Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Cliff.Halger ..... It's ... . , - . . - - . - .. It apt. as . . . . Bast starts 18 , . . . . . . . Rick • By Mike Capallte LOS ANGELES SPORTS AREAN, Sept. 13, 1969 - With all the suspense of a Hollywood script, the California State Speedway Championship went right down to the wire last Saturday night and It could have been anybody'srace. To avoid the posslbWt;y of tie at the last minute, the promoters decided against running the main events as handicap events but instead to run them scratch and have the -points earned in these races count for the championship. In the Trophy Dash, Itlooked like Steve Bast was getting ready to take on all comers as he jumped into the lead with Woods right behind him and Sonny Nutter In third. No matterhow)lard Rick Woods tried, he couldn't catch Steve as BasI took the cbeckered flag for the trophy dash, It was announced that he bad set a new track record of 37:30. On hand to present Steve with his trophy was the very lovely Miss Vicki Holl1wayandcomingto the infield with her to congratulate Steve was Ken Berry who portrays Sam·in Mayberry RFD and previously was the officer in the television series' F Troop' • . . . Is EI Cf4? 5.... II.t. 0, Riel in the C main, It was a hattle royal between Stu Morley and Mike Konle as they exchanged the lead no less than five times before Stu was able to commandeer It and keeP It to the finish line for the win. Konle finished second with Jon Carter third ·and Norm Elledge fourth. Sonny Nutter went into the B main with 34 points and by getting the jump on Don ...sa ,.1 ,... a 'sec tl/ I eatck . , scOCll8r, PJs ud 1'1/ .. rl I _I. Ilat lost'" Callf. .la C _l.-s I, to Hawley, Nutter was able to grab the three points for the first place which gave him athird overall in the State ChampionshiP. The tension could be felt as the A main pulled to the line. Steve Bast was high point man, four points ahead of Woods with 38, but he was only two points ahead of his brother Mike Bast who had 36 points. Last man in theA main was Larry Heinselman with 34 points. So It was evident that the championship could either be won by Mike Bast If he won the main and Steve finished fourth or they could tie If Mike won and Steve got third or If Steve placed on notch below his brother or finished any place ahead of him, Steve would win it. As the starting gate went uP, It was Rick woods and Steve Bast into the corner together and really mixing It uP with Woods coming out In the lead out of the corner and riding like there was no tomorrow. Larry Helnselman moved into the second place position and It looked for a minute like Steve was going to be in trouble as Mike was moving uP on him also. Helnselman all of a sudden got an unexpected bit of traction and lost the machine out from under him as Mike Bast passed brother Steve and moved Into second sPOt. By finishing in this order, It left only one point separating each of the toP four men, this Is from a total of sixteen races for each of them, so you will have to admit that these are Indeed the champions. Woods received a large troPY for his A main win aDd then Steve Bast went to the Infield to collect his beautiful State Championship.. Trophy and to have his picture taken,. (Results on page 21) Again TRIDENT"3" (C•• p.rilg Igail" all .rllll5) emoyed any doubt as to "ho is the fastest The Fabulous Triumph Trident 3 Captures 15 out of 16 New Speed Records At Bonneville Gary Richards and his tuner father, Rich Richards. put the Irostlng on the cake by establishing a new world's streamliner record In ~S-A 750" class with lhelr single engine twin, Triumph-powered streamliner at 221.742 mphl SPEEO Tri....... Prices sun u I,. as $695. CLASS 169.331 151.4117 148.313 147.723 145.6511 145.567 144.481 142.406 141.569 1J9.871 138.541 137.407 136.249 133.379 132.8114 AP~A-750 APHB·750 AP~G-750 PH·750 P~AG·750 APHG-750 II-AG·750 P~A-750 I>C·750 11-1>7511 PHIl-750 G-G-7lO G-AG-150 G-A1>7lO A-AI>750 NEW RECO ROS SET MACHINE RlOER Tllumph Tlldent JeH Gough Triumph Tlldent Att Houston Tllumph Tudenl Rusty BlacJley Triumph Tlldenl Joe 8<1

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