THREE IN A
ROW FOR HAABY
A foggy Friday the 13th didn't mean a
th1ng one ~ or the other for Expert
point leader Dan Haaby and Amateur
king pin Pbil Todd. It was just another
night for both riders as they continued
their cllmb to the point championships tn
their respect1ve classes with eachscorIllg bis tb1rd straight Main Event win.
Haaby became the f1rst Expert at Ascot
this season to win three maID events tn
a row.
Dan bested Mel Lacher from the
start of the f1nal with Mel again ~ tn
the late laps to give second a~ to late
charger Shorty seabourne. Cbuell: Jones
rode an by bimseU most of the ~ to
take fourth. Ra.!Pl White and Randy SIIy
battled from start to f1n1sb for f1ftb with
the veteran White taking the positioo.
After wtnn1ng his beatrace,Haabywas
turned back for the secOlld stra1gbt week
by Lacher tn the three-lap Tropby DIIsb.
seabourne ran tb1rd with Jonestn fourth.
Todd extended bis Amateur class wiD
streak to six stra1gbt by tak1Dg the beat
race and Ma1n Event wins. It was an
easy nlgbt for Todd who appears to bave
tb1ngs under control the rest of the WlI3'or at least until the f1nal two weeks of
the season when JImmy Odom returns
to action.
Len Earl continues to improve and
rode tn for second with the bard-~
Carl Patrick taking tb1rd ahead of .:ran
Crawford. Joe Brown, making bis second
appearance at Ascot this year, dropped
to fUth this time after taking second two
weeks ago.
Novice Upsets
Dan Haaby, I1dlnetlle Gary Bray BSA, became the only Esperl tills season 10 win three lIaln Events In a row at Ascot.
Friday the 13th was bad news, bowever, tn the Novice class for two of the
West's top Novice stars. Rick Durkee,
ridtng a twelve-in-a-r-ow wiD streaktnto
the program, was ~ out front in the
beat race when the engine quit and
forced bim to the pits and out of the
maID eVent.
H-D ace Dave Smith posted thetastest
250Cc heat race time and then was on his
way to the wiD in the f1nal and also on
bis way back into the point lead when be
went to the pits with only one lap to go
with engine problems.
Kawasaki's Steve Pedetson Pi9
