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Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, April 18, 19, 20, 1975
Cycle World International Motorcycle and Bicycle Show
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t rogr a m a nd Ameri ca had a l -l-p o in t
lead. Figu rin g a one-t w o sweep by the
EUropeans in all four . they co u ld st ill
v,,in by two points. A second place
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finish in any of the rac es by a Yan k
~o u l d produce a tie and a three-poi nt
race by an American tea m w o u ld end all
hopes fo r the Wo rld team . T he U.S . had
alrea dy in sure d a victory based o n
overall series po ints . anyway.
n: So there it e n de d. Of th e nearly 4000
I spec ta t o rs who showed up. a ll bui a few
remai ned until the en d . And they we re
ve ry happy. t oo. The Am eri can te am of
Sonny Nutter, Rick Wo ods. Bill Cody .
Mike an d Steve Bast . and J e ff Sext on
ha d done it
the y had defeated th e
best in the World.
T op performers on th e fin al night
were Mike Bast a nd Rick Woods. Each
h'ad to talled up II points ap iece for th e
Am eri cans . Sexton had garnere d 10 .
Ma uge r and Briggs co uld o nly t otal 10
ea ch for the World tea m .
Ne xt morn in g. a t Los Angeles
Int e r n a t io n a l A irport. Briggs and
i\:Iaugcr were already disc ussing with
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promoter lI ar ry Ox ley th e ne x t season 's
rema tch. hoping for mo re lu c k w it h
. da te s and ra in da tes. They obvio us ly
wanted to win back th e title. Briggs
handed Oxley a speeding ticke t he had
just gotten t ry in g to m ak e it o n t im e for
his fligh t . saying " T a ke care of t h is. w ill
ya mate ?" Briggs wants to co me back .
to o . it se e ms .
Ameri c an D cn n i s Armstro ng . a
Speedway Mo torcy cl e League contrac t
racer. score d h ighest in th e qualify ing
rounds with 15 po ints to sec o nd place
Dave Va n Horn's 14.
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