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FROM ASCOT:
RESULTS FROM ASCOT:
HALf-MILE
Left. #254 Mike Morton takes the short way
Left,
lakes
around Larry Pruett. Above: Shorty Seaborne
Seaborne
arQUnd
outdistances
Kruseman 12x
outdistance. Ron Kru.eman 12< and all the
ail th e
rest.
A new breed of Kamikaze pilots took over from the veterans in the
final race of the season at Ascot Park last Friday night.
title,
The big one, for the California state half-mile title. was a twoman chase from start to finish between second year expert Dan Hlfaby
Hltaby
and first year white plater, Chris Draayer.
Abs ent from tbe title race this year
Absent from t he
ra ce
were t he
former champions.
wer e the three forme r c hampions ,
Bla ckie Bruce ,
Blackie Bruce, Ralph W
White and point
hite
poi nt
leader Sa mmy T anner. Bruce failed to
lead er Sammy Tanner.
transfer to the final from the s emi , W
from
semi, White
trans fer
hite
fell off running seco nd in the heat race
runnin g second i n
hea t ra c e
and T anne r pulled into tbe pits for
Tanner pull ed Int o the pi ts
mechanical reasons afte r only three
rea sons after
laps in the beat race.
lap s
he at rac e.
Draayer j umped into the lead at the
Draay er jumped Into
at
start of the 20-lap fi na l but the race
20-l ap final but t he
stopped at the end
lap s
was s top ped a t t he e nd of two laps
a nd
Krep s
whe n Pat Goscb got off and Skip Kreps
when P at Gos ch
went down to a void hi m, Kreps walked
avoid hiro.
walked
away with Gosch returning to ac tio n on
wit h Gos ch ret urni ng
action
tbe res ta rt.
tart.
the
Restart for the Championship
T hi s time Haaby took the lead but
This
Haa by
gave way to Draayer as the riders
gav e
t o Draa yer
rid ers
started
Chri s
s tarte d the third lap. Crankin' Chris
lap .
opene d and closed th e ga p On Haaby
opened a nd
the gap on
lap after lap but could not break a way
la p
away
first
an expert.
for his fi rst big win as an expe rt.
Haaby, riding with a badly injured
badl y inj ured
Haah y,
right knee from the T T title race the
from
TT
rac e th e
ri ght
week before, stayed
shouting
we ek before. s tayed within s hout i ng
re ga ine d the
di stanc e and finally regained t he lead
distance
Draayer appeared
ti re
on lap 18. Draa y er app eared to tire in
lap
the s tre tc h and Haaby romped bOrne the
stretch a nd
home t he
winner
also
second pla ce
winn er and a ls o regained s econd place
in the final point standin gs .
standings.
th e
The amateur
final
Th e a mate ur chase was a fina l bow
for Shorty Sea bourne as an ama te ur a nd
bourn e
amateur and
be made it a good one by a ga in winn ing
again winning
he
on e
the heat and fi nal for the sixth wee k in
final
week
th e
and mo vi ng
a row a nd moving up to 5th place in the
finall standings . Point leader Ron Kruselea der
Krus efina standings.
man was a distant second wit h T im
with Tim
lIa rri s switching
his l ast
Harris s witching to T ri umph for his last
Triumph
yellow plate ride a nd running third.
ye llow plat e rid e and runnin g third .
More New Novice Records By
Mo re
Reco rds
Morto n
Morton
Snortin' Mike Morton left the lightle ft th e li ghtweight
wei ght ranks and the record book in a
s ha mbles a s he agai n knocked two adshambles as
again knock ed
ditional marks
ditiona l marks out of the books. Both
his Own that he had es ta blishe d last
own
established la st
month.
Tbe
Sizzler
hea t
Th e Suzuki Sizz ler toured the heat
race in record time and On the third lap
on th e
rac e i n
lap
he cut a 23:74 second lap, topping his
to ppi ng
c ut a 23: 74
23 :93.
pre vious
own previous best e ffort of 23:93. Moreffort
t he five
heat rac e
ton was so fast in the fi ve lap heal race
that his time of 2:02:90 was faster than
fa ster tha n
any
a ny of the three big bike amateur heat
t hree
amat e ur
races!!
races
Th e tropby da sh was a close one
The trophy dash
w
with Gene Romero winn tn g for the 6th
ith
winning
time Utis year. He edged Raaby, Draayer
lime thi s
li e
lIaaby, Draa yer
and Chuck Jones.
Chuc k
T his was the last half-mile of the
This
year wit h the a ction now- s wingi ng ove r
with
action now' swinging over
indo or rac es at
th e
to the lightweight indoor races at Long
Beach Arena this coming Satu rday night,
Saturday nig ht ,
Bea ch Arena thi s
November 19t h. 1967 Ascot half-time
19th.
s e as on is sche dul ed to open the fi rst
season
scheduled
first
Friday night in April .
F riday
April.
(Lap Charts on page 16)
(L a p Cha rts
FINAL 1966 ASCOT
HALF MILE STANDINGS
(31 Half Mile Events)
EXPERT CLASS:
CLASS:
1. Sammy Tan ner
Tanner
2. Dan Haaby
ll aa by
Ral ph White
hite
3. Ralph W
4.. Gen e RomeC'· ·
4.. Gene Romer"·
5. Mel Lacher
La ch er
6. Chris Draayer"
Oraaye r*·
7. GUy Louis
Guy Louis
8. Mert Lawwill
Lawwlll
9. Chuck Jones""
Chuc k Jones"
10. Elliott Sch ultz
Sdl ul tz
11. Pat Gosch
11 . P at
12. Blackie Bruce"
B1 ac ki e Bruce "
(• • I
yea r expert)
(""1 st year expe rt)
BSA
BSA
USA
BSA
Tri
T ri
H-D
II- D
R-D
II- D
Enf
Enf
R-D
H- D
BSA
Enf
T ri
Tri
Enf
AMATEUR CLASS:
1. Ron Kms cman
L
Kruseman
2. Randy Say
3. Pete Bodette
P ete
-I. Casper Grief
4.
5. Shorty Sea bourne
Sho r ty
6. John Carter
J ohn Ca rte r
7. ,Johnny Isaacs
Johnny Isaac s
8 . Bert Ershig
8. Ber t E rs h il:
9. Larry Shipman
La rry Sh ipm'an
10. Joe Schmidt
J oe
11. Tim Harris
Harrr s
12. Jack Konle
J ack KonJe
H-D
II-D
BSA
BSA
BSA
BSA
lISA
BSA
BSA
BSA
BSA
liSA
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NOVICE CLASS:
I . M rty Mac(Jon ald
a
1. Marty MacDonald
2. Larry Pruett
3. Don Roberts
(Jon Rober ts
4. P hil Todd
-I. Phil To dd
5 . Mike Morton
5. mke ~ Iorton
6. Lenny Earl
Lenn y
7. Dan KeUy
(Jan Kell y
8 • .Jim As hmore
8. Jim Ashmore
9. Roy Spi ker
Spiker
10. Dick Turner
11 . Keith Kruser
Krus er
11.
Deeh an
12. Jim Deehan
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