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I,.' Sprague, Spiker Win As Hosaka Sits Sprague's masterful riding thrilled the fans. He easily captured the Open Expert event on his big blue Triumph. In each of the three motos he jubilantly pulled his bike up into a wheelie in the last lap, r ight past the checker . Vic Hannan (Kawa saki) pressed him on several occasions but could never overlake him. Pual Bronson, pil oti ng a deep throated VeIocette did a masterful job of capturing third• • Local Hero Wins Riding a DT-l Yamaha out of Yuma, Roy Spiker domina ted the 250 Expert fracas. Spiker has one of the mos t thrilling riding styles to be s een here in a long while. Two out of the three motos went to hi m. In the fir st however, local favorit e, 16- year- old W ne Clarke, shaded Spikay er in the home s tretch but he broke a chai n. He was l ucky to be abl e to coast a cross the finish lin e in third position . Kawasaki rider Clarke was second in points earned . The old master and No. 1 plate hold er in Dist. 38, 100cc Expert Jim McGuire jockeyed his F & M Ree d Induction Hoda ka to lake top honors. J on Grace, also Hodaka-mounted edged an other Hodaka pil ot, J im Harm on out of second place in a hot duel. Novic e Kawasaki r ide r, La r r y Collie captured the 200cc combined show. La r ry CoIli e al so rode his Kawasaki to a win in the combined 500- Open Novice bash, hotly pres sed by Bill Bartles on H- D Sprint. Tim Leque, 16, won a hardearned third position . There was the usual · post- r ace beer bust. However, the wooden keg of beer ordered for the Side Hack Associa tion af ter their kind letter in Cycle News ' " Voices of the Wes t" was neve r lapped. Registra tions were hel d open for the m all day but the Side Hack boys nev er s howed . (Results on page 16) AMA CREATES ~ rJ: ~:?c,~~· i~ ROLE TO AID PURSES, PROS ~ WORTHINGTON, Ohio, Oct. 1 - AMA Executive Director Bill Berry, Jr . has .ann ounced the appointment of Tom Clark to the newly- created position of Dir ector of P rofessional Rac i ng. In this position, Clark will wor k with pr omo ters and ~ TOM CLARK Stor y and Photos by Bll! Ha r mer • ,. First turn of flna l Moto, 250 ExperL Ray Spiker (14) won It, Wayne Clarke (52) second, Sprague (behi nd #10) third . AMA offi cials to create and develop r ace progra ms that will be more attrac tive to the r acer s , promoters and r ac ing spor t enthusiasts . " As a former motorcycle r ace (National No. 66) and motorcycle manufac turer ' s rep resentative, " s lated Berry , " Tom' s knowled ge and exper ience will be invaluable in his work." Cla r k was a pr ofessional r a cer from 1955 to 1964. Through the same yea rs an d up to 1967 he worked in both wholesale an d r etail sales of motor cycles . Tom , who liv es in WesterVille, Ohio with his wife, Thel ma , and their two children, Cynthia and Tom , Jr., includes hunti ng, fis hing, flyi ng, and pistol competition am ong his hobbies. WINS INTERNATIONAL MOTO-CROSS New Philadelphia, Ohio 10/27/698 250 C s las 1st BENGI ALBERG HUSQVARNA SWEDEN .. 2ND Ado',' Wei's - Maico 3rd Joe' Robe rf - (-1 Pepperell , Mass. 10/20/68 500cc Class 1st BENGT ALBERG Sweden-H USqVARNA 2nd CHRISTER HAM MDRGEN Sweden-HUSQVARNA 5th BILL SILVERTHORN USA - HUSQVARNA SEE THESE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AND THE ENTIRE HUSOVARNA TEAM COMPETE AT WEST LAKE VILLAGE NOV. 16 & 17 AMERICA'S fINEST ON THE ROAD Off THE' ROA DMAC E HIN SEE THEM AT YO L UR OCAL HUSQUVARNA DEALE R M International , P.O. Box 3571, San Oi ego , California Phone 114460-4289 ed f.t.l cj >. U J ohn Sprague winning third Moto. TIJUANA, Mexico , Oct . 20- John Sprague of Long Beach, Cal . and Ray Spike r of Yuma , Arizona won their class es at the A utodrorno de Tijuana, as the Tijuana Motorcycle Associa tion pr esented another of its s pectacular TT progra ms . Sprague and the local border favorite, Wayne Hosaka, were denied the chan ce to race each other in the Open Expert. The fan s have been looking forward to it. But on F r iday prior to the race Hosaka hit a dog on his sireet bike , injuring his leg so hadly he couldn't s it his mount. He was there watching, however, and admitted that Spr ag ue' s style shook his confidence. Perhaps they can getlogether at Tijuana on Nov. 3. f.t.l :<: