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Gary Scott···, does Ascot 100 quickest . .. , ;;..------~~----........---..,.----------- ...::.:...._----....:.. ~ . :....,: - • -agam By Maureen Lee GARD ENA , CAL., MARCH 24 Gar y Sco tt, riding for Harley. Davidson this year, won the 100 lap IT at Ascot Sunday, mak ing it two years in a row for him: Most of the top Experts were on hand but the field was down wit h some ride rs having left for Euro pe. Team Yamaha left directl y after I KA-l00 l00cc Fuji (5-speedl Oil injected engine HodaKa ~~~~~~: Motorcycles 1(/e4tHeuutM ~l~t~~ S po rt Cycle Maleo GUY R . LOUIS (714) 893·7057 72 19 Westm inste r Ave., Westm inster. Ca. CMC SANC T ION WITH T HE BEST P.O. BOX 140 2 COSTA MESA . CA . 92626 stroke carbs. Also conversions for alcohol & nitro fuels. jiM fishbAck's ~ YAMAIIA.. r;:@[N'i]'j.\~'Jj.\ @ HRL Lubricants 7340 Florence Ave. Downey. CA 90240 213·927-4781 (714) 822-2252 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Ca. NOISE:The sound 14 that kiDs the sight. ~ ;:.:;~ '\'''\~ ,,':1:1, "11.": .' , " .... , ' p o Bo. 4... , C"' P' ,"l . CA 90 630 11'''1 8 21 14 17 COMPf TITION MOTOR CYCLE WHEELS DES IGNED . BUl l T AN D AEPAIRED. S END soc: FO R CAT A LOC ' I the Cal Rayborn Benefit th e nigh t be fore. No Junio rs we re allow ed this year b u t, hop efully, n e xt year t hey w ill b e include d to r ound th e program out. AMA ref er ee Ch ub Kellam also said tha t m an y rid er s no lo nger have a IT rig, and it's a fac t that ride rs from Nort hern Cal ifornia an d the Northwes t have a much more active TT season than d o So uthe rn Californians. Practice was held on a slick track which eventually beat down after the star t . Some of the riders co m mented it got a bit rough, especially after the halfway point. The laps kept getting longer and longer! Only 31 riders time trialed; the first 20 earned plates on the feature starting grid wi th the remaining II riding a five lap Semi to determine where they would start. Everybody eventually made the program. Fastest time was set by Mert Lawwill (H. D) at 49.73, with Scott only three tenths of a second slower . John Hateley (Tr i) filled out the front row with 50.30. Oregon's Mark Williams (Tri) , ranking second in IT standings, led th e Semi from start to finish, with Bob Sanders on a 500 Yamaha in second for the first four laps. On the fifth Don Du d ek (T ri ) , who had been breathing d own Sanders' neck, breathed a little harder and slipped by hi m. Rex Barratt on another Triumph, who star ted in th e back ro w , rounded out th e first fo ur . Starti ng in rows of t hree, th e ri de rs lined up fo r the Mai n , an d big bike fan s got that fa miliar spine tingle upo n hear in g 31 75 Occ engines roar. Mert Lawwill led the mass charge into tum one. T he field all made it around fo r the first lap . The lo ng ha ul was underw ay. In t he first tum, after Lawwill, it was Tom White and Scott but in the sorting o ut th a t followed, it was Lawwill , Scott, Ha teley and Yamaha's Jim adorn wh o had started directly behind Lawwill. Lap two saw Paul Bostrom lose his Harley bu t he was up and running again quickly . The next co uple of laps saw the fro nt three starting to leave a little gap between them and adorn wh o was leading the next gaggle. Tom White wa s the first man in for m ech an ical adj ustment. Then, suddenly, o n lap five , Hateley went dow n. He overcook ed it in the esses trying to pass Scott, got right alongsi de and d ropped it . Sco tt demon str ated a much smoother style than the sliding Hateley. Hateley 's front bra ke lever was co mpressed by th e fat Harley seat as he tried to pass an d the fro nt wheel locked up - dumping him . T his put adorn third and Ron Powell fo urth. Further back, the mass of riders were still m o ving around for spots to settle e in to for t he lon g pull. John Sp rry, who turned in great ri des last season o n a Suz uki an d is now riding a Tri um ph fo r Lon g Beac h Triump h, was swa pping p laces wi th Oregon ri de r Ed Her rm ann. Bob Sanders was . the first to retire o n lap seven. On lap eight , Scott passed Lawwill , wh o wa s using his Half-mi le engi ne , th e two Ha rleys settled into t he positions they would fini sh in. Scott put some distance between hi mself and Lawwill, at one point eight seconds, an d started clocking off lap t ime s that, as the race