HOTDOG - Jeff Sexton/Bill Cody lineup at Costa Mesa.
HAMBONE - studied seriousness as Mike Curoso accepts
Bakersfield's Purple Helmet Match Race Trophy .
way from th e 40 yard line along with
J eff Sexton , Mike Curoso and Dubb
Ferrell .
Mike was t o have his o wn way in the
Scratc h Main with a runaw ay win over
Sco tt Sivadge, Sonny Nu tter, and Ed
William s.
Superst ars Mike Ko nle , Rick Woo ds,
Dan Beck er and Bill Cody all were at
one time or another invo lved in minor
cras hes th at kept them from earnin g a
ride in the main events.
Pu t it all together an d yo u h ave
Op ening Night a t Cost a Mesa, kicking
off t he Speedway se ason th a t will run
in to Novembe r.
Results in Results Section .
Bakersfield, California
April 19, 1975
It 's been several years since Speedway
l!ee~l , ~n ?J,1 a Saturday n ~K~ ~ in
h:a~
Bakersfield. The Wednesday night sh ow
was good, but never drew the cro wds
th at this openin g night program did. A
near turnaway cro wd saw Bo b Schwartz
win the Ha ndicap Main , making his
th ird straight win in as many nights.
Tremendous pressure by Bru ce Penhall ,
Larry Shaw and J eff Sexton , made it
th e best ra ce of th e ni ght.
Rod Sex to n , th e younger brother of
Je ff Sex t o n , won th e Division Two Main
for h is first main event win in Speedway
an d we ma y be seei ng the sta rt of ye t
ano the r " bro t her " team that will go all
th e way to the top.
St eve Bast, the n ew . U.S. Ch amp, won
the Sc ra tc h Main ove r St eve Nu tter, Jeff
Sex ton. and Bruce Penhall. Fo r three
laps it was anybody's race, but co mi ng
out off tum tw o Steve pulled aw ay fo r
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his first win of th e season.
Results in Resu.lts Sec tio n.
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