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Billy Gray "let her dr ift ou t" and nailed first money in the Hand icap Main on th e long track. Abou t 8,000 fans attended .
Ascot speedway races
G A R DE N A, CA L .. NO V . 18
Compared to the fast-paced speedway shows of the season past,
Ascot's once-a-year Class A program seemed to drag a Iittle. Larry
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Hu ffm an u tt erc d his spiel like a
windup gra ma pho ne going from
exte nded play to is RP:\! w ith a
{5-RP:\! record , bu t th c an -
nouncer barely filled th e gaps bet wee n
th c fo ur- lap ra c es. With o nly eight turn s
in every two -m ile h eat it wa s speed all
rig ht. h ut the re was littl e passi ng go ing
o n, except by Billy Gray and Dell"ayne
Kee t er .
Gray . fa miliar to m ot ion pic tu re fa ns
as the " Devils Advo cate" in the m o vie
IV e re w o loc s O il IV/w eb" lea r ne d to
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con trol h is bi ke in the fast , o u ts ide. hi Kh
groove a nd came fro m be h ind in just
one: lap to wi n th e Handicap Main go ing
awa y . Thc h igh groove is d c finitel y th e
fas tes t wa y aro u nd th e Ascot h al f-m ile
on a s peed way hi ke , hut it is a lso th e
leas t spectacula r. unl ess everyone else is
trying to slide around th e p o le Ii kc th cy
were las t Frida y n igh t . In t h at sc t tin g,
Bill G ray 's ri di ng lo o ked spectac ular ,
Th e ye llow-clad race r tu rned h is blac k
and o ra nge c heckered h el me t to sta re
be hi nd h im as he p oured th e n itro to hi s
Jawa, b em used by a ll t h e d ist a nc e hc
cou ld ga in up t bc rc. Nobo d y c lsc
seemed to fig u rc i t o u t. Sa id Gray , " I
found o u t in tim e tri als. th e rear cnd
just slid arou nd. <.} ()\\"11 o n th e p ol e. So I
d ecided to just hold it on a nd le t he r
d rift o ut.
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DeWa yn c Keet er raced a mo re
co n ven tio na l sty le , h u t se emed to h ave
the m o to r and the d aring to slu ff it in
d eeper and co me ou t fa st er although
Kee t er , li ke G ray, m ad e most of h is
pass es O il the ou tside . Ke e ter fin ally
to o k secon d h eh ind Bru ce Pc nhall in th e
Scrat ch Co nsolation fina l, a ft cr mak ing
it a good show.
It will h e in te res ting t o see wh at t h e
speedway racers do nex t ye a r with th e
exa mple Gray se t for th e long tr ac k. If a
fe w m orc m en d ecide to try the h igh
gr oov e. a nd if prom o ter Sam m y T a n ner
ca n q u ic ke n his progra m a lill ie, h e m a y
have a grea t n ew a ttrac t io n h e re.
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Res ult s in Re sul ts Se ct ion .
Morc ph otos ne xt p age.
