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By Mike Capalite
Photos by Dennis Greene
COSTA MESA, Sept. 4, 1970 - Things
fmally clicked Friday night for Rick
Woods at Orange County Fairgrounds,
as he took home the win in the Scratch
Main Event. This is the jewel that has
eluded him since June 19th, when he
last copped a win in this main event.
For John Fishburn, the winner of the
Handicap Main, the drought was even
longer. His last stint in the winner's
circke for the Handicap Main at this
track was September 29,1969.
The special match race this week
pitted Dennis Gildehaus and Terry
Graham which again proved to be an
even rna tch. They switched tbe lead
back and forth three times, and as they
were coming into the last corner, it
looked like anybody's race as they went
into it side by side. Then it happened.
They both went down when they
bumped
together.
Luckily, Terry
Graham was able to keep his machine
running and picked it up and rode
across the line for the win.
Dan Guinn was the man to beat in
the Division Three Main Event, while
the Division Two Main Event went to
Larry Moon.
As the riders lined up for the
Handicap Main Event, all eyes were on
Stu Morley, who was having a fantastic
night in the Handicap events. Stu had
won his heat and had come right back
to take his semi. It looked like it was his
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night and he was hot. Into the first
corner, it was Jim Anderson going to
the front, with John Fishburn second
and Bruce Haserot dropping into the
third slot. Fishburn took the lead in the
next corner, as Sonny Nutter was
charging up on Haserot. As Nutter was
taking Haserot on the outside, Morley
came from nowhere and took them
both on the inside. The tremendous
power of Sonny's machine was evident
as he quickly moved aro'und Stu into
third and Rick Woods quickly moved up
into fourth ahead of Haserot as they
headed into the last lap. With the
line-up Fishburn, Nutter, Morley and
Woods, they stayed pretty even for the
lap and crossed the line in that order as
a big cheer went up from John,
Fishburn's cheering section.
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With a tremendous charge off the
line, Rick Woods grabbed the lead in the
Scratch Main Event and proceeded to
show the fans what speedway is all
about as he stretched his lead in a wire
to wire win.
The Mini-Bike race was opened up to
larger displacemen t machines this week,
and although he put on a good race and
bad the lead for a while, Jeff Ward lost
out to Guy Erickson with Jay Cox and
Dave Carlson fmishing third and fourth.
It will be worth coming next week as
the mini-bike race will feature Mike
Konle, Rick Woods and Sonny Nutter
piloting the mini-bikes in this special
race.
(Results on page 22)
HOPKINS TAKES 50 LAPPER
By Eddie Smith
SOUTH GATE, CALIF., Sept., 3, 1970
- Dale Hopkins mounted on a 125cc
Yamaha, rode to victory in Trojan
Speedways fifty lapper for 250 bikes
Thursday night.
At the start of the big race Danny
Hockie, riding an Ossa, jumped into the
lead in the flrst tum. Danny Corbett
pressed Hockie for the lead, with Ron
Powell and Dale Hopkins behind him.
Corbett and Hockie started to lap the
rest of the field by the tenth lap.
Not too far behind the battle for first
was a battle {or the third spot, with Ron
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seven teenth lap, Hockie went down in
the first dog leg, giving up the lead to
Corbett. Also on the same lap, but in
the second dog leg, Powell went down
with Hopkins taking over the second
spot.
From then on it was Corbett, with
Hopkins pressing hard for the lead.
Hockie moved into the third spot
shortly after falling.
On lap thirty-six, Corbett tangled
with two bikes in the first tum and
handed over the lead to Hopkins.
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