• • bwindale, June 17
By Rex Reese
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Team rival rie s were tempor ar ily buried
tonight so in div idual ri ders could fight it
out amongst themselves , as Irwindale
hoste d its first open racing program of
th e season.
Dennis Sigal as showed everybody
th at his eye's fmc as he won his
Handicap heat; Bruce Penhall and
Bo bby Sch wanz turned in sterling
p er formances also. The big surprise was
Billy Gray who took the ou tside lin e
and the le ad to win his heat over Steve
Colu m bo and (get this!) Mike Bast.
Gray later go t his in the Semi as he ro de
sec o nd to Ro n Prest o n , again on the
outside, then got blown away in the
tum by Penhall and Bas t.
The Se con d Division was a sh ow of
its own . The first hea t saw Louis
Lin dwall put in a First Divisi on quality
ride as he alm ost lap p ed the fie ld. The
second hea t h ad Wayne Ishii who lat er
. won an intc:nnission match race over
Mike Bast!) and eventual Sec o n d
Divis ion Main winner Larry Ko sta .
Alan Christian grab bed th~ Handicap
Consolation , but was very hard p ressed
for the win as BiIly Gray was only a
hair's breadth ' behind him. In the
Handicap Main , Dennis Sigalo s held off
strong sliding Bru ce Penhall to win
hands down and eyes open.
T he Scratches fea ture d Steve Nutter
over Rob Morrison in the Conso lation ;
an d in th e Main, jeff Se xto n had to fight
tooth an d tire with Billy Gray , wh o had
to p lay bri desm aid again.
MaxJ
