At Ventura, Scott Sivadge held off Mike Bast to win the Scratch Main.
Fishback has two and
WOODS wins Div. III
By Dennis Greene and Joh n Bethea
Ventura, California
June 17, 1975
More new talent. Bumblebee Bobby holds off
Rick Woods for the Scratch win at Irwindale.
had to wat ch firs t Dann y Beck er an d
th en Bru ce Penhall ge t by to transfer.
After Clint Palmer too k Match Ra ce
win ner Ge ne Wo o ds in the Divis io n II
Main, the finals were next.
The Handicap Main had Shaw and
Sivadge on th e 20 . That 20 yard
separation stayed throughout the event,
but it was Fishback who made it aro un d
th e zero es to stash away his sec o nd win
of t he year. Sivadge rode fro m th e 20 to
sec o nd along with Sh aw to third.
Steve Bast p ulled o ut earl y in th e
Scra tch Main after Steve Nutter crashed .
Schwartz moved into second and tried
to do g Bast but co uld not find an
o pe n ing and wound up second o ver
Woods.
The other twist on th e night 's
program came in the Match Race when
Rick Woods was mat ched against his
bro ther Gene. The crowd decided t he
handicap Rick was to get and it resul ted
in 50 yards. In two laps , Rick j ust
m issed by five yards, whereupon he
as ked for an other try. He go t his wi sh
and lost agai n fro m the 50 by about
seve n yards . Rick quick-tal ked h is way
into a third try, this ti me from th e 10 ,
an d wo n easily.
Costa Mesa, California
Scott Sivadge IS one of the four
will e coinz
I'I d ers th a t WI be gOIng t 0 E urope
this winter. He was chosen beO
cause 0 f h IS ta Ient, an. d h e diISo
played it T~esday nigh t at
Ven tura winmng the Sc ra tch
1\1'
S It 's from Ventura and
. am. co 1
ndes for San Val Trucking, a
Ventura Company . His win ove r Mike
Bast , Larry Shaw and Bill Co d y was
great, all four riders were very clo se for
the four laps . ln the second lap , Cody
and Shaw we nt a little wide and Scott
made the right m ove. Cod y and Shaw
moved down and closed the door on
Mik e Bast , b ut he outrode the m taking
over second place a t the flag .
Pep si Cola was the official host of the
night putting up some fine t rophies
