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WEEK'S SPEEDWAY ACTION ~ ~ u Woods takes 3 Out Of 3 G Scratch Mains By M1ke Capalite COSTA M ESA, May 15 - A capac1ty crowd turned out again at the Orange County F alrgrounds F r 1day nlgbt to see Sonny Nutter and R1ck Woods w1n the Malo Events 10 class1c speedway style. nus was r eally a nlght f or the spec tators as the crashes were f requent, but l ucidly there were no Injuries, I n his usual broadsliding fashion, Rick had overcome his 60- yard handicap 10 his heat race and won it. But in the semi, as the riders blasted into the f i r st corner, J1m Gresham and Greg Haserot went down, Greg was able to continue through. W1th one lap to go, it was Bruce Haser ot leading with Bill Cody in second as they went loto the last lap, Woods was passing Cody on the outs1de 10 the corner when suddenly there was Greg Haserot's machine Iying 10 the track wher e he had fallen again. Th e machine was lying right in front of R1ck. With no place to go, Woods pulled the front wheel up in the alr while 10 a tun l ock slide to try and clear the machine, but when the rear wheel hit it, it knocked the machine out f r om under R1ck and he went down. The 2nd div1510n Malo Eve nt was all Joe F1tzpatr1cks as he stayed ahead of the pack to repeat h1s performance 10 the heat race as he took the checkered flag ahead of Garry Fl5hburn and Bruce F lander s . Sonny Nutter , last year' s State Champion was the big hero for the Great Bear Racing team as he stormed fr om his 50yard handicap to take the w1n 10 the Handicap Malo Event. Off the Une, Sonny got the jump on Bill Cody of the USA Rac1ng T eam who started on the 40-yard Une and as Sonny worked his way up through the pack , Cody was right behind him. W1th one lap to go, Nutter took the lead away f r om John F l5 hburn and Bill wasn ' t able to f ollow through and had to . settle for a third behind F l5hburn. Placlog flrst in his heat and the semi, last year's U.S. Champion Rick Woods kept his string gol ng in the Scratch Malo as he outdistanced the rest of the pack by a good marglo to take his thlrd straight scratch Malo Even t w1n at the Costa Mesa oval. Sonny Nutter bites the dust behind l eader Larry Shaw, Greg Haserot, and Rick Woods i n th e Main at Bakersfield. Lan c a ster LANCASTER, CAL. May 17 - Hav1ng .ridden his flrst SPeedway race the nlght before at Bakersfleld, Jimmy Raymond journeyed to the Antelope County Falrgrounds Sunday in hopes of getting a chance to ride even though he was not on the program. J1mmy, who 1s a constant winner ' at South Gate Raceway in TT and Short Track, was lucky enough to get loto a handicap heat as an alternate. By virtue of being a new rider , Ray mond was not given any handicap, but started on the scratch Une which 10 1tself 15 a big help, Raymond k ept ahead of the pac k while r 1d1og in a somewhat unorthodox style f or speed way, whereby he remaloed standing up on the peg all the way down the straightaway. Raymond came back in the Semi and the Handicap Malo to do the same thing. Nutter and Woods were the show riders of the day as they had just had a fantastic battle in the Scratch Malo Event whereby Woods was pigeonholed off the line and wound up in fourth place SAVE ON EXPANSON CHAMBERS fACTOR YSEC NDS AVA ILABLE . ' i O TO FIT: ATI-C TI •• Reg. $39.95 • • $32.00 TI D ••••• Reg. $49.95 • • $35.00 RTI • • • • • Reg. $49.95 • • $38.00 ·Wlth only tho slleh! ImJMIrlectlons In weldlni ... palntlne. dents, etc. (Calli. Residents add 5"" Sales Tax ) (Residents of Ariz. , Calif., Idaho, Ore., or Wash. add $2 lor Postap) All othor States add $5 f... 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Rick pitched his bike loto the turn, just a few feet behind Norm, pull1ng alongs1de in the corner. Now it was a drag race to the flnish Une, with R1ck gett1ng the checker flag for the flna1 event of the evening. Mike Patrick' 5 CONLEY 2-50 & 360 C & SACHS SPECIALISTS Z c omlog out of the flrst corner with Nutter 10 the lead. As the race progressed; Rick moved up to second spot behind Sonny and was pushing for the lead but Sonny was r1ding for all the glory of the Great Bear Team and kept taking Rick's Une through the corner. Comlog out of the last corner for the checkered flag, Nutter went a little hard and drifted just enough to let woods get underneath him and as they both accelerated for the finlsh, it wasanybody' s race as the crowd was on its feet and cheering as Woods pulled off the w1n by a matter of mere Inches, $49.95 Oea I.. Inquiry Invited TRIUMPH-SUZUKI M OTORS 1049 W. 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