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EQlltI Stilt V. L..... aid E11101 MII.r altlll will .niel T.. Rtckwttll, tttt " I lcItallll lilt rectrU tit tf tile Aseet n IIttkI II lIe1r ..... y tVer lie . . tltillC last satmay IlgIIt. Oct. 1. Hleb-flrlnl Eddie .1 ..... won bls Ileal rae.. took 2nd In IIle Dub, wound up 3rd In Ihl Expert "In. Mulder broke his own heat race record when he upsel polnl leader Skip Van Leewen In the opening four-lapper for the Experts. Then the Dutchman came back to turn back Mulder In the Trophy Dash and just miss another Mulder mark that was set last year • The Main Event for the white plates was a Van Leeuwen race all the way as he scored his third main event win In the last three times out. Skip topped the 15lap mark set by DIck Hammer last month by a whisker with Hmmer watching from the stands due to a head Injury trom the Oklahoma National two weeks ago. The hot Expert final was a duel for second between Dusty Coppage and Mulder most of the way unW Coppage sewed It uP 011 the final laps. Jack Simmons brought the crowd to their feet when his throttle stuck open on the next to last lap over the jump. Jack let his machine Oy alone as he balled off In mid-air and later walked away after taking a bard tumble. Tbe Amateur race, like most of the previous events this year, was all Larry WIlburn, the So-year-old rider from Lancaster. Larry zoomed to the fastest heat race win and then led from start to finish In the ten-lap final for his third In a row. Unranked Tom Rockwood scored the major uPSet of the night when he posted the fastest novice heat race win and broke Jimmy Odom's 1966 four-lap mark. Tom then returned to the line 00 his Bullaco and ran away from J1m Petersoo (BSA) In the MaIn Event for his first big win at Ascot this year. The two top Novice riders, petersoo and Chuck Baker, are now tied for the "B" point lead going Into the final TT of the season the first saturday night In November. An eJlcltlng added attractioo for ..... TT tans was a special sJdecar exhibition race put 00 by e1ght rigs from the Dlst. S7 S1dehack Assn. Leading the 6-lapper wire to wire was the team of Doug Bingham (driver) and Ed W3.de (passenger), whose purple,white-tramedHar1ey, complete with cUp-on bars, maneuvered around the turns and over the jump In fine fashion. They were followed to the finish by two other H-D teams, those of Dean Hummer/Rulon Gulbransen and Dave (crash) Roesch/Tom R1dyard. (The varIety of passenger styles was really something to see!) First sJdecar exhibition to be held In conjunction with a professional Calif. event since 1959, the event was a resounding success, and spectator approval WHAT ARE HARE SCRAMBLES Fourth piaci In thl s1dthaek race wenllo mustachlold No.1 drlv.. Mlkl PartI and pass.llr Jim Moffitt (Triumph). THEy'RE GOING fAST! MADE OF By Rosalie Adams SmaIl humps Big bumps Rocky hills Sandy spills Narrow traIls Slow snails Hot shoes Few rules Soft rocks Hard knocks Ups and downs Lots of frowns Din and dust Win or bust And that"s wbat Hare scrambles are made of. Suggested &50cc Retail Price TR&-C's $1294. TR&-R's 1299. T20-R's 1389. T' 'UMP Alnat., point IUder Larrr Wllbum (59r) IDerusld bls Iud with a wlr..to-wlre win In the JDIlowoplatl final. seconded the motion that the rigs appear again at the State Championship TT In November. S1dehack Assn. rep Gary Weber says that with a uttle more practice and some gearing adjustments, the next race should be even better. And the Assn. has petitioned the AMA for professional status In 1968 (this time they ran for trophies lLlId manufacturers'awards only. The November race, besides being the last TT of the year, will also find the state Champ10nship title In the Novice, Amateur and Expert classes at stake. It will be a night event on November 4th. (Results on page 16)