Berry, McDowell Each
Win Two at Prado 11
Jim Berry and Kirk McDowell
were dou ble winners Oct. 24 at the
Nomads' Prado Park TT Scr a m bles.
Berry won the 250cc expert and
21-inch amateur races, while McDowell - nearly invincible in the
lightest of the lightweight classesswept the 50cc and 100cc expert races.
On ly other ri der among the 209
entries to come close to a twin win
was Randy Say, runnerup in the
125_175cc amatuer-expert race and
again in the 250cc expert duel.
Jim Hunter won the best race of
the day, the 500cc expert moto. He
lost the fi rst event to Arville S pa r ks,
then nipped Sparks twice in a row to
win overall.
B ill Riley had an easier time of it
in the open expert, whipping C. H.
Wheat and Ron Bonner in 100-degree
plus temperature.
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Kirk McDowell, top 50 rider at
Nomads IT.
Arv ille Spa rks hunted the Hunter at Prado, but o nly fo und his dust.
TANNER HOLDS OFF
H-D SWEEP
will of San Francisco - started to
move. He passed Gu y Louis, Holland
and Lacher with six laps to go.
Sam m y T an n er is a frontrunner.
On lap 11, he passed Rayborn, and
Let hi m get an early lead, and you .
to ok ov er second . He continued to
won't get close enough to smell h is
close on Tann er , gaining ev ery la p,
exhaust. Bu t beat him ou t of the
be fore time ran out and Sam m y held
first turn. keep him back in third
him off at the flag by three lengths.
or fourth place the first few laps and
Tanner's win over the four Harley
you won't have to worry about him
riders p revented the first Harley
the r est of the race. He won't get
sweep in Ascot history. Ea rlier , H -D close enough-ito smell your exhaust.
mounted Barry Whit m or e had u pset
At least that's always been t h e
Johnny Isa acs and Ron Kruseman for
theory at Ascot P ark.
his first novice main event win of
Last Friday night, Tanner buried
the year, and Harley.mounted Jim
that theory-and the hopes of four
determined opponents.
( Continued on Pa ge 8)
Sa m ba started " the 15-lap m a i n
event in the back row, and spent the
first two laps well back in the p ack
while three Harley-Davidson riders
- Mel Lacher.Cal. Rayborn and B ruce
