 212.6 km/h FL Johnny Cecotto 2:39.20 - 214.8 km/h |
| Started 19 Classified 18 DNF 1 |
| Sources Vincent Glon, Guy Thonus, Moto-Revue #2272, Moto-Journal #271 |
