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ASCOT HALF-MILE from page 3 4 1966 MONTESA MURDERS 'E * M AGAIN FIRST IN THE 250 cc EXPERT CLASS BILL SILVERTHORN MONTESA LA CROSS time it was point le ad er Caspe r Greif in for his fir st win of th e year after many high pl a c e fi nishes . Ran dy Say. who c rashed t he we ek befo re , led it a ll t he way to t he final ha lf lap before Greif fi nally got by in a tw o man chase ov e r th e t en lap distanc e . Gainin g muc h of th e attention this week we re th e novice riders in both th e heat rac e s and t he final. All of t he six he at rac e s wer e decided eithe r ri ght at th e finish line or on t he final lap. It app eared as th ough t he "B" group wer e on t he ir way to becoming real pros. It looked th e same in t he Trophy Da s h when Larry Pruett c ame from behind to s core his second dash win in t h r e e week s ove r three ot he r e ve nly- matc he d first ye a r rider s . Novice Ma yhem T he n the roof fell in a nd it came to li ght that mos t 01 th e novic e rid er s still nee d many , man y more wee ks on the li ghtwei ghts b e la r e th ey a re ready to move up to the bilt bikes and amateur rann as . T he ope ning lap found two-tim e Main Event winner Keith Krus er tryin g to win th e rac e on t he first turn . He fe ll off a nd broke his leg. Dave L ewis got himself i nvolved in th e sam e c ha rge and was s e nt sailing over the south turn wall. Lewis is now se mi- re ti red wit h a brok en hand. Back cam e th e remainin g ride rs for a restart. This one lasted until th e north turn of the fir s t lap when three more r i d e r s took flips and spills. Dic k Turner sta rte d t his one when he got sideways on t he t urn in the middle of th e pack. Down he went , taking Jim Ashm or e and P hil T odd along for th e rid e. T odd rod e s ide-saddl e all th e way t o t he wall . • • • Kei th Kruser (457) and Daye Lew i s (156) head for t he wall and the hospital. La rry Pruett (255) won Noylc e Main by default. • • dow n for som e us e up th er e. If th ere are an y would-b e or pote nti a l starte rs in th e ar ea you would be doi ng Pit St eward Whitey Lyons a favor by c omi ng forth. He wa s drafted t o start th e following ni ght for th e TTs and he says he 'll t ake pitting anytime. (Results on pa ge 7) Starter Drake Leaves Ascot It was the checker ed flag for AMA s ta rte r Tony Dra ke last Friday. Tony has rec ei ved a promotion and a t ransfer to Se at tl e and will wave no more at As cot . T he little Ilagger ha s been doing a fi ne job the past two seasons in this a rea, and the north we s t regio n wou ld be wise in t racking him OILERS M.C. TT -SCRAMBLES SUNDAY,JUNE 5,1966 SAN DIEGO If you've been wanting the finest prestige motorcycle from Spain, here's good news- The boat is on it's way! You'll be gla_d you waited for the Spanish motorcycle in greatest demand - Montesa MO TESA MOTORS. INC. Sole u.s. Importer and Distributor 3657 W .lleverly Blvd. lJIsAngeles 90004 4I-IIOUII I'UTS SElVlCE AYAIUIl£ AllY IUCE. mU .s. • By Bob E beling Sunday morning dawned with surprises for som e'- whe n ar riving at Lions Drag Strip they found I had returned to my post as P it Di rector. I did so as Mr. C. J . Ha rt gra nted one more chance to produce some results at a nother $2 50 bike meet. T hi s all-important mee t will be held on Su nday , J un e 19. The money will be awarde d as follows : T op Fue l - $1 00. 00 ; Ru nner- up - $35.00; T hird- $ 15. 00; Top Ga s- $25 .00; Ru nner - up-$1 5.00 ; T hi rd-$lO .OO ; T op Street -$25 .00 ; Run ner- up-$15 . 00 ; T hir d- $lO .OO. Trium~h It is uncommon to be given a s eco nd chance with someone's money , and I. Triumph triumphed at the hands of along wit h every concerned cycli st. Don Harris in establi s hing a new record should appreciate the position i n which in the Irwindal e B F uel class of 136.36 Mr. Hart must place himself before a miles per hour. Thi s bike pres ent s an very demanding Board of Direct ors at ide al example oJ a man putting together Lions. I ask that every cyc list from M ohis origi nal ideas by the mea ns of conP ed fan to family dog help me hack up s tructio n. The frame is a · one and only" this meet wit h spectators and competiand Don' s new record s hows that oritors . Pl eas e keep the said • dog" on a ginality helps a man to win. leash and give dad a Father's Day gift Ti e Run of a day at Lions on Sunday, June 19th. " It' s a tie" was declared when the Famil i ar, Faster race lor Fuel Runner-up was s hut olf The names may be the sa me but the due to unsale conditions on the drag speed is definitely fast er. M urray and strip. Some evil lour-whee l vehic le had Cook defeated Don Harris and his recordspewed oil over the entire s trip at the holding 650, plus Bob Ebeling's 450 linish lights . and so. as curfew plus Honda. Now that t heir twin e ngine " F lussalety demanded, Honda and Triumph tration" has aged a little , the speed and s hook hands and will come out fightin g elapse d times continu e to bec ome faste r. next week. Saturday at Irwindale . this twin T riumph Top Gas made a record run that had even the noncyclist s gasping in resp ect and amazeBruce Miller has repeated last week's performance by se curing the Top Gas ment. The speed was 153 miles per hour glory a nd money at Irwindale . His closest and an ela psed time of 9.89 s econds. conte nder in each instance has been Watch the second hand of your timepiece Nira Joh nson's T riumph. Bruce se ems to pass this short span of seconds and try have passed his old troubles to Nira to believe bein g pushed from a s tandstill but twice defeated may be too much for t o 153 mph. J im Cook the rider should qualify as an As tronaut. Tr iumph to take from Ha rley-Davids on. •