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Robin Hood cuts down the Ventura track on Mark Cherry, which sent both
down and out for the race.
Sixteen-year-old Kelly Moran may
be getting ready to go back to school ,
but he sure isn't letting his time go to
waste . Kelly won the Handicap Main
event and guaranteed his rid e in this
Tuesday's Track Championship.
This first Track Championship of
the 1977 Speedway season will be the
.Iast event of the year at the Ventura
County Fairgrounds.
Results
SCRATCH MAIN EVENT Mike Bast, Sonny Nutter,
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Bob Schwartz. Bruce Penhall.
HANDICAP MAIN EVENT: Kelly Moran, Tom Ferris,
Craig Schaefer. Alan Christian, Dave Sims, Bruce
Penhall,
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FEATURE MATCH RACE: Bruce Penhall (over)
Bobbi Hunter .
DIVISION 2: Bobbi Hunter,
SAN BERNARDINO, CA,. SEPT. 7
Mike Bast and Bruce Penhall are
back, and they let everyone know
it Wednesday night. At their first
night back together at Inland
Dan Waller pulls lim ferris and Dave Simms around the Ventura oval.
Speedway since their overseas racing,
they split the two Mains. Bast won the
Handicap and -then finished second to
Penhall in the Scratch finale.
Bast started off slowly, taking only a
third in the first handicap heat. But
Penhall started red hot. Of the eight
races Bast or Penhall were in , the duo
took six of them. The two thoroughly
dominated the evening of racing.
On fox night in San Bernardino the
female riders didn't fare too well.
Kathie Shepard did not ride. Her bik e
is still out of commission from last
week's nasty fall at Inland, and she
couldn't borrow another one. Pam
Bennett did not qualify . Bobbi Hunter
ended up being the only female in the
third d ivision Main, but she could do
no better than fourth .
Results
HANDICAP MA IN: Mike Bast. Rick Jona, Mark
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