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CYCLE NEWS WedDHclay, October 6, 1965 PAGE EI GHT £DkR·&SON MOlor~1t Paris anel Accessories EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR ~ IIAELLI ftEIN"I! MOTORCYC LE 0'" Ti res an d Tubes 22025 S. F igueroa -- Torran c e . Ca lif. ~~ Phone 328- 1242 WES - SEIVICE 100% "IWIC'''' OAC Open 7 Days Mon .-Sat. 10--7 - ~4 Sun . 10--6 ".A-HODAKA-~~ SHORT ACTION TRACK ED c Jim Nicholson (12xl and Mike Konle fight for the spot . ASCOT n Continued and main even t, breaking his own track records in the heat (3:07.76) and main (11:48.83) The old records, set by Mulder earlier this summer, were 3:08.91 and 11:50.46. Dick Hammer w as a distant second to Mulder -in all three races Saturday night, as the 21-year-old Bur bank speedster hiked his season poin t total to 710 with one race to go. Hamm er is second with 579, and can't possibly catch Mu lder . Hammer had his troubles in the 15-lap main, bobbling badly several times and dropping back in the pack during the middle stages of the race before passing Ed die Wirth for second place on la p 11. Ski p Van Leeuwen, who went into the next-to-last TT of 1965 only 80 after Mulder. finished third in the dash and fifth in the main to drop to third in points with 574. Skip went off the course once, bobbled a few times while running third and dropped to fifth when Dick Dorresteyn passed him on lap 11. Van Leeuwen even had trouble staving off Travis Petton for the fifth spot. Expe rt record brea ker Eddie Mulder, left, and novice IT point leader Rich Thorwaldson with CYCLE NEWS trophy presented by Ad Mgr. Gil Brown, right. ~-,) Miller Ha rpe r go t a bad start, but won novice main. , Ii NORTH South Bate Raceway Every Thurs. lite-8 0 0 P M FIREST NE O ~ $1.25 ....admission CLA SS A RAC ING .. YERKES STILL LOYAL TO HIS BRAND PROF ESSIONAL ' fR U ,AIKING • CONC ESSION S ' Gene Romero ran away with amateur honors . ,~~ IHAR~Y-DAVIO.ONI He:~!~~~~=:'SDi~~:ut~r~~u ~~~~~:'v~~~~ey ~ .• In the amateur races, Gene Romero won his sixth straight main and 12th straight race after passing early leader Steve Sc ott on la p two. Jim Nicholso n finished second, Scott third and Sonny N utter fourth. Rom ero broke the track record for amateurs in his heat with a 3:12.96 clocki n g. Gene held the old mark at 3:13.43. Miller Harper upset Ri ch Thorwalds on to w in the no vice main. ~ • 74 N As cl ose as yo ur neeree t fr eeway . . • A short ei g ht miles from Los A nge le s Civic Cen ter vi a t he Son Be rnard ino Freeway Eiec'ro-Gli~ 100% Financing • 36-Month Plan· Bank Financing· New & Used * "".,..... _ 10.. Saturday tt.ea~ ride to IN f...... Ho''''''OcNid.on alOt. .n the Well. All tto~ * w. carty a full Ii... of Ho,1eyoccenonn.. Lorge atocll ••di"9 appa,et CompIe,. Oovtd~ or c ~ OCCMMtie-a depattment. * w. at. inaut'CIn( . agenta. PI.&. po . i" c1ud irujI vninal,l ••d malo,ia', Sl ...$O ~ 6 mottltla for 25Oc c.. S22.00 ff)( all _ 2SCk c.. LAIDLAW'S HARLEY-DAVIDSON SALES 835 1 E. Garvey Ilyd. • South Son Gabriel. Col if• • Pho...., 280-39" -283-1584 -448-6644 OPEN f riday nit" 'til 9 r..... thru Sot. a -6p.m. Doug Yerkes w ill race anything as long as it is a Bultaco, the brand he distributes in Southern California . Last w eek we had hi m riding a "Mon ", meani ng Montesa, in the results of the Bay Mare scrambles. Doug says "To the best of my knowledge I believe I have never ri dden Brand X at Bay Mare." He thinks he was as tride h is trusty 'Taco' when he scored second in the 250cc ex pert class. We think so too. We also think som eone in the Scramblers M.C., who provided the results , has a sense of humor. We think Doug Yerkes has a sense of humor too .