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ASCOT mounted Bob Fulton and Randy Smi th (Suzuki) , last Friday's f irst place man. Dave Stroman followed uP on his Harley. (Results on page 16) BY Carol Sims Photos by Dennis Greene GARDENA, CaI. , July 12 Attired in sparking ·White Knight" leathers, San Diego' s Mel Lacher took yet another clean sweep of Friday night half-mile events at Ascot- fastest heat race , Trophy Dash and a nag-to-nag win in the i5-lap Main Event on his hot Harley-Davidson. The new season point leader turned back BSA-mounted DeWayneKeeter(who finished second in the Main, won his heat and took a third in the 0lSh) to snatch his seventh straight Main Event win wi th .a fan- pleasing flourish. Following Keeter to third spot was teammate Shorty Seabourne, aboard the other Dick KeIrn BSA, ahead of Chuck Jones (BSA) who had a r tp-snortinbattle with Seabourne and Ralph White, also BSA , for many laps . Clyde Litch (Triumph) eventually got around White for fifth, and Bruce Holland wound uP behind Ralph. ~ t.:l Above: Three abreastlhrough the turn, Amateurs #40. Bi ll Cody (H-O), #47r Harry Buchner, #65r <: Norm Elledge (Triumph). Below: Novice #101 Keith Mashburn (Y amaha resumed his winning t.:l wins, here goes outside #139 Dave Stroman (H-O) and #162 Randy Smith (Suzuki). d ~ o A cool $5000has been Inve sted In this Harley· Davidson, Cycle News' selection for weekly blSt·looklngmachlneln the parking lot contest, s ta r t 1) 8 2 ) 9Sx \ Chinowski Wins Amateur Chase Leading from the first lap of theArnateur f i nal to the last was BSA rider A l ex Chinowsld, but Harry BUchner, mounted on the BSA that formerly belonged to AI Gunter, gave him a r ough way to go f or mo st of the race. Buchner had won the semi to gain a transfer spot to the Main, and until being overtaken on lap 7 by Don Harms (H- D) , was a strong conte nder . The n, on the last turn of the last (9th) lap, Harry slid out, giving third spot to heat race winn er Reg Chosney (BSA) ahea d of Tom Rockwood ( Triumph). 3) 41x 4) 27 BSA·mounled #35. Alex Chlnowsk l grabbed ' the lead on lap one of the Amateur Main, held It to the flnlsh. l S-LAP ASCOT EXPERT MA I N EVENT 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 1 3 14 15 1 x - ex: 5 ) 37 X r- - I>< f- - 6) lBx 7) ex :\J 3 ) 3 SX Ti me : 5: S0 . 91 l Q-LAP AJU. EUR ~", II! EVBNT T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Finish 1 ) 35% Alex Ch1nOTfsk1 (BSA ) 6 ) 4 ax Amateur Ron Pierce (97z) has taken over lne controls of the 350cc Kawasaki previously ridden by Ralph While In the ~lp ert class. 8) 65r I>< I- l- f- IX l- f- 5 ) 2'OX 7 ) 4 7r Chuck Jane. (BSA) 8) 12:>: Ron Kru.eman (BSA) 9) l Bx Phil ToM (BSA) ~f-~ ex EM1e HllllllIlOn<1 (Tri) >- ~ 10) 2) 4 4 ) 1 8:y 4) 27 6) 1 5 Ralph ~lh1t e ( BSA) 7) 22r Bruce Helland (Tr1) 22>' s tar t 1) 9 Mashburn Back In Groove After m issing the Novice Main by unloading i n his heat race last week, Keith Mashburn ( Yamaha) determinedly made uP f or lost time as he swept to wins in both his heat race and the Main, leading the B-lap final from the first lap on. Another Yamaha, that of Terry Donaher, finished second I n front of Suzuki- X 9 ) lS 1 0) 1) 37 - Mal Lacher (H-D) 2 ) 44% Do.a:yne Keeter (B SA) 3) 8 Shorty Se . b ourn e (BSA) 5) 9 SX Clyde L1 t ch (Tr 1) 'Ii 8) 12:>: f- IX - X f- LAP CHARTS by Carol S1m. F in1 sh {\ f- f\ f- IX V I>< f- f- ~ I>< V 1/ .. 2 ) 4 lx Bill Cody (H-D) 3 ) 9 2r Re g Ch esney (BSA ) 4) 20x Tom Rockwood. (Tri) 5) 65!' Norm Elledge (Tri ) 6) 18:y R1c k Elisarraraa (H-D) 7 ) 47r Harry Bu chner (BSA) .. 8) 4 Bx St eve Pe der a on (Tri) T1Jne : 4 : 0 3 . 1 0 THE NEW ROARING SINGLE FROM THE OF BOLO NEW STYLING IN A HI GH PERFO RMA NCE LIGHTWEIGH T This is the li ghtweight wi th the big bike perfonnance. This is the D.H.V. single that makes like a twin The Starfire looks and .acts like a bike withlwice the displacement CASTLE lOCI TT CASTLE lOCI, WASHINGTON JULY 13,1968 NOVICE MAIN EVENT New square tinning on engine barrel im proves the cooling as it shapes up like a much bigger m II. i At aprice well within the reach of cycl e sport fans the Starfire offers you all these features: 10-1 compression new full-width front brake new ignition contact breaker forgedone-piece crankshaft Super·Sport camshafl For the best in 250 performanc& ir s the • Starfire 250. 1st RANDY OTT "SA STAIf'IE 250 SEE YOUR BOLD W RLD , DEALER NO • SOME MODELS IN SHORT SUPPLY Western u.s. Distributor, BSA Motorcycles-Western 2745 E. Huntington Drive Duarte, California