(Above) Scratch heat action catches Mike Bast on the outside already leading.lBelow) Brad Oxley dicing with Alan Christian at San Berdoo.
:;"as shc)rtene d due to a tim e ele~en·t.
and coming with the q u ick 'win was
John St asieski foll owed by Shawn
McConnel and Mike Lelia.
The Third Division main also
proved to be worth watching as Robert
Borg topped Dwight Hill and Tom
Collins.
The newly built track shows much
promise. with the longer straightaways
and wider comers. With a little work
on the track and the standard amount
of new track organization on the field,
this new track may prove to be the
long trac k riders paradise.
•
It may seem a lot of yea rs awayright
now, b'utrid ers like Da n Patterson ,
winner of the Division Three Ma in and
Shawn Moran in Division Two are
thinking about the big Number O ne.
Cody, Marsh smoke
SantaAna
3y Ken Kellogg
,A NT A ANA , CA , JUNE 3
?o~
th e first time in for ty-one
rears, speedway raci ng returned
:0 ' Eddie West Field at Santa Ana
Stadiu m. Lew is ' Kossuth , the
promoter. had h opes of ,bo th a .bet ter
: rowd and .m ore top name riders. Even
program was provided with
so, a
'W ild Bill" Cody and R and y Marsh
:he top names of the evening;· .
Marsh, riding from the t1iiny-yard
lin e, captured the First Divisio n
Handicap Main . ,Closing out that
event 'were John Stasieski 'wit h a close .
second a nd third Mike Lelia , who was
just p rom ot ed into First.Division,
In the First Divisio n Scratch Mai n ,
Cody just edged ou t Frank Adamo .
Finis hing off the m ai n event were
Steve Fort une a nd Gran t Sal yers.
Not to b e ou tdone by First Divisio n
riders, the Second Divisio n Handica p
main provided a very exciting and
close race. Com ing out on top was
Shawn McConnel, who just ni pped
Mike Lell a and Frank Bu rke.
The Second Division Scratch Main
good
Results
,
SAN BERNARDINO
, SCRATCH MAIN; 1. M ike Bast; 2. Bobby SChwartz;
3. [)en nis Sigalos; 4. Alan Christian.
HANDICAP MA IN: 1. Brad Oxley; 2. A lan Christian;
3. Do"., Sims; 4. Mark Cherry; 5: Phil Gagnon; 6. Bill
Gray,
'
DMSIDN 3: 1. Jim Lawson .
ASCOT
.
SCRATCH MAIN EVENT: 1. M ike Bast: 2 Bobby
Schwartz; 3. Larry KOSllI; 4. Tom Ferris.
HAN DICAP MAIN EVENT; 1. Dave Sims ; 2 Frank
Adamo; 3. Larry KOSllI; 4, Gene Woods; 5. Tom Ferris;
6. M ike s-.
COSTA MESA
SCRATCH 'MAIN EVENT: 1. M ike Bast; 2. Dennis
Slgalos; 3. Alan Christian; 4, St...... NUllar.
HANDICAP MAIN; 1. Alan Christian; 2. Bill Gray; 3.
Larry Kosta; 4. Gene W ood s; 5. Dan BecI
