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.. '" '" Q. M e-- WHAT MAKES DONNIE TRICK? '" . t: .., " til ~ w Z w ~ U >U 4 On t he t hirt eent h lap . Hatetev too k over from LaPlante. If y~u ride aYamaha we'll tell you And One For JohnPh o to s b y Dan M ah ony GA RDENA, CAL ., J u ne I - .Joh n Hat eley m ad e a stun ning mid- race charge to snatch vic tory from Brian LaPlan te at to nig ht's Ascot Half-mil e. H at ely started th e J unior-Ex pe r t m ain in fif th a nd th en settled down to so lid , co nsis te n t four th place . LaP lan te , in the m ean time h ad d iced brie fly with Larry G ino, and th en , as the two of the m p ulled awa y fro m th e rest o f the field , LaPlante eased ope n a lead o n Gino. Hat eley was runnin g b ehind third pl ace T o m White . A ll four riders we re T ri u mp h m ounted. T h e race h ad just reache d t hat p oin t wh en it lo oks lik e everyone h as se ttled in and n othing m ore is go ing to happen . Bu t th en Little J oh n ap par en tly d eci de d th at it was time to go . He dr ove past White and went after Gi no, wh o , fee ling the p ressu re , closed up o n LaPlan te. T hen , in one lap, H atele y nipped past G ino and pulled abreast of LaP lan te . Brian struggled for a m ome n t and th en succu mbed. Wit h tw o lap s to go the race was Hateley ' s. It's not what's on top of Don's head (which inci dentally is a Yamaha racing helmet). It's what's inside that counts. There's no substitute for a good rider but when you're runn ing against a lot of good riders then what you 've got inside your bike can and wil l make th e d ifference . Your Yamaha dea ler can now sell you t he Yamaha Racing Tips Catalog developed thru t he experience of many races of all types, t he trial and error solut ions of our Yamaha racing seam bound in a hard cover, loose-leaf book fully diagrammed with step by step modifications for as much add it ional performance as your right hand and heart can hand le. .~ Your Yamaha dealer also has the new Racing Parts Catalog (sor ry, not for sale). -,.... ..:;= _ Goodies galore and all Yamaha . tested for maximum performance. .:::..And whi le you 're at it, che~k the iJACffft;:....~ complete lin e of Yamaha-accessories .~ and our smashing new line of apparel . ~~ in stock now at your Yamah a dealers . .~ ~ E arli er, LaP lante had n o t been threat en ed a t all b y Ha tele y as th e fo rme r won th e T ro p hy D ash wi th Larry G in o h oldin g Hateley to third ah ead of Denn y Kan agae (Nor). Bruce Hanl on (Yam ) h ad a d iffi c ult time h oldin g off the de termin ed drives of S ki p Aksland (Yam) who tried an d trie d an d tried to p ass wi th o u t succes s. Akslan d to ok t he initi al lead u ntil ' Han lo n d ro ve b y o n the third lap . It was all Hanl on' s ga me afte r that. A ks lan d p ulled alo ngs ide of him seve ral times bu t was j us t out of the win ning spo t wh e n th e fl ag fell. .l?'.'Ilra ' l"J.!lfJ g .' JI R ESUL..TS : N O V M A I N: 1. Br uce H anl o n ( Y am) ; 2. Sk ip A k sland ( Yam) ; 3 . R a ndy Mi ller \Ya m ) ; 4 . Tom Be rry ( Y am); 5 . RandY Gr lf f l h (Y aml: 6 . Mar c B arban l (Yam ) : 7 . Br ad H o lt ( Kaw) ; 8 . G ary Bevan s (S u i); 9 . C h uc k Soderst ro m ( Y am); 10 . Ja ck La ngst o n (Yam) . EX M A I N : 1 . Jo h n H etet e y (Tr l) ; 2 . B rian L a Plan t e (T r l) ; 3 . La rr y Gino (T r i) : 4 . T om Wh it e ( H -D ) ; 5. Dan Wh ite (H·D ) : 6. D an ny Heck le (Yam) : 7 . Mi k e Rens low ( T r l ) ; 8 . 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