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Then, with both riders having a wineac h,
the third and final race was r un for the
distance of four laps .
Briggs got the Jump coming off the
line , but he was quickly headed by Mauger as they sl1d s ide by side through the
west turn and down the backchute in the
same order. Then, approaching the west
corner, Briggs made a sensational cut,
back to the inside of the track•..and It was
all over for Ivan .
Barry took the r ace In the ti me of
57:09. Rolling into the winner's ci r cle,
he was presented the gold cup by the
1937 World Speedway Champ, Jack Milne.
Also on hand to help in the cuppresentation was actor Keenan Wynn.
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PACOIMA, cat., Nov. 2 - Four - time
World Speedway Champion, Barry Briggs
cut loose at Whiteman Stadium saturday
night, and sl1ced a piece off the record
for four laps set last week by his s ide kick, Ivan Mauger.
With an astounding burst of speed,
Barry went spinning and bucking his
merry way through four eye-popping
laps. And when It was all over, up went
the sensational time: 55:61 seconds IThe
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Woods, Sonny Nutter, Bill Todd, Steve
Bast, .John Hateley, Norm Elledge, Steve
Scott, Eddie Mulder and Jimmy Stevens.
While the two semi Mains fell to Larry
Helnselman and Stu Morley.
The first and fastest of the two Main
Events was led all the way by Steve
Bast. He took the win over Sonny Nutter,
Norm Elledge, Rick Woods and "Wild"
Bill Todd. In the second MaIn, It was
Eddie Mulder taking the measure of Stu
Morley, Steve 'Scott, Johnny Carter,
Larry Heln selman and Ji mmy Stevens.
In the first of the three special Cup
Match races, Briggs beat Mauger In the
ti me of 28:55 for two laps. Ivan came
ripping back to nail Barry in 29:36.
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Steve Bast skids along Inside 01 Briggs on this tum, Steve Scott and Paul Conselliere behind.
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Bri ggs took t wo of t/Iree over Mauger for the
trophy
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crowd came to Its feet In a standing
ovation for the Kiwi Bomber. He'd walloped Mauger's old record by almost
two seconds.
Beyond any doubt, Barry " Snoopy"
Briggs let Ivan " Spr outs" Mauger know
that he expected the Wor ld Cr own to be
returned to him thi s season. And yet, all
of us who have seen Ma uger come out of
the Whiteman corners with that powerful
drive down the straights, reallze that the
28-year-old New Zealander Is about as
close to unbea table as anyone r ider can
be. So It should be one heckuva s eason.
Whiteman Speedway will have Barry
Briggs back satur day, Nov. 9. And all
kinds of racers are really serious about
unseating the Kiwi ace.
Hateley Could Do It
For ins tanc e, consider the rou sing
effort of young John Hateley, when, In the
eighth event of the World Cha mpions hip
lnvttattonal, he got his wheel In front of
both Mauger and Briggs , proceeding to
lead both of them for mos t of one lap .
And how about the races which were
turned In by Steve Bast and Sonny Nutter?
Getting to the regular program of
races, the nine heat races went to Rick
Ascot SIIort Snorts
GARDENA, Cal., Nov. 1 - AMA short
track racing closed out the 250cc season
at Ascot Friday night and for the first
time Keith Mashburn went down to defeat, not only once but twice .
Expert Dan Haaby was the fi rst to turn
back the high point l1ghtwelght r ider who
won all but four races in 16 attempts at
Ascot this s eason on the quarter mile.
Haaby took L.l.e measure of Mashburn
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in the three lap dash afte r Kei th had
posted two wins In heat races earl1er
in the program.
, Dave Aldana, who has been chasing
Mashbu rn for the past month and Is the
second 'highes t ranking Novice rider In
short track events, finally put together
ten good laps at the same time to win his
first Main event.
Ascot hosts Its s easo n-ending cycle
race Friday night, Nov. 8, when the
racers return to the half mil e and the big
bikes for the annual running of the Call fornia State ChamplonshlpFlattrackfinal .
(Res ults on page 16)
FINAL
APPEARANC
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SATURDAY NIGHT
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8:30
NOV. 9 t h
EXCLUSIVE
APARA CE
PE N
INU.S.
featuring
( 4 Ti.es War'" e'a.pion )
BARRY
BRIGGS
FREE PARKING
WHITEMAN STADIUM
PACOIMA
(on P ierce near San Fernando Road)
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