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.... - National Moore kept charging and closing to make it a late lap two rider run to th t £lag but Roberts held on for the win. Denny Kanegae came from the back in the early laps to run a cl.osing third. The win wrapped it up for Roberts, he will be the top Junior on the National Circuit in the win column for 19 7l. Mann's sixth place finish in the National now moves him to an edge of more than 100 points on Gene Romero. Jim Rice continues to close and is less than ten points back of Romero for second place.. The Nationals now move to Oklahoma City for a half·mile event, then to Nazareth, Pa./ for a mile and back to Onatario, Calif. for the 250 Mile National Road Race on Oct. 17. In the mean time Ascot reverts back to regular season half mile racing every Friday nigh t with another big event slated for Friday night, Oct. 15th, during the Ontario Nati·onal week. '" .n t> o ~ w Z w -' U >- U Dave Aldana (31 finally moved past an injured Jim Odom in the National Points Standings while Jim Rice (21 eased within 10 points of Gene Romero, who failed to reac h the National when he crashed in his heat race. RESULTS 20 LAP NAT. FINAL Tom Rockwood Joh n Hateley • . . . . . . . . . . . ~ J.odY Nicholas Dave Sehl Mel Lacher Dick Mann Lloyd Houchins II- ' Wirth-Triumph Win Ascot TT Brelsford had a-big edge but for some reason tried to win it all on the first lap of the final and fell off before finishing the first lap. He lost one full lap before getting back into action, mainly trying to get his skid-shoe back on. Du~ty Coppage took over the lead after Brelsford fell off and it appeared that the Yamaha veteran had his first win. Then Skip Van Leeuwen moved up to challenge along with four other riders (or four laps but it was Wirth doing the passing and not the Dutchman. With three laps to go and Coppage running in fourth place behind Wirth, Terry Dorsch and John Hateley, he was broadsided by Paul Bostrom. Bostrom fell off but his machine became locked into Dusty's bike 'with the two dragging together off· the track on turn two and Coppage unable to do anything about it. Later Bostrom recovered his mount and finished but Coppage was out of action. Hateley moved by Dorsch for second in the closing laps. Brelsford caught and passed the field but could only climb back to ninth before the finish. Oregpn's Mark Williams was on hand, running fourth in th·e final after a fourth place in the heat races. In the semi, Juniors Tim Thomas and Ron Moore tried to top the Experts but ran into each other with both falling .off, actually allowing Experts Dorsch, Williams and Ralph White to ·go on for the transfers positions that they had held until the crash. Scott Brelsford dominated the Novice class from start to finish for another pair of wins in the 250 class. Brelsford, aboard a Yamaha, had an easy time in the final after Tom White (BuI) pulled off the track, running second after five laps in the final. White had been the winner in the previous Ascot IT. Arizona's Brian LaPlante rode a good eigh t laps to take .second over Steve NicholS with Gary Caldwell running fourth. The next Ascot IT date has not been set but Corona is slated for three straight IT events on Saturday nights. '. (Results-on page 32) BSA Jim Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . BSA Dewayne Keeter H-D Dave Aladana • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BSA Mark ereslford H-D Frank Gillespie . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tri Time: 7:47:,94 (New Record) TOP TEN QUALIFIERS Brelsford 22 :66 Nicholas 2,2 :68 Hateley _ 22:68 Sohl 22,7'1 Rockwood 22 :80 Aldana 22:85 Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 22:94 Romero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 22:98 Lacher 23:08 Houchins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 23:09 14 LAP JUNIOR FINAL Ken Roberts Yam Ron Moore Trl Denny Kanegae Tri Tom Sawyer ,. • . . . . . . . . . . . . Tri Bill Morgan Tri Dave Isley BSA Jim Messler BSA Terry Morairty . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . Trl Ramon Perez Tri Ted Longwlth BSA Mike'Lane : " Yam John Hoy Tri Time: 5:28:79 (New Record) Keith Mashburn (191 hears the charge of Terry Dorsch (G5R) and Don Castro 151. None made the Main. Photos by Tim Byins GARDEN,A, CAL., Sept. 24, 1971 Eddie Wirth usually puts it all together at least once a year and the Friday night before the Ascot National was that one time for this season. Wirth, riding the gleaming bright Shell Motors Triumph moved into the lead on the eighth lap of the fjfteen lap final' and went of' for his first Main Event win this year. Mark Brelsford was the big gun until the final, setting a new track record in' time trials, then winning his. heat race, and then coming up to score another Troph y Dash win on his super-fast Harley-Davidson. TrJ Trl Nor H-D Nor BSA