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Ricl Woods H,r', Iriggs A.d Ma,ger COile lacl To Wi. Mai. By Mike Capa11te Pbotos by Dennis Greene COSTA MESA, CAL. oct. 31- "Somewhere tile SUD is sb1n1ng, Somewhere cb11dren shout, But tIIere is no joy in Costa Me_, for tile mighty Woods was taken out." In the tirst corner of tile tlrst race, Rick'WU pass1Iw on tile outside and dr1ftIBd ap.1nst tile wall and did a wheeUe and lost it. AIj he came down, be fell directly in tile patll of anotller rider whose footpeg caugbt bim rl&bt in the arm. It was at tlrst feared that tile arm broken, but X-Rays showed was tIIem a resoUDd1ng Ofttlon everytlme they won because tbere was no doubt that these two men are champions of tile tlrst caUber. After a wb11e, it became evident that they must have been getting used to riding a small track Uke tbls ODe. In fact, after watching tIIem win race after race, one began to wooder if it would bad made any dlfference if Woods bad not have been burt, tIIey were ~ 100% better than tIIey were last week and last week they were going Uke pncbu.sters. Mike Bast was paired on tile 50-yard Una witll Ivan Mauger in tile Hand1cap Barry Btl"", vlllllni New Zealand., Illd.. out In Ironl 01 Terry Graham and Mike Konle. Btl"" won _ry event he entered. World Champion Ivan MaUl" cro.... up In IroM 01 Stew Bast U.S. Spe "way champ. The U.S. Ilyle II nol al Iracelul here bul Sleve'l brother, Mike did squeeze oul a win aplnlt Mauler. the elbow was severely bruised. As Rick was taken to tile bospital, you could feel the d1saPPo1ntm8Ot from tile fans as tIIey felt that Woods was tile mainstay of the American riders and without bim New Zealanders Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger would possibly make better showing than they did the week before on their tlrst appearance on this short oval. Briggs and Mauger proceeded to thoroughly trounce the American riders race after race. The crowd gave only crowd's joy wa.!i sborWved though, as Ivan and Barry went on from tIIere to win the remainder of the races. Barry Briggs was able to accompl1slJ the"one tb1ng that nobody bad been ablE to do since tile openlng of tills track, that is to win every race that be was entered in, both bandlcap and scratcb. For the tlrst time in a long time, one of the B races bad tile fans cbeering as Jim Asbworth and Jim Anderson bad a duel for tile lead with Jim Asbworth tlnally tak1ng the win. One of tile real blgbllgbts of tile evenlng was the drawing of the wlnn1ng ticket for the Kawasaki Mini-Bike wtl1cb was donated by American Kawasaki Motor Co. There was no happier 9- year old in Soutllern Callfornla than Richard Templar as Ivan Mauger drew his name from tile bopper. This was supposed to be the last nigbt for tbls speedway, but due to the 80tIIuslasm generated by the capacity crowd, permission was obtained from tile Fair Board to run one more Friday nlgbt, so if you haven't been out, tbls Friday is your last chance. (Results on page 21) beat, and was able to get through a hole in tile front riders before it closed on Ivan. Work1ng bis WlIY past tile other entries, Bast took over tile lead with Ivan slowly working his way uP behind bim. Witll a lap and a half to go, Ivan broke free of the other riders and moved uP bebind M1J!;e. The crowd went vIlld as Bast was giving it all he had and Ivan was not able to get around bim. As they came down for the checkered flag with Mike just squeezing out a win. The I HARLEV-DAVIDIIDN I Of IHGl!WOOO Used 901 N. La &rea (near SpO r t s e r s Centinela> 671-7609 or 671-7600 , • • • • • • ccwccrra~ ~~ WANTS YOUI CLUBS, appoint or elect ODe of your memberl u Cycle News corrllpODCleDt and _ tbat he _ell UI stale. and photOI on your Icumb!es, hmcllmba, race 1D •• t. , raDin, pok. ruJlI, endurol, road _ . aeld mHtl, plcn1cs, road runa, etc FREELANCERS, UI your stories aDd photo I of _ t s you atlllDd. Cyc1e News pay. 40c per col\IIDD lnch f« publlllled copy and $2.00 "cb for accepted photographs. New CMC Exper's r' The following motocross riders are now reclasslf1ed to Expert class: Greg Scbweers, Jim O'Neal, Bli Urban, Patrick DeBenedettl, Ruben Benites, Jim Fishback, Glen Lund, Mike Pritchard, Ron Dugan, Eric Crippa, Bli George, Jobn Harber, Ron Petersen, Carl Cotton, Bruce Torbett, Gerald Willmon, George Spellman, Sam Jones, Jobn Carmello, Martlp Tripes mall All purchased matedal ~ the e >ocl usl"e .-m:~~:~">T ~ ~ -.-m'=N£W"A>T P.O. Box 498, LoDq ae.cb, Calif. 90800 • Don Hawley, Larry Helnselmann and Sonny Nutter pack tOletller Just belore alllh"e wenl down In a speelacular. P.O. Box 13, Am!uIrst, Ohio 44001 ••••• 8R'DGESTONE Sales-Service Barney Tillman's SPORT CENT E6 6027 Whittier Bl vd., E. Los "nceles (2i3) 7ZH523 Send For CUSTOM MADE Skid Shoe KEN MAELY4Ito.S. the shoeman ~'f.:. _ Route 2, 8cII 758, f.I Corona, Calif. Ilk til, """ wli.i .lI/UI'I MI" $29.95 PIUI C.O.D." Pollal' 5elId ltaclnl 01 IIclot lor pldtel fib ol.)·_