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b urro wed into seco nd o n ly to h ave a flat rear t ire force hi m out . The Xla tch race saw Pen ha ll dis pose of Larry Shaw swift ly. Penhall was not slated for the match . but wh en Sivadge co u ld not mak e it due to an earlie r sp ill. Bruce took his pl ace. Th e Scr at ch ~Iain was de cided earl y . Like last week. J erf Sexton broke off e ar ly an d ran a wa y. This t im e. h e won by a hu ge th ird of a lap a fter Steve Bast. in seco nd . broke with les s th an tw o laps to go . In lIand icap act io n. Rand y Marsh swep t the night by winning th e ~Iain over Penhall, Fishback. Cur o so, Sexto n and Shaw. And in th e COIlSY, Co d y using the o u tsi de like he always docs, took the win over Ferrell, Schwartz, Cherry. Konle and Sonny Kutter. This next week, Max Koemans will have a Division I ride as this t ime out he worked from th e 3 0 yard marker to take the Division II Main over Tim Pari si. Dean Forman , another from the 30, was third by only a few feet in a most beautiful race to th e finish. Costa Mesa, California Jul y 11. 1975 Larry Shaw (lead ing) and Rick Woods had their private match race. swapped Scratch wins this week. Shaw & Woods duel, Taft W recking Crew wins bucks, & Steve Bast gets anew hat By Dennis Greene, John Bethea & Bill Kolberg Ventura, California July 8.1975 Ligh tning Lar ry Sh aw turne d in one o f the be st rid es o f th e night in th e Scratch Main against Rick Woods. Larry stayed tight to the inside pole . Wo ods tr ied seve ral times to m ove to the inside. When this failed Rick m ade h is m ove to the ou tside, bu t Larry is gett ing track wise and where he may have lost a race before, he j u st plain outguessed Woods this time. Shaw and Woods had at it in th e Handicap !\lain as well , both rid in g o ff t he thirty yard line but this time it was Woods all the way fu r the win with Mark Cherf ge tting past Sh aw for seco nd. • Hometown fans got wh at t hey wanted, a local' winner, this time it was Randy Holbert in T hird Division p ickin g up all th e marbles. Bobby Schwartz did it to Larry Shaw in the two lap Feat u re Mat ch Ra ce, a gain ma king th e, hometown fans happy. Indian Dunes. California July 9.1975 14 Speedway has been running for three wee ks at Ind ian Dunes. giving th e Division Two and Three riders a place to Steve Bast fills in as referee at the Dunes. working to give the lower d ivision riders some track t ime . work, improve th eir talent and m ake so me money as well. Some o f th e b iggest nam es in Speedway put on a di fferent hat this week at Indian Dunes Wednesday n ight for the third rac e meet o f th e 19 75 seaso n. Current U.S. Sp eedway Champ , Stev e Bast was the o fficial referee. He was helped out by J im Gr esh am. Porky :\IcCabe , Jim Rogin and many other S. R.A. members, a ll o f whom gave their time freel y to help get th in gs going for the Second and Third Division rid ers . for the past three week s Dean York has dominated the Scr at ch !\lain and tonight was no exc epti o n . In fact , York took the Handicap Main, as well. It has been several years sin ce an y Division Two rider has scored so high. San Bernardino, California Ju ly 9, 1975 Two new speedway st ars shone brightly o n a hot and m uggy Wed nesday even ing as Dean Fo rm an and Clint Palmer shar ed top honors while notch ing their first ca re er " Maia " victories. For ma n, a se c o nd -y ear rid er curren tl y ho lding a dual license ( First and Se co nd Division) • . shot fro m h is po le slot in the fo ur-lap finale and held off Fo ntana 's Jim Fishback fo r the Scr at ch victory. After a three -rider jam into the first turn, Forman and Fishback drew away and battled it out fo r the du ration. Santa An a's Clint Palmer, who at 27 years old is riding his first year of speedway , made a complete turnabout fro m last week 's sixth-place finish in the Handicap Consolat io n with an impressively easy win in the Handicap Main. Another first-year professional , Shawn McCo nnell, a graduate of the Ju n i o r S peedway p r o gram , was runner-up in fro nt of local newco mer Wayne Lewis. Lo cal "hot" Rod Sexton, yo unger brother of nat io na l ru nner-up Jeff Sexton, found the groove in h is second week o n the San Bernardino ova l with a f aci le s core in the Handi cap Co nsolation, wh ile co nsistent Dave Galvin dupli cat ed his tri ump h o f last w e e k by c a p t u rin g th e Scratch Co nsolation. The victory provided the T usti n fire man with a double, as he wo n the best-of-three race match fro m Bobby Ross, taking the first and last heats. Irwindale, California July 10. 1975 The yar dage markers were re-adjusted th is week, measured on the crash wall instead of the pole, and it turned int o the bes t night of Handicap racing o f the year. It was a back yardage marker night as all but only a co up le of experienced veter ans were unable to make it from be hind to tr ansfer. The first semi faced off wi th Mark Cherry o n the 10 , Mike Konle and Bruce Penhall o n the 30 and Mik e Curoso, J e ff Sexton and Dubh Ferrell all co m ing from the 40. For five lap s it w as a six-m an race with the fin al lap being decided by only a few feet be t ween the first four. Curoso won that o ne with Sexton second and Penhall third, all makin g the Main . 11,e other th ree slots were filled in the seco nd Semi when Randy Marsh held back a tenacious charge from Larry Shaw and Jim Fishback. 11,e first heat we nt to Ric k Woods over what appeared to be a dead heat for second between Mik e Konle and Jerf Sexton. Onl y one co uld t ransfer and after a brief co n fere nce at the scoring tower, the runnerup spot went to Sexton. TIle riders themselves weren't sure who took second. it was that dose. Woods, by the way, was making up for h is lI and icap Hea t in which he had Currently the Orange County Fair is un derway . and be ing that t he speedway tra ck is part o f t he Fai rgrounds. everyone t hat pays to see th e fair ge ts to sec Speedway free. Th e wee kly show ordinarily p lays to 8 ,500- 10 ,000 people, but t his week some 12.0 0 0 fan s pa c ked the place like never before. The old favorite, Rick Woods, won the Scratch ~I ain over Larry Shaw. These two have had a battle all week. Neither Woods nor Shaw made it to the Handicap Main, but first yea r rider Dean Forman did, not o nly is this his first year in Speedway. but he has ea rned a Division One license and he put it to good usc Friday night when he earned his way to the Ma in and went all the wa y for the go ld. The Fair will run one more week so if yo u arc planning to go to Speedway plan on getting there one hour early. Bakersfield. California July 12, 1975 Bakersfield fans get more o ut of their racing and put more into it than anywhere in the speedway ci rcuit. These su per people keep asking for sp ecial Ma tch Races and t hey arc mo re th an read y to pay fo r it . This past Satu rday night, over $575.00 was put up for j ust one race; five laps be tween th ree riders from Taft Wrecking Crew and the Bomb Sq uad. T h e Ba k e r s f ie l d Bakersfiel d Bo m b Squad did j ust th at, t hey bombed o ut. Russ Smith won, with Gr an t Sayle rs second and Russ' brot her Mark for th ird , all three o f Taf t. Dave Sims had to be t he happiest guy in Bakersfield when he won the Han dicap Main, his first victory of the 1975 season. Dave rides fo r Lebard and Underwood. Cotton Goff V.W. and Mo lnar's Che vron and if he was a litt le bigger he probably would have so me m o re advertisers on his lea t h ers. Mike Curoso is another rider that has three sponsors. All three go t their money's worth when he ran away with the Scratch Main. • Results V E N T U R A . CALI F . July 8 , 197~ SCRAT C H MAIN : 1. Larry Shaw. 2. R ick Woo ds . 3 . Mar k Cherry . 4 . Mike Ko n le . HAND I CAP MAIN : 1. Rick Woo ds . 2. Mark Cherf. 3. Larry Shaw. 4. Scott Sivadge. 5 . R andy Marsh. 6 . Wayne Lewis. F EAT U R E M ATCH : 1. B o b Schwartz. 2. Larry Shaw. D I V I S I O N II : Guy Watersonn VALENCIA . C A L IF. July 9. 1975 H ANDICAP M A I N : 1. Dean Y o r k . 2 . Randy Marsh . 3 . B Ob b y H ill. SCRATCH M AIN : 1. Dean York. 2. R an d y Marsh. 3 . Dan Huckans. 4 . Andy Cadotte. FE ATURE MATCH : 1. A n d y Ca d otte. 2 . Dean York. IRWIN DALE. CALIF. July 10, 1975 SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Jeff Se xton . 2. D u bb Ferrell . 3. Bruce Penh att . 4 . Steve Ba st . H AN DIC A P MA IN ; 1. R an d y M ars h . 2 . B r uce Pe nha ll. 3. Jim Fish back . 4 . M ike Curoso. 5 . Je ff Se xto n . 6 . Larry Sha w . F E AT URE M ATC H : 1. B ru ce Penn att. 2. Larry Shaw COS TA MESA. C AL IF . J u ly 11 . 19 7 5 SC R ATCH M A I N : 1. Ri ck W o o ds . 2. L ar r y Shaw . 3 . Sonn y N u tt e r . 4. D ubb Ferre ll. H A ND I CAP M A IN : 1. Dean Fo r m an . 2. Bruce Penhall. 3. Mike Curoso . 4. Mark Cherry. 5 . Jeff Sexton. 6 . D ub b Ferrell. B A KE RS F IE LD. CALIF . J u ly 12 . 1975 SCR ATCH M AIN : 1. Mike cu-cso . 2 . Jeff Sexton . 3 . Larry Shaw . 4 . So nny Nutter. HANDICAP MAIN : 1. Dave Sims. 2 . B i ll Mei ster . 3 . B il l Cody . 4. Larry Sh aw . 5 . D u bb Ferre ll. 6. D an Toomey . F E AT URE MATCH : 1. Son ny Nutter. 2. R ick Woods.