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~ Coppage Wins Ascot Closer Sloane An" Masllburn Hi Pointers By Dewitt Thuett • • > ........... .....-- "''1 Du.., (32) Coppa" II.... up his .Iehls lor I Stlt. Ch. .,I.. shlp TT win. Tbls IIrry Ictlon hIS Dusty In Ironl 01 Eddl. Wlr1II DIU. (SIs) Biker IDd (59r) Wilburn. ' VAN "TECH-ROEHR & TERRY CLARK CLEAN HOUSE AT BARSTOW/VEGAS Flasb- Mn IiI_, aisl Van Tlcll-R'* .anted, wu 1st Trail Bike AIlIIt_ and 1nst Ovmll! YOUNG TERRY CLARK 'BLEI THEIR MINDS" AT LAS VEGAS ON HIS ROEHR BROS.·PREPARED VAN TECH/KAW. Ill. Starting 15 minutes behind the lOoo-plus bi.g bikes, he bombed his way into the top 30 overall by the 130 mile mark. And that was when he blew the•.:.TI REi Due to this handi-' cap he dropped to 56th Overall at the fini shSTILL 33 PLACES AHEAD OF THE NEXT TRAIL BIKE! GARDENA, CALIF. Dec. 7, 1969- Funny things have a habit of happening in the State Championship TT race at Ascot each year. This year Sk1p Van Leeuwen, Keith Mashburn and John Hate1ey came into the race as the point leaders in the three pro classes. None of the three won any of the Main Events. • Dusty Coppage took the lead a way from Loyd Houchins on the second lap and was never ·headed. Brelsford moved uP to challenge, but his Harley twin went on one pump near the halfway mark and lett Dusty out In front to breeze to the tiUe. Skip Van Leeuwen crashed in his heat, broke a chain on the restart and even spilled once in the final. Eddie Wirth bailed off on the 11 th lap with Haaby, Lawwtll, Bailey, Houchins and Baker all heading for the pits before the race was half over. Jim Rice nailed . the Trophy Dash tor BSAwithagoodride over Coppage, Bailey and Breslford. Rice then pulled a third in the final. The Amateur final was billed as a two rider duel between Keith Mashburn and Dave Aldana. Aldana took the lead away from Mashburn at the end of the third lap. The race was tar from over with Mashburn clinging right to his competitor's rear wheel all the way to the final two turns. It was Aldana's best and smoothest TT ride of the year at Ascot. and he came uP the winner. Mashburn, however, won the Amateur high point title by 51 points over Aldana due to more and consistent racing earlier in the season. Bob Ferro held off Terry Dorsch for third place with Don Dudek grabbing fifth spot. While the Aldana-Mashburn duel was close, it was not nearly as close as the Novice final that pitted John Hateley and Ted Sloane against each other for the season point tiUe. John and Ted appeared to be worrying more about each other as they came into the race only nine points apart with Hateley in front However, Jim Raymond got the jump on both and led all the way. Sloane and Hate1ey finally got going in the late laps, caught Raymond on the last lap, and the three crossed the line with less than fivefeetbetweenfirstand third. Sloane edged Hate1ey tor second by about a toot and took the season Novice point tiUe by one poCntl - the closes point race ever recorded at Ascot. It was the final Novice ride tor both. (Results on page 17) A FORTUNE FROM THE MINT T.rry Clark It the finish on his 1I,lne Vln T.ch. Terry Slid that the .neln. ran Ilk. I bomb (7) III the WI,. With the lin. handline 01 the rUIC.d Van Tech frlm. and th. wild Vln Tech leadlne link lork Ibsorblne the Jolt., h. could hit InJthlne at an, 'pI.d and stili sta, on. VAN TECH rcehr Leading Link Forks Entry blanks for the 3rd Annual Mint "400" Del Webb Desert Rally were mailed to more than 5,000 potential contestants hoping to cinch early starting positions for the classic off- road event scheduled March 22-24 next year • Officials announced "no increase" in the $250 entry fee and simultaneously raised the guaranteed cash purse to $50,000. Contingency cash and awards could push the total over $100,000. Four divisions, including one motorcycle category, will share equally in guaranteed cash awards. This year a major change in rules w11l have bike contestants racing separately from fourwheelers. Motorcycles will run the entire 400 miles March 22. Four-wheelers w11l compete in twin 200-mile events March 23 and 24. • INSTALLS EASILY • SPECIAL GlRLlNG SHOCKS HIGHEST TRADE-IN ·.6~ INCHES. USEfUL TRAVEL • 6 POSITION LOAD/DAMPING • WEIGHS ONLY APPROI. 16 LIS. • AVAlLAlLE IN 3 DfffERENT SIZES AND For _Sf Trail Bikes- $99.50 Larger slzes- ~l1U5 raghr-vAN TECH 2 DIffERENT TRAIL COliflGURATlONS TO PERfECTL YSUIT YOUR REQUIREMENTS * Robf . . . . . Ana""... CIL 239 N. Anahel. Blvd. P.... (714) 533-1309 70's Are Here Ossa - Greeves - Bultaco. Hockies Motorcycles, 22025 So. Figueroa, Torrance, Ca. (213) 328-1242. Penton - Hodaka Yamaha - BSA Husqvarna Norton 1223 Ave. I LllICllter 317 North Victory Boulevard, Burbank, Calif. 91502. (213) 842·4847 1.05) 942-4624