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ON FORM Rick Woods continued his domination of local 'speedway action, here leading Handicap Main. proficient. It is getting more and more impossible for the big ha1Idicap riders to make it around them to four short laps. It was Mike Keene in theleadf1rst, but working his way around him and taking it for the remainder of the race was Rick Blake who moved up to the regular program after making a good showing in the second division main last week. With Blake taking the win, it was Ron Miller who journeys down from Lancaster every week working his way up toa second spot with Dennis GUdehaus following him for third. Mike Keen had dropped back to fourth ahead of Gary Fishburn and Jim Anderson. The Scratch main event lined up Il-ick Woods, Bill Cody, Stu Morley and Mike Konle. As the flag went Up, it was Morley, Woods, and Cody into the corner s.de by side and so close they were bumping elbows. The crowd was on its feet as Cody drifted a tittle wide and Morley kept it inside to pull into the lead coming out of the f1rst corner. Woods was on the outside of Morley and it was expected that he would drop back and try to get a wheel under Stu as they came into the next corner. Much to everyone's surprise and to the crowd's deUght, Woods just turned it on and stayed on the outside and charged around Morley in the next corner on the outside and with a terrif1c charge down the straight, he took over the lead. Cody was able to power around Morley as was his teammate Mike Konle, but there was no catching Woods as he stretched his lead out every lap to take the win. The word in that next week, the Bast brothers wID be back, so this should really make for races that you don't want to miss. (Results on page 22) Ron Mi lIer Ie ads Scott Autrey through corner. Story and Photos bY Dennis Greene gone to 'Big Mike' but he agreed to a . restart. The restart was his downfall. BAKERSFIELD, CAL. June 20, 1970 As they went into turn one, side by side, "Win them all" every event you enter, Bill got a bit more drive than Mike and that's the Rick trick at Bakersfield pulled away sUghtly and carried the Saturday night and he did just that. small margin on to a f1rst place win. It's pretty easy to say "Win them all" Jim Doron, a name seldom mentioned but as Rick will tell you it gets harder this year, proved to be as hot as the each week as the rest of the competition Bakersfield weather. Jim grabbed the gets more experienced and race 'wise. lead at the start of the Handicap Main Rick has a definite advantage over the Event and held off the pressure exerted 'other riders in that he has had the opbY Scott Autrey. As Rick diced with Ron portunttytogooverseas on twO occasions Miller' and Big Mike for third place. to learn the best classic speedway style. Young Scott went wide when Jimmy He Is an apt pupil and other riders are Raymond came out of nowhere passed following his lead. the dicing trio for second place. He held For the third week in a row, Bakerssecond for the bat of an eye before field put together a team that ran all everyone made a charge for first place. over the winner's score board defeating As the pack of riders came on to the the Los Angeles team bY the overwhelmback straightaway for the last lap they ing score of 16 to 8. sorted themselves out. Scott pulled himA special match race was run between self back into contention in fourth place .. Big Mike" KanIe and "WUd Bill" Cody as Miller sUpped to fifth followed by at the U.S. Racing Team. Both riders are Jimmy Raymond. This left Doron in the of equal talent- outstanding. The question lead with Mike and Rick hoping he would has not really been answered bY this bobble. Rick went a tittle wide and Mike match race because at the drop of the f1rst flag "Big Mike" Conley bad the lead started to come underneath, then Rick and more than Ukely would have gone to got what he was looking for - tractioo. a flrst class win but, as he pulled away He closed the door on Konle coming 011 the back straightway 'Wild BUl's' out of the'last turn and pulled Jim at machine 1JI1t. Someone bad forgotten to the checkered flag for a triumphant turD 011 the fuel. The event sbouJd bave cl1maX to the egeIIing. (Results 011 page 22) ....... - .. ,.... '. ... :- ... -:.;.:-:.;.:-:.:- .. .... , , ., .. ::::::::~::.:.:.:.:.:.: . . , . , . '.:-'. «-:-:-:.:-:-',' : : : . ............................. Western Distributor: MED International, 4790 Palm Avenue. La Mesa, California Eastern Distributor: Penton Imports, 1423 Foster Park Roa~. Amherst, Ohio