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ยท_._._._._._._._.his roost. These two diced it out all th e way to the finish . Monte McCoy brou ght his Mid-Valley KTM in for a third . T he second moto was a b it of a differ ent story. It look ed as though McCoy was goi ng to get a top-notch start until he got shoved ou t in th e first comer a nd sp illed. R onny Gibson also went down in the crash bu t they all got up and walked aw ay. W hen McCoy's bik e was toted to th e p its, his ta nk had a hole in th e sid e a bout th e size of a baseball. Luckil y the bike was in worse sha pe than McC oy. . Meanwhile , Kenny Za hrt had taken over the lead a nd began to move out on his Bultaco , As soon as he started stretc h ing out his lea d , Shennan Schneller got a wild hair and was right on Zahrt's ta il. But Kenny (b ei ng th e racer that he is) wanted th e first overall for th e d ay. And he won it by finishing fi rst , Shennan Schnell er ca me in for a fine second place ride , and Steve Rawson scored third overall. Resul ts in Results Section. l.!') M Q) .c o .... u o Lett, Lunde, Blackwell and Fish collect Ascot wins By Rico GA R DENA , CA , SEPT . 22 FMF craftsman Cliff Lett (I -1) rode his Frank's sp onsored H onda to a big payday in the 125 Pro class. The first moto saw Bill Barlow sp rint to the ho leshOI with Lett and " Rad ica l" Ron T u rner's FMF bike close behin d . Ba rlow slipped to thi rd p lace on th e fift h lap as Lett and T urner bega n a wheel- to -wheel duel. L e tt p ulled out t he victory wit h Turner close be hi nd . T he start of the seco nd mot o was a ca rbo n copy of the first with Barlow again ou t front. Lett was too hot to handl e as he blew past Barl ow's YZ and was off to a convi n cing win . But th e racing was for seco nd as Ba rlo w and T u rner foughti t out. Turner slip ped past Barlow late in the race to grab seco nd overa ll. YZ-mountcd Tim Lunde too k the big bu cks in th e 250 Pro race. His victory d idn't co me easy this week as " Ra d ica l" R o n Turn e r doggedly chased t he T &O sponso red Yamaha ride r. Turner piloted his FMF Suzuki a rou n d t he corne rs a s quickly a s anyone on the track but Lunde had the pu ll in th e straights. T urner a nd Maico rider J oe Plante (3-4) started b a nging ba rs a t the finish of t he seco nd mot o with Plante going d own and losing th ird overa ll to Dave Mil ler(5-2). In t he 250 Int ermediate class, Edd ie Dr ake (1- 1) showed excep tiona l style wh ile he ran awa y with victories in b o th m OlOS. Bob Snowden (2- 2) pushed hard to catch Drake but it wasn 't to be. The 500 Pr o race saw the return of R ick Blackwell (1 -1) to the Asc ot tr ack. It was also th e return of the Austin, Texas rider to the winner's ci rcle. Blackwell has captured first place money on each of his Ascot outings. Bob Marino (3-2) and Don Melver (4-3) placed second and th ird overall respectively. On September 29th Ascot will be the site of a $75 bounty race with Tim Lunde being the target in the 250 Pro race. The same night Ascot will host its second leg of the 1977 .women's Autumn Championship motocross event . Crown Cycle-sponsored "Flyin' " Sue Fish smoked her competitors off moving? W ell, HOT OOG! That means you've got another coupon to fill out. After all, we have to send your Cycle News somewhere and what better place than your new address? So don't delay, do it today. --------------------------------------Fill out and mail to: Cycle News, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801 old address new address You may stick on your mail ing label here. name address .- . ..:..... _ zip name _ address _ city state _ _ _ city _ state _ zip _ 13