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Speedway North: Firecracker Family EndUl'o July 6 th Lucerne Valle y M.O.R.E. Benefit 33 mi. of easy trails Stickies - Finisher Pins Contingency prizes $4.50,single, $12 .50 whole family (inc! T yr. membership in M.O .R.E.) Send name with 1 S.A.S.E. to CTR: 7859 Quimby Canoga Park, CA 91304 Powell & Rooney shine at Cal-Expo By " Sneaky Pete" Photo by Glenn Artinian SACRAMENTO, CAL., MA Y 17 For three days, promoter Jim Denny and his crew worked completely re-doing the Cal-Expo Horse Show Arena track for to night's races . Denny, the new promoter this year, is going all out to give the riders a first class track and the The long and the short of it: Les Chanky d o ubled in Handicap Mains this week. Hope he t ook her . out t o d in ne r - they ' re no t feeding trophy girl s like they used to. . Second Division at Ba kersf ield : Ed Schweitze r gets some un expected traction fr o m George Fe rrell's wheel, Chr is Haines is oblivio us to it all. Mains, winning the Handicap. He was too q uick in the Scratch Mai n,jumping the gun before the tapes went up. In speedway, that is a one way trip to the pits (disqualification) . Dan Becke r is n ow the third m an to win ' a Scratch Main event this season. Becker pulled one w heelie after anothe r and had the flag men ' ru nning to his aid in every comer, but he neve r d id get off. This way o ut style worked for h im and carried hi m to the lea d for the wi n. Becke r d id th e job to J eff Se xton in th c Matc h Ra ce, as we ll. Costa Mesa, California May 17, 1974 Les C hanky ro unded out the speed way week by winning a sec ond Ha ndicap Main . Chanky had the ad van tage, s tarting on t he 10 ya rd line and putting it t o go od use, staying o u t in fron t of the charge of Mark Ch erf and Mik e Bas t. Steve Bast, playing the good l(UY. gave up his chance 10 be t he ne w King of the Hill of Match Racing. In the first lap of the Fea t ure Match Race, Sonny N u t t e r , the reigni ng Kin g. was d t h roned when he slid OUl and crashed_ _ stopped short of taking the checke red flag and gave Sonn y a chance to restart. The rule about half the field goi ng down d o es not ap ply for a 2 lap Match Race. Steve just wanted his chance to beat Nutter straight up. It was a good race, but Nutter got out in front an d Steve was unable to -regain the lead. Nutter did no t fare as well in the Scratch Main against Mike Bas t. Sonny, Bill Cody, and the other half of the Bas t Win Mach in e, Steve , al l came to th e starting line with just o ne tho ught in m ind, bea tin g M ike . Mike had an id ea o r two as we ll, and jumped t o the lead be fore th e first t urn: He kep t p utting m ore an d more di stance between himsel f an d th e res t o f th e pack, taking th e win hand s down. Mike Bast made it five o u t of five at Bak er sfi eld as Bill Co dy, the o nly othe r rider this season to win a Scratch Main . so far, never let Mike get m o re than a foot away in the four lap event. Uncle Harlan Bast was the hero of the n igh t in the Division Two Main. He won it to the delight of everyone. Even the guys he beat came around to .c o ngra t u la te him. _ Steve fans a first class show. However, the track to some nastylooking spills. Only one rider went to the hospital. Russ Powell was the winner of the Handicap Main after four riders went down on lap three. Rich MacMurray, Norm Denny and Mike Rooney walked away from this one. Ron McGill was taken to the Hospital where X-rays showed no injuries. Second place went to Alan Christian and third to MacMurray. Mike Rooney won his third straigh t Scratch Mai n ahead of John Cunningham and Dale Stetler. Norm Denny was fourth after so me wallbangi ng eli minate d h im . Mike Corcoran m oved into the sc ratch side of th e p ro gram in place of an inj ur ed Butch Corde r . Larry Mulock did likew ise whe n A lan Ch r istian had ta pe tr o ubles. S ani Va nderhoff wo n h is firs t Divisi o n Two Main of the season, followed ac ross the line by George Car ter an d S teve Ba uer. In earlier Div, Two competition, Cal Simpson and Jerry Bow er s tangled in a heat race with Jerry and machine doing a severe endo. J.B. walked away, but a sic k -l o o kin g scooter needed help. (Damn, these speedway guys are tough!) Ms. Debbie Jackline returned to speedway to night an d easily won he r Division Three Heat . (Winner of Div. Two Main Events las t year, this Div. Three ride may have been a warm u p for the lady.) Bruce Flanders will be announcing Friday night, May 24th, for No rCai fans who haven't heard h im , he is the greatest! - DisI.37 Firecracker EndUl'o July 7th Lucerne VaDey M.O.R.E. Benefit 95 mi les; 4 riders per minute Stickies -Finisher pins - Trophies D-37 entry form - entry : $7.50 (3 man teams add $1 each) send with 2 legal size S.A.S.E. to CTR : Box 147, Newbury Park, CA 91320 Info fol' both events: 714 639-2666 01' 213 346-7168 Bu tch Corder a nd Alan Christian get down to business on the Ca lExpo Arena ho rse track. Both took home some bucks. NOISE~ The sound that kiDs the sight. 9