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Into til. 'Irst turn Joust 10 Jim (11) WII_ allll KI,_IV (62) Kato. WII.on won tilt. 250 Senior c ...... well a. tIIo 500 Senior raco OD G_. Grift••• Kato had bad luck mo.t 0' tt. day wlttl _ .... Iu' painful er...... a. fllIIlIy a , ..t liro. w.t A.cal c"y ... ka. thl. _ " till IlOIt .11...." " _ _ tr""" os. c_••. Griffons Give Grief At Ascot Motocross By Maureen Lee Pbolos by Terry Pratt GARDENA, CAL.., Oct. 26, 111611-'- 'Three DeW Grl.troos were entered and the three 1IOD the1r respectlft c ~ at the second Bailey Brothers motocross at Ascot Park. Fans reallY ~ the1r mooey's worth, s1x saUd boars at racing, with ennts 1eav1ng the starting Une Uke c:Joc:kwork, a coarse that was tantut1e, a true motocross tor a c:baJIce DOt a fast TT so-c:a1led motiOeross and eoougb mud and water to make th1.ap wlld. In the Jun10r dtY1s1ons they ran two mollos and a main as they bad a big turnand 250 classes. out In the 125 In the first 250 Jun10r rounds, Larry Hurakami on a KawasaJd took the lead on the first lap, sUd In the mud and went alt the wall the wrong way. But he came b&c:k strong later and ended up fourth aver-all In the MaIn. Steve Strlckl1n (C-Z) worked bard for b1s eventual second pl&c:e In the MaIn aDd In the second round be chased the wtnner Jotm Ruc:1c (C-Z) aroUlld. 10 the 125 Junlor blLsb M1ke Payse (BulI:aco) bad the lead before Bryar HoIc1Dllb (Penton) passed b1m over a jump. Payse tried to pass back In a t1ebt spot on the wall, sUd and fell otf the wall putting h1m out. TIle Sen10r diVisions bad quite a tew at the big guns and SOllIe of the bIcPst names bad d1tf1cult1es on the tough course. Tom Rapp on b1s Mltco Bultaco, who was mak1ng a mlgbty effort In more than ODe class, bad spWs aDd eng1ne troubles but elided with a tltth. 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In the three rounds of the 500 and the rest of the 250 be was first man Into and through turn one and there was no oue In contenttOll. Klyomaru KUo (Yamaha) bad a bad day with several bad spills but ended up laugb1ng about 11, The new AJS with ex- Yatnaha rider JIm West showed up very well with West taJdng a second In the tb1rd round.Silverthorn bad more troubles but emerged with a f1tth, and Bob Grossl a fourth In spite of a very messy crash In the waterhole. 'The 500 class was WIlson aga1n, just sa1l1ng round pul.11ng wheeUes and sUdIng the rear tire sldeways wbUe doing it. It was a scrap between Axthelm OIl a RlcJanan, Pat De Benedetti (Ma.1co) and Cbuck Minert (BSA) for the remainIng places with Bob Le8ch (Husky) and M1ke Haney (C- Z) along to make things 1nterest1ng. M1nert blt De Benedetti's wheel and unloaded, Kato Oapped again but In the second round the r.ace was between De Benedetti and Mlnert• "Feats" passed Pat when be went wide and then was re-passed when they came IIPOII a too-slow rider and bad the crowd on their toes by re- pass1ng right In the last few teet before the checkered~. In the tb1rd Mollo Lonn1e Peterson(Ma.1co) held second for a wbUe but gradually sUpped back and aU the time there was WUson grooving along up In tront. It was another Grl.trOll 10 the 500 Junlor ridden by J.L. Slebrandt that did the deed. Ronn1e Bunn on a C-Z was the next most successful rider In that class but two others who bad the crowd watchIng were Gary McKenzie on a Ma.1co and R1chard Buscb (Montesa). (Results on page 20) Winners go with Bell ... like C8IRaybom Daytona Winner 1968 & 1969 .