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Mains, a n d this week he won the big event. Mi ke Bast fans on ly need to look for the leade r of the S cratch Main , and there he is. Mik e Curoso, Mike Konle and Steve Bast f inishe d in th at o rd er right beh ind. Pennzoil Performer Award Ora nge County lnt 'l , Raceway Jun e 5,1974 RICH THORWAlDSON Week by w eek the speed way show o n Wednesda y n ights fo r Second and T h ird Divis ion rid ers has b een draw in g m ore a tt entio n a n d it sh o u ld . Each we ek half-a-hundred tum o u t to race for the fan s a nd put th a t w inning edge on their styles. Bill Manley is a regular there and a winner in the Scr at ch Main event last Wednesday night. He has car ried his wins over to the o ther fo ur tr acks. Rich led a Suzuki sweep at t he winter Florida Internationa l MX Series on t he strengt h of well -prepared machinery and consistent rid ing . He nabbed the series" 250 cc Overal l title with one fi rst , t hree seco nds and one th ird . Rich T horwaldson asks f o r Pennzoil 2-Stroke Motorcycle O i I . . , i t gives him wi nning engi ne protect ion. Dirt or street, you too can be a winner . .. ask your motorcycle dealer f or Pennzoil. Costa Mesa, Calif orn ia Ju ne 7, 1974 The speedway wee k ca m e . to a quiet end (literall y) when the ci ty o f Cost a Mesa ca me out with th e ir sound meters and all b ut t urned of f the Voice of Speedway, Larry H uffma n. The city has n ot said much about the motorcycle noise, b ut they a re raising hell about th e PA system and ordered it turned way down. Larry Shaw and Mark Cbe rry re turn ed this week after missing several m ee ts be cause o f inj uries. Shaw was feat u red in a "King of the Hill" match race wit h Son ny Nutter. Nutter m ad e it seven in a ro w. Last week, Bill Mesiter h ad repeat wins in t he Handciap Main, winning at both Irwindale and Costa Mesa. This week Mark Cherf did th e sa m e th in g Thursd ay n ight, w inning the Handicap Main and then aga in Frid ay a t Costa Me sa. • Results o n Resul ts pages. Cunningham and Vanderhoff 'win Cal-Expo Main Events ..... PENNZOILCOMPANY Oil City, Pennsylvania (11 Bike own ers-get what car drivers have enjoyed for years: easier starts, smoother-running engines, better mileage and cleaner exhaust! Do it wit h GUMOUT, now spec ially formul ated for bikes- ideal for 2 or 4 cycle engines . GUMOUT Carb Cleaner added to the gas tank absorbs mo isture and dissolves gum deposits as you ride. Jet Spray GUMOUT zaps off carbureto r gum and exha ust grime . .. also cleans ch ains right down to the metal in seconds. Your bike needs these other perfo rmance aids as well: GUMOUT CHAIN LUBE penetrates fast to all points. Protects, lubricates. GUMOUT DEGREASER qui ckly cuts thro ugh heavy layers of oil, grease and road dirt, washes clean with spray of water . Get all GUMOUT products wherever quality motorcycle supplies are sold. By " Sneaky Pete " SAC RAMENTO , CAL .. MA Y 3 1 Re no 's John Cu nni ngham won his first Scratch Main Event of the seaso n tonight at the Ca l-Expo Rod eo arena track, The red nag came out after Mike Ro oney went down in t urn one a nd was hit by ano ther rider. On the restart, J o hn won the drag race to the first corner and with Alan Christian and Paul Orlandi in cl ose pursuit, wa s where it co un ts a t the fin ish. Starter Chris Reams had to use a flag start for the last two e ven ts when the starting gate had problems and d id a magnificent job. The o n ly objection ca m e fro m a fan wh o w ent onto the track to protest the Scr atch Main restart. Chris an d referee J oe Casey acted very wisely in bringing o u t th e red. Mike n ot only went d own very hard, he took a helluva thump . On ly two weeks out of D ivision Two, Sam Vanderhoff won the Handicap Main ahead o f Alan Christian and Mike Rooney. Sam siarted on the zero. In some very he ads up riding. he stayed on the pole an d would not give way to a very close Alan Christian. . Dennis Robinson won th e Division Two Main with the se cond an d t hi rd spots going to Bu z Busey and J eff Wagne r. T his event was not without comedy. A co up le of the riders doing 360s between lap s ha d the fa ns rqaring th eir approval. John Cun ni ng ha m became the first S.R.A. (north) rider to get a fifty yard ha nd icap. T he ext ra ten yards did no t seem to ha ve any effect o n h is performan ce . In cl ud in g t he Match Race. John ended the eve n ing wi th a total of seven rid es. Who's next on the fifty? A good guess would be Alan Christian and/or !\like Roon ey . Promoter J im Denny's many h ours o f h ard wo rk in tryin g to ge t the t rack in shape were w ell re wa rded . The t rack w as smoo th , fast and p ro vided th e fan s with som e of th e fas tes t and clo ses t rac ing to da te. • Results in the Resul ts Se c tion. ..... 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