Byers
Big Winner
At
Southbay
By Bill Harmer
CHULA VISTA, CAL. Sept. 28, 1969- By
winning the lOOCc EJePert, 250CC ~rt
and the LucllY Yamaha Sweepstakes at
the Mesa Motorcycle Club TT Scrambles, Carl Byers of San Diego collected
the lion's share of honors here today.
Although pres~ by Hodaka motmted
Sal Peluso and Jim McGuire, Byers had
very little difficulty 10 tooling his little
Hodaka home first 10 all three motos of
the lOOCc series. 10 the 250Cc event the
story was a little dJfierent. Yamaha
pilot, Dick Mills, threatened Byers who
was 00 the Jon Knapp tuned LucllY Yamaha, to ltniSh a close secoDd 10 the first
mota. Byers tangled with his team mate,
Wayne Clarke 10 the second mota aDd
alter sp1ll1ng, got up to ltniSh seventh
wbile Mills was again captur1Dg second.
In the l1nal moto, Byers l1n1sbed first
aDd Mills took thlrd. The l1nal potut
tally was Byers 871 aDd Mills 825 for
the closest contest at the alternoon.
Ya.ma.ba IDOID1ted Kevtn Sbttord was
awarded thlrd.
A vtsit1nc Dtstrlct 37 Triumph pilot,
Terry Dorsch. of SlJI1l.aDd. Calil. who is
well IaIown for his Adelanto COI1
battled It out wlth Russ Burch in the
OPen Novice series at motos. In the
l1nal mota with the toP potot honors
ctepeDd1ng OIl the f1n1sh between Sbarp
aDd Burch, Burch let the pressure of
Sharp's close tatl1ng drive him over the
ragged edge allow1ng Sbarp to go a.bead
for the win.
In the lOOCc Novice Main, Hodaka
mOUllted Butch Montgomery led a talented group at Freshmen past the checkers.
Young Jeff Hosaka rode impressively to
the secODd spot a.bead at Ka wasa.1d
mounted Jim Brockman. These boys are
the ~rts of tomorrovandlthe way they
rtde, they could place pretty high among
Expert riders at today.
Debbie Reno got: Iier Hodalca back Into
the Powder Putt Wbmer's dEcle aDd
Hodaka moanfed Kathy Collie. Expert
Larry's WfIe sister, sarpr1aedeverycme
by beattog oat Ka wasa1d J:fdIDg" LoriFuL1er for secood posilioD..
JIm CIdtwood 011. the usee Yamaha
Tw1n started 50 yards oat In !raIt aDd
CUI Byers was Illlt able to catdI him
UIItU the last 50 feet at the th1rd aDd
l1nal lap in. a pilato flnisb that proved
Byers the wiDner. In the "Reverse"
HandIcap the racers ran cJoc.kw1se
aromd the course. In tIds l!ftIIt tbertgbt
band sweeps prOftd too IIUICh aDd Chitwood turned back Byers by a wheel
wtdtb.
As usual the Mesa Club PDt 011. an eojoyabIe TT program on acoursethatwas
beautItuI1y prepared. The races were
expedlted w1tb a m1n1mum at delay aDd
the contestants badI thefr tr1Icks loaded
aDd were 011 tflefr way home while the
was still at a respectable height.
The next TT Scrambles to District 38
w1U be at the same Speedway and will be
sponsored by the same clUb 00 October
SUD
19th. See you there.
(,Results on P3lre 17)
Lacher Repeats, Randy Smith Completes
Big ,Night For Harley At Ascot Park
By Dewitt Thuett
Pbotos by Ertc Ratts
GARDENA, CAL. Sept. 26, 1969 - Mel
Lacber set the stage for the biggest race
of the Ascot season next.saturday ntgbt
- the annual Ascot National. Mel swept
the field 10 the EJrPert class to DOW rank
as one at the prime favorites 10 the 20
lap national champiooshlP race; a race
qua11fylng for the dash in time tr1als.
Sammy Tanner, on a Royal Enfield 750
twin for the first time, was third with
Shorty Seabourne 10 for fourth.
Lacher was ott to another of his perfeet llytog starts 10 the final, again leavtog the field to battle for second. Seabourne, Lloyd Houcbins aDd Alex Chinowski dueled It out rigbt down to the wire
lightweight mafD.. Little Jolin came trom
f1ftb, caught EdwardS. passed him ontbe
outsJde-. aDd went OII.for his tbfrd stra1gbt
maiD event v!efory.
Don Emde
was a close third with Cbuck Bart in
fourth.
Last Friday DJ'gbt was the tIDal half
mUe untll the first weekend in November. The Flrday n:1gbts. all at them in
October, DOW sw1tcb to TT I!aC1ng tor
Novice, Amateur aDd E.J:Perts.
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Rand' (31) 51111tb slips Inshle Illke Speae. on his way to his first Ascot Amatnr win.
he bas never yet been able to win.
It was the fourth stratgbt matn event
win for the SaD Diego H-D rider who Is
the Ascot EJl;Ilert polnt champion for the
secood year 10 a row.
Lacher now laces his biggest test tIds
com1ng Saturday ntgbt hen he runs uP
aglnst the defend1ng 8 mUe winner -Men
LawwtU aDd the all time dirt track winner, Bart Markel.
Lacher and Mike ADderSOl1, a newcomer trom ll11no1s, each woo tbeJr beat
races,' 1ead1ng trom start to f1n1sh.
Lacher then grabbed ott his sixth dash
win 10 seven weeks but had torunsecond
beh1Dd surprlstog Amateur Randy Smith
UIlti the l1nal half lap. Smith came 10
as an alternate alter Dave Smith. Paul
Conserr1ere and Tom RocIcwood all
came UP with mechanical troUbles after
fin1shln&- 10 that order.
JDdy Nicholas returned for the second
time, came trom dead last 10 the semi
to take last transfer to the l1nal and then
f1n1sbed 10 fifth a.bead of ADderSOll, Ron
Kruseman aDd Sid Carlson. BalleY ran
ninth with Gene Romero again drapptog
out and tak1ng tenth and last SPOt.
Smith cont1nued to surprise all the
tans and woo the Amateur Main. This
was his first Ascot feature win alter two
years as a Pro. He held ott repeated
bids by Triumph mounted Keith Mashburn who took second for the second
strat~t week. Point leader, Terry Donaher, was third.
It looked as thougb ovice point champ
Freddie EdVllLrds was again bllck 10 the
groove and on his way to the 250 win
until Jolin Hate1ey got gotog late 10 the
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