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Nicholas Sweeps Ascot Half Mile'
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Jody Nicholas scored his second
sweep of the year and now jom. Mert
Lawwill and Tom Rockwood as the
only riders to win the 15 lap feature
more than once.
Nicholas and his Harold Allison
Norton again showed the horsepower
edge on the straigb taways to top the
field. lloyd Houchms held off the
Norton with his Triumph for six laps
before giving way and then holding for
an eventual second place.
Kidd, the kid who has to be the
youngest appearing Novice since the
days of Tom Rockwood when he wore a
green plate, grabbed a second in his heat
race behind Gary Scott and then ran
fifth in the final. Patrick rod.e a Yamah
with Kidd Bultaco mounted.
lloyd was the equal to Nicholas on
the turns but the powerful Norton has
weekly displayed that it has few equals
on the long and fast chutes. This was
the margin, and edge, for the win.
The usual Ken Roberts-Gary Scott
duel took place as usual for a few laps.
Scott, the main event winner the
previous two times out, led the first two
laps before Roberts took over.
Jody also topped Houchins for the
trophy dash win but it was Houchins
who topped Nicholas for fast time
honors in time trials. The only battle
Nicholas did not win during the evening
of weekly professional half mile racmg.
THEN ENTER THE
SOUTHERN 'NEVADA
Off ROAD
ENTHUSIASTS,
appearance at Aac:ot with one of the
two making it to the Novice fmal. Both
weresomewhatofadisappomtmentdue
to the fact they were constantly viewed
shiftffig gears most of the way around
the fast oval that always finds the front
runners gettffig in to top gear off the line
- and staymg there. Patrick pulled a
third m his heat race and another third
m the semi but only two transferred
from the semi to the final.
It was still close at the end of five
laps but the weekly duel ended when
Scott pulled to the pits. Seldom do
these two riders both have it all put
together on the same night. When it
does happen it produces some of the
best 250 racing ever.
GARDENA, CALIF., Aug. 28, 1970 Ten different Expert riders have won
the Aac:ot half mile final this season but
only two of the ten had won it more
than once liP. until last Friday night.
Ralph White, riding the BSA that was
originaIly built for Nicholas, again was
forced out of the final due to
mechanical . problems. The second
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straight week, in fact. White was the
only rider not around at the finish.
Earlier, White had posted the fourth
fastest time trial and later ran third in
the dash.
Luck was riding with Ron Krusernan
in one of the Expert heat races. Mike
Haney completely lost his mount in the
north tum, sending Kruseman over the
faIlen machine and high and far into the
air. What first appeared to be an
extremely bad accident later proved to
be a walk-away for both riders.
In practice, Amateur Chuck Hart
stuffed an ancient H-D into the
crashwall but later walked away. Chuck
did not fly as far as Kruseman who
actually cleared the waIl and landed
'behind the famous fence.
The weekly battle in the Amateur
fmal between the north and south of
California went to the north for the
second straight week. Wayne Hosaka
held off charging Nick Theroux for five
.of the ten laps before the BSA from the
north passed the BSA from the south. It
was Nick's second main event win in the
last four outffigs. The best Triumph
showing came from Stan Rogen who
started in the second row but came up
strong to finish third.
Kris Bakke and his BSA posted the
fastest Amateur time trial but ignition
troubles cancelled his chances for a
second straight main event win during
the heat race.
The two Texas "Hotahou", Mike
Kidd and Barry Patrick made another
Two races are on tap this coming
weekend for the AMA pros. Thursday
night finds the riders, all of them on
150:. for the annual short track races at
the Lancaster Fair. The Experts will fmd
the going rough against Roberts and
Scott. Then it is back to Ascot for the
half mile on Friday. The annual Ascot
half mile National is now just a couple
of weeks away and the meetffig again
tends to serve as a get-ready for the
annual "Biggie".
(Results on page 26)
Lewis Gives
Perris Crowd
Wild Show
By Elaine Jones
PERRIS, CALIF., Aug. 29, 1970-The
riders were out in full force to get the
last bft of tuntng and practice in before
the Adelanto Point Run. Tony Demus
who hasn't been out for awhile came out
in st;yle and showed he Is st1ll the man to
beat in the Amateur-Expert Moto. Guy
Lewis who hasn't 'raced Perris for ten
years came out and pulled a second the
first heat on his brand new Greens. He
also pulled a super wheel1e coming off
the jump and lost it. He didn't land too
bad but his bike put on quite a show as it
did endoes bounch1ng into the air about
fifteen feet each time all the way to the
sweeper. Surprisingly enough the only
apparent damage to the bike was the
seat and gas tank which bad formed a
triangle, a back fender that was shaped
like pop art sculPture and a broken
rear rim. Wayne Hendrex was second
and Gu7, beUe" it or not, was th1rd.
(Re8u1tS 011 PllP 26)
