Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

IMPROVED SPEEDWAY SHOW AT A C S OT By Mike Ca pallte Photos by Dennis Gr eene GARDENA, Cal ., Sept. 6 - The shortenIng of the team races from fourteen heats to ei ght , combined with the r emovIng of some of the heavy cushion from the track to make fo r better sliding, was met with app roval by the growi ng number of Ascot Pa r k speedway fans Friday night . The new program al lowed the team ri ders to doff their team jer seys af ter the team events and ride in the regular progressive program. The team riders, whoare mostly the cream of the crop, also went for this new sys te m as it gave them a chance a t a larger share of the purse. The tea ms were pretty well eve nly ma tc hed, but the Fal cons with Jack 0' Brien as Cap tain and Stev e Scott as No. 2 man had a little more ,going C or them as they swept over the Flye rs with a total of 29 points to 19 points. Fl yers Ca pta in Paul Cons er r ler e ea r ned seven poin ts to O' Br ien' s nine, but It Is Interesting to note that the heats which pitted the two team captains together found Paul havtng trouble in the first one and finishing fourth while Ja ck took the win. from each semi goi ng to the Handicap Mal n with 3 and 4 tra nsferring to the Handi cap Cons ola ti on. Winne r s of the four fastest heat c omp r ised the Trophy Dash . Good, Close Heats In the first heat, SlIdln ' Steve SCott had the way around as he ran off from De Wayne Keeter and Eddie Mulder , whi le the second heat was a r eal 1-2-3 battle between John Ca r te r, Ric k Woods and Sonny Nutter with the checkered flag going to them in that order . In the third heat, it looked like it was going to be a Paul Cons er r ie r e nig hI as he took the win over favorite Ja ck 0' Brien and also set the fas test heat time of the night with you ng John Hateley taking third. In the fourth heat and out fo r his !l r s t ti me on a speedway machine was top Novice rider Keith Mashburn who mad e it look li ke he had been doing it all his life a s he hea ded Eddie Wirth an d Pa t Gos ch. Hea t !lve was all Elliott Schultz's as Ron Miller and Steve Bas t fought It out for the s ec-, and s pot with Ron com ing out on top, Sli ding through one DC the turns at Asco t Park' s new Cl ass A speedway course (th ere are now flve di ffe rent tracks In use at the Gardena speedpl ant) Is Robbie We ll s fr om Milne Bro s. i n Pasadena. F alcons captai n J ack 0 ' Bri en scoots underneath L arry Hein selman In one oC the team heat races. _- The last heat was a display of how to keep a man from passing you as Chuck Jones got Into the lead and although Don Hawley was r ight on his rear Wheel, It seemed like ever y time Don would mak e his bid , Chuck would close the door on him. Right behind them and looking fora chance to get both of them was third place finisher Stu Morley. But the second time out , Pa ul s tayed in control a nd In a crowd-pleasing ba ttle of full-lock slides and ba ck s traighta way wheeHes a ced 0 ' Brien out for the win to keep Ja ck from ma king a clean s weep of al l his heats. Back-up man Scott brought home ei ght points In the ba ttle for Falcon supremacy while anchor man Rick Woods for the Flyers was the second highest poi nt man on his team with five points . With the Hghter cushion on the track, it seemed that the slides were better controlled than they were last week and the races were a lot clo ser and definitely more excl tlng as could be evidenced by the ripple of excitement through the crowd as each heat pulled to the Hne. As the Ascot sp eed way trac k is wider and longe r than ei the r the South Gate or Pa coima tracks , It Is safe to put s ix men on the lln e for each r a ce In the progress ive pr ogram which Is an other innovation that me t with the fans ' approval as It Increased the action and the thrllls con s lderably. The six heats moved three men each Into the semis with the firs t two V eteran Stu Mor ley (outsi de) and Don Hawl ey, who' ve battl ed many a l ap on the A scot halC mlie, now have at It on the speedway course. Race Di rector Don Basil e congratual tes Tr ophy Dash wi nner Steve SCD (left) and owner ll of the Cycle News sele ction for ·prett lest bi k e In the parki ng l ot, · an Immaculate 1947 In dian. T hrough til e tum and onlD the fronl strai ghtaway comes hleb-sCarin g Jack O'Brie n, followed by SOMy Nutter and Keith Mashburn, lop U.S. Novic e making his Ini ti al appearance on • Cla ss A .machlne. TED EVANS MOTORCYCLES MINI BI KES _ Sales Service g the semi , but he couldn't get his bike running and had to be r eplaced by alter- CI) na te Sonny Nutter. The third semi had := Don Hawley badgering Elliott SChultz for ~ the lead, but not getting i t as they were "'J followed a cr os s the line by Stu Mor ley ..:J and Steve Bast. U :.. Slam- Banger U The Trophy Dash was a real s lamaffair as Cons er r ler e , SCott, Schultz and Jones went at it tooth an d nai l with Paul getting a little too exube r an t and winding up in one of the most spectacular spllls of the evening . He finally ca me to r es t with the ma chine lying on top of hi m, but to everyone's relief he was unInjured and Scott went on to the win ahead of Scultz and Jo nes. In the Cons olation MaIn, Rick Woods had problems with his JAP , borrowed an Es o and looked like a racer r ebor n. He had the crowd on Its feet cheering him on as he threw the bike down in the middl e of the straights and backed It into the corners with the be s t control seen all eve ning. And he took the win over Steve Bast and Mulder . The Main Event proved to be everythin g a Main Eve nt sh ould be as Conserriere (Eso) move d up to take the lead over a tight little group of !lve men giv ing it all they had and changing positions fa ster than a hor ny toad on a hot s tove . Paul was able to pull awa y a li ttle, though Schultz (Eso) and Don Hawley (JAP) were r ight on hi m, but they co uldn't ca tch up. A two- way battle was being waged right behind the m with the final outcome goi ng to J ohn Hateley (JAP) and DeWayne Keeter ( Eso), Sharing the tough- break a ward with Gosch was Steve SCott (JAP) who fouled a plug just as th e flag was dropped. bang (Res ults on page 20) SACHS Meet the Wrld's'S Sy-e Trail B o ACH st' ike! 100cc engi ne, and , il you reall y wanl hill and gulley ·pull ing tor que , the 125 pumps out 15 h.p. That's a lot 01 sud s l or a 190pound bike. * ~~: :~e:~:~~~~~~f~~d~~~~~ti~~ N I SA ID OI The 1969 Sachs End uros are here in deal e r show rooms . . . and the y w ere w o rth w aiting for . There's a lot of European styli ng ev ident in the Enduro, put the re for a ver y important reason - you r rid ing pleasure . Take the 21 -inch Iront wheel. It makes rocks seem sma ller and gives you greater contro l in soft di rt and sand . You do n' t have to be a racer to en joy Sachs' 13 h.p., TRIUMPH The first semi found Keeter getting r-; his revenge for the hea t"race as he took C\> the win over SCott with Mulder grabbing ~ the flag for third ahead of Woods. The ~ second semi was won by Conse r r ler e, but nobody handed It to him ; he had to ~ wrestle It awa y from Hateley who was 0> r iding with the determination that cham - pions are made of. Still Paul won out with e.; Wirth and I\lashbur n third and fo urth. Q; The tough -break award for the evening .Q YAMAHA *BULTACO* ROMA YAMAH A OUTBOARD MOT ORS Parts & Accessories Racing E quipment WE ACCEP T BANK AME RICARD & MASTERCHA RGER 13347 W WASHINGTON BLVD . LOS ANGELES, CALI F. (213) 390·3406 . The Endur o K-l 00 GS and K·] 25 GS are the successors to the famous Boondocker K-BO GS which won a fan tastic string of victories in most nationa l events of the 1967-68 season. 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