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weeks and I realized I was o n th e verge of being sc ratched from the p rogram as a regu lar. I knew I had to win o r else. Hey , the tra ck was super." So n n y started h is drive fo r the Han d ica p win with a second to Ji m Fishback in heat three. He th en barely made it to th e Main wi th a third in the Semi behind Fishback and Billy Meister, \\n en th e Main lined up, Sonny was alo ne on th e 30 with Fishback on th e zero , Meist er and Larry Moon on the 20, and M ik e Curos o a n d Ri ck Woods h ugging the 40. Earlier, Woods ha d won his Semi after barely defeatin g Brian Short fo r the heat win in the final tum of the race. In the heavy money Scratch Main , Steve Bast, feelin g much better after last week's bout with the flu , put it a way wi re to wire. The real race was for second between Mike Curoso and Danny Becker. Th at fight went right down to the fin al in ches with Becker taki ng ru nnerup spot. Woods got a bad start and couldn 't find the right 'co m binat io n to wor k up. Division II honors we re claimed b y Dan Hu ckans over Dean York, 'Russ Duronslett, Irwin Moon and Bob Hetrick. Randy Le wis had made the Main b ut crashed and cou ld n o t m a ke it to the line agai n. Costa Mesa, Californ ia May 23,1975 Junior Speedway , or Mini Speedway , has been delightin g the fans for the past four years a nd it has b een said th at they arc t he future of the sport. The future is here a nd now, as ex-Min i Speedway rider Sh awn McC onnell just turned sixteen and go t his S.R.A. Rider's card. He came to Costa Mesa Friday night to ride wi th the b ig guys an d turned out to give t hem all a lesso n in ridi ng as he went al l the way in both his heat races and the Main for the win in Division Ill. The sixth ni gh t of Speedway racing at Costa Mesa and the six th nam e to be ad ded to the winners' list in the Handiap Main is Scott Sivad ge, Scott cro ssed the finish lin e with a few feet to spare over Brian Short. A large n umber of fans that were heading out of town for th e lo ng wee ke nd stopped by to see their favorite sport , turning the parking lot into what looked like a conventio n of motor homes an d cam pers. The stop was well wo rthwhile; they got t o see Mike Bast co m e o n in the Scrat ch Mai n Even t fo r his fo u rth win of t he season. Mike Curoso is the o n ly o ther rider to get the checke re d flag in a Scratc h Main at Cos ta Mesa an d he has gotten it t wice. Bakersfield, California May 24,1975 No streakers t his week, b u t it was h o t enoug h th at t hat was o n th e m inds of a lot of fans a nd riders. It was th e n igh t of the fu ll moo n and the eclipse of the mo o n a nd we all know wh at to lo ok for o n t he night of a full m o on (the we ird) . Like Steve Bast getting t wo flat tires in one nigh t , Steve Columbo 's tire co m in g off the rim, Jim Fishback wi nning a hea t race only to find out that he had lost the float b owl off his carburetor and the bike should not have been ab le And these guys do it with eyes WIDE open : Sivadge, Shaw, Bast (Ste ve ) at Co sta Mesa. to move; then aft er lo o kin g several times around t he track fo r the part, he fo und it in the frame. Then th ere was Mark Smi th in the Division II Mai n who was driven off th e track at the start of th e rac e by Ho m e to wn Hero George Ferrel l. At the starting tapes when George o n the o u t sid e m ad e a move t o the pole , Mark j u m ped th e insid e pole then ran ove r the foot of co -p ro m o te r Bob Francesco and crashed a t th e feet of the photographer. Jim Gresham won the Handicap Main running in fifth pl ace when St eve Columbo had his rear tire co me o ff the rim bringin g hi m to a quick stop in fron t of the pa ck , taking out three other riders, a nd letting Gresham take over the lead for the win . With Steve Bast out of the Mains because of th e two flats, Mike Bast won it for the fa m ily . That has be en th e story all this season ; if Mike is out of the Main Steve wins and if Steve is out, Mike takes over. George Ferrell's win in Divisi o n Two as a hometown favorite wa s h igh ligh ted by m o re than half of the field being made up of Kern County area riders. Bakersfield's own Deadly Ed Schweitzer is at lo ng last going to han g up his steel shoe and become the sponsor of No . 128 , Dan Toomey o f Bake rsfield. We have no w co mp leted six weeks of racing and a lo ok at t he score b o x shows th at o ut o f 2 1 race m eets Mike Bast has won eigh t Scra tch Mains, St eve Bast five , Rick Woo ds th ree, Mike Cu ro so t hree, Jeff Sexton o ne an d Steve Nutte r o ne, The Handicap wins are better d ivided with Bob Schwartz t o ppin g the list with fo ur wi ns, J im Fishback two, Mike Bast two, Dubb Ferrell o ne, Mike Konle o ne, Brian Short o ne, Larry-Shaw o ne , Keith Tennis o ne, Mike Muntean o ne , J im Gresham one , Scott Siva dge one, Sonny Nutter one, Wayne Lewis one, Dean York one, Dan Toome y one and Bruce Penhall one. Resul ts in Results Section. Conti~ Cafe Racen by Intllrpert. . the ultimate in oirings for your bike . Fu or half oirings 8dd a touch of European styling combined with an aerody mic design for imprond IplIllCI and stability. 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