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fence and off Into the sunset, In a confused state of shock. Berry, and his. newly acquired fea thers, kept r ight on raci ng. . Dave Palmer , the only Norton rider In the fie ld, crashed hard mi dway In the race but was also later able to walk away under his own power . The race , for the second year In a row, found only two Amateur r iders making the s ta rting Ilneup. Young Ma r k Brelsford and Jamison tied for fast time Amateur honors with Tom Rockwood right behind. All three had to r ide In the 15 lap semi-main event with Brelsford upsetl ting many well-knov. l Expe rts to take the win. Jamison trie d for the entire distance to pass J im Ber ry for second but wound up a close thi r d for the last transfer. Rockwoo d crashed twice an d cancelled himself out of the running and a potential spot In the final event. Brelsfo rd finished 27th In the ·big one , Jamison, 28th, after his ac cident . The Novice Final Keith Mashburn and the new Yamaha 250 singl e kept right on r olllng wi th the new winning combo chalking up four s traight wins on Sa turday during Novice ellmlnations an d the n adding the big one on Sunday In the twenty-lap twenty- r ider Ilghtweight final. Mashburn s et a new two-lap Trophy Das h r ec ord on Saturday and now has won seven straight Novice r a ces this year without ' a loss. It Is a new win s treak recor d at As cot In the junl or division. Mashbur n " br eezed'" both days and all five ti me s out to s core easy wins. Mike Boa! captured the second Main Even t win on Saturday but could only pull a sixth place finish on Sunday In the big one . Van Leeuwen took over the lead f rom Mulder on lap 14, was never headed thereafler. By the end 01 the race, Skip had lapped nearly all of the 33· man n eld. Riding a polent Tri umph tuned by Danny lIaclas, Van Leeuwen j oi ns Dick Dorresteyn as the only three-Ume winners of the longest TT event In the U .s. THE NEW LOOK AT ASCOT Two T riumphs In unison over the Ascot Jump - fourth plac e fi ni sher Di ck Hammer (16), who worked hi s way through the pack l rom a 22nd startlng posi tion , and Bi ll Manley (19r), who came from 27th to 12th. PO LL UN ANIMO USFOR SIDEHACKS Whil e solo riders wal t their tum belore the IOo-l ap lestlvltle s begi n, the si decar specialIsts thrill the crowd wit h clo se cornering and varied. sty les. L eadi ng this group Is the brot her combinati on 01 J 1 and Jack Moffi t t, m Harley-Davidson. In their fl rsl appearance at Ascol since gainin g prol esslona l AliA stalUs, the three-wheeled rigs ran two heats and a 6-lap lIaln Event. Around the Infi el d tum and heading lor the Jump come the Harleys of Cal Rayborn (25), evenlUal fifth place nnlshe'l and Dan Haaby (22), who barrelled from 24th to 4th belore succumbing to mlChanlcal woes. ~Ilth place Bob Bailey (TrlulJ'4lh) Is right behind them. Rec en tl)' C)'cJe News publi shed a coupon to sample reader opini on on whe the r or not they "" uld Ilke to see sideha ck TT racin g a t South e rn Cal l1ornia' s popular Ascot sp eed...a.)" on a pro-fessional basis . Out 01 82 fE$llles, all voted )'e s , the)' would like to see si dehac ks as a regular feature of the Ascot Steeple chase. Replies came from as far awa)' as San Francisco , San Die go and even Illinois, ioo dicatlng that sidehack racing has a wide appeal.