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Group tag match . Skip Kennedy , Bobby Hardison , Rick Huckans (background) - and New Zealander Kevin Mac Donald is " it " .
Peace, Gene Woods.
Irwindale, bu t because several of the
principles and the facts were not
available . there was n o ru ling.
San Bernardino, July 28
- By Rex Reese
Ventura, July 27,1976
By Dennis Greene
A half-dozen to p riders failed to
show up for an ope n nigh t and
will be fine d b y the S.R. A. Several
othe rs did 'no t ea rn a trans fer to
th e Main Events, but .all in all, the
racing was grea t, simply bec ause
all the riders who wo rked the ir
way into the Hand icap and
Scrat ch Mains we re of equal
ta len t.
Steve Co lumbo. fro m the ten yard
line , to o k an ea rly lead in the Handicap
Main. Brian Sh ort and both Nutters
tried in vain to close the gap . Steve
Nutter h ad t hings a li tt le mo re his own
way in the Scratch Main w it h a win ove r
his co usi n So nny. '
There still was a lot of talk about the
protest filed by the L.A. Sprockets o n
behalf of Bruce Penhall, who fell in the
final event of team racing Saturday
nigh t at Bakersfield. The protest is over
whether he fell or was knocked down
by Dubb Ferrell . A special mee ting of
the S.R.A . was held Thu rsd ay nigh t a t
With J im Fis hback off th e sick list ,
Berdoo faced off th e Ventura Sharks.
Things starte d jumpin' and pump in' as
Larry Shaw and Dean Forman p ut away
Scott Sivadge and Bobby Schwartz wi th
a 3- I score. Then Mark Cherry and
Dennis Sigalos did it again to Sonny
Nutter and Randy Marsh . The pair of
Fishback/Ron Preston gave Berdoo it s
first of th ree sweep s. with t he other two
by Cherry an d Sigalos.
The final had Cherr y an d Siga los
caug ht off gua rd as Danny ,Bec ker too k
the lead. fo llo we d b y Mark while Bobby
Sch war t z ke pt the door locked on
Dennis in fourth. But even with a little
glory lost in th e final, the score was
45-33.
People poured cash in to the kitty (an
extra $53) fo r the win ne r of the
Divisio n Two Main . which was itself a
series of st range events. On the first
start, Larry Ko sta and Bryan Buffi ng ton
lo cked bars an d crash ed, putting Bryan
ou t fo r th e n ight. On th e-re start, Larry's
clutch failed . putting him through the
tapes and o u t of the race. This left Stan
Flanders and l\like Maely. Stan just
walked aw ay to an easy win ,
The Handicap Main looked like a win
for First Division newcomer Chris
Haines as he led from the wire . But
behind Chris was Ron Pre ston, coming
up thro ugh traffic fro m the ' 30 yard
