,
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Migbty Mite SIIIrty sallell1le ellSef aat lIis first year as an Elllert with
a IIlaze af glary .d a ,lace ia Ibe Ascot recerf ....k. lbe 30-year-old rider
.... INk INger tbaa most hi fiall lIis grMYe ia racing, .. set the veterans in
Ibe 20-1311 State Cb_iHsIIi, EXllert feature It take the title for 1961.
It was only Shorty's third Main Event
win of the season that spanned 26 races
from April until mid- November. It was,
however, a solid come-from-behind effort for the Dick KeIrn BSA and the
shortest rider in competition who calls
Lawndale home.
The halt-milers duplicated the triple
upset turned in by the TT'ers from the
week before as none of the three high
point season riders were able to win the
state title in the final race of the year.
5eabourne upset season point champion
Dan Haaby in the opening beat race with
Mel Lacher, Chuck Jones and sammy
Tanner following with five-lap warmup
wins.
Tanner picked up his second straight
Trophy Dlsh win in the fast three-Iapper
that weekly pitted the four fastest riders
against each other. Mel Lacher was
second, Haaby third and seabourne, again
in last.
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Lacher Leads, T~eD •••
Lacher went after his first title in
racing in the extended 20-lap final. The
same distance the riders run for in the
annual National race each september.
Lacher went to the front, as usual, at
the drop of the !lag with Tanner in close
pursuit. Haaby gave third to seabourne
as the riders started the second lap.
Lacher led It all the way to the fourteenth lap before throwing his hand up
and pull1ng to the pits with mechanical
troubles.
seabourne kept charging and closing
from the second lap on and took over as
soon as Lacher headed for the pits.
Haaby started another one of his late lap
surges and passed Tanner for second on
the fifteenth round and made a serious
bid for the win but it was just too much
seabourne and too late in the race. It wasShorty's first Main Event win since last
sept. 22nd.
Tanner's Dash win and his third place
finlsh in the final eased him past Chuck
Jones for third place in the final Expert
point stancrtngs by a narrow eleven points.
seaboarn\!... by the way, was the only
first year Expert to make the ten-rider
state Cbampionsbip final this year.
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