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.... ... ASCOT_'" 5 lIllUICe of Ugbtwelcht speed as gangling Marty MacDonald charged to anotber Novice class win. This makes his fourth in a row for HarleyDavidson. He was trailed closely by arch speedway rival Don Roberts on a buzzing Yamaha. . Act IT brought on the Amateur class riders for a photographerscattering infield slide by Shorty seaborn and the ultilnate victory of Johnny Isaacs first, Pete Bodette second and Randy say in thi rd place. Study Carol Sims' self-explanatory lap charts on tnis page for a graphic record of each rider's performance. Main. closely pursued by Ralph. Lacher led it on his Harley for several of the 15 laps. Chugging along in fourth place, by quite a distance as Ascot distances go, was favored sammy Tanner, his megaphone dangling loose for half the race. Romero's winning time was only one second off the Ascot record. Leading UI. to this spectacular repeat performance (Romero put Triumph in the ",inner's circle for the first time in a long time last week. remember?) was a smooth pertor- Q" ! ... 00 ... • • • ".. f1nllll of tile Expert "lnwas aboullhls close, as Ro-.. did It apln. • . , _ . _ 256 IIartJ IlacDeuld _Sprinted 0 . RoIIerts' Y. . . . to _ Ills hYlce aa10 ..... strall • to to.- Frldnr . _ In a , . . IIartJ Is ~antIIor of "A IIlIIIIn:JCIe J nidi lias . . . CI8WlIIDlI ant of CJcle _. .s tills .... aDd last, lint It win lID lIDck __ ....... ~s_.... start Order J..., 15 37 22z Isaacs ...... lido .... A. . . . 1IIOt1l&bt qaln FrldaJ nl&ld- 7 24x 38x 16 19x 28x llx ASCOT ~PERT r.~IN EVENT 2 3 4 5 6 7 e 9 lOll 1213 14]5 1 ~ ~H 4) rx 36% Dick Halll1ll8r taus .... I0Il& spilt tile dlfl• •_ war, Blackle !lrKe IIolds tile pole,... Bruce HolI.d tries to 12x 49r 2lx Dicl~ J:i=er 8) 28x Larry :::i:nrhort .lOlL 9) 38x Blcckie "Cruce " 10) 24x Chuck Jones T1me: 5:52.97 * Did Not Finish (~ote: 3P~ started on lcp 5) ASCOT AMA~:mR MAIN 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 * l"inish Order 1) lOx 2) 36x 3) 17x 4) 47r 5) 19lx 47r 17x lOx 19lx Ralph \~ite Mel Lacher Sw:mny 1'anner 6) 19x Sonny Nutter 7) 11x Peu! Conserri ....-+-If-+-+-+-+...--+--+-+ 1 7 5) 16 ",. . .- .' -r. start Jrder 3) 37 D< ~~~:rx ," 2) 15 IX ~ V ,.....- / / LAP CHARTS By Carol S 1) 22z Gene Romero [)< ~ Finish Order 6) 1-+--+--r 1-+-+++-+--+--lHI-+-+ 7) 8) Johnny Isancs Pete Bodette Hand.,y Say Shorty Seaborne Lorry Shipm= 12x Ron Krusemon 49r John Cartel' 2lx Tim Hurris 1'ime: 3:59.56 start Order ASCOT NOVICE MAD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 234 306 256 255 295 324 186 97 258 122 * 8 Finish Order 1) 256 Marty MacDonald 2) 295 Don Roberts 3) 234 Dan Kelly 4) 255 Larry Pruett 5) 324 Jim Ashmore 6) 306 Stan Hill 7) 186 Bruce Haserot 8) 122 Ron L stra 9) 97 Ron·Pierce 10) 258 Carl Patrick * Did Not F1ni~r •