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start on the outside position on the
starting gate. At the click of the gate ,
Bast . who started third . and Autrey
were side-by-side, but Mike was able to
catch the outside traction while Scott
went too high and almost. hit the
crashwall.
Down
the
back
straightaway. Bast led with Autrey
running last. Scott was able to move by
Shaw for third , but Bast and Christian
had the two top positions to
themselves , as the checkered flag came
out. Bast p icked up t hree po ints to
mo ve ahead of Autrey. who collected
only one marker in the event.
The next race saw Curoso defeat
MacMurray , while Penhall scored his
t hi rd win in event 15. Another big
upset was made in race number 16
when young Dennis Sigalos made a
superb start and defeated Steve; Bast
and Rick Woods. putting both of them
out of contention.
Event number 17 looked to be the
most im po rt a n t race of the night , as
Au trey, still with an excellent chance
of making the trip to England. went
up against Penhall and Woods. who
showed signs of his early 70's fonn.
Agai n . starting on the pole, Scott to ok
the advantage in the first turn wit h
Penhall and Woods riding on the
ou tsid e , However. Autrey was having
no part of the outside lin e and
continued to ride exceptionally on the
low groove . Penhall a ga in made
several desperate attempts 10 catch
Autrey on the outside. but failed and
Autrey collected his fourth viclOry of
the night. Penhall placed second with
Woods and Ron McGill trailing. With
both riders completing all five rides .
Autrey and Penhall were tied with 13
points each and leading the overall
standings.
The stage was now set for the final
event of the night. and Mike Bast
needed a win to secure himself a spot
in the European Final. Only brother
SIeve . Yarrow. and Dennis Robinson
stood in his path. But. at the start , it
was all Michael BaSI. as the defending
national champion rode away from
the field and collected the magic three
points to total 14. It was a happy Bast
clan follow ing th e event , but Autrey
and Penhall wer e tied for second with
13 markers , and a fou r -lap ru noff
bel ween them was ne cessary to
produce the ot her U.S. represen ta t ive.
T hus . the SRO crowd was on its feel
as Penhall and AUlrey moved OUI io
Ihe slarting line for Ihe choice of the
start ing gale positions. Autrey won Ihe
coin toss and chose th e pol e. which left
Bruce with th e outsid e position . a spol
he was used 10 .
At the snap of th e gate , Autre y
pitched h is mach in e in to th e first lurn
in fron l of Penhal l. Howe ver. the
knol"ledge of com pe ti ng on the Cost a
Mesa track every week went to work
for Penhall. as Bruce threw his Neil
Street mach in e into the cushio n on the
ou tsid e. Penha ll rec eived th e traction
he needed 10 move around AUlrey
down the back straig hta way a nd take
the lead . From th aI po int. Scolt made
several attempts al Bruce . but Penhall
was not to be denied . a nd Ihe 20· yea r ·
old from Balboa crossed Ih e fin ish line
th e winner. T he crowd went berzerk
and fo rm e r le ammales Ba SI a n d
Penhall were Ihe U.S. representatives
10 the European Speedway Final.
Garden Grove Datsun gave Mike
BaSI $2500 for his European Iraveling
expenses and 10% of the purse from
th e seri es was withheld 10 help both
rid ers.
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Results
NORTH A MERIC AN
WORLD SPEEDWAY
CHAMPIONSHIP aUALIFER Top 2 riders Qualify to
:
compete at Whrte City, England in Eurol?68" Intercont inental Final. 1. Mike Bast. 14, 2. Bruce Penhal!.
13··; Scott Autrey. 13. 4. Steve Bast. 11. 5. Rick
Woods. 10. 6. Alan Christian . 9; Mike Curoso . 9. 8.
SI"". Gresham. B: Dennis Sigalos B. 10. Owayne
Yarrow. 7. ,, . Larry Shaw, 6. 12. Rick MacM urray. 5.
13. Dennis Robinson. 3. 14. Mike Faria. 2. 15. Ron
MicGill. 1; Dave Faria. 1.
"Won four-lap runoff to determine second rid er to
compete at Whrte City. England.
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