1.
LV FLAG BEARERS PRECEDED CYCLISTS TO STARTING GRID
0.10

2.
LV & CU SPECTATORS ON POLE CHAIRS (5 SHOTS)
0.22

3.
CU NO.68 J. REDMAN (RHODESIA, HONDA) LINED UP
0.25

4.
CU NO.61 G. AGOSTINI (ITALY, M.V.AGUSTA)
0.27

5.
CU NO.72 D. WOODMAN (ENGLAND, M.Z.)
0.32

6.
LV PAN START OF RACE MIKE HAILWOOD (FAILS TO START)
0.43

7.
LV RIDERS AROUND THE BEND (2 SHOTS)
0.54

8.
TV RIDERS
1.00

9.
SV RIDERS AROUND BEND
1.09

10.
SCU SPECTATORS
1.10

11.
SV PAN REDMAN PASSES
1.15

12.
SV REDMAN GETS CHECKERED FLAG
1.17

13.
GV CROWD APPLAUDS
1.19

14.
SV REDMAN RECEIVE WINNERS LAURELS
1.21

15.
CU REDMAN
1.25

16.
SV REDMAN WOODMAN AND HAVEL ON ROSTRUM
1.29



Initials AA/V/MR/OS


SPORT: MOTOR RACING

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Background: JIM REDMAN OF RHODESIA WON THE 350 c.c. RACE IN THE EAST GERMAN MOTOR CYCLE GRAND PRIX AT HOHENSTEIN-ERNSTTHAL YESTERDAY (SATURDAY).

THE WIN GAVE REDMAN AN EIGHT-POINT LEAD IN THE 350 c.c. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. HE COVERED THE 155 KILOMETRE (96 MILES APPROX) COURSE IN 58 MINUTES 32.8 SECONDS.

REDMAN, RIDING A JAPANESE HONDA, WON AFTER A DRAMATIC TUSSLE WITH THE ITALIAN GIACOMO AGOSTINI ON AN MV AGUSTA. BEFORE THE RACE THE TWO MEN TIED AT THE HEAD OF THE 350 c.c. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE WITH 16 POINTS EACH.

AGOSTINI LED FOR 14 OF THE 18 LAP RACE AND RAISED THE LAP RECORD FROM 165.23 KILOMETRE AN HOUR (102.67 MPH) TO 167.440 KPH (104.08 MPH), BEFORE RETIRING WITH ENGINE TROUBLE.

MIKE HAILWOOD OF BRITAIN, WHO LEADS THE 500 c.c. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS MV AGUSTA AND LOST HALF A MINUTE BEFORE GETTING INTO THE RACE.

SECOND PLACE WENT TO DEREK WOODMAN OF BRITAIN RIDING AN MZ. HE WAS ONE LAP BEHIND REDMAN. GUSTAV HAVEL OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA WAS THIRD ON A JAVA, AND ANOTHER CZECH, FRANCISE STASTANY ALSO ON A JAVA, WAS FOURTH.

REDMAN NOW DOMINATES THE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE WITH 24 POINTS. AGOSTINI HAS 16 AND HAILWOOD 12.