Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.1-< " It only wo rks at Ascot," but whe n it works, Jorgy goes on th at lon g wheelbase Norton. 0. < " Oh, wow ! Bundolo ! He's gonna d ie! Where 's his jum p ramp?" Would you belieye th ere was NO jump ramp? Rookies score second upset on Ascot half-mile / May 3rd & May 4th $2,000 Purse Entries still open - H URR Y By Bob F. Read G ARDEN A , C A LI F ., APRI L 18 For the first tim e in hist ory rook ie Experts h ave won the first tw o main events at Ascot. The first week it w as John Allison. This week it was S t o c k t o n ' s A lex J org e n sen w h o w as i mpre ssiv e not o nce bu t twice in t h e same r a c e . :lohn Haieley ran fo urth with rookie "kip Aksla n d in fift h. Allison drop ped su t late in th e ra ce after turnin g in fast score his sec o nd vic t ory of the year. Norton m o u n t ed Sc ott. Pearson ca m e fro,,:, t h e b ~ck to m a ke It a three way affa ir b u t u m e ran o u t before h e could beco me a serious threat. Murray Ho ffm an led a four rider pac k across the fi nish line fo r fo u rth p lace. Vince Mea d , th e Novice that set a ne w hea t race tr a ck record opening ni ght, w as bac k o n fo rm once again in t he ~ igh tweight div i~i on . .Me ad was tardy gett mg to t he start mg .Ime fo r ~ he heat race and had to sta,: m the. thJr~ row. lie went ~n to w In: turn~ng . In the faste~t N.o\,ce heat lime. Zlppm$ a~d zappIng ri ders one and two at a lime In the first t~o laps. . Steve Fortune turned m a come from beh ind r id e to win h is heat and Ted Davidson scored a heat win: Ricky Gr ah a m put the lone Bul taco into the final with an impressiv,: heat wi'.'. But fr~m t he open!ng lap It was a Mead-Davidson run WIth. challenges on and off by. Graham. . Vmce and ~ed broke away I.n the c1o~mg la p s to d ecide who was gomg to wm o n the . last go a round" . The tw.o sta:ted the ~mal lap n early SIde b y SIde with Mead m front. Going onto th e b ack ch u te for th e final time D- vidson found the o p e nin g on the a inside to shoot thro ugh , take th e lead. and go on for his se cond straig ht Novice ime in time tria ls. win nin g his heat race ma in event win. n d then t he Tro p hy Dash for th e first ime. T he Junior cl a ss was again th e two ide r batt le b e twe en Steve Eklu n d a nd a n McW h orter. Each rider won h is eat rac e to set t he stage fo r t h e te n lap n o ff. The t wo gol o u t in fro nt o f t h e rest f the fiel d early in the ra ce th a t eatu red a lo ne Norton in a herd o f 'amahas. Eklu nd set McW h o rt e r up idwa y in th e final an d went o n t o Fo rtu ne hu ng on for a fourth pl ac e finish wi th San J ose 's Fre d Fa ltersac k in fif th . T he ra ce was stop ped afte r th e firs t lap of the o riginal s tar t whe n G reg Wilburn (lio n). r id in g th e o n ly fo ur stro ker in th e fina l. c ras he d in the se cond t urn. Expe rt roa d rac er. Mik e Devlin . q ualifying for his first ever dirt trac k fi na l, h ad no p lace t o go bu t over t he top . Ne ither ride r was inj ured b ut nei th er o ne m ad e the rest art . • Res ults in Re sul ts Section. '. . Th e fift een lap fin al f e a t u red fo ur ro okies . J o rgy j u mped into the lead on th e Ron Wo od's No rto n with Allison sec ond, Ron Powell th ird a n d Ric k Kraft, the las t r id er t o m ake t h e fi nal, in four th a t the end of th e fi rs t la p. Then Allison d ropped back, fa r o ff his p ace fr o m o pen ing nigh t . Kr aft , who never wo n a m ain event la st year as a unior, m oved u p to second place on lap three. Ri c k Hocking, who had a slow time trial, a so-so heat race an d had to co me fro m behind t o score a thi rd pl ace in his se mi took over third p la ce on lap five. ' The rac e was stopped after eight laps when Danny Ho ckie fe ll in th e North tum. Danny was later taken to Gardena ospital w ith b ro ke n ribs and a unctured lung. The single file re sta r t again found orgensen up fro nt with Ho c kin g in econd and closing. But Kraft was u rning in his best ride as a pro and took econd aw ay with less than two laps to '0. ""IIT Happenings and Services Shake y's Piz za Parlo r PizzaoCh iCken.potatoes-5andwiches C al City Lan e s Bo w ling ·G am e s-Poo l C al City Disc ount M a r ket Liquor· Deli-Meats-Groceries Fri., Sat . till Midnight, Sun . ti ll 6 PM Burkes Department Store P ainted Pony R e s tauran t Cocktails-Entertai nme nt·Oan cing Lake Shore Inn Dining-Cockta ils·E ntertainme nt Dan cing·Lodging Showcase Theatre Live Concert Sat. 10 :30 PM Also " Freeb ie and th e Bean" Balsi tis Arco Levis to Off ice S u pp lies Gas-Complete Auto Service C alifo rn ia Ci t y Soaring Ltd. Glide flights availabl e at Rough Riders Gas-Oll-Moto rcvcle Part s- Accessories Ca lifo rn ia C ity Airpo rt Allred Elec tric 8460 Aspen Ave. Californ ia City. CA 93505 An ita 's Flowers P.O. Bo x 2583 Califo rnia City. C

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