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" ;plans to carry all season.
Irwindale, California
April 29, 1976
onigh t Danny "Berzerko" Becker lived
qp t o his rep utatio n for bei ng fast as he
shot o ff t he line and hel d it wide open
to pass everybody in the first tum.
Fro m there on he went on to win and '
collect three for Ventura. Only once did
fle get zipped, and that's when he
fulfilled his reputation for crashing, by
eating the second tum wall.
Berserkness, just like Animalism, can
only go so far, as Mike Bast and Bruce
Penhall made everything look so easy
during the team final, And it was easy as
Penhall waved bye-bye to Becker in the
last tum to get it for Irwindale, making
an otherwise close race into a sure win :
Irwindale 42, Ventura 36.
ast later showed his appreciation for
Bruce when Penhall's bike failed to
