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6 1''-eSe \" ~oo'S fot ~te ~Ode NG ~JO\ " BIG J OHNS" Moto-X, heavy leather with buckle lastenlng. Slipper, all leat her sa le notched lor peg. /' $32,00 "JOHN COOPERS" Road rac ing IIghtwel &fl ts Kangaroo lea ther, padded ankle guards , no-s lip rubber soles. ~ Amateur Pete Bodelte on his wtIJ to w1mlng tile main. Carter #49r was second. $33,0 0 (Are you ready 1) P.O . Bol 368 Fullerton , Ca lli. ... I" 1"; :. c.R. Axtell 's well'luned BSA... " All the wtIJ". ASCOT 1/2 MILE All ACA CUSSES INCLUOtNG THE: l 00mc a.us. AlSO TWO RACES FOR THE .1'tlOIlUCTIOIf' cuss. PIIACTIC£ .GlNS AT 9:30. ENTRIES Q.OSE . AT 1l:3D. CARLSBAD '~R A£ 1 Left, Novice winner Marty Mac Donald gets It on. PALOMAR A IRPORT ROAD 7 MILES EA ST OF 10 1 (Continued frorri page I) most a r epeat of the opener , excep t that nobody got off. Sam was first , Haaby second and L awwell in fo r thi rd . T hi s duplicated their orde r i n the trophy dash. In the amateur division thing s really began to co me alive. P et e Bod ette hel d off a ve ry det ermined ef fort by J ohn Carter to capt ure his first main event win. The hi ghlight of the eve ning was Cart er ' s heat race. Dec i din g that the re mi ght be something to this high groove business , John ran it in t o the firs t turn wi de open , squared off at th e wall and shot out of the south tu rn , To pro ve hi s poin t he did it again at the north tu rn . Th e fans went wild, al on g with Jack Hat ely , hi s tuner , and showed their appreciation by awardi ng him the applause which he deser ved. Runn i ng third in the main event was C asper Gri ef, follo wed by Jack Konl e. All of these riders are first ye ar amate urs . and all looked good. Open in g night winner Ber t Ersh i g didn 't feel Quite up to it and co ul d do no bett er than fourth in the semi. Marty MacD on al d showe d the green plates the way around to wi n his first main event in the novice cl ass. Marty 's mount blew the opening ni ght, but was running like never befo re fo r the wire-to-wire win . T he Yamahas that have been wi nn ing i n the pas t are beginnin g to show up again. In for second and hot on Marty 's hee ls was a Yamaha ridd en by Don Robert s . Th i rd went to E d Applegat e. Jim Deehan, who won the ope ner , rode a different Hond a but cou ldn't get into contention. ( Re sults on pag e 12) ASCOT SAFETY IMPROV ES by George B .Man e s s A new standa rd of rac in g safety may have been set in the ni ght openin g event of Ascot' s 32 week season. Only three rid e r s fell in th e six h eats. th e semi -main , and main event that made up the Novice porti on of the program. Althou gh the re have been better ni ght s than thi s , the opening nights have been f ar worse . Mr. B ert Brundage. Distri ct s 37's A .M.A. refer ee. has high hopes that this i s a res ult of the new rul e requiring possession of a Spor t s Committ ee Amat eur or Expert license before a Cl ass C No vi c e can compete at As cot . This rule. adopted by the A.M. A. 's National Competition Committ ee last ye ar. i s for now, effecti ve only in Di stri ct 37 becau se fe w oth er Di stri cts have Sport s Committ ees active enou gh for such a r u I e to work effective ly . If th e rul e resu lts in any imp rovement in As cot' s already co mmend able safety record, there is little doubt that i t will be e xte nded to all areas havin g enough sportsm an raci n g to make such a rule effective.