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ell r:: ell ~ ri o ~ w Z W ...J U >- U GREY, SHAW TOP O.C.F. By Mike Capalite COSTA MESA, CAL., Oct. 15,1971 While the chilly ocean breezes and the threat of rain may have kept the crowd down, it didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the few who braved the elements for the evening's races. Neither did it slow down the riders as the races were just as fast and exciting as they were the week before at the United States Championship. The main difference was the performance by Larry Shaw. Last week Larry had started out good and had been in contention for the championship for most of the evening until he had a run of bad luck, but tonight he was riding like he had wanted to last week. The only thing that kept him from a clean sweep of the evening was a second place in the Handicap Main behind Billy Grey. Grey used his 10-yard handicap to the utmost advantage as he shot into the lead, getting around the track in fan tastic times. Riders like Shaw, Mike and Steve Bast, and Mike Konle must have been incen tive to let it alJ hang out. Shaw had a little trouble getting away as the pack stuck together, making it anybody's race. Larry gained a number of new fans as he pulJed past Larry Moon into the second slot .and hard-charged after Grey, but Billy had build up a commanding lead. The Scratch Main was one of the smoothest seen at this oval. Off the line, it was Sonny Nutter and Shaw into the first comer. Nutter had lifted the front wheel a little but kept it on anyway. As they came out, it was Shaw on the inside and Sonny on the outside with both of them going all out down the back straigh 1. Nutter drove in a little too hard and drifted wide and Shaw took the advantage. Steve Bast moved into second, but Sonny came right back in the next comer. Mike Konle had been right behind them looking for a hole to move into and when Steve went wide again on the next comer, Konle was under him in a flash and into the number three spot. While the gap between Shaw, Nutter and Konle didn't change, you knew they were going1ike gangbusters. The cheers of the fans at the fmish showed th e rid.ers that their performance was appreciated. The Second Division Main was one of the closest battle in this division yet seen as the riders were bunched up aU the way for the first three laps as Jim Castor and George Armas fought for the lead in the first lap. Armas pulled away but the rest of the pack was so close that a hankie could have covered them. Scott Sivadge did a beautiful job of working his way through this pack into third until he tangled with Rod Parsons. Armas finished a clean win with Castor in second. These boys are looking more like first division riders every time they come out. Next year the hot·shoes better watch out. RESULTS 1st DIVISION III MAIN Dub Ferrel Joe Chankey Jr. Dan Fishburn Gary Ziegler Mark Cherry Henry Hornsweld 2nd DIVISION III MAIN Robert Muzzy Robert Waite Troy McKee Bill Meister Gary Handa Gary Ziegler FEATURE MATCH RACE Sonny Nutter Mike Konla DIVISION II MAIN EVENT G,eorge Armas Jim Castor Larry Hardison Scott Sivadge Harland Bast Rod Parsons HANDICAP CONSOLATION Mike Ccoruso Guy Waterson Sumner McKnight Don Cullum John Fishburn Sonny Nutter SCRATCH CONSOLATION Mike Bast Ed Williams Bill Cody Dave Gifford HANDICAP MAIN EVENT Billy Grey Larry Shaw Mike Konle Mike Bast Larry Moon Steve Bast SCRATCH MAIN EVENT Larry Shaw Sonny Nutter Mike Konle Steve Bast Jaw Jaw Jaw JAP JAP Jaw Jaw Jaw JAP Jaw JAP JAP Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw JAP Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw Jaw THE ANGLO·AMERICAN SPEEDWAY CHALLENGE SERIES On October 23 and 30, International Speedway comes to Ascot Park in Gardena, the home of California's flat-track racing. Headlining the competitors for these rounds of the Ango-American Speedway Challenge Series will be Barry Briggs (New Zealand), 4-times World Champion; Ivan Mauger (New Zealand), 3-tirnes World Champion; Jim Airey (Australia), 4-times Australian Champion; Ken Macmillan (Scotland), 3-times Scottish Champion; Bert Harkins (Scotland), Captain of Lond's famous Wembley team 'The Wembley Lions;" George Hunter (Scotland), Captain of the "Glasgow Monarchs" and also the Engl:ish team. And as a special attraction, Antonin Svab will be coming from Czechoslovakia. Svab, 1970 World J Ice Racing Champion, is a long-track expert and will be challenging hard on a special long.track machine. These aces will be challenging the top American Champions such as Rick WODds and Steve and Mike Bast, who will be out ot beat these intruders and to show the ~s just who is the best Speedway nder. In this series of races, spectators will have the chance to see for the first time these powersliding, fuel-burning 500c~ "bombs" competing on aIJ possible lengths of track, from 1/10-mile at Costa Mesa to \4- and ~-miJe at Ascot Park. This will put the two competing te~ on equal terms, the Europeans bemg more familiar with 1,4- and ~-miJe tracks and the Americans with the tricky 1/10-mile oval. RELIABILITY & POWER WIN LESS SOUND I • MORE GROUND (O.orhoar" rocon'ly In a Dlrt.lke Shop loc'-'o" In Oran.o Coun'y.) The Dealer: A Customer: ADOLFWEIL TIM HART The Dealer: The Custome" Ad~lf Weil arrived jn this country just in time for the third round of the Trans-AMA Motocross Series at Elkhorn. He had now entered two won both! (against the greatest 500cc riders in the world). Tim Hart, our California hot one, has been on the circuit from the start....boasts 3 out of 4 wins and one second in the 250cc class. The Dealer: The Customer, The Dealer: The Customer, The Dealer: The Custome" The Dealer: There are other MAICO men who are giving a good account of themselves as the Series progresses - riders like Willi Bauer, Tore Jonsson, Mike Cram, Steve Mobbs... The Custome" You can depend on it, this is going to be a MAICO series - because MArCO reliability, power and better handling will not be denied! The Customer: The Dealer: HI can I help you? YEAH, I'M LOOKING FOR A NEW 250 FOR THE DESERT WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? . The flna~ choice must be yours of course, but come and have a look at this new 10 fin Stormer I just got In. HMMMM-, r'M A BIT WARY OF AJAYS. HEARD THEY GO WELL AND HANDL"- GOOD, BUT SOMETHING ALWAYS BREAKS. Not anymore they don't. I'm glad to say the Factory has really sorted out all the nickel and dime stuff which was letting the bikes down WHAT'S ACTU.ALLY DIFFERENT A~OUT THIS NEW ONE THEN? Oh, about 15 httle things plus alloy rims fitted stock and a new cylinder that really hauls. ARE THEY ANY GOOD IN THE DESERT? I would say so. After all, Doug Douglas took the Baja Record on the prot