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• CARLSBAD fromfront page. t o pro ceed uncontestea through th e remainin g l ap to victory. Two Production eve nts were he l d 100cc - 200cc whi ch was won by Chief Gal brai th on a B ultaco. and 250cc - Open wh ich was won by Bill Ho lst on a T riumph. fo llowed by #99 Di ck Hi nson also on a Triumph . Di ck was th e previous winner of the event at Willow Spri n gs . Third place over-all went to #33 . Walt F ulton III on a little 25 0cc Suzuki. walt continuall y gave the front runners competiti on throughout the entire event. The final eve nt o f th e day , fo r 350 , 500cc open class Grand Pri x machines. was won by #58 , Bill Manl ey on his 650 BSA . followed by #11, Ron Grant on a 350 Honda. Ron won over-all in th e heat race but was only able to tak e second over- all and first i n cl ass in t he main event. Clos ely followin g Ron was Don Vesco from San Di e go on a G50 Matchles s , finishing third ov er-all and fi rst in c l ass . Fourth over-all and second in c l ass was Tom Hoyt f rom San Di ego on a Triumph. This was pr obably one of the most interesting event s of th e day . The actual bi ke t o re c eiv e the checke red flag a nd fini s h first overa ll was # 16 , Dick Hamme r. He h ad re qu e s t e d permission to ru n io the Below: Open Class winner BI: I Manley dices wi th Lee Patterscn , #96. Photos by Dennis Greene Rlelt: 100cc Class winner Barry Herrman n. rear of this event in order to obtain a little mo re practice on th e c o u rse and was not to be s cored fo r his runnin g . Di ck disp la)' ed tr em endou s riding s ki ll and t a le n t by c ontin ua Hy c h a lleng ing Rill Manl ey on his 650 BSA. It look ed as il Di ck c o mman ded a little more acce le ra ti on out o f th e comers but th e Suzuki wa s not abl e to get to top s pe ed a s fast a s th e B A. Manle y was able t o pas s Hamme r at t he e nd of seve ral o f th e lon g stret ch e s. On th e last lap . c o mi ng th rou gh a c b i c ane into th e s t a rtfi n ish lin e . Ham mer s uc ke d in behin d Manl ey and be gan til drart him . At th e opportun"e mom ent , Ilamm e r s ho we d his re a l rid in g s k ill. Manle y pe eped ove r h is left s ho u l de r to see whe re his o ppone nt wa s. At this pre ci s e mo me nt, Ha mme r tuc ke d und er t he fa irin g a nd pa s s e d Manley on the right side und er his e l bow and pu lled into t he lead, beating Manl e y ac ross t he start -finish line by a p proxi mately six feet . Needless . to sa)', t his sent t he c rowd i nto a c heering fren zy . Th e day was marr ed by se veral cr ashes , but h appi ly no one sustained se rious injuri es. The next ACA road racin g eve nt will be at Ri verside In t ern ational Racew ay at the FlM sanc ti oned U .S. Nation al Open on May 22nd. ( Re s u lt s on page 12 ) Above: We'll swear that's John Buckner rld lne Dick Hammer's bik e, or e lse It' s Di ck Hammer wearing John's costume. Below: 250cc Class pushes all to begin another hairy round. That' s John Balaam In l oreeround, #331l s ,Jerry Stanley. #331 Robert Bender and #11 Paul Conserrl ere. •