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.• .... .. . CD Q" l'- CD 0> ci . .a E ~ 0 2: U) ~ ~ 2: ~ -.3 U >.. U 'll ". 0 S '" 0 '< .. I:l "; r " .. .. .". Cl ~ Last bal'·III1. rae. at Ascot ..tIlant-AlI"1 was lila 2O-Lap Slate Cballpl.s11lp No Todd - No Odo. Amateur point cbamploo PbIl Todd sat out tile ftDal race due to a sUgbt injury from two weeks ago and .J1mJDy Odom 1aUed to get a clearance from tile doctor for tile tlDa1 race so tile door was wide CJIll!II In tile f1fteeD-la,p ftDal for tile yeUmr plate riders. LJoyd JIoochlns, wbo bas r1dden at Ascot 00 ooly a very few 0CCl! slOOS III1s _ . ran a wire to wire race to win tile yeUmr-plate State CbamplClIISIIlp rw:e. Houchins also won b1s . . . race for tile first Ume III1s seasoo and broagbt b1s Ascot win total to four races for tile ,.... Rls ftrst win came In tile Amateur IIatD two _ks ago. laD Crawford again mJssed a l:raIIsfer to tile ftDal and Gary waldo took III tile .... J~ and flD1sIIed secood to Djp Crawford for secood In tile ftDal sIaDdIDp bebInd Todd. ._to Harcl-wDCklnc craw of AlIA Ofllclals II.. up .111I Promotar altar a Dalkee Holds All Records ODe of tile finest novice raclng careers was closed not by young Rick Durkee wbo was again a runaway wi.DDer In both tile . . . race and final. Durkee eztended b1s record win streak to TWENTY-ONE straJgbt races as be took b1s ftDal ride 00 tile red bot Suzuki 250. For tile first and ooly time III1s year tile Narice riders were allowed a sbot at tile ten-Jap Mai.n EYent record and it went doWII tile tubes to Durkee by close to silt secoods!! '!be old mark was set bBcIt In 1964 by JIm Nlcbolsoo 00 an B-D SPriDt. Point wInDer, Rick ElIsarraras rode one 01. b1s better races and gave Durkee a nm In tile early laps before droiJplng bBcIt to f1D1sIl secood and give SuzuId tile top two spots• Mert LawwUl was bBcIt in actIoo after b1s sbcJnJder Injury at Carlsbad. Mert 1IIllIl tile Expert semi but pused III tile EVEI. KNIEVEI. Exhibitions ~e4'e 1(JhJ ~~ 1'~ & E~ P""'flU«J final as the sboulder again bim troubles. was giving fUN RIDING 80 acres of pure pleasure. only 1 bour from L.A.,<:::oncessions. reslrooms. $1. per DlKe. DIRECTIONS: Bwy 14 to Littlerock turnoff (Pea~ blossom Bwy). 9 miles to 77th St. East. Tum right Y.. mile to.property. FOOTHILL TRAILS 13240 Ruteers Ave. Oo_y. cauL 90242 taDD:J*~ ' 40% TO 6nuz, OFF ., • YAMAHA DEALER .. SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES .01 w. IIarbaall Blyd. Burbank, Calli. &e-5907 or 145-1731 Ed.. 7 BONANZA· PRESENTS THE SUPER HOToNE RACE-CYCLE GUTS in aMINI·BIIE The first mini·bike that'll take you from 0 to SO MPH in less than 6 seconds. Evel Knievel c/o IGofs Cds, fir r.o.... 8SJ6J •..,..aI, c.... 90072 d. . . Cycle racer turned car racer Swede savage paid a quick visit to Ascot and in a intermission Interview over the P A stated that cycle racing Is still bis fu.st choice but it will be the NASCAR Stocks from now 00. A specla1 exhibition race featuring the top European Mota-Cross racing champs was held 00 tile Novice TT course prior to tile riders beading for the races at Hopetown the following two days. A surprise entry 00 one of Torsten BaUman'S spare bikes swooped the troops - none other than Eddie Mulder! Hallman wound UP secOOd, Dave Bickers third. Ascot Is now dark and witbout cycle races unW the TT riders open the '68 act100 the first Sunday In February and tile balf-mi1ers return the first Friday night In April. (Results 00 pages 20-21) USED PARTS ALL MAKES FOR BOOKINGS CONTACT lob ••11 Optional aUf chanles live you a Super Trail Bike - as powerful, but 100 Ibs.lilhter than others. Superbly eas)' to hanclJe. Send 25C for brochure, or '1.00 for complete packet Refundable. on entire Jine4 IIOIIIZIINDUSTRIES DEPT..... 1775 SO. FIRST ST•• SAM JOSE. CA1.lf. I5ll2