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Lance King stayed out front and alone in Ascot's Scratch Main.
came down for the white flag and took
the lead while doing a wheelie in tum
two on the final lap. De'Temple took
tlte;checkered and a large cheer from
the crowd , ahead of Gage , Ford.
Chrisco, Columbo and Schaeffer.
. "Fast" Ed Thurman sped to a
convincing victory in Second Division
over Eddie Clark. Thurman jumped
out front on the stan ahead of Clark
and Dwight Hill . Thurman led until
the red flew in tu rn one on lap two
when Marty Spellman clipped Hill 's
rear wheel . sending both riders down .
Spellman was able to continue but Hill
was out with mechanical problems.
On the restart "Fast" Ed found
himself in second behind Spellman.
Thurman blasted by Spellman on the .
inside coming out of tum four on the
opening lap. Thurman immediately
began to lengthen his lead over the
remainder of the field . Clark got by
Spellman for second coming out of
tum four on lap four with "Turn One
Legend"
Tom
Hughes
getting
Spellman in tum one on the final lap.
Spellman then retired to the infield
with a failing bike and was credited
with fifth . T he remainder of the field
took the checkered in the following
order: Thurman for th e win with
Clark a distant second followed by
Hughes and Randolph .
In Third Division. Don Bovee had
In impressive ride to take his first IMS
victory of the season. Bovee took the
lead at the start with Phil Harmatiuk
pulling alongside going down the back
chute. Harrnatiuk took the lead over
Bovee in turn three on the opening
lap. Steve Bauer went down in turn
two on lap two taking himself out of
contention. Harmatiuk led until Bovee
reclaimed the lead using the outside
groove to get by on the back chute on
lap three: Harmatiuk fell in tum four
on lap three dropping himself from
second to fifth and leaving Bovee
unchallenged the final lap. Following
BOvee were last week's winner Jeff
Havacko , Craig DePhillipi. Dennis
Abbott. Harmatiuk and Bau er .
~esults
,S CRATCH MAIN: 1. M ike Cumso; 2. Dave Sims; 3.
Alan Christian ; 4. Gene Woods.
HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Davo DeTemple; 2. Derek
Gage; 3. Gory Fo
