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HAABY HAULS AT ASCOT Dan Haaby and ammy Tanner teamed up to gi ve Mel Lacher the old One-Two last week and stop the H-D rider's win treakin both the Trophy Dash and the final. Tanner defeated Haaby for the second straight week in the heat race before trying on Lacher in the Trophy Dash. Mel was looking to become the only rider on the half-mile this year to win five in a row but it was not to be, as it was a Tanner-run with Sammy flying to his first Dash win since Sept. 15th. Tllen Tanner pused the ball to Haaby tor the start of the MaIn EYllnl. Haaby was back In his usual torm after betnc out of the troot sPOt the last two outtncs. Haaby drilled the turns hard and WOII the ttnal with Lacher again, as has so otten 'been the case In recent _ka, taktnc second place OYer Tanner. Shorty 8ea1lourne agaI.n played catch- uP and ran tourth wltII RandY Bay turntnc In one ot his better rldits to top Chuck Jones tor t1fth spot. Start or tH IEllIMIt Trophy Dull fins (trOll 'Ift) Anla'" point Iud. PIIII Todd (11.). Mil LlcIlIr (37), MI'I E_t wI_ DIn HIlIIy. (U) lid D.... wi. ., $I_y (7) '1PIdly .. ttlnl Uncl-IJ~' 'r_, Four Don ia Ama&ellr Fiaal Action ~lenty bigbllgbted the Amateur class as they took their tlnal rides betore their last race that comes uP this Friday n1Cht. PbIl Todd again won bts beat race and extended bls win streak to eleven stralght. He also turned In an excellent Ume and went to the Trophy Dasbtor the third Ume this year • In the MaIn Event, boweYer, the rest of the troops cot the jump ott the line 011 Todd and be was l1!th dolnc down the back cbute 011 ~ ooe. Todd then became a Utile over-anxious and tanc1ed with both Ron Lacher and Jan Crawford at IRI18ESTOIE ... (151) i NoYlce pacesetter Rick Our_ added three more wins to bls streak and ran 1It 1. , .", 10. Cal: Mceu_ Dlat,. Inc. (213) 772.2101 . No. Col: Coo" McCulloch (405) UN 3-'520 lIIe ...... Itlck E l I _ ... YAMAHA DEALER .,.. model .. SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES 1101 •• lII,lIInll BIYd" lurlllnll, Calif, 84Mt07 or 145-1731 En.. 7 HARLEV- DAVIDSON Long S"ed,' We Hare Man, New 1968 XLCH & XLH's In S'oe' Now 3654 III. L Beac' ""'. 426-nOI ~ CLOSE-OUT SIILE Fantastic savines on LIGHTNINGS••• T·BOLTS••• HORNETS& SHOOTING STARS -------------------------'68's ARRIVI G THIS WEEKI SEE THE 68 BOLD WORLD AT 3 SOUTHLAND LOCATION 15745 La I_II IIlvlL Palllllount (213) ilL lI-Ul3 acaJn and MaIn Eftnt winner. RIck mlssecl brealtIng his own track records In the beat and ttnal but acaJn smashed the Dash mark. He coes after the ten-~ MaIn Eftnt record In the last raee of the season this comtnc Frl~ nlght. The State ChampJonah.Ip tlU.. In au three MaIns will be at state this week in the ttnal outtnc tor the halt- mUers In 19l17. Regular season admission prlc.. wt11 preYall with a starttnc Ume set tor 8:15 p.m. (Results on pace 10) '67 'OR TH~ NAM~ 0' YOUR NEAREST DEAl~R Of South. the strtnc to 19 straight as be came uP as the heat race, Trophy Dash ......,.... .ewtce IIIck lIlIrUe (112) . . . . . ...., IIJ the end ot the straightaway. A chain reacUon took place with Lacher bitting tile tence tollowed by Todd, Crawtord and recent Army returnee, Alex Yerkes. The tour rIders were scattered all over the track wilen the race was stopped. 0Il1y Todd went to the hospital, boweftr, with an Injured shoulder. None came back tor the re- start and It was a tour-rider neld with UoydHouehIns leadtnc trom start to tlnlsh tor his nrst Main EYllnt win this year In the 9536 Eo Fl,utolle 1lIvd. Oo. .IY (213) ~ 224 II. Anahelll BlvlL An". (714) 535-3647