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Draayer, O' Brien, Ershlg round lurn two.
The feature event , for 15 laps , too k
t hree tri es be fore the riders even got .
pa s t the first turn. Laww ill and his
Sp rint took a header on the firs t turn and
was run over by two other ride rs . The
black came out a nd they t rie d it again .
Aga in rid er s kiss ed the concrete and
a gain t he race was re- s tarted.
Finally, on the thi rd try , Lawwill
was off like a shot and was neve r headed
as he went wire to wire for his first win
under t he lights at Long Bea c h.
Simmons was a dis tant second with
novice Rick Woods running thi rd. Schultz was still ha ving his bes t night of
the enti re year and ran fourth with novice
Mi ke Lihthicum in fifth. Two novice
ri ders in the fi rst five - things are
cha ngi ng at Lo ng Bea ch!
Tibben Picks up a Passenger!
T he most outstanding exhibition of
rid ing came in the .. B" final whe n Bob
Ba il ey crashed into the rea r end of J ohn
T ibb en. It broug ht T ib ben to an a brupt
halt to find lo ng Bob Bail ey mount ed on
t he bac k fe nde r of T ib ben' s machi ne .
Ne ith er rider was fined or s us pende d for
trying to ride doubl e. It was Ba il ey' s
firs t ride on a Sprin t. T i bben hopes It
wi 11 be the las t ,
The Long Beach races return in Janua ry 7 th. 14th and 21st. T here will also
Three start s were ,required 10 gel Ihe " B·
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Main underway. Above: Russ Robinson Irlg·
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gen (89) one of !he chain reacllon melees.
Jack Simmons won Trophy Dash for four faslesl semi riders. Here he accepls trophy and congratulations [ram prom,olers Brymer & Dowis, trophy girl Suzl Jane Hokom.
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