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and leaving room to slip in o n him. At the chec ker it was Mike, Jeff, Sonny Nutter and Bill Cody. For th e firs t time th is season, Ed Williams won t he Handicap Main ev en t. His win is well ov erdue. Ed, just like Jeff Sexto n, earns a ride in the Main ' even ts but always ends up t aking second or third . Bakersfield, california Wed nesday, September 4,1974 - BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS 15170 Raymer 51. • Van Nuys, CA (213) 780-1768 r-- ~~ Coast Mota Cycle ~ Mot ocross - Desert 2334 Newport Bllod ., Costa Mesa , CA 92627 714-645-8008 . Jeff Sexton making hay , took Scratch Main at Bakersfield and picked up nine po ints toward the U.s. Ch ampionsh ip final. The last regular Speedway show of th e 1974 season turned into a traged y Wednesda y night when , in the Handicap Main, Mike Bast laid h is bike down in a true display o f spo rtsmans hip to keep fro m run ni ng in t o fallen Jim Fishback. Jim had slid out and was tied up in his bik e . Steve Bast threw his bik e down to the o utside, cr ashi ng hard. With the help of the am bul an ce cre w, he go t up an d rushed to his brother's aid. Mike was doubled up with pain and fo r some time no one knew where he was hurt: shoulder, groin or arm. After some time Mike was helped to the pits with a badly broken wrist. His ar m was put in splints and he was taken to a bone specialist in Van Nuys, Calif. wh en it was dis covered that they could not be set . The pieces of bone will h ave to knit slightl y before the wrist can be set. T h is crash will keep Mike from defending his ti tie at Bakersfield this coming Wednesday night and the California Sta te Championship will be up for gr abs. He wa s se t to ride in th e fir st qua lifyi ng round Thursday night, Sept. 5, but will miss that as well. Ther e is so me hope, however , th a t he may get to ride to defend the O.S . t itle in November, but it will take special c o n si deration fr om the Speedway Racing Association. T he SRA has a little used rul e about no t riding with a cast or wi th ou t a wr itt en release from a doc to r sta ting th e rider is fi t to ra ce. Before the cras h Mike had wo r ked his way in to both Main events and, of course, was no t in th e restart of the Handicap Main whi ch was wo n by Dave Sims. T he Scra t ch Main went to Jeff Sexton, who was followed by Mike Konle an d for the second time that night Bill Cody came up with a flat tire after having a flat in the Handicap Main as well By Dennis Greene Ventura, california Tuesday, September 3, 1974 TAReET PRODUC TS, IN C. 80)( 1 / EAG LE ROCK STATION LOS ANGE LES . CA Lif . too41 BOOTS Top Gea r Buckle Htgh Lace Cycl e Largest Se lection $59 . ..Iue 35 . value $44.95 26 .95 Acme Cowboy Durango Harness 25 . value 17.95 27 . '0811..19.95 Oanpotl 60 . w lue 34.95 Logget 25. value 17.95 Engineer 25 . value 17.95 Dress Zippen 25 . value 13 .95 Work ShOft 20 . ... 11.. 12.95 Add $2.00 Mail Ord er p lus ta x Work Shoes Unlimited 12086 Brookhurst . Garden Grove 714-537-6535 17 72 No . Tu st in Ave .• O ra nge 12522 Westm inster at 17 th St ., Santa Ana Distribulor for Vendramini Boots Irwindale, California Thursday, September 5,1974 This was the firs t of four qualifying rounds to pi ck the top 16 rid er s to compete in the U.S . Spee dway Cha m pionships. T he to p 32 riders in total points competed in th e 24 events wi th each rider going in three even ts. All events were scratch races with a win good for three points. At the end of the evening there were four riders tied with a perfect score of nine points : Jeff Sexton, Steve Bast, Dan Becker and Larry Shaw. KBBQ and KBBY radio night at the races was a super success with several of. the top DJ s getting into the halftime show on Yamaha bicycles. Th e place cardiac city at - th e two -lap even t, whi ch how far o ut of shape lo ok ed like end of th e pro ved just yo u can get sit ting be hind a desk all day. It was a lot of fun an d nobody was hurt, b ut the heavy breathing w ould have mad e a great "sto p sm o kin g" ad. The J eff Sexton/Mike Bast Scratch Main battle continued at Ventura and, as it has been all year, Mike took over SRA North Secretary Barclay Trehal throws one wway in Irwindale qualifier, Good~ear is Carroll Shelby 14 213-538-2914 the lead in turn one and Jeff slid in behind tr ying t o find an opening to ride through. Mik e is the master at st ayin g righ t on the po le with no driftin g out Costa Mesa, California Friday, September 6, 1974 A d ouble header fo r Ed Williams Sp eedway Sho p : Williams is the sponsor o f Dan Becker an d is a rider himsel f. Bill Gray looks deadly serious about stuffing it in under Larry Moon at Co st a Mesa.