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c ~ V) s Col ~ Col -J U ::... U WILSON WINS THREE By Eric GARDENA, CAL., July 9, 1970 - Jim W1lson took three victories in the 250 Sr. class at Ascot Park's Thursday night motocross tor the class nod over closest rival o!'im West but was denied in the 125 and 500 classes. Bob Messer and Rich Tborwaldson were first in the little and big bike categories; Messer taking two firsts on a Bultaco that easily outsped W1lson's Sachs, and Tborwaldson using three steady second placings. West on his speedy AJS bad the 500 class wrapped up with a pair of wins but injured bis leg and dropped to sixth in the last moto. Raits Another good crowd watched the biggest CMC Ascot turnout yet, nearly 300 riders, tor tour solid hours of the world's best motor sport. They alternately cheered Tborwaldson's efforts to keep bis tour stroke BSA Metisse ahead of W1lson's two stroke Greeves and the bistrionic 250 Juniors. Bikes in the tour divisions of this class dropped ott the lake path into the cold, muddy, smelly water llkeriPetruit ott a pear tree. The crowd loved it. One Ossa rider managed a gainer and a halt but his entrance was poor, splashing bysta!1ders. Hts pit crew pulled out the The Wi Ison-West duel continues. Jim (3) over Ji m (22) West, AJS. Bill Silverthorne displays the running form used in riding motocross at Ascot. completely submerged machine, stood it on end to drain out some water, and tired it right UP. Others were not so lucky. D. Pessey and Robin Be1lach ended up on top in this class alter winning both their respective motos and dropping well back in the t1na1. Pessey, Ossa mounted, was on his way to a clean sweep with a good start in the third moto but sldttered around and tell in tront of nearly torty bikes. He got back up warked bis way through the pack only to have a slower rider tall directly in tront of him. Bellach, seemingly part of his Malco, turned in two smooth motos and anxious tor a third, stalled on the line. He too began chiPping away at the slower riders and survived a tirst lap Husky tangle to take second overall. C. Blain and Mike Dailey put Ka wasa.k:is in third and tourth, Dailey winning the tough third moto and Blain coming in right bebind bim. M. Mulconery and Tom Ferris brought HodakaS in first and second ahead of the Yamahas of Tim Lunde and Dewayne Jones in the 100 Jr. class. Scott Hottee put a Bultaco in first in the 125 Jr. class ahead of M. Garrett's Penton and Greg Cunn1ngbam's Yamaha. CUWlingham bad the 500 Jr. class to bimself, winning all three motos on bis black 360 Yamaha in tront of the Czechoslovakians of Ron Frescura and Bob Davis. (Resulis on page 22)