lined up in his third heat against Woods,
he looped it 'orr the. line and wound up
with a zero score. Had he been able to
beat Rick and then top his brother, he
could have been champion. As Mike said
~ter, "Jt is just one of those things, in
this type of racing, you're only allowed
one mistake and I made it, I'm just
happy that the Bast family was able to
fInish second and third if we couldn't
get the big one."
The fa.ns never had a chance to rest,
as one exciting race followed another,
and as the evening progressed, it was
apparent that it was going to go down
to the last race between Woods and
Bast. Deviating from th e drawing by lot
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program, the promoter set up the last
race to include Woods, Cody, BaSt and
Nutter, figuring that this would do just
what it did - make the last race of the
everring the deciding one. Due to a
previous injury which was aggrevated by
an early spill, Nutter had to drop out
after two heats, much to the
disappointment of his many fans and
the Great Bear Racing Team.
A special change in the tape-breaking
rule kept Steve Bast in the program,
although the penalty imposed probably
kept him from winning the
championship. The rule stated that if a
man broke the starting tape, instead of
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TOP CENTER: Jim Gresham and John Fishburn seem to have the
edge over Stu Morley and Don Cullum at the beginning of event
14.
TOP RIGHT: Mike Bast was the surprise standout Friday. taking
overall third place honors.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Steve Bast fights off the challenge of John
Fisbburn.
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