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World Speedway: Scott Autrey clears the first hurdle Short Track Series September 13th r-- American Scott Autrey's toughest race in th e Anglo/American/Nordic qualifier for the world ind ividual champ io nship, was against Dan e Ole Olsen (o verall winner of th e qualify ing round, Fredericio ,D enmark,Aug. 4, 1974) and Britishers Peter Collins and John Louis. In this match, he finish ed second to Olsen - no t too shabby. on the lA mile oval Autrey gets some coaching from team manager Peter Oak es and form er champion Barry Briggs. America's solo entry put tog eth er a string of seconds and a third to qualify in the seventh out of eight possible slots. Nov-Jr-Ex Combined .. 18300 S. Vermont, Gardena, California .. r-------~------------------I I' ~ 1 : I I 1 Save $1.00 on Adult tick et fo r any Frida y A MA event You may bring a fn' end & save $2.00 : I I 1 ._------------------------_. - LE A T H ER Top g rade 3 oz . cowhid e -the fine st ava ilable in 1S be au tiful colors. UNING 40 de nier nylon tricot-tear resist a nt yet very plia ble and com - fortoble . This past Tuesday night at Ventura, Williams won his first Handicap Main event of the year; then on Friday n igh t he won the Handicap Main an d teammate Dan Becker won the Scratch Main event. WiUiam's win in the Costa Mesa Main was the best race of the night with Ric k Woods moving into t he second spot fro m the 40 yard line to finish just inches behind WiUiams. A re presentative of the Orange County Children's Hospital was there to receive a check from Mike Bast who had pledged all his winnings from the week before. D ue to Mike's injury on Wedn esda y nigh t, he was unable to attend so his b rother Steve step ped in fo r him duri ng t he bri ef cerem o nies. on the 24th of September, Irwindale will run to the end of October wi th a very special night on the lOth when last year's World Speedway Champion Ole Olsen will he there. Costa Mesa will again he the last track to close. The final r a c e will he the U.S . National Championship title event on November 1. • PADDING H;p and knee pods o re a ,pecial high densi· ty poly/oom. GP style ha s p last ic knee cups backed with felt pads. THREAD All seem. double stitched fo r doub le stre ng t h with nylon ·thre-ad . THE CREAT AMERICAN MOTOCROSS PANTS BW :~LLTERS LEATHlRS, INC. 445 South Victory Boulevard Burbank , California 9 1502 Evil..,ye Mike euraso at Costa Mesa. Looking around There is just one eve n t left at Baker s f ie ld , the California Sta te September 11. Ch'a m p fon s hip D un es is running every I n d ian Saturday night for Division Two & Three riders onl y. No closing date has been set. Ventura is in its final month with one qualifying r ound to go , wrapping it up on 15