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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
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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
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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 •
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