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rn Hockie inherits Ascot cliff-hanger 51 DI3 Alienlion 'Dealen! By Bob F. Read 21 DI3 .... g ;... g GARDENA, CAL., OCT. 25 The season champio nship ti tle was not decided until the final tum and the final lap in the last race of the year a t Ascot. It was a cliffhan ger un til the last tum of th e Expert final. Eddie Wirth earlier clo cked fast time but ca me in to - the show forty -five sea son points ba ck o f Morrison who was again on the factory Norton. Rob was 13th in time trials and out of the Trophy Dash . Wirth and Morrison both ended up in the first heat ra ce where Hank Scott took over th e lead on the last lap and went on for the win. Morrison and Wirth both transferred to th e Semi. Keeter led all the way to the fin al round before end ing up second to Scott. Florida's Charlie Seale wa s th ird an d Danny Hockie never go t going, running fo urth . Th e seco nd hea t was a breeze for Mert Lawwill who bested John Gennai and Jimmy Odom. Wirth played i t co o l in the Dash, starting fourth and fini shing fourth to close an other tw elve p oin ts and narrow the margin down to only thirty three . It meant sixth or better in the fin al . If not, Morrison would han g onto th e top spo t. Six riders made th e semi a thriller from st ar t to fin ish with onl y four to transfer to the fin al, Ho ckie fin ally won it in th e lat e laps with Wirth put ting o n another co me -from-beh ind to tak e third behind Tom White. The last main event of th e season under the lights came to the line. It was Scott in front a t the end of th e firs t lap with Keeter, Gennai and Seale cl ose behind. Wirth was moving from the back . Eddie finally got by Odom for sixth place and the season title on lap six . But he lost his front wheel on the next lap and fell in front of John Sperry co m ing out of the far turn. The red flag came out one lap short of being over half the distance . All ten riders were back on the line for the green flag as the race went to lap eigh t. Wirth got back to the line with ' less than a min ute to go, after Eddie gra bbed a co uple of pit han ger-oris who got the bike to t he line befo re the dea dline. Sco tt took o ff for th e second time an d again had the lead over Gennai and this time, Danny Hockie. The final three laps cam e up an d Wirth had moved up to ninth with Jimmy Odom dropping out. Hoc kie was also moving an d shot by Gennai for second with less th an three laps to go . Then Ho ckie made a last lap drive, ca tch ing Scott as th ey went down the backstretch for th e fin al time. At the end of the ch ute Hockie pulled even. They head ed for th e fin al turn with Scott try ing to lea n in fo r th e left bander. There was Hocki e's handlebar and the Californi a{fennessee rid er did a flip that ca rried him to th e wall of turn three. Then came Gennai. He also fell down but said he was not guilty o f - If you' enol selliDg Cycle News, here's your chance 10 gel wilh il. Men is definitely a go-getter. A ccord ing to our latest survey, more th an 60% of all Cycl e News dealers sel l every copy on their counters. Every issue. Cycle News sells ou t because r ead er s li k e ou r no-B.S. approach to everyt hin g from e cology and .m o t o r c y c l e legislat ion to shop tips. home r epa i rs and no-holds-barred product evaluations. Most . i mport ant ly, Cycle News is news. Race resul ts. Po i nt standings. Upcom ing events. News while it 's still news. As a Cycle News dealer, you 'll not only have the pleasure of dispensing a lot of good cycle news to your custo mers, Danny Hock ie - st ayi ng up pays . watching o r hitting Hank's fallen machine. Hoc kie grabbed the chec kers in another o f th e famous Ascot last lap efforts. Wirth e n de d up seventh and Morrison, pacing up and down in th e pits , became the 1974 Asc ot point winne r. 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Just pick a phone number or address below and use it . - Cycle News West Box 498 Long Beach, CA 90801 (213) 427-7433 Cycle News East Box 805 Tucker, GA 30084 (404) 934 -7850 Cycle News Centr al Box 13245 Austin, TX 787 11 (512 ) 444-7548 - Results Ex Fi nal : 1. D anny Hac k le (Yam) ; 2 . C har lie Seale (H ·D ); 3. Jo h n Sperry (H-O); 4. cewav ne Keeter ( Y am) : 5 . Mert La w w lll (H -D) . Jr F inal : 1. W a lt F oster (Tr l ): 2 . T om Kopr iva (Vam): 3 . T o m Berry (Yam) . Nov F i nal : 1. Dan McWhorter (Vam) ; 2. Steve Ekl und (Yam); 3 . Murray Ho ffman (Yam ). 19'7 4 A scot Season Po int Winners E xpert: ROb Morr ison ( N o r ) - Junior: Alex Jorgensen (T r i) Novice: D a n McWhorter (Yam) . before Trophy Dash - Men Lawwill is still t he quick sta rter when it co un t s. ..,......... 1eITI after 0ld -- -,. .... ... Cy cle News Wesl/Ce ntra / asl 29