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- ;: Da Speedway AMA PRO iii!: ~ t took almost 10 minutes to complete , the last event was pushed off at 9:55. Congrats to Fred and cre w for another jo b well done. • Results in Results Section. Double Header l..."'l t"'O') ..... 10 ..... BIG - ;>- ;j ~ FR t - 8:00 Z et Z JULY 25th ~ a: et Z 'e" HALF MILE GARDENA GOLD (UP oJ " Storm in ' Norman" Benck battles, Denny bags match JULY 26th SAT. - 8:00 By W. H. Spencer SAN JOSE, CAL,JUNE 19 l\larty Benck battled his way to his second Handicap l\lain win in the last three nights of Speedway racing and earned himself a little CAMEL 25-LAP T.T. NATIONAL SPECIAL OFFER FOR RA e ! • Child Rese rved Adu l t Ge n e r a l 13· ' 7 Ge ne r a l Ad m i ss i o n Admlui'On $7 .50 $3.75 $5 .50 Ge ner.. ' Ad m i ss io n O n ly Genel'",ll A d m i ss i on $3 .50 $2 .50 $10.00 $3.75 July 26 Gard . na Go ld Cup I July 25 • Two Nigh t I Combin.tion I FANS Ad ult Reserved I I I ~ Natio na l T.T. ENCLOSED IS MY C H ~C K On l v $4.50 $8 .50 $4. 50 I 9·12 8 &., Under G en er Oll ' Admission A dmissi on $1.00 $1 .00 $1.50 FREE FREE FREE Ge ne r a l I I FO R 1 I . I I • I _ I I I MAKE CHECK O R MO NEY O RDER PAYABLE TO LO S ANG ELES INTERNATIO NAL RACEWAY c/o ASCOT PARK. 183 0 0 SO . VERMONT. GARDENA. CALIF. 90 2 4 7 (NO DISCOUNT PASSES APPLICABLE ON COMBINA TIO N TICKETS) NAME _ PHON"'E _ I ADDRESiSS I I _ ._- - - - STATE Z IP ~ __ • Before any of your friends drive home from your party, make sure they aren't drunk. • j~~~~~v~--------~~ : RQC1( \lIll.E. "'AR Y1.Af'riD 2OlI!l2 : I ~~;: :'~=:. f.onwl • • 1..... I : T.. I ..... ...n-.dwl n .. do : 1...· - 1-- ~~ ~ __ ~=~ I I __ J ~ .-lCInur.- DIIVI-' ·O more yardage for his efforts, while Paul Orlandi go t his old hardware out and made it work to win the Scratch Main, Orlandi took the point off the Scratch st art with Rich MacMurray close behind. Going through the back tum MacMurray put a wheel underneath along with Nonn Denny and the two got under but just for a second. In the con fusion of three a b reas t ra cing Orlandi got a go od jump off the co m er and Denny dr opped to fourth while Dale Stetler to ok off for a charge at the lead e rs. Denny go t ba ck into third on the third go -ro u nd but it was freight train from that point. All th e lad ies were enthused because it was lad ies ni ght a nd when Dennis Robinson and Norm Denn y ca me out for a sp ecial mat ch r ace. it was fever city. The start was ex ce llent with Denny go in g in first hut ge tt in g just an ed ge wide com in g off th e co m er and the rapidly improvin g class " C" Junior saw the op ening. Rid in g the Cook's communications motor. Robinson shot through fo r th e lead an d held a tight line past the start /finish but promptly blew it all co min g o ff tum one as Denny did. Denny go t by down the back straight but Robinson wasn't done quite yet, he double-clutched it, got a super wheel stand, ca ugh t Denny going into the comer and gave it a go o d drive for the black an d white. But Denny had it in the bag with a low line drive shot and won it by a half a wheel length. The crowd loved it ! Benck set th e st age for the Handicap Main by winning the opening Handicap heat over old man George Carter and Orlandi (two deep yardage men), and then copped the Semi in the same fashion. He led the Main fro m wire to wire with Carter firm ly in tow while MacMurray and Denny just couldn 't find a way around. J im Neuenburg took the Division II hono rs with ease while Dave Cooper had his hands fu ll of Dave Faria wh o is really le arnin g to get sideways. In t he King of the lI ilI ma tch race Ken Eggers ran off a nd hid fro m Rich Beardsley and a sick m o to r. Jerry "Kamikaze Bowers is n ext on t he lis t . J u n io r Speedway racing is st ill do minate d by Brian Thompson and Steve Lucero w here th e tw o come off the 40 ya rd line to beat out the Kirb y boys in some wi ld crashing and bashing. Lucero is being o utfitted fo r a n ew motor and what with school out now. the show should get bigger and better. Results in Res ults Section. • tt Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 32 213-538 -2914