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iEUROPEAN OPPOSITION N ~ Col :c: Col ...::l U :>. U JadJ Nlchalas I\lIkes an outside bid ta cet araund Mike Waznlck. Jady hit the &rlYel and slid .Ideways 101lnc time. Down and slldlnc. In the larp displacement G.P. class this Triumph rider last It and slid down the pavement._ By Dennis Greene ORANGE COUNTY INTL. RACEWAY, EAST ffiVINE, CAL., Nov. 2, 1969Road racing stars from tbrouebout the land and from abroad met In the second annual CaillorDia International Grand Prix at Orange County International Raceway SUDday. A record number of entries made up the field for some of the best road racIng seen In CaillorDia In a long time. The old saying that practice makes perfect was brought ol1t In the results as all the winners had ridden tbis course be- Brisbane, Cal. rider, Art Baumann rode a 500cc Suzuki to victory In the Intllnatlonal G.P. class. Jody Nicholas put up the competition but Baumann rlpeated his AMA National winnlnc performance. Jerry Green returns to road raclnc aftll a len&thy sabbatical with the U.S. military IlIvlce. ", ~ ~ Pages Added To Record Books As ~ ~ .. ~ PlInchilC orf the II.. In the final are..!horly (a) Seaborne and Ails (35s) Chlnowskl who was a ...prise second piacer behind winner Mert (11) uwwlll. By Dewitt Thuett Pbotos by Dennis Greene GARDENA, CAL. Nov. 1, 1969 - Mert LawwiU owns Ascot. If you don't believe it look at the record books. The Fisco Flash shattered three more track records last Saturday otgbt. For the past two years LawwiU bas made rare appearances at Ascot, the track where be learned to race. After last Saturday there are probably many riders that hope be never comes tBck. Mart, who bas now won the National and Slate Cbampioosbip races at Ascot for the past two years, tuned up by knocking the six year old ODe lap mark out at the books. His 22:31 clocking was far taster than the old 22: 44 set away tBck In '63. It was the fastest track ever prepared for the riders who have been goIng In circles sInce 1957. Five Experts and two Amateurs time trialed In the 22 second bracket for another record. JoInIng LawwiU In the fast twenty two second bracket, an area that few have ever ridden, were, AlexCbInowski, Shorty Seabourne, Dan Haaby and Tom Rockwood. Amateurs Dave Aldana and Dave Hansen also were fast enough for the select circle. The two Amateur times were both under the old track record for yellow plates set tBck In 1962. Two of the three Expert beat races were record breakers with LawwiU the first to break the 1964 mark. The mark fell bY well over a second. Then rookie CbInowski came out and broke Lawwill's new mark with aD even taster five laps. Don Emdl, Jolin HatlllY and Freddy Edward. IInl up and .lIde around ani of the fastlst Ascat S..faCI. on record.