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= Cl Rookie Rockwo.od Rocks 'Em At Ascot Q" By Dewitt 'lbuett W) ASCOT PARK, CAL., Aue. I, 1969 - TIle tIIpsJ-tany Ascot ball mile, wbere it _ _ a Il8W 1ll.ce and wiDDer appear jUt about~, again came '" wttb a new ~ eombtDatlOll Friday n1ght. Ftrst year ~ Tom Rockwood bombed tile turns ID botb tlme trtals and tile fIfteeo IlIp feature to win b1s first dirt track race of tile year• Roc:Itwood, wbo oorma1Iy rides for Triumph, switched two weeks ago to oae of Dick Ke!m's older ElSA Gold Star 500's due to tile Trtumpb being down for l't!Ilairll. TIle temw.ger from Gardena, wIIo was 0Dll do tile top Amateur riders in tile uatloa last year, became tile sec:oad rookie l!I1s season to wln a main eYeDt ap1Dst the more eJrPerienced and m..~ oJder Elqlerts. Tom also ~Ued half do tile two elMest races of lbe Dicbt. ID b1s beat race be came from far back to miss the win bJ' tncbes beb1nd Carl Patrick. TbeD III tbe Tropb;y IlIlSb it was a repeat wttb Sammy TanDer w1DD1ng and Tom IDa oar t1e. Eddie Wlrth and Da'Ye AldaDa took tile aut two spots. 1be rooIt1e lben juJnJIed Into tile lead III tile t1Dal and 11&5 oeYllI' beaded from wIdle 1JIIC to c:becItBred fJIIc. EddIe Wlrth ..... ~ bat feU off try1ng to catch aDd pass b1m. Paal CODSelT1ere Itapt cbarg1ng to f1D1sIl sec:oad wilb Rockwood's part tlme pu1Der, L10Jd RoucMns I'lIIIII1DC ID for Idrd spot. TanDer drQllPedbacktofourtb piace after b1s elMe DL* win. Roehood became the II1ntb upert r1dlIr to wID tile Ascot feature lb1s year aDd b1s 500 made yet llDOtber tbreat to tbe larger 65O's and 750 macb1Des lbat c' tID lIIIow '" ID ~ qa&Dttt1es witb eKh Fridl,y Dicbt. Fast tmprmtne A~ Bob Hqnes toot b1s first Amateur Oft! track win of tbe year. Bob s ~ by NOrlberDer N1ck 'lberowt in tile Amateur flDa1 tID win b1s first u a tJAc bib amaIe1Ir. HayDes was Barley mounted wttb 1berowI: 011 wbIt appears to be tbe fastest HoadII. in tbe West. Aldaa, after c1oc:ldDg _ fourth fastest tlme of tile D1ebt and w1DI1nc b1s beat race witb tbe best of two tlmes, came '" willi eactne trouble and f1D1sIled lut ID tbe eJcbt rider field. TIle Jut turn do tile lut IlIp ~1Jed tbe Ncw1ce actlOll ID the maID eYeDt. Bad IloJ RaDdy ElUs bad a large lead 0Ye1" JclIm Hataley UDt1l the f1Da1 turn. Little JoIID flI1l-bared tbeeotlrelutlllp,caUCht aDd pUlled EllIs 011 tbe lut coroer and _ tbe maID enat for tbe for tbe ftfIIl lime III the last six Norice outtncs. TIle two polnt leaders, Fred Edwards IDd DaB Emde, were botb absent due to the .t1pwl road races back at lDdIaDapJ1a. EctwI'ds coql8led III a . " mile ClD Satul d:It IIIPt at Col1llllM, IDdIaa ........ IriDaIIIId tbe euctue mI tile start1DC 1IDe III the flDal, spotled the fleId a . . . a IIip aDd tIleD came 011 to wiD by oarly a balf a laP. Watcll tbose Ascot IIClriceSI (Results 011 pqe 10) t :l!: ~ ..::I ~ t.l M••• o" M-I ""n,. arrs M.ies Use Of fores' Service L.n" Last lure. lest lap -cU•• Joba (1731') H_el., beat R"dJ Ellis at llIe NoYlee"a. flec. New Ascot Stars Shine This Friday More DeW faces lban bave crClllPed ' " ID aDY year for the past decade are lIOrk1DC tbe1r ~ Into the motorcycle rac1IIC be'cWDelI at Ascot Park as tbe riders prepare for tb1a Fr1dII.Y !!VllIdDg's 1/2 mile fJattrac.k meet. Elqlerts rate the new crop ~ twowbee1ed racers at Ascot one oflbeftDeet to come aJoag ID maDY years. Hot rider at the moment is ice .JaIm HatBIey ~ Van Nuys. He bas domtDated the DOY1c:e maID eYllDts ID YllUDC-- recent weeIIs. New to the be'c1It nee ID the E1Ipert wars are such as Lloyd Houch1Ds of Arcadia, Roo Kruseman oIVeDtura, Paul CODSelT1ere do Culver C1f;y. Van NuYs' Tim Barris, Dave Smilb of Lakewood and Jim Odom of Fremont, eautorD1a. Last week Tom (DeW ezpert) Rockwood woo lbe Gardeoa MaID Event ID b1s 0 _ !lome town. Amateurs ban sbo1nI tbe1r abWt;y to run rtgbt a10IIg witb tile eJrPer1s ClD occas1oD, too. Dave Aldana of Santa ADa bagged a recent maID eYeDt IDd Terry Dcloaber do Gardena a tropby dash. However, the rider to beat for the EJrPert points cIIamp1QD.sMp would appear to be UtOe MelLacber~SeDDJeco. He's won or been close QP in most recent goes at lbe Gardena, cal1f. course. Us1Dg land In tile Inyo Nat10Dal Forest near Mammoth Lakes, eaut., the lUgh stern M.C. will again present lbe1r Mammolb Motocross 011 September 6 and 7. In excllange for a specja1 use permit, tile club qreed to reseed lbe race area to prevent erosion, aDd proride f1re protectlon so lbat MItes wtlbout spark arresters can be raced 011 tile course. Spark arresters are required ID all olller parts of Forest Service land. 10 addition, the Forest Serv1ce 1sprepar1Dg wbat .may be the first motorcycle trans ClD Natlooal Forest propert;y. Campers planolng to speDd tile weeJamd uDder the trees should cOIIlact JobD Harmeo1Dg or CClDr&d Re1DIIe of lbe Mammoth Forest D1str1ct when tbey get tbere for informatioo 011 tile best campsites. Seventeen campgIOUDdS are provided. '!be DeW Mammoth course will be wider lban last year, wttb a new sectlOD added to bypass tile rocks. ~!!!!!!!;l! Sunny Valley Speedway Grants Pass, Oregon Sacramento Flat Track July 13 July 12 100cc trophy cash & ·A" main 125cc Amateur 1st Don Thumler 1st Del Si Iva XC 100 Kids class trophy dash & "A" main 1st Peter Simonson XCIOO MB SPORTCYCLES. 311 E. ALEXANDER AVE. TACOMA WASHINGTON 98421 Aqua Bam Scrambles Renton, Wash. July 23rd 14th and under 1st Bill Joyce XC 100