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<0 fo os Q., ASCOT FLATTRACK <0 "" .... Ql • .; .. '" .... .c e ~ ~ "ll :r '" a tzl :z: .. c .. " " ;" .. .. .". 0 ~ 0 ~ Goldthwaite won the Amat.., Main•••• tzl .,J U :>.. u '< ~ •• • .and Gary Waldo came In second. Dan Haaby (22) took ove' the lead from Chuck Jones (241) on lap 7 and went on to win his fifth Ascot Main Event of the year• walk away. but the machines stayed locked together, and Jones dragged both bikes nearly a full half-lap before turning into the infield and crashing. Tempers flared, and while the machines were checked over and the riders cooled off, the Novice Main was run. The eventual Dash win went to Haaby with Shorty Seabourne taking second. Nicholson and Jones ran three-four. The last tuneup for the A'scot National produced again another winner in the Expert final, Friday, Sept. 1, to further cloud the advance predictions for the big one this Saturday night. Dan Haaby jumped back into the limelight and the winner's circle for the first time since June 16th and became the sixth different rider in the last six outings to win the feature. Dashing Dan chased Mel Lacher and Chuck Jones for over seven laps before pushing the Bray-BSA to the front position and on to finish first for the fifth time this year. Lacher led the first three laps, J ones led the next four and Haaby the final eight to give all three top billing in this week's potential column. None of the three have ever won a national race. FIrst lap of Amat.., 10-lap lIaln Event IInds Keith Krus. (57,) IIpUne Ron Ladler (95r) and Ca,' Patrick (291). BSA 0" Haaby Holds Slight Point Edge Haaby's twin wins also extended his narrow point lead over Mel Lacher. Mel again fell off the pace late in the final and finished in 7th. Roger Goldthwaite and Gary Waldo again suPplied the one-two punch in the Amateur class. These two ran together all the way with Goldthwaite picking up his fourth Main Event win in five weeks. It was also time in the Novice class for another old face to reawear. Dave Smith won the Main once again but it was a long time coming. His last time in Victory Lane was way back on August 4th. Smith rode a perfect race, made no mistakes and went wire to wire for his sixth win of the season. 'Rick Durkee. the semi winner, shot from the back row to pressure Smith all the way, but the H-D topped the Suzuki and Smith retained his small point leadover Rick Elisarraras who had to settle for fourth. The Novice riders hold a regular season race this Friday night along with National time trials for the Amateur and Expert riders. Freaked-Ont Trophy Dash lIIe advances of " RY 1961 MM I ODAKAS BY OS SCRAMB _' ORANGE & Haaby also scored another one in the Trophy Dash. He was the last man to make the four-rider field that is based on fastest heat race times. having run second to Jim Nicholson. This race produced another of the typical Ascot surprises and had to actually be run twice. In the first Dash attempt. Jones and Nicholson were running 1-2, side by side down the back stretch, Jim next to the wall. Then Jones gave Nicholson a mighty shove. As Nicholson's bike bounced off the ,fence, the bars of the Dudek Triumph lodged over the rear of Jones' seat. Jim's left arm was burned raw by the spinning rear wheel of Chuck's machine before he was able to unload and (Results on paces 20 &< 21) & LABOR 2 MONTHS* Occ ONLY ..::E SERVICE DA BSA CUL 391-6211 J~~ PULVEDA BO National point lea., Gary Nilon (9) ..ade his fI,st ha"oIIIlIe appearance at Ascot this season, flnl shed a ,espectable fifth. SbortJ 5eaboame(47r) came on strlme. wound up thl,d. •••••••••••••• I : I I SHELL MOTORS ; YAMAHA. U4I CeI1lH'J II.. I I ............... L,......... NE HII4 • 11726 5aata Monl ca Blvd. West Los Anples Ph: 6R 3-1101 o T An!