ASCOT SHOW TOf/GH TO
AIdIotrclt ..., of AscoC's UIle riders Essecllas& YOU, in older
to COIIpete at e C&St1e Rock" Na&i0uI. iC didn'c &ale away flOI Cbe
sbow ODe bic.
fact, for pare. CUills, spills aud lase
cbaDges, tile show
was liard to beaL
r.
sammy Tanner, wbo bas not won
a Mail1 E:vent since opening nighi,
was- banded one on a platter. He
also Wall bis treat race and the Troptry Dash, ill Tanner style.
It was Mel Lacher and Chuck
.Tones- from the start in the Expert
Main Event. Point leader Dan Haaby
was at tbe national TT and Lacher
and .Tones both knew it was a golden
opportunity to close the gap.
Lacher Closes Gap
Lacberjumpedin front with Jones
in hot pursuit. Mel Ie d the first eight
laps before giving way to the charging Jones. Chuck started to stretch
the lead but Lacher came right back
to close the gap on lap twelve.
mace
Then. as the front running two.
came on the straightaway to complete llill 13 Jones lost his machine
and fell off-right in front of Lacher.
Mel had a fraction of a second to
decide whether to run over Jones or
hit the wall. Mel cl:lose the latter
and bombed the boards full bore •
GeCs off iD Mid-Air
Man and machine shot high into
the air with Lacher leaving his
potent H-D in mid-air. Both cartwheeled down tbe front chute with
Lacher landing heavily on the track.
The bike landed second and just
missed the fallen ace.
The black flag came out and the
race was stopped immediately. Tanner, who was running away back in
BEAT
third at the time. was awarded the
win. Jones walked off the track and
was okay.
LACHER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITJ\L Bur WAS· RELEASED
THE SAME NIGHT AND WE:NT BACK
TO SAN DIEGO WITH 01llLY A
BLACK EYE MID A BRUISED ARM!
Todd Makes His Move
The· point leaders in the Amateul
class,.TanCraWford and Jimmy Odom
were also missing and Phil Todd
knew it. He came from last place in
the yellow pia te final to score hi s
first Main Event win of the season.
Earlier. he had won his heat race
and look the pole for the Final but
was off to a super-slow start.
The class of the Novice field,
Dave Smith and Ric k Ellisarraras,
again were just that with Rick defeating Dave by three lengths in the
Main Event. The -Flying Swede- is
fast making a habit of winning every
other week. (Results 011 page 1,6)
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