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HALF MILE ST ORY • ASCOT RREWORKS For the first time in a month Sammy Tanner was the first rider acr oss the line in the opening night holida y weekend of racing at Ascot. The Flying Fl ea scored a s weep and ran his total win record for the yea r to 30 races , of which 27 of these ar e on the Asc ot oval. With ha lf the s eason left to go, Ta nner is now just 26 wins away from se tting a new all time win rec ord for one year. The rec ord is 55 wins on a half mile track. Sammy had to turn back Ralph White and Elliott Schultz twice. F irst in the trophy dash and finall y in the main e vent to record two more big victories . It was a breez e in t he final for Tanner, who bad not won a main event s ince t he first week in Jun e. His win in the dash was his third straight , t;ling a se aso n record s et earli er by Gene Romero . Romer o got off i n the dash . trying to keep Tann er from winning. Bodette Returns With a Bang • . Pe te Bodette cli mbed back i n to the amateur limeli ght by winning t he feat ure inhis s econd week back from ashoulder inj ury. It was his 5th win of the year. He also picke d up anothe r heat race win in his at tempt to < regai n the point lead. Poi nt leader, Casper Grie f dropped his mount in the heat rac e and did not run in the final this week. Bodett e had all he could handle in the final from the re-charg ed Shorty Seaborne. The crash-kid from former se asons s howed up on a new rig and ran the pants off Bodette in the flnal afte r warming up earlier hy winning the s emi. Seaborne passe d Bodet te twice on the final lap but could not maintain the edge across the lin e. Novice BattI e Don Roberts and Marty M acDonal d t eamed up to half Larry Pru ett in the novice final for a mild ups e t. Pru ett t ook the lead away from Roherts on the second lap and led for the next four rounds before both Roberts and the charging MacDonald both re- pass ed to finish one-two with Pru ett taki ng third. Earli er in the evening Pruett won his I ith straight heat rac e to tie the all time novice win record in this divi si on. It was Roberts ' second main event win of tbe year and gave him a few more points e dge in the three-way battI e for top novice honors. RIght: Photo montage by Dennl s Greene shows, clockw ise fr om top, Eddie Mulder. Dick Hammer, Jack Simmons, Gene Romero, Sammy Tanner and Tuner C.R. Axtell , Dan Reed, Skip Van Leeuwen and Don Roberts , all stars of this weekend's double headed spectacular at Ascot Park. Below: Start of TT Trophy Dash as Mulder (#12) gets the r edge. ever so slightly. Numbe 22 Gen. Romero won the Saturday night dash. .. • !! . • T he door was wide open in th e novi ce ma in for third pl a ce point ASCOT TT from front page a nd Di ck Hammer . Van Leeuw en closed much ground in t he last ha lf of th e race to bec ome a se rio us contend er for t he win before th e laps ran out . Rome ro ma naged to get re mounte d an d come bac k to ride a cooler rac e and finish in s eve nt h pl ac e . Another hot and co ld ty pe rider. J ohn Br adford , was al s o ha ving a hot ni ght in fro nt of the c rowd that pai d t he ri ders j us t nnrlpr a $3.000 pu rs e . A mont h ago Br adford fell in the heat ra c e after som e wil d riding but came back fo r J ul y to t urn in two super smooth ride s to win th e heat race and th e Amat eur fi nal with th e polished styl e of an expe rt. P oint leader J im Berry ran second with two time Amat eur winn er Ri ck Thorwaldson fallin g and ta king l Ot h place . Lonnie < a lt ers flatten ed W a front whe el over th e jump and was out with last place point s an d mon ey. New Novice Winners Upsets ga lo re ha ppen ed i n th e novi ce c la s s with poin t leader John Spr ague and numbe r two rid e r, Ge ne Canaday comi ng up with me chanical tro ubl es and droppi ng out of t hei r rps D ective heat ra c e s . ri cer , Dan Re e d. He gra bbe d I he gol den cha nce and came t hroug h to win hi s first fi nal of th e year a nd move to s econd in t he standi ngs. An oth er central C alif orn i a ride r, Mi ke Lit hicurn, ran s econd with Co lo rado 's Ga ry Boyc e taking th ird. Ba k ers fi eld' s Roy Spi ke r was fourth fo r th e bi ggest wipe-out of local tal ent eve r in local TT racing . ........ • t ~ • f ....• DID YOU WATCH ALHAMBRA: 00 HO:;A 00 ! • Willow Springs July, 3rd? : • 2nd 50cc G.P, (behind works Suzuki) 4th 115 G. P. (with only 160cc) • 2nd Overall, 1st 500cc, Produc• tion (with only 444cc) SUMMER TUNE-UP SPECIAL • NOW GOING ON • • Ask us about it. • i i • • • 'lJ,QM~~l' .!~.. ·.~~.:~::!1~. ~ Mike Gould put the superior speed of his OSSA to good use by winning the 200cc Amateur class at the Lodi Cycle Bowl Night TT Scrambles on June 11, 1966. A 115cc OSSA was ridden slowly for a change by Steve Pederson to win against all commers in the economy run held in conjunction with the road races at the Spirit 16 meet at Willow Springs July 3 and 4, 1966. OSSA FAST .ANAHEIM .t or OSSA 1st SLOW the name of the OSSA dealer nearest you, phone (714) 772-6330