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Western hotline races . T om Hughes was the victor in moto one , leaving second to Rob Selvey. H ughes could n't get a hold on Selvey the second time and Rob led the m any di fferent sizes and types of b ikes in for the finish . The tro p hy winner would be decid ed the final m oro and soon-to-be-Expert Hughes was the one to do it. Selvey lost second a fter lap one and Fred Parker was nex t in line fo r th e num ber two spot. T erry W illiams ha d th ird again as th e previou s m ot o and the ch eckered went to Hughes with Pa rk er seco nd and Willia ms th ird. T he Special Am at eur winner was Tom Hughes and he took one step closer to an Expert ranking . Selvey was second overa ll and T er ry Williams sa t in th e th ird spot. • Results in Resul ts Sect ion. their own race go ing . finishing in that order ahead of Flippin Fred (Ma i). A well -chew ed track did n't hold Novices Killer Ken a nd Toilet Tom from the fro nt of the pack. T he y each won a moto , bu t the Killer too k firs t overall in th e tie-breaker. Ban g Ba ng Bobo held onto thi rd ahead of Lovely Lee. J erryr ig Joh n looked rea dy for a move -u p , goi ng ) -1 for his win in th e Begi nners. Der elict Dave followed . • Results in Resu lts Section. Allison wins Ascot's opening night AMA halt mile By Maureen Lee (Topl Ascot Juniors Eddie Lawson 111RI, Rod Sexton (75EI, Rod Spence r, Jeff Kerr I82RI and Tim McWhoner 1 27RI go for it. Sexton won, Lawson second.IAbovel Expen winner John Allison glanced ove r at Steve Eklund, but the distraction didn't slow him down. IBelowl Wayne Rainey 1182EI beat Danny Perkins I129EI in the Novice Main. Lanky Larry returns to winning at OTHGMX By Bang Bang Bobo O RANGE . CA . MA R . 27 Aft er a brief resp ite , La nk y La r ry (Yam) returned to the " Ove r the Hill Gang" to co rn pete with the Experts a t Sad dl e- 32 back. The who le ga ng wat ch ed as Absurd Al and La nk y La rry d ueled on a tough . muddy tra ck. AI got th e holeshot but his Mai co shook its seat off. a llowing Lanky Larry to gra b th e win . Co rro ded Carl os took advant age of a missed sh ift by Stubby Steve a nd passed him . taking the secon d plac e slot a t th e chec kers. Sych o Sig was a lso a returnee to the Gang in th e Amateu r class. Dop er Dave (C -A) led Sig through rhe mu ddy stuff unt il he lost his chain , giving Sig th e win . Reli a ble Miss Mike went 2-2 for second place. Petrified Pet e beat out Honky Herb for a t hird -p lace finish . It was no surprise whe n Ru ptured Rusty (Suz) went wire-to-wire in the Intermedia tes for first -pl a ce brass. Du Du Dan ( C~) a nd Kra~y Kit (Ya m) had GARDENA , CA , APR. 1 It was John Allison's night at Ascot, as the 1977 half mile season opened. He set the fastest time, 22 .30 seconds, then went onto win h is heat, the Trophy Dash and th e Main. W ith Novices no w restrict ed to single-cylinder 250s (g'bye road racing twins) we'll see a bigger variety of b r a n d s and cl ose r competit ion . Compared to previous years, whe n the ope ni ng night backgate would be in und a ted with Novices . this night there were only t h ree hea ts. The first one saw Mike Keensm an come out of th e scram b le th rou gh turns one and two firs t. foll owed by Danny Perk ins and Don Torto relli. Torto relli's engi ne tie d up, puttin g a~ end to h is effo rts for th e night, bu t Perkins and Keensm an went shu ffling first a nd seco nd betw een thm , with Dorothy Rowe in th ird . Rowe held on firmly to third until th e last lap when Mark Murray go t a wh eel in front and put her in th e semi . In th e seco nd heat W ayn e Rainey got a start that was out of sightIH e just blew them off with no contest and made his the fastest heat. Dave Faria won the third heat. Up came th e Juniors . Rod Spencer