- Title: UK: BELGIAN WINS BRITISH 250 C.C. MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX
- Date: 9th July 1967
- Summary: 1. GV PARADE OF INTERNATIONAL RIDERS 0.05 2. SV CROWD 0.08 3. SCU JOEL ROBERT FROM BELGIUM 0.11 4. SV CZECH RIDERS, POLAS, STRNAD, AND HLOUS 0.15 5. SV DANISH RIDERS, NIELSON AND JOHANNSSEN 0.20 6. SV PAN FINISH RIDERS, STORM AND JARVINEN 0.24 7. SV FRENCH RIDER, JOEL QUEIREL 0.28 8. SV DUTCH RIDERS, SIGMALS AND SELLING 0.31 9. SV TWO RUSSIAN RIDERS, ARBEKOV AND SHINKARENKO 0.35 10. SV PAN SWEDISH RIDERS HALLMAN, PETTERSSON, ENEQUIST, PETTERSSON, LARSSON 0.40 11. START OF FIRST HEAT ??? 12. BAN NO. 26 ARBEKOV AND LEAD ??? 13. PAN RIDERS CAMERA ??? 14. SV PAN RIDERS PAST CAMERA ??? 15. GV PAN ROBERT IN ??? ??? 16. GV PAN ROBERT PAST CAMERA 1.10 17. SV FINISH 1.12 18. GV ROBERT RECEIVES THE CHEQUERED FLAG 1.17 19. SV CROWD 1.19 20. GV PAN START OF THE SECOND HEAT 1.31 21. GV PAN NO.18 HALLMAN PAST CAMERA 1.34 22. SV PAN & SV NO.1 ROBERT PAST CAMERA (2 SHOTS) 1.41 23. GV PAN NO.26 ARBEKOV (2 SHOTS) 1.49 24. GV COMPETITORS OVER BUMPS 1.57 25. GV NO.1 ROBERT RECEIVES THE CHEQUERED FLAG, OUTRIGHT WINNER 2.00 26. SV ROBERT RECEIVES WINNER'S CUP 2.04 27. GV CROWD 2.05 28. SCU ARBEKOV, PLACED SECOND, RECEIVES GARLAND 2.08 29. GV & SCU ARBEKOV, ROBERT (HOLDING CUP) MIDDLE PETTERSSON (RIGHT) (2 SHOTS) 2.16 Initials JP/V/MGT/OS SPORT: MOTOCROSS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 24th July 1967 13:00
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- Location: ESSEX, ENGLAND
- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVAE6M043GOILIFIE2P6YXYHURC9
- Story Text: BELGIAN JOEL ROBERT WON THE BRITISH 250cc MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX AT WAKES COLNE IN ESSEX TODAY.
ROBERT, WHO WAS THE WORLD 250cc CHAMPION IN 1964, IS NOW FAVOURED TO WIN THE 1967 CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE STRENGTH OF TODAY'S MAGNIFICENT WIN. IT HAS GIVEN HIM A CLEAR LEAD IN THE POINTS TABLE OVER THE TITLE HOLDER, TORSTEN HALLMAN OF SWEDEN.
ROBERT WON BOTH LEGS OF THE GRAND PRIX. HE AND HALLMAN THRILLED THE HUGE CROWD WITH THEIR DISPLAY, PARTICULARLY IN THE SECOND LEG, WHEN THE BELGIAN SWEPT PAST HALLMAN WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES OF THE 40 MINUTE RACE REMAINING.
THE SWEDE, WHO HAD RETIRED WITH ENGINE TROUBLE ON THE FIRST LEG, WENT INTO AN EARLY LEAD IN THE SECOND STAGE BUT COULD NOT HOLD OFF THE BELGIAN. THEN HE WAS PASSED BY TEAMMATE OLLE PETTERSSON AND COULD ONLY FINISH THIRD.
VICTOR ARBEKOV OF THE SOVIET UNION WAS FOURTH IN THE SECOND LEG AND SECOND IN THE FIRST LEG. THE RUSSIAN, WHO IS A FORMER WORLD CHAMPION, FINISHED OVERALL ??? ??? PETTERSSON OVERALL THIRD.
THERE WERE 42 RIDERS, REPRESENTING ??? ??? THE RACE. THE NATIONS COMPETING WERE BRITAIN, BELGIUM, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, FINLAND, HOLLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN AND THE SOVIET UNION.
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