ASCOT SHORT TRACK
A ..... 111I slick II'H" ... Y1dell Ibe actio. at lIIe seenll Ascot
_ _ IlIi Ie race of lIIe seasea.
II Ibe Mall EftId, rill. an. rid. pt c-ebt wilb lIis "'eels off tile
fast palll ad oat il lie slippery ....
Dick H _ we. everytling in sipt util lbeMail Eyelt ad looked
like tile wi_ in tile first few I.s. n . he was presSired aad ,ISSH by
011 Haaby who was fresh .... taklag his I..,s at tile Sill Diego i....r tile
Ii&llt Hftre.
Photos by Dennis Greene
Hammer stayed on Haaby's rear
wheel but was caught trying too hard in
the first tum and took another of his
·controlled crashes· which put him out
of the running. He did get back in later
to f1ni sh 11 th.
Earlier. Hammer won his heat race.
the semi and then the Trophy Dash before being stopped in the Main Event.
sammy Tanner. the previous Ascot
winner. started out by winning his heat
race but then was upset by Jim Berry in
the semi. with Berry coming up to snatch
the win in the final lap.
Short track ace, Butch Corder, bad a
hard way to go all afternoon and managed to get into the final but" was the
first to drop out with mechanical problems.
A three-rider spectacular took place
in the semi woo by Berry when Jim
Deehan lOt sideways balfway down the
backstretch and [eD off in front of Roo
Krusenao aad BiD Odom. Odom'll machine took Deehan's riC ricbt down the
middle, with both rider lIDd _chine OyinC lliell aad far llnucll the air.
All three riders ended .. Oat OD
lIIeir backs but later were able 10 eet
. . aad walk away [rom the wreckace.
Haaby posted the fasted heat race
time with Cal Rayborn coming up with
the best five lap time in the semi-main
events.
The latest Novice to stick his head
above the many top rated Experts and
give them a run [or their money was
Blli Cody.
·Buffalo· ran third in his heat race
behind Bailey and McMurren and then
came back to run a strong third in the
semi behind Haaby and McMurren. Cody
took a well earned seventh in the
twelve rider final to garner top Novice
honors for the afternoon.
(Results 00 page 16)
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