11111I1)' lIel Lacber, In clD.e cam-Uon for lIlll
Davld.on to wins In heal race, Dasb and lIaln.
It took Mel Lacher 24 weeks of guts
and desire but he finally made It. H-D's
number one half- mller in the West
finally scored the clean sweep over the
BSA horde at Ascot Friday night. Lacher, who bas either been the point leader
or a close second all season, stayed
within reach ot current leader Dan
Haaby by leading the f1na1 from start
to finish.
sammy Tanner cballenged early and
led by inches across the Une at the end
ot the fourth lap but Lacher took over a
tew teet laler. Haaby caught Tanner and
moved Into second on the 11 th round and
closed to within passing distance with
less than two laps to go but Lacber
pulled out all the stops on the f1na1
round to win the MaIn tor the third time
this year and the first time since last
Aug. 4th.
Lacher made It three straight in the
Trophy Dash division, beating Tanner,
HaabY and 8eabourne, In that order. He
is now just one win away from tieing the
tour-straight record set earlier by Chuck
Jones. Mighty Mel also won his beat
race for the tifth straight week and
clocked the fastest five of the evening.
Tanner appeared to tire badly In the
late laps of the final and dropped all the
Ascol seuon point lead, wbeeled his Harle)'-
''''c.
Relumlnc to tile A.cot half-alile late In tile sellSon _ CDI8InC on
Harle,..,OlInted Cal
Rar bDm (25) won his heat race dedsl ... I)'.
0I11y three more wee1
