Halfor" 8u'elters Tlte
fie'" A' S'au,It'er
House Gu'elt
By Matt J. Glover
PRESCO'M', ARIZ. Aug. 31, 1969 - The
new picturesque track In Slaugbter House
Gulcb was the setting for bot 'M' races
Sunday.
Winners were determined points
earned in three beats. First beat grid
was a reverse of the ftnisb of the second
beat.
250 Amateur,. Expert,and Open were
all roo together. Bultaco rider Tom Hallford of Pboenix was the front-runningest
lad of the day, wtnntng all beats by as
mucb as 20 seconds, as he laPped consistently at 57 seconds. At the back of
the grid to start the second beat hts bike
kooked out. Time out. Back to the pit.
Then away Tommy went througb the
whole pack in one lap. Pat McGuire on a
Husky got second place in the first and
second beats. Pat, the acrobat,fougbtthe
bike all the way and came off the jump
crossed uP worse than Roger DeCoster.
He met hts nemesis in the last beat wben
the "01' Sarge", Dale Sturdevant, rode
Ed Parson's OTI. It was nip and tuck for
!bree laPs as the 01' Sarge tried overtaking 00 the outside time and again.
Ftnally, at the nntsb ltne, comtngaround
the outside just ODe more time, be niPPed
into second place by the thickDess of the
front tire. It was an exciting climax.
Daft Campbell on his Hodaka easily
woo the ttrst and tbtrd beats
