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Bridesmaid Mel Lacher tinally played the role o[ the bride last week and won the I5-lap Expert Final [or the first time this year at Ascot Park. It was a wire-to-wire run [or the San Diego rider who had appeared able to win everything, except a Main Event. HODAKABILITY Continues as,J. MORGAN (naturally) Trail Class HODAKA Spoke Benders Pacific So./West ChamDilllsbip Hare Scrambles 'LUS ([irst 7 out o[ 10 finishers were on Hodakas) Desl,n.d & Import.d by PABATCO Dlstrlbut.d by: H.A. N.lson (PIlon. (213) 243-1017) Glendal., Calif. So. of K.rn County L.avltt Pow.r Tool Co., Inc. 2265 Sunrise Blvd. Raacho Cordova, Calif. (Phon. (916) 635-6970 No. of Kern County The Harley-Davidson ace scored a clean sweep, winning the heat race for the fifth time in six weeks and the Trophy Dash for lhe third time. His three-in-a-row in the dash event now ties him with Gene Romero as the only two riders to win three straight trophies this season. Mert First to Fade Lacher had challengers most of lbe way in his bid for lbe win. MertLawwill. who posted lbe lastest beat rece win of lbe night, was lbe first to try Lacher on for size. Mert faded out of lbe picture at lbe end of three laps wilb Chris Draayer and Sammy Tanner closing in. On lap eight it was Romero replacing Tanner for third with Draayer still a solid second. Lap ten found Dan HaallY shoving Romero out of third and setting sail after a be.d s tart off the line. The late laps again found Tanner dropping be.ck and finally ending up in a distant sixth position with Romero holding fourth, Haaby third and Draayer in for second. The closest expert race of the night came in lbe five lap semi where only two riders could transfer to the feature. Romero won a close decision over Pat Gosch, Paul Conserriere and Guy Louis. Gosch never moved into second and a transfer until lbe final 100 yards. L.ft. Ann.tt. Camp presents trophy to Lach.r. Abov., G... Rom.ro h.ads a pack of of·the-s.ason Ascot shoes. season. John Carter again ran second with Randy Say in third. Randy "Tireless" Say lost the tire orf the rear wbeel in the beat race and came in for last place in the semi to "in lbe event and again go to the main event and cbop lbe point lead held by Ron Kruseman. Roo was a distant fourlh in the final this week. Pruett Persists Tuck and go Larry Pruett waged a ding-dcng battle with Mike Morton for the novice main event win. The lead changed hands five times between the Yamaha and Suzuki riders before Pruett wrapped up his second straight main event win. Earlier, both riders had won their respective heat races with Morton's time three seconds faster than that of Pruett. Again it was a bad night for the top rour Ascot experts as all four went down to defeat in the rour white plate five-lap events. Lacher upset Tanner, Chuck Jones took the measure or Ralph White in a close one. Mert Lawwill stopped Dan HaallY who went into the race with four straight heat wins and Draayer upset Gene Romero. Only two more half miles remain lbis year wilb lbe state championsbip and final balf mile of the year coming .., next week on Friday night, ovember 11th. All riders will then be honored at the annual victory be.nQuet at the Gardena Elk's Hall on Friday night, November 18t!'. (Lap charts on page 16) October 21, 1966 It's Shorty••• Again Slippery Shorty seaboume kept right on rollin g in the amateur class and again came up with a heat race and main event win to run his overali win streak to eight straight, the longest amateur streak this year. Seaboume bas not lost a yellow place race since last september and is proving to be the only consistent amateur this ~WINS ~*******************' ~'-----------------l~ ~I EVERYWHERE .~ ~l THE I~ pH I~ ~l DIRTDIGGERS 1*1 l~ pH ~l .ARE SORRY. •• l:l "'1 pH for the 317 rider entries we were forced to return for ~. our forthcoming event. In the best interests of safety we ~, felt 747 contestants were the safe limit. However, we ~I would like to thank al11064 riders that supported our cause. ~ You may rest assured that we will now continue to hold further events for you as we have in the past. If "Big Daddy • Columbus" throws you all out, we have memberships open , in C.O.M.P. "Keep your best wheel sideways." See you at ~ the DirtDiggers Grand Prix November 19 & 20. Sincerely, DirtDiggers M.C. Ptl ~ .n~ ~ !t£££££££££££££££ ... 1*' ptt l*t *t t 1lH IlH _J *i =£¥-*j 1 A.C.A. Short Track Championship sf _ KEITH MASHBURN .. L.A. DEALERS ,"'"",. JACK BALDWIN M/C Santa Monica ROBT. M. LAW M/C Anaheim Tarrance HOCKIES M/C MASON MOTORS Pasadena STEVE HURD M/C Montebello MISSION HILLS M/C SepUlveda K & N MOTORCYCLES Riverside SHELL MOTORS Lynwood BILL KRAUSE Inglewood LAMOREAUX M/C Sunland TEMPLE CITY HONDA Temple City TRACY'S M/C Burbank NICHOLSON MOTORS N. Hollywood Greeres Check these Results In ONLY 3 rides on a Greeves 1st time out-won Heat-SemiTrophy and Main. 2nd time out-won Heat-5emiTrophy and Main. 3rd time out- won Heat- SemiMal·n. He had been riding ANOTHER MAKE all season and had never won a main event. 3 TIMES OUT - 3 MAIN EVENTS. :: : : I :: :2 ::::: : Sbilllllents coming in again- NOW GREEVES means - power· dependability - rugged - superior handling· riding comfort All ,arts in stock •••• •••• if you need them!