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Cycle News 1974 07 30

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- '1'" , ~.~>- ~1-;ng With. Sonny ;\I ut ~e r , ':arry Moo n , Rick Smith, . etc. Mike did have the advantage. start ing o n th e sho r t .m ar ker . b ut ~e s uccess~u lly stay.ed ~ut in front I? win th~ ~I.am event 10 hIS very first rid e as a DIVISlOn O ne ne w star. The second week o f th e special team event sa w Rich ard Fa rron an d Tim Parisi, representing Pasad en a, win o u t over Dean Yor k a nd And y Cad otte. Dan Bec ker go t th e first am b ula nce ride o f the week when he tried to slip in between th e Bast Brothers in the Scratch Main event. Dan endoed a nd the bike came d own o n his right ankle ending hi s bid for th e n ight. Mike Bast got th e jump o n the restart and we n t all the wa y for the win . Mike Bast is hack after a week of rac ing in the no rth. T he long t rip did no t kee p hi m from finding his wa y back in to t he win n er's circle in t he S cra tc h Main event. D ub b Ferr ell t ried to p ut a fe w road blocks in h is way but had In se ttle fo r second . Ferrell ran supre me in the two lap Purpl e Helm et Mat ch Race . Mar k Ch erry was the c hallenge r this ti m e and afte r using up h is t wo -mi nu t e hold beca use his b ike wo uld no t fire. he was given ano t he r chance by Ferrell when Cherry's back-up bike was whe eled out. The tw o laps were deci ded in th e las t 50 feet w hen Cherry hi t a hol e th at put h im in th e back o f Ferrell. Che rr y got off as his b ike went tail first into th e wa ll, bea t ing it up. ' Mike Muntean skidded insid e Dubb Ferrell here and won his f irst Division One race at Ventura Tuesday. T he featu re match race was a ph oto -finish . The decisio n went to D bb F II B'II C d u erre over l O Y · w w w c: Z o VI Z Z w c

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