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downed bik e . Faas was helped off th e tr a ck with a broken co lla r bon e. T here were severa l ot he r mi ld ge t offs. At the lime everyo ne seemed 10 be a lrig ht , but Da ve Sims missed the next nig ht of racin g because of so re legs whe n he had to lay it down 10 m iss Denny Ba rtlett. Bart lett has had more t ha n his fai r sha re of spinout s and several riders are very u n ha ppy with hi m . At th e end of the event , it loo ked as if push migh t gi ve wa y 10 shove. or maybe even a fist fight . Nothing happened this time . .. Mike Bast showed that wh en you're the C ha m p , the size of t he ra ce track doesn't really m a tt er. He ra n away wit h th e Scratch Ma in Event after Bob by Sc hwartz got off hard . Bobby su ffered a sp rai ned left wrist , but was back in competition th e next n ight. H andicap hon ors went to Lou is Lindwall , who headed off th e rest of t he p ack from th e 10·ya rd line for his biggest pa yda y ever . J a n Ba lla rd took over second place from th e 30-ya rd lin e. From th e 50 · ya rd line , Bobby Schw a rt z p u t on a cha rge th a t ca rried him in to th ir d p lace. All in a ll, for a firs t race meet on a new tr a ck , things we nt well. T he re was some dust. th en a litt le slick after a mi st of wa ter was put d own, but th ese th ings, a long with a littl e more light , will a ll be work ed out. Kenny Roberts wins French Grand Prix road race. Cherry picks Costa Mesa By Dennis Greene COSTA MESA , CA , MAY 19 After all t he contact las t week , - where over a dozen riders bit the d ust , a new rule was written. In not so many words, it sa ys that if you kn ock off another rider or push him out of th e wa y wh ile p assin g , you will be sco red as last in t hat eve nt. The new ru le was in force a ll thi s wee k, a nd it works well. Several ritlers foun d tha t ;oj pushi ng to t he front pays very litt le . •whe n you ge t last pla ce mon ey. Even with a specia l wrist st ra p on his [T lert wr ist . Bobby Schw artz ea rned a Brid e in both Ma in Events. The pai n " was eviden t as he on ly took th ird in the wScra tch a nd fourth in the H andicap . Mark Ch erry must h ave picked up a ~ trick or two on his recent trip to , Europe. He ou tga ted Mike Bast in t he Scrat ch Ma in Event , ou trode th e cha rge of Son ny Nutter and never / Iooked ba ck , taki ng home t he go ld . I Don Fa ulkner topped off a good week for him self by winning the Handicap Ma in just a head of T om Morley. Fa u lkner is one of the you ng " riders who has worked his wa y th ro ugh Second a nd Third Divisio ns. earning his wa y int o a First Division ride. Now th at all three tracks runnin g under th e new Na t ional Speedwa y League are open , everyo ne is lookin g forwa rd to a full seaso n of good ra cin g . hopefully without a ny of the " politics" that nearl y tore a pa rt th e spo rt last yea r. You ca n now see speedway on W ednesday nig hts a t San Bern ardino . Thu rsd ay nig hts a t Ascot a nd Friday a t Costa M..sa . Com e on .ou t and do it sideways! • Results ' S A N BERNAR DINO SCRA TCH MAIN: 1. Mik e Bast; 2. Bobby Schwa rtz; ~ 3. Alan Christian; 4. Denni s Siqal os. • HAN DICAP MAIN : 1. Dennis Siqatos: 2. Don I Faulkner; 3. Bobby Schw art z; 4. Bob M cLain; 5. Dave Sims; 6. Jan Ballard . ASCOT 1 SCRATC H MAIN: 1. M ike Bast; 2. Dennis Sigalos; 3. Sonn y Nutter; 4. Bobby SChwartz . HAN DICAP MAIN: 1. Louis Lindwall; 2. Jan Ballard; ,( 3. Bobby Schwa rtz; 4. Ron Preston; 5. Bob Mclain; 6. Larry Kosta. COST A M ESA SCRATCH MA IN: 1. Mark Cherry: 2. Mik e Bast: 3. Bobby Schwart z; 4, Sonny Nutt er. HAN DICAP MAIN: 1. Don Faulkner: 2. Tom Morley: 3. Sonny Nutt er: 4. Bobby Schwartz; 5_Larry Kosta; 6. Brad Oxley. Kenny Roberts challenges the world on Goodyear racing tires. Kenny Roberts · riding his Yamaha YlR500 tires stand up in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. equipped with Goodyear racing tires, has won the Later, these same engineers w ill put their exFrench 500 GP. It's another chapter in the 1978 perience to use in building championship quality Goodyear world challenge, into the tires you can buy for your motorcycle. Goodyear motorcycle tires have helped Kenny win just about every dirt track and road racing title World Challenge Scoreboard the U.S.A. ' has to offer , So, this year Kenny is 1st place Daytona 200 750cc traveling the world taking on the world's best 1st place Venezuelan GP 250cc riders and road courses. And , wherever Kenny 1st place Brands Hatch F750 750cc races, Goodyear will be there. 1st place Austrian GP 500cc Goodyear engineers will be there testing, 1st place French GP 500cc working and learning about how Goodyear racing L..---GOODfYEAR_ ~HEN WE RACE, YOU WIN. Races na Opening * For Call 17