SPEED
by Dennis Greene
VENTURA
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Lightning hit Ventura Tuesday night
in the Handicap Main event when
Lightning Larry Shaw pulled off his first
win in a Main event this season. Larry is
-one "member of the Bast brothers
wdding team but up to now has been
the quiet man on the squad. I reported
last week that he was getting things
back together and that he would be
seeing his name in the results before
long, In winning this event he out ran
both Mike and Steve Bast, his
teammates. Mike came back strong in
the Scratch Main for tbe wain, with Don
Cullum running second to him.
Rick Woods made his debut at
Ventura, but it was not better there for
him than it was at IrwiiJdale or Costa
Mesa. It is strange to see our U.S.
National Speedway Champ having so
mucb bad luck. Knowning Rick this is
just a temporary thing, and when it
changes to the good he will be giving the
fans their moneys worth.
A school is being put togcther for
just one reason,. to teach the ins and
outs of peedway racing. One of tbe
biggest names in the hisLOry of Class C
racing in the Tweintieth Century is that
of Stu Morley, a veteran Speedway racer
and a man wdJ qualified to show
anyone what they are doing wrong and
the fastest way to do it right. This
school is just in its fonnative stage now,
and if you are at all interested in
learning from a pro fed free to give him
a call at borne, area code 213-455-1679.
BAKERSFIELD
HOT HOT HOT, 102 in L.A., 106 in
Bakersfield and with leathers on hotter
than HELL. The infield people kept the
dust to a minimum by watering the
track with garden hoses, their riders
consumed a record number of cokes and
water, and several got sick to their
stomaches but nothing can keep them
from putting on the fastest race show in
the coun try .
A new Rick at Bakersfield, no its not
Woods but hometown boy Rick Newby.
Rick is the newest rider to get into
Speedway from Bakersfield and he took
tbe Division Two Main after three
restarts. In all three starts someOne gof
off, and the race was stopped. Each
time Rick had the lead.
Steve Nutter got a sponsor just one
week ago and' it seems to bave been the
changing point for' bim. Steve out-ran
Do". Cullum was second at Ventura netting him this handy dirt pile courtesy of Mike Bast.
Ed Williems is lIbout to di.. under Mike KonI•• rid St... BIIt. Wonder .....t he's look in' at.
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