Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

then running second in the Final. Ari zona's Rick Kraft took third af ter a lso win ning his Heat. J o rgensen was shunted do wn to fourth . Brent Ka nuer re tu rned to Hal f-mile racing in the No vice class after man y wee ks and supplied the co m petitio n fo r Elbe rt T urner. Turner an d Kn au er too k turns leadi ng the final in the early laps with Turner finally p u tti ng away h is twelfth victory of the year on the las t lap in the lightweight Main event. Dan :' IcWho rter dr opped down to third this week with Brian Garcia c o m ing from t he back row to take a closing fourth. • EUROPEAN'S ~'SECRET . ~ Are you ti red hal fway th rough the r a c e ? Try S iberian Ginseng Extract fo r 30 days and wat ch the trophies come in. SPE CIAL £\l\~~ ' 3D-day supply ,;\VJ f:,t~Uo"\') $6.95 U\~ .... .... < Results Expert Final: 1. Danny Hoekie (Yam); 2 . Ro n Moore (Tri); 3. Rob Morrison (Nor): 4 . Charlie Thielke (Tril; 5. Shorty Seabourne (Nor!. Ju nior Final: 1. Skip Aksland (Yam); 2.. 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TERRY INDUSTRIES PO Box 1321. Hesperia.CA 92345 14 Sowell gains upset; Hackie comes back to win By Bob F. Read M.O.B.£." 'c&ee ~ of California 0.- 3 . Brian LaPlante By Alan Shepherd Devon Sowell shocked the troops in the Dash, then broke some sort of John Hateley-held record as he al steps off bike, b) drops trophy, c) grabs girl, d) waltzes her out of sight. M.O.R.E (Yam) ; Broken Bell ends his own Ascot streak _ _ Hackie (Yam); 4. Ron Moore (Tri). _ city state Brent Knauer (Yaml; 3. Dan McWhorter (Yam); 4. Brian Garcia (Yam); 5. Robert Murray (Yaml. Trophy Dash: 1. Devon Sowell [Nor): 2. Danny Ha ckie and Ro b Mo rri so n returned fro m eastern Nationals to try an d ge t bac k to th eir wi nn ing way s . H a cki e mad e it but Morrison ca me up with engine troubles late in th e Expe rt fin al and managed to hold o n for a slowing third pl ace. Ha cki e, riding th e Dick Keirn Yama ha , clocke d the fastest time tr ial way d ow n in t he midd le tw enty-two second brac ke t. In the lI ea t Danny then p ut it o n Mo rr iso n , Brian LaPlan te an d J ody Nicho las. Rookie Devon So well picked this Friday night to turn in his best ride in the Expert class. Sowell upset Ron Moore and DeWayne Keeter to win his Heat and get set for th e Trophy Dash . Then Sowell, on his Dad tuned Triumph. su prised Hockie, Moore and LaPlante and led the Trophy Dash from start to finish for his first Expe rt m o ney win. Devon became t he seventh straight di fferen t r ider to win t he Das h in the last seven wee ks. But a fter a big kiss fro m the Trophy girl an d hu g and a ha nds hake-f ro m his Dad , Devon the n went o ut an d cras hed in t he Main eve n t, trying to stay with Hockie, Moore an d Morrison. Hockie too k th e lead from Moo re on th e second lap with a two ri de r turn shot t hat found him co ming fr om third to firs t past Sowell and Moore. Fro m then on it was Ho ckie fo r his second Main event win of th e season. Mo rriso n, who was bidd ing for his fourth win of t he year , raced it o ut wi th Moore until the final lap s, then th e engin e so ured and he was lucky to hang on fo r third place. f'or Nicholas it was his sec o n d week of co meback actio n. The fo rmer Ascot point cham p slo wed co nsi dera bly late in th e F inal and fin ished eight h in the t en rid er field. He was bac k aboa rd th e Haro ld Alli son No rto n that carried h im to man y wi ns a few seasons back. For th e second wee k in a row th e Junior class belon ged t o Ski p Aks land , Sk ip turned back Ascot point leader Alex Jorgenson in both the Hea t race and the Final to again close the poi nt gap. Tom Berry had his best night in many weeks, winning his Heat race and Brent Knauer (194) returned to renew the Novi ce points duel with Elbert T urn er (1 26). Turner got under him and won the Final. GARDENA, CAL., AUG . 14 "Is Mik e Bell ever go ing to br eak down ?" T ha t 's the q uestion asked repeatedly over th e .past fo ur o r five mont hs. The last ti me he crashed was way back in April and the last time hi s b ike broke was way be fo re th at. Well, t onight at Asco t Park, it broke loose on him and his mighty win streak came tumblin' d own. In th e first round , wh ile chargi ng t hro ugh t he pack, his Honda sudden ly seized . Bac k in t he pits, th e Bell camp went to work maki ng repairs. But, when com pl eted, th ey fo rgo t to bolt th e head back do wn an d whil e out in the lead in the se cond race, th e bike again broke down. Bell was n't the o nly o ne h avin g troubles. First mot o winner T im Lunde , now o n a Kawa saki riding for D-G Perfo rmance Specialties. had the bike bl ow earl y in th e second moto and he retired for th e night. Second moto winner Alvin Blain [Kaw] co uld n 't get good star ts in th e other two and ended up sixth in each o f them. It all left Mar k Tyer, now riding for D onn i e E m ler ' s Flying Machine Fact ory, ready to scoop up the spoils and take t he vict ory witho ut winning a single mo to . Bell won th e final. Bob Marin o (lion) wit h I I points, took second. And t he loss stoppe d Bell's night streak at 12. Will lIarper finally wen t home a pro winner. He topped the 250cc Pros with no real co n ten tio n from anyone. Jeff Jenn ings (Ho n) had to o verco me a sevent h in the first mo to to earn second Overall, an d bo t h Dave Pessy (Oss ) and Bill Rubl y, ri ding a Mon tesa for Wheelsmi th , also had tr oubles and finished way d own th e list. Ru b ly made up-for it by bringing off a thrilling co me back win o f th e 500cc Pro s. He had won th e fir st two whil e Dan Barnes . als o on a CZ, h ad taken second. This meant he ne eded a sec o nd in th e fin al to insure the victory over Barnes. Dan jumped to th e lead an d Rubl y was holding sec ond. Then it happened. Rubl y pulled off the tr ack and went to work on his bike to get it re-fired. The pa ck pulled away. Curtis Lessel (Mai) took over sec o n d. The last nag appeared and R ubly had closed in to fourth . Half a lap remained when he made a move for third , made it. and almost sim ultan eo usly, Lessel went down. Rubly shot by to regain secon d and he took the Overall win ! An incr edi ble race and i t form ed a perfect endi ng to a most unusual night at Ascot. Results in the Results Sect ion .

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