Cb*llplon bel...ls presenlld to lJIe cnamplons. JIIII Asn-a. and Lerry H,lnsllman .
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By M1ke CapalJte
ORANGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNI:6, July
25 - The speedway aces returned to tile
Orange County track Friday nlght after
a two-week layoff due to the fa1r. The
entlluslasm ot tIIecrowdbadn'tdampened
a bit and tile riders gave tbem oneot tile
most slam-bang shows yet seen at tb1s
track and laced It witll thrills and spills.
As eng1ne problems kept Steve Bast
out ot tile competitlon 'for tile nlght, he
was replaced 10 tile challenge match race
by Rick Woods as Rick was tile last to
hold tile 'King ot tile HUl' title. The runolf was between Swede Savage and Ron
Miller witll botll ot tIIem swapping tile
lead back and forth. It was Savage who
earned - tile chance to try to dethrone
Woods. Altllough Swede gave Rick a good
run for his money, he was too much for
Savage and Rick took tile winamldahuge
ovation trom h1s growing tans 10 Orange
County.
The Handicap Main turned lnto a battle
royal as Larry He1nselman, tile fa1rha1red boy ot tile Great Bear Enterprises rac1ng team worked h1s way UP
from !1ftb to tlrs!. Stu Morley lost it 011
-l:be.. ~..ck stratght and hit tile wall very
hard. The stratghtaway wall 15 DOt a
J 111I Grlllllm lifts up Ih, fmnl wh..1 ad kllp s II tiler, as Swede $ava,., SoMY Nutter and
T,rry Graham slide around In close raclnl al Oran,. County Rac,way.
esa Speedway Returns
Photos by Oems Greene
moveable wall, he was a little -weak on
h1s feet for a whlle. Ron Miller put UP a
good battle Jceep1ng Swede Savage behind
him, but Swede was' determlned and
moved past Miller and Olesen. He1nselman came storming like he was shot out
ot a cannon and picked tile riders off on
tile 1ns1de but when he came to Savage,
It was a little harder as Swede knew he
was tIIere and lrle
