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Cycle News 1966 04 14

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9. .' ~ '; - • .,. b seen o~eY " . .. # .. ,, ~ ,. ,.' f . ~,' I Fte d Be~M! d In the open no~ has the lea ~ .. eventual winneY GIlY Ice ma ln,-' . - 4 mlng up tast• bl' ' bOulder, co IIcEltath cM! e - - -• • • -.- ... CD ow Go C ,g E o .t: . .I C iC o .... c.J Dan Haaby looked good on a 250 BSA that has not seen battle since the Catalina days, aen II: o o o z Number 11 lIert Lawwlll crowd, lIuldet, dicing for the pole. ;;; e e . .. .!ii Iii .... ... i .. i len ge r before bein g e dge d off th e groov e by S i m m 0 n s , Haaby th en moved up to chall en ge with Lawwill a c lose third . Simmons and Hammond Winning smoothly In his first attempt at the concrete o~al , then too k the hay bale s with both San Luis Obi spo'S Gene Romero, a bo~e left. riders hittin g the deck. They both re mount ed to fi nish . Belo'N: Motorcycle gladiator Jack Simmon s parades past aecompanied by a flourish of trumpets••• Just part of the suMulder a gain cl ung to the pole perlor show pres..ted by promoters Trojan Enterprises. with a fla wless rid e to c apture his _ _ _ _ _- - - - - fourth s traight main eve nt win . Haahy was ri ght beh ind in second with Law wlII . third. Gen e Romero , rid in g his first indoor e ve nt , was the winn er of the 10 ' 7:i" 1!! lap " B " fi na l with Sonny Nutter th e _ . .... firs t man acros s the lin e in th e 8 lap "C" ma in e vent . Si mmons was th e d ash winne r for the fi rs t time , defeating Haaby , Eddie W irth and But ch L and gut h in a c lose thr e e lap du e l. He was awarded a hu ge 6 foot bunny for th e win. (Not a live one) Many unusual spills and slid es kept th e c rowd on th eir toe s mos t of the way with s ome of the top riders getting off. Bill E rshig was unoffi cially awarded th e "Crash Ernmy" award fo r his ou tstan ding acting while doin g a head e r and the n ga llantly s ettin g a re cord time for recovery to remount and th en ge t ba ck in th e rac e- j us t in time for the re s t ar t. Long Be ach will run for th e final time until nex t win ter on Saturday nigh t , April 30th • (Results on p a ge 12) .. ~ c i c 1; . .s o .c Ii; -

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