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9 He Lost It Nobody Disputed Judges The Hard Luck T rophy went to a Pive impartial judges undertook the young man whose bike fell over the cliff task of decidin g t he trophy winners . The at Boulder Dam. He lost it whil e trying judges, joi ntly selected by the partto pick it up aft er the bike was knocked icipa ting cl ubs , were D.O. Yada , Da ve over by a parkin g ca r at the postcard Coleman, Jim Roush all of th e Las s ta nd. Vegas Poli ce Dept., and Chuck Smith and Jim MCGuire of the Clark County Competition News Sheriff's Dept .-all in full battle dress. _ scrambles resume at Vegas Rac eway A fine word must be s aid for these this Sunday as the Silver Queens s ponso r office rs . Not only did they handle the the event. Art' s Motorcycle Shop has judging to everyone ' s satisfaction, they added an other s tar to their racing stable. led the parade and handled the traffi c Art has complet ed all arrangements and and viewing crowds with their usu al will sponso r M x Switzer in th e racing a efficiency. wars on a brand new Bultaco. Max and Among the many trophi es given by machine should be in acti on Sunday. th e Lucky Wheels , Ken Hahn (638 miles Cycl e News is now on sale at Art' s from Vall ejo) took the Farthest Distance M otorcycl e Shop, 1711 Fremont, Las Trophy , Carmen Cecil, the Oldest AMA Vegas, or Simpson Cycle, 1026 S. 1st Rider , Old est M otorcycl e a '46 Harley ridde n by Horace Williams. Ed Blos e > ~~:~\~~ie ~:~~i~;~~,i~M7 Lb~~ who, with his wife, rode a s harp looki ng Bea ch Blvd. , Long Bea ch, Calif. If your Honda 450 from P hoenix, took a trophy favorit e dealer doesn't sell it- bug him! for best stock foreign machine. THEYRE HERE,! -'SA JO • ASCOT Sammy Tanner and Mert Lawwill gave the Ascot fans a look at two champions and what they can do when everything is j ust right for both of them. The two put on wheel-to-wheel battles in both the Trophy Dash and the Main Event for some of the best racing ever seen at the Gardena speed path. . l ft h Each rider won his res pe cti ve hea t race before squaring off to do battle in t he dash. It was Tann er hi gh a nd La wwill lo w all the way , with Sammy repa s s in g inc hes befo re th e finis h li ne to win hi s fifth dash of the year. Lead-Swapping Main It was th~ same stor;r i n the fi~al over the enttre 15-1ap d i s tan ~ e , WIth ttrst T a nne r and then L aww Ill leadIng ; On the .north tu: n o~ eve ry lap th ey wer e SIde hy s~ de 10 ahsolute wheel to whe el duel. Tanner agai n managed to fo rge ahead corni ng onto the final straigh,taway to win by one length. chri s ?raa~er s how ed why ~e IS th e rankm g first year e xpe rt i n the la nd by out-gunning Dan Haaby for third place in th e lat e laps. the e nd of th e .f lap and th e black flag was hastl ly thrown. . . Keith Kruser wa s leadmg with fe llow Yamaha rid e:s D?n Rob e.rts and L arry Pruett running tight behind . Krus er had l ed from th e start and wa s s howing vast improvement over pre vio~s weeks. In fac t it was t~e fir st time he had e ve n mad e a Main E vent i n s ev en wee ks of racing! MacDonal d wa s only s hake n up 10 the one - ri de r accident and la t er walked off the track und er his ow n power. Prio r to the s pill he ha d won six straight rac es, co unting the heat events. . This Friday ni ght marks th e la s t appeara nce of Lawwill a nd Dra aye r a s the y head e a s t right after the races to c ompe te in th e nat ional eve nt i n Wisconsin on May 29th. 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P oint leader Marty Mac Donald fell while runni ng fo urth at 1 one weekend • 2 3 RACES• for the SPORTSMA RIDER N Lawwlll tried hard. Atascadero Speedway-north of San Luis Obispo Sunday AFTERNOON May 29 · SCRAMBLES FAST SMOOTH 1/4 MILE TT TYPE COURSE - CLASS C TIRES, ALL CLASSES WILL RUN - PRACTICE 9 A.M. -1st RACE 12 P.M . Sunday EVENING • oo Todd, Roberts get al i the IIno. Also sHoRiNtUCK' 250cc AND UNDER - 1/4 MILE CLAY-AMA RULES ENFORCED PRACTICE 1 P.M. - FiRST RACE 8:30 P.M . ANOTHER AFTERNOON ALL CLASSES WILL RU N - SAME TRACK PRACTICE 10 A.M. - FIRST RACE 12 P.M. <, CAMPGROUNDS FOR BOTH COMPETITIDN AND ROAD RIDERS MANY AWARDS FOR THE ROAD RIDERS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE - BOB MILLER M 30 · SCRAMBLES ay Monday Sam T. won out. May 29· SPONSORED BY RAMBLERS MooC . .. 543·4823 DAYS 543·1358 NIGHTS ATASCADERO , CALIF. THE SPORTSMAN'S BABY ASCOT ",,1,ONG OA OS SA • • ~ M~'i;,' D"~~ oclcielS Motorcyc'es22025 Phone 328-1242 5. FigueroaTorrance II?~ . _L _ ~§A -HODAKA-~""""",, -