Some 40 teams (there is a typing error in the corresponding Courier article stating "40 runners") lined up at the start, and in what could be interpreted as a portent of things to come, the race was won by the UA1 team (David Dallman, Alan Honma, Veikko Karimaki, Ray Frey, Jean Sass and Bill Haynes). Lying fifth at the gruelling uphill finish of the first kilometre, UA1 established a lead by the end of the second leg, and went on to win by an impressive margin. After a somewhat less brilliant performance last year, the team attributed its success to an influx of new blood.
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