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there are now ~ o ...... • • aluminum handlebars approved by theAMA theirs and ours DISTRIBUTOR INQUIRIES INVITED ~~.f.f.i~ .-iI-3.:MW;W;~uw;,.w:h D~~7:il~fs~S PARKING LOT SALE "fantastic buys" .!.. New, used & demo Yamahas, Min i-Bike s, & Go -Karts, Pa rts, accessories, machinery, antiqu es , & lot s of junk .! . May 31 through June 30 Open 7 days Custom City Yamaha. 15721 So. Atlantic at Alondra KONIGP WI ALUMINUM FINNED SHOCKS Ventura, Californ ia May 27,1975 u.s. Speedway Champ Steve Bast gave a demonstration of the style that made him the top banana in the sport. The older Bast won the the industry stan Lw,. dilmeter Iluminum barre'for Iip t weipt Deadline for rider sign-ups fo r dllip for maximum open ing night at Inland Moto rcy c le coolin,. Speedway is Wednesday, June 11. The track will be AMA sanct ioned with a val id license and membership mandatory I AMA forms are available th rough Amer ican Raceway s. Those IfJdnulicall, IdjostIble leternl ll, III sil pesitions. Accepts std. 1... ln, s Top Ind bottom moun tin, e,es bl.. pusb-eut busbin,s. Space lie mlterilis en, ineered III lir, craft taltnnces. ~ ;• , ;£ ~ ii '!'IiiO n.. " Write for FREE Iiterl ture Ind decal BIKONILIMITED 150 Green st, H ckensack, NJ . 07601 l Bob Ashlock Office Machines Sales & Service IBM - Olivetti - Addo-X - Olympie Member U .R .A.• bench racers wel come I 7305 Van Nuys Blvd. 16 '). '/0o~ 0 2 13-780.5550 Basts, Woods, Becker star in a week with the sideways gang By Dennis Greene -o: bcHested finned · " Be rse rko " Becker doing h is best to justi fy his nickname wh ile chasing Sexton and Bast at Irwindale. No , he d id n't fall off - th is time. Complete Irwi nd ale st o ry yet to come. second and th ird div ision rid ers w h o are unable to get o n any p rogram LM.S. policy is first come. first served - gua ranteed ride. Purse is $1,200 or 30 % of gate. Sign-ups will be at t rack. located on Nat ional Orange Show Fairgrounds. 900 S. Arrowhead Ave . in San Bernard ino . Further inf o rmat io n ava ilable by calling (2131 446.Q969 or (714) B844092. Thank you, Am e rica n Raceway s U.S. Speedway Champ St eve Bast gave a demonstration of the style th at mad e him the top banana in the sport. The older Bast won th e Scratch Main over Mike Curoso , J ef f Sex ton and Dan Becker. All were in top fo rm b ut wer e un able to take t he Champ. Dan Becker, who finished second to Steve in th e Main event, has not won an y Mains this season but he is gettin g hot. Mike Curoso too k third in th e Main an d is cu rren tly in t he t hird sp o t fo r Scratch wins. The wrap-up spot went to J eff Sexton , th e yo u ng lion th at finished second to Ste ve Bast in th e U.S . t itl e sh ot. J an Balla rd b ecam e t he ne wes t rider to ad d his nam e to th e one ti me win ner's list, his vict o ry T ues day night in the Han d icap Main eve n t was a hard one wit h th ree o u t o f six riders ho ld in g th e lead at o ne t im e or a no th er. Division T wo had it s sha re o f ups an d downs bu t it was Porky McC abe co ming out o n top for hi s fir st win . Costa Mesa, Califo rn ia May 30 , 1975 Rick Wo o d s, th e Hun t in gton Bea ch Ro ck et, Mike Bast, the White Ghost, Dan Becker . the Berserko, St eve Bast. the Win Machine. were th e Scratch Main event. Berserko an d th e Ro cket broke out on top in the first tum as the White Gh ost loo ked for a n o pe n ing . He found it on th e second lap when Berserko went wid e to th e wall nearly taking St eve do wn. Lap three, and all four were in a group aga in, in turn one . Woods ro cketed away and stretched out his lead o ver th e White Ghost at th e finish lin e. Becker held o n for third. St eve fourth. The racing was outs tandin g with Becker living up to hi s nam e of Berserko . Bo th he and Woods m ade some of th e best moves through traffic ever seen o n th at sma ll Costa Mesa oval. Mi ke Bast wa s m o ved t o th e 50 yard line in th e Handicap ha lf of th e sh ow and st ill ea rn ed hi s way t o the Main . taking th e wrap-u p spo t. Bo bby Ro ss started t he Handicap I\lain o n the 10 yard line a nd was rep eat edly challenged by Bill Cody an d Brian Short. At the end o f the five laps Short had m oved to seco nd , Cody to third . So n ny Nu tte r to fourth , Ste ve Hast to fi ft h . a nd Mik e Bast to six th . Division three fo r th e seco nd strai gh t