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a__oatln, lIle ru...., ".'n, to lIle j••,. Dae tIIlllI ,lace po.IlIGll. All photo. by Dan IIaIIGlIY. By Dewitt Thuett Aldlna Nile. a wain attempt to I,.""e his to try the Dutch- Bump and finished a close second. GARDENA, CAL., Oct. 3, 1969- A series of D1neteen spills marked !be openIng of weekly Friday nJgbt TT racing at Ascot for the month of October. Riders started fal1lng and crash1ng in A tbree rider crash on the first lap of the Ellperl final took Gene Romero out of action. Two riders fell with RomerollyIng of! his machine trying to go around the outside on turn four. He received a One of 19 s,lIls durin, the ..enln,. So.-body was tryln, too bard. ping back and then coming for second place. Dave Smith was knocked out of action when two Experts crashed on the first turn In the heat race. Smith was forced to head for the outside wall at full throttle. The rookie let go just before his machine climbed the wall. Dave was examined and came uP with two bruised and swollen knees and watched the national half mlle the following night from a wbeelcha1r• All of the California riders are not at bome for the rest of the season and a record entry is predicted for this Friday night for the TT events. The final TT race, for the '69 state championshiP title, runs the last Friday night In October. The state half mlle title Is on the. line the next night for the last twin bill of the season at Ascot. (Results 011 page 21) slight concussion and did not re-enter the race at the restart. "KeIth Mashburn led the Amateur final from start to finish, leaving the nation's top two Amateurs, Don Castro and Dave Aldana, to battle for second. Castro came out on top with Aldana in tblrd. The Novice final also bad more than Its share of spills and llxcltementbefore Jolm Hateley put it all tOgether and came uP the winner. The first attempt found Ted Loogwith with a big lead at the end of four laps. For some unknown reason Ted fell off on the front straightaway with DO other rider even close. Longwith played a walt1ng game that brought out !be black flag for a restart. It backfired on him and he was off In suth place with Hateley and Jim Raymond work1ng their Montesas hard. It was Hateley's race with Raymond drop- practice and kept It uP rlgbt througb !be EllPert flnaJ. SkIp Van Leeuwen and Dusl;y Coppage again went at It bammer and tongs In !be feature with Coppage leading until be was bounced hard by SkIp. Dusty !ben tried at least twelve dUferent ways to regaJn the lead but fell of! on the 8th lap, got bacl< uP; and stlll flnLsbed ahead of rookie Ron Pierce. The only dent in the Triumph streak came when Da1las Baker and his BSA outran Van Leeuwen in the Trophy Dash. Van Leeuwen could not get close eoough Skip Van LHuwen s..,rlsed no one wfth an· other Ascot TT win. rSPEclALOFFERlI It ........ • , ....... In ... ", .. '" ...... til t . . . . ., Latest Type American Made Compression Release Valve $12.80 , , • JIll ..., ....... ..., ..~ ............ rMIn ... ....... _ _ .., IldIIIt ••••••••••••••••••••• NOW AVAILABLE••• sbocII" .•• ..., do: 1_ S& W fwllOll sIIocIIs. AniIIIlIe in eilIIer fiO/9O praeresslw type or strIiIIIt wound 88 lb. ..... _ ' . 1 10. HAUl t , W"EBCO INC. .. " " FUll Price, including sales tax and shipping charges. Valve available in longand short reach and specials for AT1 125cc Yamaha factory head. I t t , L t t I LGlIC Ruch Short Reach AT} t 0 0 0 , , (check bax wanled) a , Send Check or Money Order to: SIn MOllrcycle Accessories Co. P.O. BOII012 sa. Valley, Calif. 91352 (Dealer Inqulrle. InvltH) InfonnatlOn Regarding Factory Installation. Furnished on , , Re~est ~~~~~~~~~ j Jobn (173r) Hateley Jr. took hom. the Novice win with his MonteSI. Specialized Triumph - Honda Repair. • Custom Racln, • Enclne• Machine Work • IIetl.se Kits Cyl. Borin, • Head Portln, MIKE BURKE Motorcycle Specialties 15178 Ray., St. Van Nuys. Cal. 91406 Tele,h_ (213) 780-0779 DESERT SET UP SCRAMBLES