Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Randy Marsh for the Sha rks and Rob Morrison for the Spro ckets , on the gas at Irwindale' Superflow 110 The popu lar Superflow 110 is used by more tha n 200 racers around the wor ld for accu rate testi ng of engi ne cyl inder heads and intake manifolds. Complete instruct ions perm it even a beg inner to measure flow differenc es as small as 1%. --------------------------------For free brochure. write or ph one: .~ ~ Colorado Spr ings, Colo . 80907 (303) 471·1746 25¢ is what It costs per letter to put your ".me or r iding number on 'Your faYorlte jersey, swutStlirt, or T--shlrt while you wait. Phone (213) 534-2311 ,~O YAMAWA S,\'.l\lY TMm U: DIS TR IB U T IN(; WBlI~IECH '11" n"J!1 ')" , Randy Marsh and Bobby Schwartz picking up some very valuable pain ts , However, the pair of Bast and Gene Woods, a.k.a, "The Dynamic Duo," started to put together their familiar clean sweeps and the Ventura Country crew was history . Bast and Woods scored three sweeps with Penhall and Norm Denny picking up two 1-2 finishes in the team portion of the program. Penhall led all scorers with 13 pain ts followed by captain Mike Bast with 12 (Bast also p icked up 3 bonus points), Woods with 10 markers, and Rob Morrison with eight for the Sprockets. For Ventura, Marsh and Schwartz each scored nine points with Dave Sims taking four. Randy Marsh returned in the Handicap Main to slip under Gene Woods in th e fmal comer to take the victory . Third wen t to Dave Sims in the five-lapper. Steve Hein defeated Larry Kosta to clai m the victory in the Second Division feature. Costa Mesa, June 25 By Dennis Greene T eam cap ta ins made all th e difference Friday n ight as Larry Shaw returned to the Sizzlers to help pull them au t of an eigh t-straigh t losin g re cord. Rick Woods, cap tai n of th e Eagles. is still on the sidelines, recovering from eye su rgery. It was an ou tstandin g n ight o f racing with the score jumping back and forth as the two teams too k turns pulling off clean sweeps - three times for the Eagles and four for the Sizzlers , Th ings may h ave been tied up if not fo r a disqualification laid on Billy Gray wh en the SRA referee n ailed him for putting Jim Fish back into the crash wail. Not known at the ti me, J im's left foo t was broken. No wonder he couldn 't ride his last race because of the pain. Jim did second on his team to Ron Preston who had nine. Every man on the Sizzlers scored at least five points for the 40 to 38 tally. The Sizzlers win may have been enought to moved them out of last place. Mike Bendy 's win in the Handicap Main will surely put his name high up on the waiting list. The way the top riders are being sidelined, Mike may not have to wait too long for a team ride. Bakersfield, June 26 By Dennis Greene Back on April 17, opening night in Kern County , the Ventura Sharks beat the Bandits on their home track, bu t no one has since. The Bandits h ave won their last eight events at home and are the only team with a better than 50% win record : 13 W, 6 L. Tonight they added the L.A. Sprockets to their " collec tion, " Dubb Ferrell led the way for the Bandits with 12 points, followed by Steve Nutter with 11 and team captain Jeff Sexton added eight. Five tim es the Bandits pulled o ff clean sweeps. Two times the Sprockets tied up the score, bur .the Bandits came right back with a sweep. The final score, 46 to 3 2, took ne arly two hours to run, because of the heat, restarts, crashin g, and rider stalling. ' About 9 :30 th e second half got underway with th e Junior Speedway ride rs, but they kept running into each other. Mad Dog Mitch was taken off the track with a broken shoulder and it took four restarts to ge t their show running. The Division Two riders played it a little safer than usual and after two heats and a Main, Brian Buffington took the top sp o t. j eff Sexton won the whole ball of wax in the First Division Handica Main. •

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