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thern Calilornia-Arizona·So dropped out o n th e sixth lap. With Adams leading that left a gap for second to be filled in . Troy Mann ing was more than willing. The checkered sh owed Adams with the win and Manning in second. Frank R u ff claimed first Amateur. La rs Larsson instant replayed as he led the wa y in the Vets class. George Luther, Open Expert, followed Larsson in second, but by the fourth lap Bob Maynard, Open Expert, had made his way up and overtook Luther for second. As the checkered nag waved the end of another race and another race day, La rsso n took home his seco nd overa ll victory for the day . Maynard took second overall for the day as he was behind Larsson across th e fi nish. Top 200cc was P hil Nyland and to p 250cc was Peter Bryk. fA specia l thanks to Andre Butcher and R ich Kastner who stopped to hel p an inj ured rider in th e Open race . Courtesy makes for better racing for everyo ne. Cable triples at Ascot By Tom Corley GARDENA, CA , MAY 18 T onig h t Craig Cablejoined an elite group of riders who have won a ll three P ro classes a t the Continental Motosports Club's Ascot Pa rk motocross. Ro n Turner and Todd Peterson performed this feat in past seasons, but they have been Pros for many years . Cable is relatively new in the Pro class and only has two years under his belt. Supporting Cable for this 1983 season are Paci fic Coast Honda, Kal.G a rd , Miller Pro d ucts, Roost Factory, Scott Goggles and HPS. It was a Pro points night, as it is every thi rd Wednesday of th e month at Ascot. A substantial increase o f riders was seen in the 500cc Pro class. There were 17 co mpetitors with Cable taking the top gold. Gary Jones was ona Honda , and h e was the runnerupto Ca ble in the lead moto. In th e fina l even t, G len Seneca l was the to p rider for most of th e tim e till Cable broke by. Senecal returned to the p rogram on a Honda for O ran ge Honda. Two firsts gave Cable the victory. 'R uss Wageman was goi ng for the 125 a n d 250cc Pro class wi ns, bu t h is plans were cut short by Cable. Wagema n topped the 250cc class in the first moto, leading Cable. Jeff Jen nings a nd Ron Turner are two lon g time Pro ri ders in SoCal, and they had to fo llo w the newcomer Cable in the final mota. The 2-1 tally belon ging to Cable took the top honors. T h e l25cc Pro event was th e most exci ti ng Pro race as the top ri ders tangled, with Cable avoiding the con fusion 10 take th e wi n. In th e first mo ta Doug Bo wers, d ro p pi ng h is K'FM for a Yamaha, took the hol eshot. R uss Wagem an was ta ki ng so me close calls tryin g to work by the leader Bowers. T he two came to th e palm tree co rne r a n d Wagema n sm acked into Bowers, which res u lted in th em bo th stalling. Ca ble was in th ird at th e time a nd he ra n in to bo th of th em . Bill L u n ney took adv antage of this and took over th e lead. Cable cleare d th ro u g h th e m ess rat her quickl y and ca ught L u n ney as he boggl ed while sai ling ov er a sm a ll j ump befor e the fi nish . It was Cable, Lunney, Page a nd Bowers for th e m o ta. ' 5 ~ S d ; 1 _ 1 ) I I ; q ~ ):l I W l l l " n SJ/' • LOUiSVille. KY May 14·16... , Joe Folgore, on his Suzuki Katana pro-stock. led the pace in Qualifying, then went on t o set a new 1/8 m ile IDBA top speed record at 127.47 m iles per hour. Top proresstonats, like Joe Folgore, alwayS rely on the top equipment This was Joe's fi r st tim e out using WEB-CAM PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS and the result speaks fOr itself! With the top equipment you cou ld be setting your own records. Get the full story on your recoro -settmq camshaft ror street, track and Off-road . f rom your local WEB-CAM dealer or send $2 fOr the 1983% cata log . • 45. _ j -~