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have it in the bag, but Preston charged
past Ch ris in turn th ree and got by for
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Irwindale, July 29
By Rex Reese
The excitement of the "good o ld days"
re t u rn ed once again as Irwindale hosted
another open ni ght. The preliminary
handicap heats featured two old hands
and two ne w dark horses. Mike Bast and
Mark Cherry won their heat s, while
up sta rts Lo uis Lindwall and Tom
Morely p ut themselves over the likes of
Bruce Penhall, Dean Forman, and
Sonny
Nutter. The Establishment
retained the upper hand as Bast and
Steve Columbo won the Semis. Lindwall
fell after a heavy drive p ut on by Rob
Morrison, while Morely failed to place
in the m one y and transfe rre d to the
Consolation.
In the Scratch heats , it lo o ked like a
Sprockets practice session as Bast,
Penhall, and Ge ne Wo o ds all worked
their way u p to the Mai n with Steve
Nutter filling o ut the bill . Mike took it
fro m the ga te to wi n the Mai n , fo llowed
by Nutter , Penhall, and Wo o d s who
cru ised in o n a sick bike.
Pe rhaps the most h o tl y contested a nd
emo tio nal ly charged race was the
Handicap Conso la tion as the five man
field (originally six , b ut Lindwall had
h urt his leg earlier in the Semi) le t out
all th e stops, Tom Morely once again got
out in fro nt as Larry Shaw, Forman,
Penhall, and Craig Schafer all tried to
get around each other. They all caught
up with Tom by the third lap. Shaw
broke away to a 30 yard lead, and the
race for second took on a new
dimension as Morley, Penhall, an d
Forman were almost dead even on the
last lap. As Larry took the win, second
place was still a three-way run as Tom,
Bruce, and Dean crossed under the wire
together. After several minutes of
checking between track and scoring
officials, Tom Morely was given second,
Forman th ird, and Penhall fourth.
Costa Mesa, July 30
By Denn is Greene
The home-town Eagles go t knocked off
their perch again by the number two
team in the League, the L.A. Sprockets.
Bruce Penhall turned in a perfect
score of 15 points to lead the Sprockets
to victory 44 to 3 4 . An ad d it ion al 13 .
points from Steve Columbo a nd 11
m o re by team captain Mike Bast, kept
the Sprockets out in fro nt all n igh t.
The Eagles were having a h ar d ' time
keeping their bikes u nder them and as a
team they m ay have set a new record
for falls. 'The best score they co uld get
all night was a n even split.
Kevin MacDonald is to Speedway in
New Guinea what Rick Woods and the
Bast Brothers are here in the Uni ted
States. Kevin has worked his way
through Second and Third Divisio ns
with an outstanding win record. He was
given his ch an ce Friday night at Co st a
Mesa to co m pe te in First Division. He
p ut his zero-yard handicap to good use,
winning the Handicap Main just a few
feet ahead of Bruce Penhall, who ca m e
all the way from th e 50.
Bakersfield , July 3 1
By Dennis Greene
Dubb Ferrell flew ba ck Saturday night
in t im e to lead the Bakersfield Bandits
to yet another victory . Just the night
before, Dubb had won both the Scratch
and Handicap Mains indoors at Salt
Lake City, Vtall.
The Bandits led seven of the 13
events and tied th e score three times.
The Eag les got off to a goo d start,
leading the first five even ts by four
points with a clean sweep in Event Five ,
but J eff Sexton and Bri an Short turned
the score back in the ir favor in t he nex t
race wi th a sweep of their own, tieing .
Then Dubb Ferre ll and Dan Toomey
swept , pu tting the Bandits o ut in fro nt
b y four. Another swe ep in Event 12 by
Sexton and Short put th e icin g on the
cake. Th e fin al score was 45 to 33.
A lo cal radio station , K.A. F.Y. , put
on the half-ti m e show , racing on
step-through Vespa Scooters, three of
which were. turned into scrap metal.
Resu lts in Results Se ction .
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