Freeth takes race
PA ■ ■■ .Wanganui Wins in the final two legs gave .-Auckland’s Roger Freeth the major, honours in the annual Wanganui Cemetery Circuit motor cycle race meeting yesterday. Freeth, riding a Suzuki RGSOO, : played • the waiting game in. the third arid final leg to hit the lead five laps from the end to claim the major-‘prize money for; the day, . ——
The Aucklander, however, set a new circuit record of 53.8 s during, the final leg on his way to victory to halt what appeared to be a sensational production machine ■ upset to the feature Bryan Scobie Memorial series. Freeth, a regular competitor in Wanganui* opened his Scobie cainpaign with a fifth placing in? the opening ;leg< - •
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