ClassicRacer 43
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Hockenheim, 1977 .Thesecondrace
oftheseasonwasamasterclass
byBarry.Hesmashedqualifying
byoverasecond,setanewlap
recordintheraceandfinished
ninesecondsaheadofhis
team-matePatHennen.
Left:Twoyearsof beingat
the topofthe 500ccworld
chhhampionshipgaveway to
KeeennyRoberts taking the
crooown by just 10 points in
1999 78.Illnessplaguedthe
seeeasonwithBarry diagnosed
withBornholmdisease,
forcinghim to fightbacktoa
levvvel playingfield –but in the
eeennnnndddhhheeehhhaaadddtttoooppplllaaayyyssseeecccooonnnddd
beeest to Roberrttts.
Below: 1973 and the tide
waaasstarrtttingtoturn. Notice
the amountof numberone
stickers on the sideof the
Suuuzuki –marks of the winner
intheShellsporrtttseries.The
yeeearwasthe starrtttof Barry’s
timmmeasaworks Suzukirider.
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