Cal conqaers Florida Speedway
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Sp eedway raci ng is runn ing at full
tilt in Florid a as th e firs t ann ual
Flo rid a Wint e r Sp eedw ay Ser ies
gets goi ng in th e Sun sh ine State.
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T he main saw Californians Mark
Cherry and Bob Hetric k baili e fo r th e
lead with Hetric k jus t ho ldin g o ff
Cherry 's hard charge. T raili ng close
be hi n d were Colorado wi ldman .Jim
O 'C o nn or an d Alabam a .Jim l\IcCo rd in
t hat o rder. Th e close race all the way
had Orlando 's en th usias tic cro wd o n
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After a series of handicap he a ls and
sem i-finals th e ha nd ica p main even t
stacked up li ke th is: on th e 10-yeard
line was North ern Califo rn ia rider .John
~ M c Don n e ll and Sou t he rn Cal 's Mik e
~ G ross . Bo b Hetrick t oo k a 20-yard
positio n with Alabam a' s " Bad " Bud d y
Lock e 10 ya rds behind. Col or ado 's
- " Flyi n " Finly Wall ace start ed fro m t he
" 40 and Ira Adams wa s wav back on th e
.. 50-yard lin e. A goo d fast st ar t put Mike
.> Gro ss in an early lead. wi th o nly the
trailing posit io ns left in do u b t , Bo b
Hetrick held off a hard-chargin g Ira
Adams fo r seco nd with McD onnell,
Loc ke and Wall ace trailin g in th at o rder.
Fo r hi s vict o ry Mik e Gro ss ea rned
him self a n ice ch u n k of cash an d
probably a few more yard s on his
handi cap .
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Two
match race s were cardiac
arr esters as th ey were de cided in th e last
few feet. Finl y Wall ace did it to Buddy
Locke in th e first ma tch and Ira Ad am s
o nce agai n defeat ed Loc ke in th e
second.
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Mark Cherry on th e road,
an d do ing all ng h t f or a gu y w ho
finish ed second.
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