MOLLOY BEATEN
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) MELBOURNE. An American, R. Grant, riding a Suzuki 750, held off a long race challenge by the New Zealander, G. Molloy (Kawasaki 750) to win the second round of the Pan Pacific motor-cycle series at the week-end. Grant and Molloy swapped the lead more than two dozen times in the 30-lap race but Grant eventually took the lead on the second last lap when a slower competitor baulked Molloy. Grant’s time of 49.15 e—half a second faster than the existing track record established by the 10 times world champion, G. Agostini.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33091, 5 December 1972, Page 13
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