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t-e--................ L8dIIrr -.d a.IIt' 1IMtied" III*Jn JIIIItII)' ~ . . m __ for . . ..-II lItraf&M WMt til . . 15-.11aL I.-IIer paAed . . ,...... . . . rae:et3e of tile mpt beIm'e wtIIIIiIIc ~ -=-t dub eoNDt In tile Jut lIInle weeks. a..bJ n.d' to metdlla1s~ow poUt lead Oft'%" LadIer as . . balt-mJJe .'" 0> -. lIeUOII eaters tile ftDalllllue til '67. Be lias ftBisbed secaad in tile slarwtl~ tile previous two _soas as an expert. Pbil Todd scored two more amatuer 1riDs in tile beat aDd t1Dal to nm his striDe to four straigIlt witbout a loss as lie again outclassed tile rest til tile field for !be second straight week. Pbil also managed to time hlmself into . . Tropby Dash for tile first time tIlis year but wisely took it easy and learned from tile pros and ftnisbed foortb in !be four-rider field. Wlth HaahY and Todd rolltng up tile wins and cootlmdng to lead in the poiDts in tile Amateur and Expert class tile attentioncont1noes to turn toward Norice RIck Durkee, who ts making a late seasoa bId for all sorts of honors. Rick, a ftr~ novlce, scored three more wins in !be heat, Trophy Dash, and Main Event to 1"lIIl his undefeated streak to twelve without a loss. The dash win came !be hard way as the mach1ne refused to go into third gear and Durkee found himsetradtstantfourth before he got going, them bombed !be . pack for !be second straight dash win for SUzuki. Durkee has now moved to fourth in !be standings and Is just ten points from thlrd. DaTe Smith again narrowed !be point lead to ten marks behind Rick Eltsarraras as he out-raced Rick for second place bebind Durkee and broke up the one-two combination for Suzuki with his sprint. HlABY SCORES ECOID STRAI&IIT AT ASCOT .." g '" c -.t Ascot's top three half mile gunners scored again last Friday night with BSA and Suzuki chalking up some more Main Event and Trophy Dash wins. The only stopper came in the Expert TroDh.v Dash when H"'D mounted Mel Lacher turned back point leader Dan Haaby. rear Noylce Trophy D.... WI_, Rick DwkH plaudit. from tropIly IIrl Dln!a SturC'" and lila I. . of DarkH'. rapid Suzuki, 1Ir. Black. boa..--. Off !lie II .. at the start of the Export Trophy Dnh Co Dan Haaby (22) and Phil Todd (11a) .ocOlld Amateu, to make lIIe Da'" thl • •easea. ' ., c ., ., .. t::I .:!! c c ., Cl ~ OJ 3 = .c ll. IlIutours f1&1rl It out fIIr MalA E_t tr..sto, spots from tlte ,.II--.~ _L N. . L. E" (3411) Iud. Carl Patrick (29ll), Dan DaIlbI.s (45ll) ad RlIb Hanls. (171), Earl won, . . . .. 3n1 In AJutaw Main. An odd ball type accident occurred at start of tile expert ttnal when De Wayne Keeter, Ram\Y say and Pete Bodette taDgled. Pete and Ram\Y ran over DeWlIyne with Keeter going to tile hospital wtth cracked ribs and a lung injury. say and Bodette walked away and will be hack again thts Friday nlght. Baaby vows he will win !be rest of the Main Events from here on out with Durkee shooting to establish a new win streak record in the Novice class. Both will be out to back up !beir claims thts Friday night at !be locai speed path. (Results on page 16) tile J_. D..... Allow: Hot and IIuvy h..t rxe actIOD In tile Ex,ort dlYlshIn be. . . Rea ~ (Ull) aH ClIKll (24ll). Below: NoYlce• ..,.., bell. tllel' th T ....'" F.... left, Joe H_lIton (2OS), Alex CbI.owskl (473), Gearp DIDo (113), and wiD_ Rick DInk.. (1&2). Mel Lache, made It two out of l/l'H Trophy Dash wins In as many we• •, flnl.hed 2nd In the EllDert Main E.... t. SAVE. USED PHOftf HONDA PARTSTE 4-0558 Wilmington Discount Cycle Center 1505 Avalon j Wilmington, Calif. ~ S::~,~H,lu~TS,~,:E.AT~EqR ,JE~,~,~. ~ .. IRO'" C;;OSS EELTS ~:"'1 ~,'~'\A~~:: "t'~r- A. LO'" ;;d- Cd 5 ...