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ASCOT HALF-MILE , T hree-tim e E i g h t Mile National Champion Sa m my Tanner breezed to hi s 10th main event win of the season at Ascot P a r k Fr id ay night in a IS-lap race highlighted by the joc key- • 12, and was cutting Tanner's huge lead slig h tly until he w ent down on th e final la p . Ta n ner's win. his 34th at Ascot this year, gives him 1,855 points, more than 500 ahead of runnerup D an Haaby's 1,328. Haaby finished second to Ta nne r in the d ash and was sixth in the main after running with the lead. ers in the early going. Neil Keen passed Haaby for fourth on lap five and Guy Louis shot by Haa by a few laps later. Keen's effort moved him to fifth in the expert point standings with 826 points, 16 more than Dick Hammer. Tanner, Haaby and Rayborn won the expert heats, wit h Tanner's 2:00.73 the fastest t ime. Paul Conserriere, riding a Harley- THE NEW MOTORCYCLE JOURNAL - Sep:l. 29. IS65 - PAGE NINE HELP WilTED-MEl Exce llent opportun ity for mechanics , sa lesmen , parts men. Both full and part t·i me. Southern Ca lifornia's fast est growing dea ler has these open·ings due to rapid growth and expansion at Norwalk and Long Beach stores . TOP PAY AND FUTURE. JENKINS SPORTS CENTERS Yamaha, Norton, M atchl ess complete guarantee d ser vice on all makes. Open 7 days a week . Ca ll or see Brian Jenkin s at 868-9997. 13200 - 13210 San Antonio Drive, Norwalk, California . • You'll always see 'it FIRST In the New Motorcycle Journal J ' All th is and ' money too ! "Just as • ing for positions behind him. Tanner, riding a BSA, scored a clean sweep with h is 17th heat v ictory, hi s seventh trophy dash win and his second straight main event. Cal Rayborn of San Diego finished second, just ahead of Fred Nix, the first-year expert from Texas. Rayborn led the first two la ps before Tanner roared around him in the north turn of lap three. Rayborn, Nix and newly crowned 20-mile National cha m p Mert Lawwill dueled for second the la st five laps before Lawwill sp illed in the south turn on the last circuit. The tightly bunched riders swung to both sides, all missing Meet, who fell in the exact spot he went down in during his eight-mile national heat earlier this month. The San Francisco hotshoe started in the back r ow Friday night after finishing fourth in his heat, but he quickly closed on the frontrunners, and moved by Nix to take third on lap 11. He passed Rayborn on lap figured, hard Pire llis." Davidson for the first time at Ascot after a full season on Triumph, won the fastest amateur heat in 2:01.76, and also won the amateur main event in 4:03.49. Phil Cancilla of San Jose led the first two laps of the main before Conserriere took charge and won going away over Chuck Jones, Cancilla, Gene Romero, Chuck Rose and Son n y Nutter. No vice point leader Johnny Isaacs pushed hi s Yamaha to victory for the seventh straight time in the main event, winning by a length over Bert Er shig, who gave him his best race in two months. Isaacs now hs 1,404 points, more than 300 ahead of the late Clemmie Jackson. Alex Yerkes was third in the 'B' main. Isaacs' heat win was the fastest of the night in his class (2:07.53) and was also h is 14th of the year. Is aacs, who also won the dash, has now won 24 races in 1965. DON 'T MISS THE 11 t h ANNUAL DEATH VALLEY MOTORCYCLE TOUR-OCl: 30;31 SAT. AND SU N . SEE YOUR MOTORCYCLE DEALER OR W RITE DEATH VALLEY COMMITTEE 12738 S. PARAMOUNT BLVD . DOWNE Y, CALIFORNIA FOR ENTRY BL ANKS & COLOR BROCHURE. • ENT RIE S CL OSE OCT . 16TH 1WO WHEfLt; 600P fOUf WH£EJ,~ ~AP! • • BILL KRAUSE HONDA - PERSONAL SERVICE DEPT. LARGE PARTS SUPPLY FINANCING AVAILABLE MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE-ANY MAKE BILL KRAISE HIIiDA 1257 S. LA BREA ( NEAR CENTURY ) INGLEWOOD CALIF . . 671-0407 • "Now, gentlemen , w ith .' apologies to the late George Orwell . . ..