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he was th e o nly Op en bike. and since he
rode th e 5 00 class h eal race. wh y wa s h e
su d d en ly barred fro m rid ing th a t 500
Tro p hy Das h ?
It was sta ted by a track official t hat
other rid er s objec ted bu t : . . . ca refu l
checking reveale d t ha t it was the parent
of one of th e other 5 00 class ri de rs .
V ery st range
th at th ere was n o
obj ec ti o n m ad e d uring the h eats.
There we re so m e short te mpe rs
alrea dy because of foul- u ps and dela y s.
Re st ar t af te r re start fo r th e h eal rac es
ca used m o re delay an d edgy nerves.
Probl ems w it h the PA syste m
(un de rst an dable) ca used d o wn -t im e an d
the p lacing of riders a fte r the he ats
brought up m ore delay (u n n ec essary) .
Then someone remembered tha t the
track h ad to be drug be fore the T ro p hy
Dashes and this was done aft e r all the
rest of the mess was settled.
The in cident over ","'ord 's rid in g, or
not riding, in the 500 Das h was th e final
straw. Before t he row w as over ride rs
alrea d y having won trophies forfeited
the m. At least three-quarters of all
ride rs a nd spectators loaded it up an d
left the track in protest of the tre a tment
of WDrd and his family .
'The few who rem ain ed finished out
t he day's ra ces and an attempt was
made to ge t th e results for this a rti cle .
The only results av ailable were :-
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Action at Pioneer
5hort Track
By A nn Carr
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