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f;•...,a Dude Criswell Presents aet \'1 'tee Authentic [ur()petln t\i\ate" ,II l-.\....\o.. Ascot Independence Days A Comin' ;()t()rcYcle5S;S¥#¥~I1~ 22 Event Program hery Safe Nighf 8:30 p.lI. Whifellall Sfadium 13021 Pi.... SI. 1'I(li•• free Partillg JUly ~ fft ALL CLASSEs (~tJ1iJf.) l GeARiN!! Sandy Maher, official hostess for tile Ascot Park molDrcycle races, gets tile word on Friday nlghf s action from Sammy Tanner, the all·t/me winningest rider at the Gardena course. One of the busiest weekends of the 1969 motorcycle racing season is taking shape for the July 4-5 sessions at Ascot Park in Gardena, Calif. Flat-track competition is set for Friday evening, with the steeplechasers taking over the l83rd and Vermont Avenue layout on Saturday night. The latter race will serve as a final prep for the annual 50-lap National Steeplechase Championship at Ascot on Saturday night, July 12. Managing Director J.C. Agajanlan expects some of the touring national riders to be on hand for both cards. For one thing, it will give th a chance to race the f1veeighths-mile course once before the $7500 Nationals. And it will also give the invaders a chance to refresh themselves on the best way to get around the Ascot dirt for the October flat-track tjatlonals. There will be an added feature of the July 4 holiday program. The Huntington Park Elks motorcycle Drill Team has been scheduled to perform their precision stunts at intermission. A feature of this act is the firewall crash that'takes the motorcycle rider through a flaming wall. The Elks do stunt and pyramid routines that rate high on the specialty routines. Meanwhile, the talk of Ibe Ascot track is the 750Cc Norton sponsored by Crawford Chevrolet. Two first-year experts - Jimmy Odom and Dave Smith - have dominated action at Ascot with the Norton, which w.l.S a total stranger to the winner's circle at Ascot for years prior to only a few weeks ago. Take a friend to a motorcycle event this weekend t:LASS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT G.'es O,e. 7:,. A MOTORCYCL. Orange Co. Fairgrounds Racing Fr. . . .arklng Fr• • "rogram Fr. . . .Icnlclng Admin!.. Aduhs - S2.50 Newport Blvd. At fair Dr. s',,' 8:,. PI."ro..~ " .. 'or Kids 11-l21 SLSO Un'" I FRtE I•• 'i~s I I REGULAR l/z-MILE SHOW NIGHT BEFORE NATIONAL Ascot Park will feature a regular program of 1/2-mile dirt track racing on Friday night, July 18, the night before the 50 lap TT National Championship. This will be the first time that a regular 1/2- mHe show has preceded a national at Ascot. It will replace the usual noviceonly race program. MOTOCROSS JUL Y 6" >t~. ~ SIGN UP 8a••• lACES STAIT 9:00a. AU CUSSES JI. AND SI. JOOce THIU OPEN CONCESS'ONS - fACILITIES L1~d from Ventura Fwy, and Moorepark offramp in 1000 Oaks For Info. call Dav. (213) 34&-3349 * BAY, MARE RANCH I See'em Ride af SADDLEBACK PARK' July 4 - Firecracker MotocIIss GP - Park will be closed to general riding. JUly 13 - ACA MotocrosS; SCTA Riding School lide'e. Yourself at SADDLEBACI PAIII Open q·5 daily, except Tuesday and Wednesdays AdmiSSion S2.50; Juniors & .1inis SI.50 Miles of Trails Acres of fun <0 Box 2455, Orange Cal. 714163q-5832 ·"'.v.·.........•••...• ...·••••...•....... .........•