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ma tch race . Pe nh all score-d h is second 'cu n se ru t ive will . b lo wi ng Al a n C hristia n in to t he weeds. R ick Jones wok t lu- virt ory in the Se-cond D ivisio n M a in e ven t with D a ve B r ewcr and De n n is St ewa rt ta~i nil s..co n d a nd thi rd . • Results SCRATCH MA IN EVENT: 1. M ike Bast. 2. Jim Fishbac k. 3. Alan Christian . 4 . Bru ce Penh all. HANDICAP MA IN EVENT: 1. Mark Chert . 2. Dave Galvin . 3. Alan Christian. 4, Jim Fishback. 5. M ik. e Muntean. 6. Don Faulkner. FEATURE MATCH RACE: Bruce Penhall over Alan Chr ist ian . DIV ISION 2: Rick Jo nes. By Dennis Gre~ne COSTA MESA. CA. MAY 20 Garden G rove D atsu n a d ded S100 to t he 550 TERRYKIT 10" of Travel for Marzocchi 9" of Travel ' f or IT 175-400 77 Sm oother act io n - Mo re Improved co ntro l handlin g - Mor e trav el Differen t dampen ing Air o r springs. The fron t end kit th at beats th em all. IAbove) Joe Sp isak and his bike gave up racing f or free-form gymnastics at Ventura. (Belo w) M ike Bast leads Alan Christian , Ron Preston and M ike Muntean at lrwindal e, b e ing offe red b y S e lect V a ns for th e fi rst g irl to w in a m ain e ve n t. It a ll g oes alo ng with th e purse to the fi rst you ng lad y to win the Division Two or T h ree M a in eve nt. Ag a in it was Bo b b i Hunt er leadin g th e eve nt on ly to get p a ssed in th e final t u rn b y Greg W ilh it e for th e win . . Bob M cLain won th e Division T wo Main e ve nt, T his puts him right o n to p wit h R ick .In nes fo r th e m ost wins in t ha t class and both rid ers will be fi ndi ng themselves in First Division in the ncar future . Ala n C hristia n , like Bru ce Penh all and J im Fishba ck , has a lrea dy won both m ain events in o ne night a nd he . ca m e close to doing it again . Christi an too k second in th e H a nd ica p Main and wo n -rh.. Sc rat c h Main , Ron Presto n took ho me the ilo1d in rh e handicap . Results SCRATCH MAI N EVENT: 1. Alan Christ ian. 2. M ike Bast. 3. M ark Cherr y. 4. Bruce Penhall. HA NDICAP MAI N EVENT; 1. Ron Preston. 2. Alan Ch ris tian . 3 . Cli nt Palm er. 4 . Mike Bast . 5. Dave Sim s 6 . J im Fishback. $50.00 Deal er o r Direct ou t of state calI tolI fre e 800-854-4691 90 day money back guarantee San Bernardino May 18, 19n SCRATCH MA IN EVENT: 1. Bruce Penhall, 2. J;m Fishback, 3. M ike Bast . 4 . Dennis Sigalos. HAND ICAP MAI N EVENT: 1. Larrv Kosta. 2. Tom Ferris. 3. Jim Fishback. 4 . M ike Bast. 5. Rob Morrison. 6. Dave Sims. FEATURE MATCH RACE: Bruce Penhall lo';el Jim Fishback By Dennis Greene VENTURA. CA. M~Y 17 PARTS World', I. rl csl iftv, ntory lor lIalian molDrcyclu . RebUilt En,i.e flcl'l'",cs COSIIOPOliU• •fOllI III( H.llt o ;o P"a 190 4 0 12 1~1 6 72·9 100 IU P . AR EA S A V A I l. Boot Bargains Major Brands Value $70.00 to $80. 00 for o n l y $49.95 .. . . also Children 's B u c kl e o r Men' s Lace As Speedway enters its third week , Big Jim Fishback continues to dominate the Scratch Main event at Ventura . For the thi rd straight week , Fishback won the four -lap dash , It was Mike Bast , Bruce Pen ha ll a nd Gene Woo ds making up the rest of the race . b u t Fishb ack led wire- to -wi re . Fish b a c k almost repeat ed his open ing nig ht triumph . wh en he won bot h m a in even ts . but this tim e had to se t t lc for se cond behind Fred Held oo rn , wh o put h is sho rt handicap start to good use . Fishback ca m e from the 50 'vard line and was o n lv a few feet of(the pact" at the e nd o( the live laps, . On opening night , Do ug Ski les was helped from the track aft er a harc! get off on th e fro nt straightawa y, bu t this week he came ba c k strong enough to win the Divisio n Two Ma in eve n t. Results . . . , also Over 250 Styles of Boots and Work Shoes Work Shoes Unlimited Wh itti er. 11227 W ashing10n Blvd. 695-6266 Gard en Grove , 12086 Brookhur st St. 537-6535 Orange. 1n2 N. Tustin Ave, 998-5400 32 SCRATCH MA IN EVENT: 1. J im Fishback . 2. Mike ' Bast. 3. BrucePenhali. 4. Gene W oods . HANDICAP M A IN EVENT: 1. Fred Heldoorn. 2. .Jirn Fishback . 3. Robin Hood . 4. Gene W ood s 5. M ;ke Bast, 6. 8 rucePenhall, FEATURE MATCH RACE: Dave Sim s over .Iim Fishback. DIVISION 2: Doug Skiles. By Tom Blattler. IRWINDALE, CA, MAY 19 After n e arl y t hre e weeks on hi s rcvolut ionary M a e ly M ot o rs rn a - ' d b k a: t J umpe ac on hI S reserve b ike . a four-va lve Weslak e , in th Scrat ch Ma in e ve nt to sco re his firs t feature win of th e 197i speedway ra cing seaso n , Bast ro lled to th e sran ing lim' with his four -valv e Maely. but for the first time sin ce th e sea son o pe ned , the new ma chine would not run , Bast went to his trusty Weslake and proceeded to pull a way from Jim Fishback , AI"n Christian , and Bruce Pc n ha ll. Off the start , Bast a nd I'enhall were sid e -b y-sid e into th e firs t co r n e r . bu t Bru ce took th e ou tside lim' in a n effo rt to pi ck up som e morv t ract ion , H o weve r . th a t rnanuever proved to be t he wrong one, as Ba st easi ly motored aw a y from the pa ck o n th .. inside f ' groo\'e. HI' was ollowed hy Fish back . and Penh all . In t he .five -Ia p H andica p Fr-a iurc . Mark C herf led wire -to -wire to not c h his seco nd H a nd ica p Mai n eve n t of t he early season . P la r'ing second in the top Handi ca p 1\lo ney r a e .. of t lu- nil(ht wa s D ave Galv in fo llo wed hv C hrist ia n a nd Fishb ack , wh o both ca rn « from t he ,,(). 'h' Mik C m~. J I e B s vard -Iine . . In th e two -la p " Kin!( of tl te H ill" (Abovel M ike Bast takes the winner's f lag at Irwindale' s Scratch Main. (Belowl Brad Oxley at San Bernadino.