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CA 92 70 7 (7 14 ) 547-7391 Top time went to Eddie Wirth. congratulations Rick Hock ing gets a dose of hai r conditioner from promoter Don Basile as Jackie Rayborn holds his trophy. Steve Eklund and Ted Davidson sure look serious for a couple of guys who won their classes. .Jim Pomeroy wi nner o f Belgian Grand Prix Jim's got it all together for 1975 and so do Knapp Lackey Adent Bak ken Hasten Fishback T . Brooks C. Brooks Roeseler Kirker Brown They all wear the Royal/Grant helmet. In th e whole Novice line-up there were on ly two n on-Y am ah as, the Bultacos of Ricky Graham and Steve Dietz, (who ha d won a t San J ose). As mentioned before the fog had started to appear and visibility from the stands wasn 't the best as the low ceiling held t he smoke an d st uff down low. It was a Ric ky Grah am - Vin ce Mead go at first with Mea d reall y working at it . Righ t be hind Ted Davidson (Yam ) was co ming up through th e pack, du cking under Craig Annstrong (Yam ) and m ovin g up another place. When Mead bobbled Grah am got him b ut couldn 't h old on to it and Mead go t h im back. Lap seve n Davidso n to o k over and neither o ne of them could catch t he Mo desto rider. Right behind Richard Plueger (Yam) and Steve Carrillo (Yam ) set tl ed fourth and fifth between them . The Junio rs were u p next and afte r Murray Hoffman 's neat ch arge o ff the line which ended in an easy slide out, they settled do wn to a p rocession. No one was going to catch Steve Eklund (Yam). Behi nd him were Pat Guthrie and Dan McWhorter, an o ther Junior who is having a go od year and keepin g the cro wd on their to es at Asco l Friday evenings. 'Thin gs didn 't look to o well for Pat McCaul who had troubles on the tin e requi rin g aid from mechanics as th e Experts lin ed up for the big on e. Finally th ey we re under way and it was Hoc king in the lead. Earlier, in the in terview p eriod Roberts said the winner would probabl y be th e guy wh o got out fron t first , the track be ing the way it was an d Hocking agreed. McC aul was second, the n Roberts an d Raw ls. Kenny m ad e his pas s an d got McC aul . Lap five, Gene Ro mero had to re ti re t o the pits with a bl own engine although he never m ade it t o the very fran t. Now it was ti me for Roberts to m ake a m ove against Ho cking. First he tried the in side route do wn t he back straigh t then we nt t o th e inside for the front section . Finally he go t h im and the crowd was wild, but Hocking go t hi m back an d then co mmenced to put a little distance between them as if to say , " That's eno ugh of that. " McCaul m ade a goo d run at Roberts, then his bik e blew an d again , Ro berts was going faster. \\'a1 t Fos ter (T ri ) was giving J im Rawls a go od go and finally go t him to take third. The checkered flag came o ut and co m ing o ut of t he last tu rn , up we nt Ho ckin g's front wheel again and he rode the rear all t he way down the straigh t fo r the second win there. in two years. Trophies for th e winners of each main and a short in t erview en ded the festivities and t he bi g cro w d p acked u p and started along th e win di n g ro ad fo r home. Next week the bi g ac tion re sumes at Ascot foll o wed by the San J ose mil e . Kenny Rober ts is waitin g for th at one! Results TROP HY DASH : 1. Rick H o c k in g (va ml' 2. To m White (H-D l . 3. K en R o ber t s ( Y am . 4 . Ed die Wirth (H· D). Time 1 : 2 0.74 . NO V ICE M AIN : 1. Ted Davidso n ( Y am) . 2 . Vince Mea d (Yam) . 3. R iCky G r ah am ( Bul) . 4. Ric h ard P1ueger ( Y am ). 5 . Stephen Carr ill o (Ya m). Time : 3 :40.86 J UN I O R M AI N : 1. St eve Ekl u n d ( Ya m ). 2. Pat G uthrie (Trl). 3. Dan McWh ort er ( Y a m ) . 4 . Ha r o l d Be ar d (Yam) . 5. Travis Petton (Y am) . T ime: 4 :25.57. 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