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.. ... c:. '" "" • Carlsbad Capers eo c, 00 se ... c:. 00 . "".. 'e: " ,. 'c" By John , hedd S ". r CARLSBAD, Cal., Nov . 3 - Race r s and spectators allke are getting used to the orderly manner In which the Califor nia Mota-Cross Cl ub handles the r ace-day program . Th e Nov ember Mota-Cr oss was typ i cal. First event was th e combined 125cc Juni or and Senior . The Pentons of Torsten Hallman Racin g, tnc., made a clean sweep of the !lr st three places . Gary Bailey was T op Banana wi th two wins, L ars Larsson second, Clae s Nilson third. B , Ur ban took the Junior honors, also on a Penton. New Senior, Ji m Wilson, was untouch abl e In the !lrst 250cc Seni or Moto, but Husky-mounted Russ Darnell, never gave the Greeves-rlder a chanc e to breathe . Lars Larsson mi ssed the start of the !lrst Moto and wasn' t abl e to bring hi s Husky UP Into contention. But nobody could deny L arsson the second Moto , and again Darnell had to follow the leader home. Darnell had blood I n his eye In the f inal moto and led f r om !lag to f lag, taIdng top cash . Th e 250cc Juni or class was the largest of the day. CZ-mounted A . News om wormed his way to top spot. Chris Holle nbeck stormed to sec ond. B , Grossi brought his Montesa down from the nor th, and showed the l ocal 500cc j uni or talent the way around the course. Once again, It was Chri s Hollenbeck finishing second on a Bultaco. Larsson had lost the 125 and 250cc classes, but the 500cc W!lS a diUer ent matter . Cl osest to him was Ji m Wilson on a Greeves, who did manag e to beat the HuskY-mounted Swedi sh fi reball In the third moto. Gary Bailey broke the brake pedal on his Greeves in the !ir st moto and used a Penton on the last tw o legs to capture an In credibl e third overall. The next'Carlsbad Mota-Cross wi llbe the international on November 30 and December 1. Souther n Call!ornia riders have more experience on the Carlsbad course than any oilier so I t may well be that A mericans wlll take a few races against the Eur opean i nvader s. (Results on page 16) End of an Era • at Ascot By Dewitt Thuett ,. The final hal! mile of the season at A scot Friday, Nov . 8, may also be the final time for many of the ma chines In competition. This, because of the new r uling that wlll allow all machine sizes to jump to 750cc next.year In stead of the whiskered rule that held overhead valve r igs to 50Occ's. The Ascot track bas long been the stronghold for the 500' s and especlally the BSA Gold Star singl e. Already many owners and riders are planning on changIng to the larger , m ore economi cal twins f or next season. In the past dozen years the 500' shave won mor e than 90% of the races ov er the 750cc sldevalve machines. This was at Ascot. The story was diUerent on a nationwide basis . The Harl ey 750' s have already captured the hi gh poin t expert title at Ascot for the season wi th Mel Lacher responsible. H-D r ider Mer t L awwill not only won the Eight Mile National last m onth but set a new track r ecord as well. I t was the fi r st Harl ey win in ten years at the national. Next season all machines, regardiess of where the valves are l ocated, will rac e on the sam e inch-for -inch basis. The 500' s have won thestatehal!-mlle championship race eight out of the last ten years. This y ear, r i ders such as Lawwill, Lacher and Dan Haaby on the larger 750' s were pre-race f avor i tes over such 500 rider s as Gene Romero and DeWayne Keeter who have r i dden the smaller displacement machines all season lon g. Th e A scot championship race wlll also be the last tim e f or any of the Novice and Am ateur r iders to score points f or advancement In class. Racing begins at 8: 15 p .m , on the Gardena oval. .Q :.; !oJ -oJ U :.. U R. 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