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Ascot action alt81 seventeen full weeks of raciIJ8 coatiBues to SUlPrise not 0II1y tbe ridees but the fB/JS with di/feretJt wiIJners bounciIJ8 iIJ and out of the wituJer' circle eacb and every Friday Ilisbt. Usually for this time of the year at least one rider iJJ each class is rated as the riqet( s) to beat but not so this year. ",bicb leaves the annual 8-Mile National title more of a question mark thlU) ever be/ore. Expert side. poiot leader Mel Lacher came up with engine troubles in practice and sat tbis one out in tile pits. Shorty seabourne upset Chuck Jones in tbe beat race with Dar) Ruby turning back Blackie Bruce and Ralph bite. Sammy Tannee exteoded his all-time winning streak by also winning his beat race over Ron Kruseman and Jim Nicholson. 5eabourne in the Tropby Dasb to add yet another win to his 350-plus total over twelve years of racing. .Amateur Roger Gol~tbwaite becawe the first Amateur this year to make tile Tropby Dasb and was a clo e fourth at the fillish. Itlooked like it sbould bav been 'Tanner in the final but it was Cbuck JOnes .in command all the way ex,. cept for one brief moment late in tbe race wilen Tanner grabbed the lead. A.ate r Makes Das Joaes Ja pS Baek The» Tanner came roaring back to take the measure of Jones and Jones came ri&ht back to again Flnl lIlnI '" .......... " - KIlls..- (ID) _tis • _ - " ' I '" ~ Rl", oa 111m _ ClII1dl Joo.. (2411). blpll " (15), 0.. HubJ (22) BluCOl HoIlMd (22r) ~ T_(7). ......0' 111Io ... Iud • Ill. IIrst lIP, CIIuc:ll Joo.. a ....O!l It OIl. rode . . . . . . . .d s1l1dr course to wlctAll)' I, tIoe l$-Llp Export II... E " .. Ascat PICk list Fri., alp1. Another ovice iaaer -The Novic class agail) produced another new Main Event winner with Rick Durkee and his !a.st Suzuki finally putting together eight full smooth laps for his first major win of tbe year. Two-time winner Alex Chi now ski and his fleet Honda made a race of it in tile final laps but Durkee, looking tbe smoothest yet this season, was first across the line for the top money spot. Point leader, Dave Smith. again bad his problems and finished sixth. up a notch from the previous week. Chinowski posted the fastest heat race time for the Novice 250cc riders. (KeRU" oe pa,e 16) Sullld·_t.ed Rldl Ow... 10llI r. . . . • ollke, .upri1Oll . . . . . . " wI ,lIIs II... E.-t of •• _ _• HlI" I" IIIttIod ~ s .IJ co• .-tI ..11lI p1_ I. oo• .." llIoa MdIIDlClI S9l'1II ,......r J .. CrlwfCllll _ d ., .. IIIIs -Ws , . ~ 1....' flul• Elliott SdIIIItz (2OC) ,at • slow slIrl, ..... ., . . . , . to .. ..,....1 .. ,lace take over with Haaby again coming up in the late. late laps to overhaul Tanner and take away second place. Mecbanical problems knocked seabourne. White and Nicholson out of the race. The Amateur final appeared to belong to Goldthwaite but it was not to be until tile final laP. Gary Waldo moved uP at tbe five"1aI> mark to take the lead a'Way from Rapid Roger and look~ like a sure winner until he fell off in the front pot as tbe riders complet~ the ninth lap. 'Ibis ba(ld~ the lead and tbe win back to Goldthwaite on the proverbial platter and tile Enfield rider from the North was in with a big lead over point leader, Phil Todd. .... .,st ..... ""'wr. ....(473) .. "Is ClIl_1kI MId ca., •• Ice actIoo flMs CIIIck ClIlca1ero (107) , , S point. lIoIow; Flocce ,. lI t Ido (71r) .dod wII• • • Ido loll wII.1o cu_11lI tlrst. 1"",,_ (225) .ad AI. . H. .r Goldlllw.lla (25&) •••••••••••••• 'SAV USED : • • • rms' Wilmington Discount Cycle Center • DA 1505 Avalon, Wilmington, Calif. E U • • '1Om ... _ s Ml ... tina I., .......,11I. . . . . . 13. DRUYER GUYELY lURED SEDALIA. MO. Sept. 2:jtb: Cycle races at the Missouri State Fair on the one·mile track proved to be the biggest mistake of the year as far as the riders were concerned. The Friday afternoon event, which preceded the Sunday night half-mile race, was run on a dry, dusty track that was far from fit to hold a major event. In the final for the Expert riders, Bart Markel was leadi ng the race wben his engine seized. Markel immediately raised his hand to signal that he was out of the J'8.ce ar;ld started to move off the pole and out of the way of the other riders. Chris Draa.yer chose to try and pass Markel on the outside rather than the inside and hit the fence • f~ 7"4- 7""""#4..a. U72li s.u ICI .. lies! LM ,..,.... SR WlOI T "Ir. TV! Draayer's machin flew into the air. pitcbing the Utah ace off the machine and into the fence. The bike new through the air and hit Markel knocking Bart down. We regret to ad vise tbat Chris Draayer suffered two broken legs and his left arm had to be amputated. Markel announced immediately after the race tbat he was retiring from motorcycle racing and left S~alia. Tbere were also many other injuries during the meeting. An unofficial report has it tbat California's Pat Gosch suffered a !>roken arm. (Cycle News will have the address in next week's issue for cards and letters to be sent to Chris who is hospitalized in sedalia.)