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o o chins Battle at Ascot f ... .... '" '" .. " > Hank Scott up~t point leader Rick Hocking in a wheel to wheel duel and Mike Dannell took his last ride as a single man to win his heat. He got married the following day. The biggest mistake of the ~ason came in the third Novice heat race. Larry Collie and Mike Clark had a big lead with a lap to go, but both pulled in on the white flag instead of the checkered and Art Carter was the suprised winner. Collie and Clark still have red faces. Five differen t Novice riders have won the Main event this ~ason. Hocking came to the line for the Main with two in a rwo bu t had to win the Semi to qualify. He could get no closer than fourth at anytime during the eight laps. Gennai shot to the front, looking for his f"lnt win since May 19. Danny Hockie kept the pressure on the first five laps, but it was Randy Bailey who came on fast to take ~cond on lap six, and then pass Gennai for the whole ball of wax on the last lap. It was Bailey's ~cond win of the ~ ason and his best ride in a year and a half as a Pro Novice rider. :; ..., ~ w Z ~ U > U Haney and Houchins stagad a tremendous duel. swapping positions seven times in fifteen laps, for second. Dave Aldana took first. Photoa by Dan Mahoney GARDENA, CAL., June 23, 1972 Dave Aldana got ready for the planned invasion that starts this coming Friday night by scoring a three rac,e sweep on the Ascot half-mile in the heat, dash and Main. The Norton left-turner led all the way in the final, leaving the .race for ~cond place to be decided between Lloyd Houchins and Mike Haney. These two swapped the position seven times. The fray included overslides, wheel-bumping, bar-banging and assorted manuevers that kept the l'0sition wide open until the final few laps when Houchins steeled down to take runner-up money. The expected battle in the Junior class between the two Triumph aces, Larry Gino and Tom Horton, took place but not all the way this week in the ten lap fmal. They were running right together from the start of the fmal but Horton'" engine Ie t go on lap ~ven, giving Gino his fourth main even t win of the year and the biggest edge in points a Junior has held thi~ ~ason. Novices were out in force, including former high point rider, John Gennai, who was mis~d in recent weeks due to a stomache ailment. John jumped right back into winning form, cwcking .the fastest heat win aboard the A&A Yamaha. By P. L. Doutt CASTLE ROCK, WASH., June 17,1972 - After three races cancelled due to that liquid sunshine the Pacific Northwest is famous for, there were some anxious racers ready to go at Castle Rock tonight. Sonny Burres (Tri) jumped into the lead of the Main pursued closely by Pat Marinacci and Dick Washer. Chuck Joyner got a poor start and had to work his way through the pack. Marinacci had his machine turned on all the way as he dove under Burres in the second lap to take over the lead. It was wheel-to-wheel battling from thereon as Burres kept pressing Marinacci inching up on him then dropping back. Not all the action was in the lead. Joyner and Ed Herrmann passed Washer to take over third and fourth. Joyner went wide and Herrmann took over third and Washer fourth. Joyner found him~lf back where he had started. Burres was keeping the pressure on Marinacci, waiting for him to make that one fatal mistake. On the eleventh lap Marinacci made that mistake, and boy did he ever. Burres was ready and turned it on and pas~d Marinacci as if he were standing still. Joyner also took advantage of Marinacci's mistake and drove by him, right on Burres' rear 'tire. There they were, Burres, Joyner, Marinacci and Herrmann, rear wheel to r~ar wheel, dragging all the way through the last lap with Burres and Joyner putting some psace between themselves and Marinacci and Herrmann. Burres drove hard coming out of the last tum to the finish line to take the checkered flag with just inches to spare. Trojan TT and FT factory replecement piaton ringa • uperrlngs ~ ... than you expected to get .....from a chain lube . Have your van II" not onl, IAlbreakable, but chrome plated for e"trll long too !I converteel the .ay YOU, .ant. now for-Hodaka 100cc d,k••, Bult.co 125, Bult.co 250, DKW. Sacha 125, P.nton 125 FOR ALL FACTORY Pls:roN SIZES ASK YOUR LOCAL DEALER 1750~ S. VICTORY GLENDALE, CAL. PHONE 213·241·3•• 5 _ MOLL Y BLUE gives you more 7296 Murdy Circle Huntington Beach, Calif. (714) 842-8787 write for free brochure By Art Loya SOUTH GA1'E, CAL., June 15,1972 Hard riding Jamey Blunt of Torrance, pulled off the biggest win of his career Thursday nigh t by winning the 250 IT 50-lap feature after trailing in seventh position for the fIrst lap at Trojan Speedway. Man-handling his "Self Sponsored" Ossa around the double-jump course, the "Torrance Flyer" had his hands full catching the leaders after defending champion, Rick Goade (BuI) of Fullerton, took an early lead over Jesse "The Bandit" James (BuI) , Dan Corbett (Bul), Robert Crecelius (Yam), and Bob Sanders (Kaw). Sanders, on the move from sixth, started his well known pressure tactics on Crecelius as he made his bid to take third, while Blunt was ~en moving to sixth behind James. Crecelius spilled on the fifth circuit and was eliminated from contention. Just as Sanders took dead-aim on Corbett for ~cond, he started to lo~ ground as rapidly as he had clo~d the gap on Corbett. On the eigh th lap, Sanders dropped to fourth as Blunt moved ahead for third. Mechanical prohlem's finally sidelined Sanders for the night. Despite Sanders' elimination from a four-way battle for the lead, Corbett and Blunt made it uncomfortable for Goade to hold the lead. While Corbett made his bids to take the lead drawing alongside of Goade on numerous times, Blunt tried every trick to get by both riders. • At the halfway point, only Goade, Corbett, Blunt, Bob Byars (Suz), and Allen Swett (Suz), relDained on the same lap. On lap 30, Blunt, after a tremendous five laps, had movt:d once again within striking distance of Corbett and Goade. Goade, crossing his mount at complete side angles in his battle with Blunt, spilled on lap 39. Attempting to get back into competition, Goade was unable to get his bike to respond and was quickly lapped by both Blunt and Corbett. Unable to get back into the thick of battle, Goade was forced to pit on lap 41. At the checkered, Blunt was ch~d across the fmish line by Corbett, Byars, Swett, James, Les Bomar (Tri) , and Gary Jennings (Tri). 395 TT and H a l f · M i l e . . . . . . ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spectato~ liability and riders medical insurance for track owners, promoters, clubs and recreational parks. S. HARRIS PINSKY Century United Agencies 1888 Century Park East, Suite 1015 Los Angeles, Calif. 90067 - (213) 553-3511 BROKER INQUIRIES 'INVITED craters in tum ~ven putting him out of the race. Chet remounted to continue the race and receive his T-shirt for last place. Mechanical troubles elimmated Brian giving the checkered to San Diego's ace Earl Roloff. "Double your money and double your fun" ~ems to be Bob Sanders theme song. Again, it was a first place for HRA Hotshoc No.3 in both the 125 and 250 Expert IT and Half Mile Mains. Sanders is as speedy in the pay line as on the race track. One of the hottest Novices to come along since Tom White, Kawasaki-mounted Brian Haycock repeated his winner's performance tonight for dual wins in both IT and Half Mile 100 Novice Mains. Don thinks he can have the track in good shape for next Saturday night, if he can find the water truck that he loat in one of tho~ small holes in tum seven! By Phil Carpenter ADELANTO, CAL., June 17, 1972 One year ago the Adelanto IT track became 395 Cycle Park and since that time has raced every week, sometimes twice a week. It has in a year developed into one of the finest Sportsman IT tracks in California. Every track has its bad times and for the past two weeks, 395 has shown us one of theirs. The track has been undergoing a face lift - about 25,000 yards of it! This amount of clay, especially in the de~rt, requires thousands of gallons of water and days of wheel packing and there just wasn't enough time by Saturday to get it ~t. Heavy equipment operator Pat Dale, HRA No. 51, informed me that once the clay gets ~ttled it will be faster than Huntington Beach Cycle Park. Open Expert Chet Burt ~rved notice on Brian McMillan that he would pocket the cash in the IT Main but his name and number was on one of those bomb .1 J)\ C .. (Ii z