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<0 (Cont'd. from page 3) Hateley topped Haney for Trophy Dash honors with Wirth in third and Dudek in fourth place. Illinois Junior, Mike Caves rode his first Ascot event and won the semi before placing seventh in the final. Ascot Half-mile _ gl i:Li Z ~ U ~ The National wasn't slated until Sunday, but the riders rode like it was . Friday. Even time trials did not come easy and Gary Scott and Mert Lawwill ran a tie for (ast time honor. Scott got it first and there were more firsts to come for the rookie. Scott took the first heat with Lloyd Houchins running second, before dropping out. This put Ore!(on's Randy Scott in to second, Charlie Thielke, third and Washington's Randy Skiver, fourth. Mike Kidd, the kid from Texas, came up with his problems and failed to get out of the heat. Lawwill then put it on Aldana (or the win in the second heat with Mark Williams, third and Tim Harris turning back Keith Mashburn for fourth. In the final heat John Hateley topped Ron Moore in a close one with Dewayne Keeter in for third; Disaster struck in the third heat on the second lap with Moore up front and being challenged by Ohio's Frenchy LeBlanc. Frenchy tried to stay with Moore and ran up Ron's. rear wheel going into the north turn. The Ohio rider highsided with his machine falling in front of Ted Longwith. Longwith shot over the top' and crashed hard and suffered injuries which later proved to be fatal. It was Ascot's first death in nearly two years. LeBlanc was hospitalized with injured elbow, shoulder and ribs. Williams came back in the Semi to defeat Keeter, the Main Event winner, two weeks ago. Skiver, Harris and Mashburn all missed the transfer to the final. . Scott took off fast in the final with Lawwill second for only one lap. Then Moore joined his fellow rookie and the race was on. Scott could not get away and by the end of the race it was a two rider battle with Scott in front. Williams came from the back row to nail Lawwill for third on lap seven and ...••............................... _"l\. Rick Hocking (31 YI and John Gennai split Novice honors for the weekend. Gennai just edged out Hocking on Friday night and Hocking won Saturday's n after John slowed. ~ Dick Mann didn't do anything all weekend, but we liked the picture. then Mert had to hold off the usual late lap charge by Keeter to salvage a fourth place finish. Tom Horton. and Denny Kanegae handed Scott Brelsford a "gift" win in the Junior final when Kanegae ran in to Horton while both were running first and second. The two machines locked together and nearly stopped. This shot Brelsford into a lead that Horton could not overcome before the finish. Horton was still hot about the whole affair two hours after the race was over. Washing'ton's Steve Baker finished a distant fourth for top out of state honors. The Novice race was again a two rider dassic. 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