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Keeter Slops Lacher's Streak At 10 Straight By carol Sims Photos by Dennis Greeoe GARDEllA, ClI., Ale. I - II e most InIt1ltltilll IIInie .. Mil E,ent .,....cy yet wltles. If Ascot Ills sea ISA......... Dellyne Keel. plf lie stlps " lei LlcIIeI'I fantastic 'n streit list Frl...y i&'lt. After leD stra1gllt f eature event victories aboard bis Harley-I:avidson, Lacber started out tile even1ng in predictable fUb10II - by c10cJdng fastest Expert lIeU race time and turn1nr back Keeter, Clyde Utch (Triumph) andrapid Amateur Alex Cblnowsld. ( BSA III tile Trophy Dash. P. . ._ lIIDk his fi rst rl lll •• LDa Braadl'. Villa. liked It, _ Am.t_ l.mI. lilt StII I. final. S~ al Sea reeze -Cooled so c , p • ide t e T ilight Special ...4 to 1:30 p. . daily r o Iy $1. ad issio . THIS EE E D AUGUST 18th TIlls II bo. do.. #37 1atI1" E.-t IIala. It ........str_I_ was anotber story. KeetKelm-~see-- wve tile tarn , rtv1nc a of tbIDp to come. Lacber Jed after ODe lap. came a tar10us back and forth sh iC¥Je 1IiIta_ !be two t2Iat saw first place spcit cIIuI'e bands 1naumerable s Tben times before DeWayne t1na11y took lmI1" for cooct 011 lap 13. Tbe crowd, 811thra1led by tile dramatic spectacle , pve Keeter a h-emendous ont1oll at tile flnish of wbat must SlII'eIy lllLve beG !be most reward1nC win of his career. ADotber sterling performance was turned in by Ssmmy Tanner, a smoothly COIIS1steDt th1 r d fiIrouCbout tile 151apper. and more tban oncewttb1n str1kUlg distance of tile leaders. It was Ssm 's 1n1t1&1 ~e 011 SbeU Thuet'sRop1. EnfIeld, tboUCh be seemed lD weJcome !be machine l1ke an old fri8Dd. RUIIIl1ng some dlStance beb1nd !be top tllree 'Wl"e Ralph Wb1te. SIIort:Y Seabourne. Pb11 Todd and Chuck Joaes, an on BSA·s. GATES PEIIl: SEE ALL E COURSE FR SPECTATOR AREA CLOSE TO FREEWAY .11 POPUUTIOII SEE THE COU E ALL 11IE LD CIt 0115 LLC PETE 0 DEC. 1. • e H&DIS Huls SA Ii "51 A,.., .. EISI .... hit R IWIJ., I .... 111:31 'I'" SAlluaACI'AII Special E".,s: Augult 24 - SImmy Mill. Trills SeII.. l. AllIlIIt 25 - 5111111f Miller Trill I. sept. . . B- Mini-lik. ce (el..... frDm & , • SADDLESACr PAir titi.n 1 Df a,. up, al'D 1 hoP. and above) OFFERS 108 IcreS a d rac. ncit If ridinc area (Watch this space for news of those good things that happen at Saddleback Park. P lanning an event of your own? Hold it at Saddleback Park. Writ e Vi c Wi Ison. Saddleback- Park. Box 2455. Orange. Calif. 92667. for detail s.) To AlIIate1Ir HOIlO18 A particularly frisky turnout of Amafaun put 011 a sIIow that .S\lPPl1ed more tban tts sbare of tbrUls and lIPSets ( so me l1teral). Two exuberant yellow-plate riders were hospUallzed -in separate lIeU race accidents, tbouP 1ucldly neither 1Dcurred cr1t1cal damage. LM Wbee*" (BSA) suffered an injured an1de wben he wbacked tile wall com1JIi out of tile first tarn, and Mike Farrell's cb1n ".. 80IIIewbat UIe worse for WMr after took a hard tumble onr UIe b1Cb side of his BSA. U AC 'A " CIIlqlm-. ,...t Udler'11IlIIfolsI1e reconI .t 18 straitltt, ..Id .ftlltward, -It RACED,-.!.... stI .. lAds Itssdl.,. .ltIl 2nL But tbe Ma1n first to • Sa Lx_ (M-G) ... #44a DeW.,.. ........ caSAl .... 1I......ut .1115 er and UIe rlclc AeA *' '* '* I D".,.. It was 011 tile restart of !be rsee In 1Itdc:ll Farrell UD1cadBd t21atAlex Cb1Dowsk1 grOUDd out a faster 5-lap time tban aay of tile Experts except Lacber and Keeter, but after a st;yUsIl ~ in !be Das1I be got off poorly and was nmntne 7th after OIIe lap of tbe ftna1. Harley-mounted Bill Cody unmedan immediate lead, aIMad of fellow H-D rider DoD Harms. Rei Chosney (BSA) ad SIIeve PedenOll (Veloc8tte) . Froat spots rema1JJec:l tile same untu lip four wben Harms took aver first place, and poUrt 1eaderTommy Rockwood (Triumpb) slltberec:1 by botb Pederson and Cbosney to assume IIdrd ODe lip later. Harms ma1nta1nec:I his ad9antIge aver !be peclc, but Rockwood mand pastCoclY for secood and C1Iinowsk1 got lIP for fourth at !be f1n1sh. Pecleraon and CbosDeY WOUIId lIP 5-6. Do I er DIles t In !be lbseDce of point leader Keith Masbburn, tile Novice MaIn Enot was ~s race, and Terry IklnSher (YamalllL) dec1dec:1 lD make it bis. Taldng aver first place from Kawasaid-mounted DoD cash-o on !be IIdrd time around, J)oraber rode stronc1Y and prec1sel7 to 8-lIp victory.1taJq' Smith (SuzuId) J&SSed castro tor ~ position to tile . . . aolDC. w1tb fourth spot go1Dg til Doa DIICIek ( YamaIa). (Resala OIl pace 16) BELOW: . . . . . . . . Bar'1P. Hb BI R ~ led 4 lap '" A..-. ~ 21, llanIll . - t • Is .... .#.1 BOTTllII:Y... • past #I U OW Cas. h first til...... T.rrrDosaller "¥Ie. .....