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Nor Cal Speedway THE GOLD BELT OVERALL WI NER OF GRUELING BAJA 1st , 2 n d, 3 rd place w inners in the Open class! 125 class! 250 class! All wore th e Gold Bel t (along with 80% of th e total 353 rid er s & drivers). The Scratch Main at Cal Expo heads into turn one with winner J ohn Cun n ingha m already cozy u p t o the pole a nd not y ieldin g an inch . Cunningham and Trehal keep Nevada win streak going at CalExpo Two-time r St irling Stry ke r in Ju nior Speed way at Sa cra me nto. By Sneaky Pete SACRAM ENT O , CAL., J UNE 6 With Alan Ch ristian sideli ned by the flu and Rich MacMurray missing a starting spot in eit her Main for the first time this season, it was another pair of Ren o riders taking the spo tligh t, One of the quickest starters in Northern Califo rnia Speedway, j o hn Cu n n in gh am , was fir st o u t o f the gate whe n the ta pes went up and opened up a four len gth lead by the en d of lap one to wi n his first Scratch Main of 1975 . One time win ner of this eve nt this year and the nu mber two rider in S.R .A (no rth) points last year, Nurman Denny fin ished second, followed by Barclay Trehal and Paul Orlandi. With Steve Moore on the zero and Matt jackson and Ra ndy Davis o n the 10 , anyone of this trio of Divisio n Two graduates could very well take it all in tonight 's Handicap Main. Second year rider George Carter had plans of his own and moved up quickly fro m his 30 yard starting spot to take the lead on the third lap and then it was Barclay Trehal taking the lead and the win when Carter and his ma chine parted a half lap from the white flag. Six weeks and six d ifferent wi nners in Divis ion Two. j ere Wolfe m ad e his first ride: in the Division Two ranks a winning one ahead of Dave Cooper and Bob Bellino. For Cooper it was h is second two spot finish in a row here with Bellino in line for a co nsisten cy award for his fourth third place finish in four starts. lt was Alan Christian's j un ior Speedway team mate Sterling Stry ker hol di ng up th e co lo rs for owne r /tu ne r j ohn Fisher this eve ning by win n ing h is second jun io r Sp eedway Main of the season her e. .lust m issin g h is fo urt h J unior win in six weeks, Brian Thompson had to settle fo r second. In o ne o f th e most spectacular crashes eve r seen here. Dennis Robinson and j ay De Beaubie n lo c ked hand lebars in th eir han di cap heat. This occu rred at the e nd of th e back stra ight and bo th rid ers h it the wa ll wit h such im pa ct that DeBea ub ien we nt clear through the crash wa ll wi th he a nd the bi ke co m in g to a halt at the botto m ro w of seats. After seve ral very anxious mi nutes, both riders got up and Walked to the pits on some rather shaky legs. After a check by the ambula nce crew, jay drew a standing ovation when he came out for th e re-run of this eve nt. • Results in Results Section . Denny storms San Jose By W. H. Spence r SAN J OSE, CAL,jUNE 5 Norm Denny ne arly stormed away with both mains easily winning the Scratch by at least two feet over Rich MacMurray and nearly catc h in g Dennis Robinson at the ch ec kered in the Handiap. Stormin ' Norman is the only real threat to MacMurray at this, the longest track in the co u n try. In t he Handicap , four came off the back yard mar kers but none co uld catc h Robinson and so Dy namite Dennis will move back another increm en t of yard age proving th at only in Speedway ca n a rid er do good a nd ge t fart her away from the start. T wo flat trackers are runnin g things in Division II with Kir k T ardiff nippin g o u t Mike Faria b y abou t a fo o t in th eir Main whi le Brian Th ompson st ill reigns supreme with ho rsep ower in Jun ior Speedway over Steve Lucero. • Results in Results Secti on. Wayne Cook winner of Parker 400 Get th e belt the cham p io ns depend on, like Roger DeCoster, Malcolm Smith, j im Weinert, and m an y , m an y m ore . Don't be fooled by imitations, be sure you get the Gol d Belt - The Belt of Cha mpio ns. The Gold Belt comes in two fu lly adjustable sizes: Regular 27" to 40" and t he Mini. 20" to 27" for smaller waists. Watch fo r new design coming soon If your dealer doesn't stock the Gold Belt ask him to contact one of these distributors below: Maleolm S mith M.C. 2758 No . Main S t. Riverside, Calif. 92501 Rocley Cycle Co . Inc . 1250 ElJco Drive Sunnyvale , Calif. Sullivan Bros . 178 Reed S t. 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