Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

couraging biro on, and 00 the lake esses, he sl1pped by Van Leeuwenandsbotaway into the lead. In the winners Circle, as he did last time, Dallas sat there all smiles, accepted the trophyandletbuddy Dave Aldana kiss the trophy queen. The Novice main f1n1shed ~ly the same as it started. John Hately took the lead but it wasn't long before Ted Sloan had passed him with Ted Longwithfirmly holding down ~ third, and that was the way the first three finished. Al Kenyon (Bultaco) was an early fourth place nDlner, but Ken Byrd (Bultaco) and Wayne Clark on a Ka wasak1 found the wa;y by. The country's top Amateur, David Aldana took the Amateur main lead and proceeded to run away with it followed by BSA team-mate Tim Thomas. Don Dudek had started second but couldn't hold it going 10 to he. n one and ran right of! the track with the whole packPQSSing him in the process of getting back on again. Ben Fakkeldy came in for ahardearned fourth place after he and Bob Haines staged one of the better battles for a high finishing posltion. Then came that fantastic expert main, the kind that keeps fans on the1r feet, brings them back for the next one and makes race promoters g r 1n happily. Eddie Mulder got one of those famous starts of his and took the lead, followed bY Van Leeuwen, Jack Simmons on his strong Norton and Eddie W1rtb (BSA). Wlrth however, unloaded a short time later goIng Into the straight and it was (Continued on page 18) By Marueen Lee GARDENA, CAUF. Aug. 2, 1969 - The A ugust Expert main t1Dish w11l be remembered by fans as one of the best of all time when Eddie Mulder andSIdp Van Leeuwen put on a tremendous show of good clean hard racing; most of the time wheel to wheel. The evening started a bit slow with the novice times not approaching any new records in the first round of prellminarIes. Moving into the Amateurs, Da~ Aldana (BSA) came from a thlrd place spot to beat fellow BSA rIder Tim Thomas in the first heat. In the second Mike Van Acker and Loren Andrus both slld and went down very hard coming out of the South turn but both walked away, and the race was re-started. Bob Ferro (TrIumph) who had been going so well in the first one, got away dead last but worked uP the hard way to a thlrd with Don Dudek winning It, ahead of Tom Clark. The EJqlerts had had thelr ey~ on that turn and tall Jack SImmons went down to _ check 11 out. Some of them refused to rIde unt1l 11 was properly graded. Sald SImmons afterwardS, "It was sheer mud under the th1n top layer. Much too sIlck." So came an intermIssIon right then and there and the two graders were put to ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MULDER-VAil LEEUWEII TT DUEL Pbolos by Dennis Greene with a time almost two seconds faster than the first. It was one-through-the-slxth rIders going to the Main in the second prel1mlnarles, with Bultaco-rlder Ted Sloan taJd.ng the Novice go in no uncertain terms. followed by Allen Kenyon and Jon Og1Jv1e.ln the second oftheE"Pertgoes, Larry Wilburn (Triumph) who had fallen wb1le in thlrd place first time out, fought It out with Mike Haney for one of those necessary transfer spots. On his hot orange Mootesa, John Hately took the pOle for the Novice Trophy Dash, followed by Al Kenyon, Ted Sloan and Ted Longwith (Ossa). It was to be Ted Sloan's nigbt however, and he took home the big trophy, followed in by Loogwith, Hately and Kenyon. Mulder had earned the pOle but once again dec11ned to rlde, so the first alternate, David Aldana and the only Amateur in the llne uP fllled in. As usual, Dallas Baker's loyal cbeering section was en- MOTO-X BOOTS 17" High lace & Buckle work. 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