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Page 11 October 23, 1973 TC aaclng Ent.rprl••• XR 750 MODIFICATION & REBUILDING FRAME WORK I. Decrease head angl 2. Increase trall 3. Increase stabillty 4. Increase weIght on front axle Randy Scott (501 did the number on the Ascot regulars to win the Main in regular Friday night professional Half-mile. John Hateley (981 boogied on the outside but the fast groove wasn't there. SWiNGARM Randy Scott Wins Ascot Photos by Dan Mahony GARDENA, CAL., OCT. 12 Three different riders led the main event and the lead changed seven times before Oregon's Randy Scott finally won the Expert final at Ascot last Friday night. Following his close third place finish in the Ascot National, Scott held off repeated bids by John Hateley to win his second Ascot feature of the season. It was the [lrst clean sweep for the Northwest rider. He won the heat race over Mike Kidd from Texas and fast improving rookie, Pat McCaul. Gene Romero finished fourth. The trophy dash found Scott on the line as the fourth fastest qualifier. But he came on early to tum back Dave Aldana and Tom Rockwood to pick up the win. Romero was again in fourth. Kidd, a one time winner at Ascot last season, jumped into the lead at the start of the final with Hateley in second. Scott was fourth the [lrst two laps, then Kidd dropped from first to third on the third lap with Hateley taking over and Scott passing both McCaul and Kidd to move into second place. Hateley, bidding for high point honors this year, held the lead until the eighth lap and then gave way, by inches, to the charger from the north. It was a two rider race the rest of the way with the win going to Scott. Romero and Kidd battled for third place the last half of the race with tbe Texan holding until tbe final few yards. It was an official's decision at the line that gave third place to Romero by an inch or two. Tbe high point Expert title will be decided on Friday nignt, Oct. 26th in tbe final race of the season. DeWaync Keeter still bolds the point lead over Hateley, but failed to qualify for the dash and f"mished fifth in the final. It will be a Hateley-Keeter showdown on the 26th. The Junior class again was a show of power and ability by the three top dirt trackers in the west. John Gennai added two more wins to his record and left Danny Hockie and Rick Hocking - to duel for second place in the final. The two rode side by side most of the way, changing the posi tion no less than nine times before Hockie turned back the Fremont flash. All three riders won their heat races and now aU three go into the final night on the 26th as contenders for the ltigh point Junior for the season. Hocking sti)) holds a slim lead witb Hockie and Gennai in a near tie for second place. Gennai is riding a ten-in-a-row win streak. Skip Aksland made it another win night in the Novice class, winning both the heat and final without a visible Install 3-posltlon rear sbock suPports. Purpose: Allow Increase and decrease of bead angl". mistake. His sweep now runs his win streak to ten straight beading to the fmal night. Aksland and Tom Berry will decide high point Novice bonors in the last race. Berry pulled a fifth place finish this time out and again failed to win his beat race. On the 26th it will be California State Championship time but the Ascot people have also added a special "Old ;rimers" race on the half mile that will feature such former well known names as, Johnny Gibson, Don Hawley, Skip Van Leuwen and Ralph White. Size and type of machines for this first time match race are now being selected. Three ranking non-Californians showed up at Ascot tbis time. Roger Crump, the high point JUrllor in the Southwest, ran second in his heat race and fifth in tbe final. Jay Ridgeway, from Atlanta, ranked as one of the top three Novice riders in half mile racing this year, finished fourth in his heat race and failed to transfer to the SemL Ed Daley, Tulsa, the number one Novice in the Southwest, ran fourth in his heat race benind Debbie Reon un til the final turn before taking third place. A SLXth in the Semi failed to gain bim a transfer to the Novice final. • Danny Hackie and Rick Hocking both favored the same line. Could it be Champion-framed 750 Yamahas run best on that piece of track. ~hat all HEAD & CYLINDER WORK I. Raise compression from 150 1bs to 180 Ibs by precision boring and valve work. 2. Two cuts on valves and three cuts on valve seats. 3. Increase spring pressure from 105 Ibs on valve seat. CAMS Choice of IIIree: 1. Torque 2. TorquE. & mid-range 3. High revs TC RACING ENTERPRISES 4915 Airport 81 Yd. Austin, Texas 18151 (512) 454-5742 Tommy Conner - - (512) 451- 4356 Ted & Terry Poovey -- (214) 276-1529 James Rawls -- (214) 264-9751 W-.IT'I'IER HONDA DSS~ Motorcycle Trailers Bell Helmets Full Bore Products WHITTIER HONDA 14324 E. Whittier Blvd. (213) 698-o

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