Round 1

Mar 7

Daytona 200

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America 6.228 km infield road course

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P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
NS	Gary Scott	1	?				Practice crash	25	2:12.70
9	Kenny Roberts	2	750 Yamaha OW31	Yamaha International	Goodyear	50		1	2:05.02
4	Gene Romero	3	750 Yamaha TZ	Yamaha Team Vesco		51		9	2:09.89
1	Johnny Cecotto	5	750 Yamaha OW31	Yamaha Team Venemotos	Goodyear	52	1:51:48.00	4	2:07.67
35	John Newbold	6	750 Suzuki GT	Heron Team Suzuki GB		46	Broken chain	27	2:13.00
34	Barry Sheene	7	750 Suzuki GT	Heron Team Suzuki GB		46	Broken chain	16	2:11.25
2	Gary Nixon	9	750 Kawasaki KR	Team Kanemoto		51		10	2:10.12
49	Malcolm McPherson	12	Yamaha			34
5	Patrick Pons	13	750 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha		51		8	2:09.75
36	Yvon DuHamel	17	750 Kawasaki KR	Team Kawasaki USA		46	Broken chain	23	2:12.59
48	John Williams	22	750 Suzuki GT	Heron Team Suzuki GB		34	Collision	30	2:13.57
47	Gary Fisher	24	Yamaha			39
32	Mike Trimby	25	700 Yamaha TZ	Mike Trimby		47
50	Cliff Carr	26	750 Maxton-Yamaha TZ			32		24	2:12.67
66	Skip Aksland	27	Yamaha			13	Fell	5	2:09.48
8	Randy Cleek	29	750 Yamaha TZ	Team K&N Bel-Ray		50
71	Steve Baker	32	750 Yamaha OW31	Yamaha Motor Canada		9	Piston	2	2:06.30
54	Jimmy Morales	33	Yamaha			27
40	Wes Cooley	35	Yamaha			45	Fell
21	Ed Hanson	37	Yamaha			48
55	Phil Read	38	750 Yamaha TZ	Yamaha Team Vesco		24	Overheating
3	Pat Hennen	40	750 Suzuki GT	Colemans Team Suzuki NZ		51		6	2:09.58
27	Steve Mallonee	49	Yamaha			48
39	John Long	50	Yamaha			46
19	Kevin Stafford	52	Yamaha			49
62	Ted Henter	53	Yamaha			17
17	Len Fitch	56	Yamaha			49
26	Christian Estrosi	57	750 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie PEM		48		61	2:17.72
75	Phil McDonald	58	Yamaha			2	Fell	20	2:12.07
68	Tommy Byars Jr.	59	Yamaha			12		14	2:10.97
38	Bob Rectenwald	62	Yamaha			46
70	Mike Devlin	63	Yamaha			11
46	Larry Bleil	66	Yamaha			39
56	John Fuchs	67	Honda			24		19	2:12.05
28	Richard Chambers	71	Yamaha			47
18	Robert Wakefield	78	Yamaha			49
44	Steve McLaughlin	83	Yamaha			41		12	2:10.83
15	Walter Foster	84	Yamaha			49
11	Bob Endicott	91	Yamaha			50
45	Brian Henderson	93	Yamaha			39
25	Ron Mass	96	Yamaha			48
67	Ron Pierce	97	750 Kawasaki KR	Team Kawasaki USA		12	Gear selector	18	2:11.60
77	Gary Blackman	114	Yamaha			1	DNF
60	Steve Manship	118	Yamaha			19
33	Henry Degouw	120	Yamaha			47
24	Dale Singleton	122	Yamaha			48
59	Bill Peters	132	Yamaha			20
63	Gérard Choukroun	137	750 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha		16	Carburettor	37	2:14.88
16	Doug Libby	140	Yamaha			49
43	Michael Clarke	143	Yamaha			42		13	2:10.91
52	Bruce Lind	146	Yamaha			29
41	Bruce Hammer	148	Yamaha			45
29	Cory Rupplet	152	Yamaha			47
73	Alan Barbic	160	Yamaha			7	DNF
65	Whitney Blakeslee	164	Kawasaki			14
42	George Miller	166	Yamaha			45
12	Dennis Purdie	168	Yamaha			50
64	Rich Williamson	178	Yamaha			16
37	Bruce Townsend	237	Yamaha			46
61	Terry Hutton	316	Yamaha			18
10	John Dodds	319	750 Yamaha TZ	Mitsui Racing Team		50
69	Robert Madden	321	Yamaha			12
58	Gregg Hansford	324	750 Kawasaki KR	Team Kawasaki Australia		20	Broken chain	11	2:10.74
20	Rob Bron	325	Yamaha			48
31	Marcel Ankoné	326	750 Suzuki GT	Team Nimag		47
23	Boet van Dulmen	327	750 Yamaha TZ	Laponder Racing		48		17	2:11.26
57	Wil Hartog	328	750 Suzuki GT	Riemersma Racing		22	Clutch
53	Alain Vial	332	Yamaha	Ecurie Godier-Genoud		27	Engine	68	2:19.10
14	Alex George	333	750 Yamaha TZ	Alex George		49
76	Pentti Korhonen	338	750 Yamaha TZ	Team Arwidson Yamaha		2	Seized engine
30	Johnny Bengtsson	340	Yamaha TZ	Stigefelts Motor		47
78	Philippe Coulon	341	750 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie PEM		1	Fell	21	2:12.49
22	Dave Potter	342	750 Broad-Yamaha TZ	Ted Broad Motors		48
51	Dieter Braun	345	750 Suzumaha Spl	Boeri Sport Racing Team		29	Withdrew	36	2:14.69
13	Kenny Blake	346	Yamaha			49
7	Hideo Kanaya	351	750 Yamaha OW31	Yamaha International		50		3	2:07.54
6	Michel Rougerie	354	750 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie ELF France		51		26	2:12.70
72	Stephen Klein	371	Yamaha			9	DNF
74	Warren Willing	385	Yamaha			5	Fell	15	2:11.08
79	Pat Evans		750 Yamaha TZ	Yamaha Team Vesco		1	Fell	7	2:09.59
80	Hurley Wilvert		750 Yamaha TZ			0	Clutch	22	2:12.55
NS	Dave Aldana		?				Practice crash
NS	Ron Haslam		750 Pharaoh-Yamaha TZ	Mal Carter Racing Team			Did not start
NS	Piers Forrester						Did not start

Distance 52 laps = 323.9 km Speed 173.8 km/h Weather Fine

PP Kenny Roberts 2:05.02 - 179.3 km/h

Started 80 Classified 80 DNS 4

Sources Vincent Glon, Moto-Revue #2259, Moto-Journal #258, americanflattrack.com