DEUBEL RIDING; MIKE HAILWOOD RIDING IN EVENING NEWS EVENT; COOPER WINNING.




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Background: FORMER WORLD CHAMPION MAX DEUBEL (WEST GERMANY) TODAY (SUNDAY) WON THE THREE WHEELER CHAMPIONSHIP RACE HELD AT THE BRANDS HATCH GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT, ENGLAND. THE EVENT FORMED PART OF THE 34TH INTERNATIONAL HUTCHINSON "100" MEETING. ANOTHER EVENT, THE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE FOR THE EVENING NEWS CHALLENGE TROPHY, WAS WON BY AN ENGLISH MOTORCYCLIST, JOHN COOPER.

DEUBEL, A WEST GERMAN RESTAURATEUR, RODE A RIGHT-HANDED 500 C.C. BMW OUTFIT. HE WAS FOUR TIMES SIDECAR CHAMPION: IN 1961, 1962, 1963, AND 1964. TODAY'S RACE WAS OVER A DISTANCE OF 26.5 MILES (ABOUT 42 KILOMETRES).

THE EVENING NEWS RACE WAS OVER A DISTANCE OF 66.25 MILES (ABOUT 106 KILOMETERS). HAILWOOD, 26, RIDING A 350 C.C. HONDA, CAME TO THE RACE FRESH FROM A THREE-CLASS WIN IN THE CZECH GRAND PRIX. WINNER COOPER, RIDING A 500 C.C. NORTON, IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS "MOON EYES" - BECAUSE HE WEARS CONTACT LENSES.