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~ Q,) '00 Q,) ::s "" iilt r..J :i!: r..J ...::J U Qj c Qj ~ Cl :... III U c -= Qj Cl ~ III oS ,g =Dan Haaby erabs a handful of throttle to be flrst off the line fo' the F,lday nleht Trophy Dash. Haaby (BSA) edeed out Lache' (37), Chuck Jones (24x) and Ralph While (15)• • mce Rick Wooda slides In under Jo. Hamilton (205) and llide. Griffith. Woods led llIe chase'" wire 10 wire. Daft Smith won his heal rac. btI1 _ BSA CREW TAKES REVENGE One setback was enough for the famed -BSA Wrecking Crew· and they came ba.ck last Fri~ night at Ascot to seek revenge. Dan Haaby, Sammy Tanner and Ralph White ripped and roared their way throllgfl the EJPert class with the overall point lead cbangillg bands once again. out of the final turn to push the White opened for the crew by winning his heat race with the fastest five laps of the night. This came without benefit of any practice because he arrived just in time to climh aboard in the heat race. Haaby followed White and also knocked off his heat race for the fourth straight week to remain undefeated in the five lappers. champ into the Semi-Main. It looked like Tanner's turn in the semi but first year Expert, Shorty Seabourne, came ripping up to pass sammy and take away the win. Haaby regained the poi nt lead from Tanner for the second time this year by winning the Trophy Dash over Lacher. It was Haaby's third win in four weeks. H-D's Turn is-Lap Final Then it was Harley-Davidson's turn with Mel Lacher and Mert Lawwill. Each won their respective heat races. Tanner was turned back for the third week in the heat race, which was won by White. He finished third behind Chuck Jones who came , Back came the fastest ten Experts for the 15 lap feature. Haaby shot to the front with Lacher right behind at the end of the first lap. Then Tanner, the iast man to make the Main Event, zoomed up to take over second and chase Haaby all the way to the finisA. a POO' start on Woods for th.lIMn Ev.1 Lacher had his hands full the first half of the race trying to hang onto third. Jones, White and Chris Draayer all pressed hard before the mite from San Diego sewed it up 'On the late iaps. Lap fourteen found White trying too hard an d falling. on the North turn and waiking to the pits with last place money. Odom by Hal f a Lap Jimmy Odom, making his second appearance at the Ascot half-mile, made a shambles of the Amateur class in both the heat race and Main Event. He posted the best heat race time, four seconds faster than that of point leader, Marty MacDonald. It -was a runaway in the ten lap final with Odom out in front from start to finish and a half a lap ahead at the checkered flag. Previous point leader and Main Event winner, Jan Crawford, drove in too hard in his heat race and slid out of the running for the rest of the program. He also walked away. The new and exciting Novice class was again just that with Rick Woods, Dave smith and Jim Lesley VI clo, Haaby receives spoils. Jill Odnll ..azed all the AllamlrS by ealnlne an aillosl unheard of half-tap Iud on s_d plac.1IIarly lIacDonald. This Is the way the Expert IInal looked Friday nlehl with Ta..... staylne Haaby bul unable 10 pass. ev_ so close to