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'" '" g aM r- '" N N > '" :; '" :: w z W ...J U > U B efo r e the end, Tom Wh ite (42 R ) and T erry Do rsch switched pl aces. GARD EN A, CAL ., May 12, 1973 - Th e annual Natio nal TT race does not come up at Ascot until Jul y 21st b ut J ohn Hatel ey and his family t u ned Triumph are already m arked as the co mbo t o beat in th e b ig one . Fo r th e second straigh t time the second year Ex pert f ro m V an Nuy s gu n ne d h is way to firs t pl ace u nd er th e Iigh ts in G arden a. Hateley sta rted slo w , no t quali fying fo r t he Trophy Dash wi thin th e fou r fastest ti me tri als. He was sixth . Then Jun ior Rick Ho cking led him until th e final lap o f th e heat race b e fore Hateley put it all toge the r and w on. T erry Dorsch and Tom White h ad a perso n al tw o rider dud going. most o f th e eve n ing. D orsch nipped White in a clo se bail ie in t he heat race. T hen Whit e ca me bac k to edg e th e Ascot TT po int leader in th e Dash. Ho cking fell o ff and en de d up last, beh ind Junior Dan White, Tom 's id entical twin broth er. T he n Ho ck in g again tri ed to top th e E xperts in th e final and led the first three laps. Hatel e y cam e from third on th e first lap to tak e ove r th e lead o n lap fo u r, le aving Ho c kin g, Dorsch and T orn Whi te to sort it ou r.For sec o nd pl ace, The E xperts th e n gave Ho cking a t aste of wh at it 's goi ng to be lik e as a n Ex pert ne xt season . Wh ite mo ved in to seco nd o n the fifth lap, an d Dorsch passed th e hotsh ot Junio r for third on th e ninth la p . lI o ck in g still rode a grea t race an d staved in the re . The e nd found th e firs t fou r far ahead of Dan Wh ite wh o finished in fifth SPOI. Novices The n ew rule change allo wi ng 350 and 3 60· singles in the l\' ovice class this ye ar is creating so me limel igh t fo r Ka wasa ki. J ohn Allison w on h is h eat on on e and then go t " p er fect s tart in the final to lead all th e " a;' and win h is firs t wh ich was als o th e firs t fo r Kawasa ki at Asco t. Bob Hosford came fro m fifth o n hi s Hond a 3 5 0 four s tro ke r to work int o second by la p th ree, bUI i t was 10 0 late to catch the flyi ng Allison. Jerry Kol e and R an d y Miller, b oth o n Yamah as, won their he at rac es but Miller crash ed in the final. Kole passed Tom Ko p riva on t he last lap in the Main for t hird pla ce . T he next ni gh t '1'1' at Ascot will b e on Memorial Day night, May 28 th. T here will be ab ou t th ree more T I"s before the July 21 st $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 plus National event at the Gardena track. RE5ULT5 EX PER T / JU N IO R FINA L : 1. John Hateley (T ri ). 2. Tom White (Tri). 3 . Terry Do rsch rr-n , 4 . Rick Hocking (Yam ). 5. Dan Wh ite (H ·D ). 6. Frank Gillespie (Y am ). 7. Rodger Ri ng rr-n , B. Dewayne Keeter (H ·DI. 9 . John Sperry (Tril. 10 . Scott Erick so n (BSAI. 11 . Sonny Burres (n il . 12 . Eddi e Muld er rr -n. NOV ICE FI NAL : 1. John Allison (K awl. 2 . Bob Hosford (Honl. 3. Jerry Kole ( Ya ml. 4 . Tom Kopr iva (Yam ). 5 . Earl Roloff (Yaml. 6 . K irby Shropshire (Suzl . 7 . Rick · Kraft (Yaml. B. Don Fr auenberger (Bull. 9 . Jim Ste inbach (Yam). 10. Tom Avoian (Oss) . 11 . Rand y M iller (Yaml. 12 . Brad Holt (Kaw). Lil Jo hn is getting righ t good at this twisty -jumpy stuff .