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; ., • • ~ t Alan Christian at Folsom. The host town. Sandpoint . got something to cheer about when local Mike Kane . who crashed in the first moto and took ninth . put on a good ride in a wild second mota that saw second through sixth pl ace b ikes bunched up and swapping places time after time around t he track . He wound - up third for fifth overall- and some satisfaction for local rooters . • Results in Results Section. . Speedway Qualifier: Shaw beat s Mike Bast in run-off By Stephen J . Rooney, Jr. FOLSOM, CA, JULY 16 Event number 32 on the pro· gram was not only the last race of,the night, it was the most irnportant. Three of t he riders coming to the line had perfect scores. Mike Bast . Steve Bast a n d Rich MacMurray had all won their other rides . Rick Woods was the fourth man in the field . Three. Woods. Steve Bast. and Mike Bas t have ni ne National championships between them . Woods three times. Steve Bast two times a nd Mike Bast four times . MacMurray has been number one in Northern Calif. for the past two years' and last year was the high point speedway rider for the ,AMA. The first start had ribbons flying all over the track . Referee Fred Spencer declared a mechanical defect . and all four riders were in for the restart . On the second attempt it appeared that the tapes would be broken again , but by some miracle they held . Mike Bast. starting in the number three position . came out of the gate .with one of his super starts and led into the first turn , Steve Bast. coming from -the outside, followed Mike into the turn and in second spot. Woods . on the pole was third out . and MacMurray was fourth into the first tum , Steve Bast tried to edge under brother Mike . but Mike had the track completely dialed in and just would not be moved off his line. Steve also tried the outside to no avail and had to settle for second . MacMurray m a d e his way around Woods in the second lap and came across for third . : Mike Bast and Larry Sh aw ended the night with perfect scores and the referee called them out for a runoff. As they lined up for the start . Bast jumped and broke the tapes, Sha w was declared the winner and cycled the track with the checkered flag to the .cro wd's delight. • Mike Faria and Steve Bast were in a tie for second with MacMurray and Ron McGill tied for third . Dua ne Yarrow and Dave Faria . with rune " moving? W HOT DOG! That means you've got another ell, coupon to fill out. After all, we hiM! to send your Cycle News somewhere and what better place than your new address? Sodon't delay; do it today. --------------------------------------I Fill out and mail to: Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801 old address new address Y9u may stick on your mailing label here. name name ;' address city city state add ress zip state zip 33