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Anybody know whatever became of Gote Brodin. He was Swedish, IIRC, and rode in the UK and some World rounds in the @70s. I think he rode a Windle Yam.

He won one Grand Prix, ( i think salzburg) and had Billy Galross in the chair.
Eckart

He came to Cadwell mid 70's yellow outfit with 3cyl Suzuki 750 motor

I raced against him at Scarborough mid 70s, he was running a Yam then, he overtook us coming down from Mountside Hairpin and hit the jump and ended up 2 fields away and had to get the farmer with his tractor and trailer to retrieve the bike.

He was a hard charger, I hope he is still around.

I met Billy Gallross during my brief GP outings with Kenny Howells,,,,,he was yer typical Sweedish Handsom barstard...


Regards


Fritz,,,,,,

PS, Billy helped us qualify for the last GP of the 1990 season at Hungaroring,,,,

He was a regular visitor to the UK and raced at Brands and Mallory winning on several occasions. Sponsored by Dynapac.

i remember riding at brands in 1978 or 79 . it was a World F750 round with a sidecar race in between the 2 legs.Gote Brodin won and Jeff Gawley or Dick Greasley finished second. Steve Baker won the 750 round on a TZ750. I seem to remember most outfits were Yamaha powered by then. The solo 750s later became Super bikes

I think Gote first came to the UK in 1976 and raced at Mallory at the Race of the Year on a very quick 750 Suzuki. After that he was a regular at Brands, Mallory and other internationals.
Pete, the race you refer to was in July 1977. Gote, now on a Yamaha, beat George O'Dell by 18s with Jeff Gawley 3rd and broke the lap record by nearly 2s.