Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

- night:-itt"tlie -main~n~_miti'rlgItartl to get past Sivadge, Woods di d it with a co m manding lean. . • Bakersfield, Californ ia September 6, 1975 Saturday nigh t was the last regular night of Speedway here for the 1975 season. Next week, September 13, will be round two of qualifying for the U.S. Speedway National. - Steve Bast, five-time holder of the California State Championship title, let everyone know that he is ready again, with an outstanding ride in the scratch main event. Steve beat brother Mike, Dubb Ferrell, and Mike Curoso. Jim Fishback was' well on his way to victory in the handicap main when he was taken out by Bobby Schwartz , quite by accident. Bobby lost it trying to move to the inside line, the win went to Dubb Ferrell, his ninth of the season. Irwindale, California September 4,1975 A brace of Basts - Mike and Steve shunt Bobby Schwarts to the outside at Cc.!st a Mesa. Skid leaders qualify By Dennis Greene, Bill Kolberg and John Bethea Ventura, California September 2,1975 Dubb Ferrell's star IS still the brightest In town. He picked up his fifth scratch mam event Tuesday night, outriding the whole Bast family. Steve and Mike Bast, alung with brother-in-law Larry Shaw, all ~ook a back seat to the hard-charging Ferrell. It was a night for little riders (in size o nly ) to pull off the big win. Guy Waterson soon took the lead of the five-l ap handicap main, and was still pulling a way at the finish line. On September 16 Ventura will host one of the qualifying. rou~ds for the U.S. Speedway Championship. The top 32 riders in points will be ~ere trying to earn one of the 16 spots In the finals that will be run at the LA. Coliseum on November I. San Bernardino, California September 3,1975 10 Bruce Penhall the "flashy blond" from Balboa, won five ra ces, including the match race ove r Dubb Ferrell , makin g both the eve ning's mains. Fu llerto n's " Ligh tn ing" Larry Shaw got the ga te for the even ing 's four-lap scratch finale and stayed in fro n t al l the way, leaving Ferrell, Sonny Nutter and Penhall in his wake. First-timers nailed d own sec o n d and third divisi on honors. Louis Lindwall made the most from h is zero yard-line position and Tom Morley made short work of h i s opposition in their ra sp j:<;ti e, 119P!jl' p'l5J1~s" • • • ••• • • Ron ,Preston became an inst~nt hero ~hen his ~ormal 30-yard handicap was stretched' to 50 for a roller at the start of his heat race. Preston hugged the pole and collared the leaders on the third lap for the victory. After all the effort to make the final, unfortunately "Rapid" Ron fell on the first lap, to end his evening's heroics. Costa Mesa, Californ ia September 5 1975 In the past seven weeks at Costa Mesa, three riders have dominated the scratch main event: Jeff Sexton, Mike Bast, and Dubb Ferrell. This week Sexton did not win a transfer to the main event, in his place was Bobby Schwartz and the fourth rider was Steve Bast. Schwartz go t an early lead but was taken over by Steve in turn three, then by Mike a nd Dubb. The lead ch an ge d back and forth until :,like Bast go t the drive coming out of turn two and went on to win. Top rider from the no rt h , Alan Christian, filled in fo r Danny Becker in the two-lap feat u re match race . Th e two lap s went to Sonny Nutter wire to wire. First round h igh po inter Rick Woods kept his streak alive with a runaway in th e fiv e-lap handicap main eve nt. Woods, who wo n a maximum 12 points Thursday nigh t at Irwindale in round one of qual ifying for the Nationals th en .ha d to beat Scott Sivadge in a ru noff, f IfIId hi mself i9 ,,~ :'H'FfSJ>!>l lIP.qay The h u n t is on for the National Speedway Champion for 1975 and it began Thursday nigh t at Irwindale Raceway . R i c k Woods and Sco tt Siyadge parlay ed fou r wins each to share th e qualifying points lead, and to determine the top ri der of th e n igh t th ey met in a special 33rd race runoff, heads-up , fo r fo ur lap s. It was a block-buster. This pair was equal until the final tu m. Up to that point the lead had changed at least eight times and they rode side-by-side for three solid laps. Finally, in the last tum, Woods grabbed the point position for the final time and won it as the crowd of 5 ,000 went ape. , Race Two had the crowd booing. It came on the second lap in turns three and four with Billy Gray up front and Jeff Sexton close by in second. Jeff spied an opening underneath and took it, pulling alongside Gray. Suddenly he launched to the ou tside and sen t Gray sprawling to the turf. It looked like it was on purpose, but actually Jeff's bike had hit an inside ru t, which had bumped him out. The crowd didn't think Jeff should have tried it in the first place and they were booing him all nigh t. Alan Christian of Northern California won that race. Before you had a chance to catch you r breath, Rick Woods won event 19 afte r a h ard fight with Dave Sim s and Brian Short. . Christian, th e No. One northern rider, saw h is chan ces at a perfect score go down the drain" when he crashed in race 20 and finis hed last. Pe nhalJ got his second wind and p ulled off the fir st place. Ferrell co n ti nued to roll wi th the ace in 2 1 foll owed by Steve Nu t te r taking No. 22, Curoso to p ping 23 and Larry Shaw pinning back h is foes in 24 . And so it we nt. Race 3 1 was the last Woods ' attempt, and this time the three-time Na ti onal Champion succeeded, p utting away Curoso, Steve Nutter an d Sexto n. Woods and Sivadge had each recorded a perfect night. Larry Moon won race 32. That set the stage for the ru n o ff, with an additional 5200 goi ng to firs t and $100 to second. 580 more came from the fans in the stands to line the winner's pocket and Woods took it all. _ Results" · _. - ••••••••• •• • • •. SAN BERNA RDINO , CA ., 9 / 3 /75 HAND I CAP M A IN: Br uce Pen hall 40. B r i an Short 2 0, G uy Waterson 3 0J. M ar k Ch er ry 2~ Larry Shaw 3 0. Da ve Si m s ,, 0. SC RA I CH MAI N , 1. La rry Shaw. 2. Dubb Ferre ll . 3. Sonny N u tter . 4. Mark Ch er ry . HANDICAP CON50L: Jim Gresh am 20 . Cub b F err ell 4 0, De an Forman , Jim F ishback 30. Cr aig 5ch afferO. Barrie Idom O. SC RA TC H CONSOL: L Da ve Si m s. 2. Jim G res ham. 3 . Br ian Short . 4. B r u ce Pen ha ll . M AT CH R ACE : Br u ce Penha ll ce r, Dubb Ferrell 2nd C I V : Louis Un dwall 3rd C I V : T om M orley . I RWIN DALE QUALI FI ERS F O R U.S. SP E EDWA Y CHAM PI O NSHIP, 9 / 4 /7 5 : Rick Woods 12. Scott Si vadge 12 . Mike Bast II. Bill Co dy 10. Du b b Fer re ll 10, Br uc e Penhall 9, M ike Curoso 9. St eve Ba st 2 . Son n y Nutter 8 . Al an Christian 8. M ark Ch erry 8. L a rr y Moon 8 , Larry Sh a w 7. B obby Schwartz 7. Mike Konle 7. Da ve Si m s 6 . Ri ch MacMurray 7 Randy M arsh 6 . Jim Fi Shba c k 5. Mark Cherl 5, Steve Nutter 5. Jeff se x t o n 5 Brian Sh or t 5. Jim Gresh am 3 . Mike Muntean 3. Bill Meister 2, J o hn Cun ni ngh am 2. Wayne Lewis 2. Jerry Bau gh I , Geo rge carter 1. Dal e St et ler 1, Billy G ra y I . Pau l O rl andi 1. V E NTU RA, CA., 9/2/75 SC RAT C H MAI N : 1. D ubb F errell . 2 . Larry Sh aw . 3 . Mike Ba st . 4 . Ste ve Ba st . H AN D IC AP M A I N : 1. Gu y Waterso n. 2 . Dave Sims. 3 . D ubb F er r ell. 4. Mike Cu roso . 5. Br i an Sh or t . 6 . SCott Sivad ge. F EATU RE M A TCH RAC E : Br uce Pen hall o ver SCott Sivad ge. D IV. 3 : 5tu E911. BAKE RS FI ELD, C A .. 9/6/75 SCRATC H M AI N : 1. Steve Ba st. 2 . Mike Ba st . 3. D ubb Ferrell. 4. Mi k e c u rese, HAND IC A P M AI N : 1. Dubb Fe r rell . 2. Mike Bas t . 3 . Steve N u tter . 4. Way ne Le w is. S. Bobb y Schwartz . 6 . Ji m Fi shback. FEAT URE M AT C H RAC E : Mike Bast o ve r B o b by Schwa rtz C OS TA M ESA, CA .. 9/5/7 5 SC RATC H M AI N : 1. Mike Bast. 2. D ubb Ferrell. 3 . Steve Ba st . 4 . B obby Schwar t z. , HAN D I CPA !)

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