Sep 5

Assen Classic 200

Circuit van Drenthe, Assen, Netherlands 16.536 km road course

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Pts	Race Result		Grid
1	Victor Palomo	27	750 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha		7	42	2:20:02.80	7	3:06.10
2	Boet van Dulmen	37	750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ	Laponder Racing		7	42	+20.00	3	3:04.40
3	Phil Read	7	750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ	Team Life International		8	42	+0-10.10	4	3:05.10
4	John Newbold		750 Suzuki GT	Heron Team Suzuki GB		11	42	+27.70	17	3:09.40
5	Kork Ballington	29	750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ	Sid Griffiths Racing		11	42	+29.80
6	Christian Estrosi	17	750 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie PEM		16	42	+1:23.50	12	3:07.50
7	Dave Potter		750 Broad-Yamaha TZ	Ted Broad Motors		16	42	+1:15.70	10	3:06.90
8	Takazumi Katayama	21	750 Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team		19			18	3:09.60
9	Giacomo Agostini	2	750 Yamaha OW31	Team Agostini		23			1	3:02.60
10	Marcel Ankoné		750 Yamaha TZ	Team Nimag		24
11	Dick Alblas		König			31
12	John Dodds		750 Yamaha TZ	Mitsui Racing Team		31
13	Gérard Choukroun		750 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha		38			14	3:07.90
14	Jean-Philippe Orban		700 Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team		38
15	Johnny Bengtsson		Yamaha TZ	Stigefelts Motor		39
R	Johnny Cecotto	3	750 Yamaha OW31	Yamaha Team Venemotos			0	Fell	2	3:02.60
R	Wil Hartog	35	750 Yamaha TZ	Riemersma Racing				engine	5	3:05.70
R	Barry Ditchburn	8	750 Kawasaki KR	Boyer Team Kawasaki				DNF	6	3:06.10
R	Teuvo Länsivuori	25	750 Yamaha TZ	Team Life International				Engine	8	3:06.30
R	Pat Hennen	6	750 Suzuki GT	Colemans Team Suzuki NZ				Engine	9	3:06.80
R	Jack Middelburg		Yamaha TZ					Fell	11	3:07.30
R	Alex George	14	750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ	Alex George				Broken chain	13	3:07.80
R	Gary Nixon	9	750 Kawasaki KR	Team Kanemoto				DNF	16	3:09.40
R	Philippe Coulon	20	750 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie PEM				Engine	20
R	Bernard Fau		750 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Solamor GPA				Handling	25
R	Jon Ekerold		700 Padgett-Yamaha TZ	Padgetts Racing				Fell
R	Jack Findlay		750 Bakker-Yamaha TZ	Jack Findlay Racing				Engine
R	Jimmy Morales	32	750 Yamaha TZ					Fell
?	Bruno Kneubühler		750 Yamaha TZ	ELF Hostettler Yamaha					15	3:08.20
?	Pentti Korhonen		750 Yamaha TZ	Team Arwidson Yamaha
?	John Williams		750 Suzuki GT	Heron Team Suzuki GB
?	Steve Parrish		750 Yamaha TZ	Dave More Team Castrol
?	Hans-Otto Butenuth		Yamaha TZ	Hans-Otto Butenuth
?	Piet van der Wal		Yamaha TZ
NP	Christian Sarron		750 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha				Entry refused
NP	Gilles Husson		750 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie PEM				Entry refused

Distance 42 laps = 324.2 km Speed 138.9 km/h Weather Rain

PP Giacomo Agostini 3:02.60 - 152.2 km/h FL Boet van Dulmen 3:17.10 - 141.0 km/h

Started 28 Classified 15 DNF 13

Sources Vincent Glon, Moto-Revue #2281, Moto-Journal #280, Leidse Courant