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I SPEEDWAY VVEEK ~ Ventura is now open and th e races are ru n on Tuesday nig ht s. First race is at 8:00 p .m. Brockelhu rst ; neither rid er bei ng at fault. Bob bie ended up with what appeared to be a conc ussion . Hopefull y that is all . we hope to see her rid ing again soon. This week may prov e to be quite exciting as "W ild Bill"Cody says he'll start his streak of being undefeated in Scratch Mains all over again . s oc !:' 0') ...... Results SA NTA ANA SCRA TCH MAIN: I , Wwyne Lewis ; 2. t>erek Gage : 3. Ron Rose. HANDICAP MAIN: 1. W;syne ~wis; 2. Brian Buffington : 3. " Porky" McCabe. DIV II SCRA TCH MAIN: 1. Brian Bisho p; 2. Keith Crisco; 3. Mike Gross. DIV II HAN DICAP MA IN: 1. Keith Crisco ; 2. Robert Borg; 3. Dave Brewer. SAN BERNARDINO Schwartz st ill hot, wins San Berdoo SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Bob Schwartz; 2. Dave Sims ; 3. Gene Woods; 4. A lan Christian. HANDICAP MAIN: 1, 8nld Oxley; 2. Gene W ood S; 3. Mark Manio tt; 4. J im Fishback ; 5. Bob Mclain; 6. Kurt Strcmmer. DIV II: 1. Dave DeTemple. DIV III: 1. Mat k Den ... ASCOT ' SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Dave Sims ; 2. Bob Schwartz; 3. By Dennis Greene SAN BER N ARDINO , CA , jULY 19 Dave Sims leads Frank Adamo in the only Ascot Scratch Main Mike Bast hasn't won; he was out of town. Mike Faria; 4. Shawn Moran. When you' re hot , you' re ho t! Last Friday night at Costa Mesa, Bobby Schwartz won the Scratch Ma in event . The next HANDICAP MAIN: 1. M ike Faria; 2. Dave Sims; 3. Shawn Moran; 4. Larry Kosta; 5. John Sandona; 6. Tom M orley. DIV II: Leni Faas. night , he won th e Fair Derby. His th ird straight Scratch win ca me th is past Wednesd ay night at Sa n Bernardi no in front of a sell -out crowd . Gene Wo od s su p plied th e th rills as he rode the ou tline line, fighting Alan Ch risian and Da ve Sims . Dave outlasted th e cha rge , bu t was unabl e to overtake Schwa rtz , T he hea t wave contin ued with Brad Ox ley, who had ea rn ed second plac e in the Fair Derb y and was still flying high Wednesday as he ra n away with the H andicap Ma in event. Brad also won the Feature Ma tch race over Alan Christian on motocross bikes. Rounding out a great night o f Speed way. Dave De'Ternple won t he Division Two Ma in event . . SPEAK/NCOF SPEEDWAY Sims smokes Bast -less Ascot (Above) Brad Oxley at San Berdoo. (Right! Miss Ascot in action. By Dennis Greene ASCOT, CA,jULY 20 The big night came and went and the old record of ten straight wins still stands. No, Mike Bast did not lose the Paul Belisle leads a pack of sliders at Santa Ana Spaedway. Lewis defeats Cody at Santa Ana By Ken Kellogg SANT A ANA. CA,JULY 18 No t on ly did Saturday night Speedway at Santa Ana move to Tuesday night this week . but they also have received an 14 Am erican Motorcyclist Associa tion sanction. However the new sa ncti on did not give a good luck start to "W ild Bill" Cody - the wild man suffered his first de feat in a Scratch Main a t Santa Ana Stadium. Wayne Lewis was unstoppable. defeating Cody in the Scratch Mai n and Brian Bu ffington and " Porky" McCa be in th e Handica p Main . Lewis is Santa Ana's first double main winner in First Division . In the First Division Scratch Main , Lewis led from the very beginning while Cody , Der ek Gage and Ron Rose battled for second, with Cody going down . Gage took second and Rose a close th ird. The First Division Handicap Main was not a pushover for Lewis as Bu ffington and McCabe battled him for the top spot, but when it was over, it was Lewis who won with Buffington second and McCabe third . The Second Division Scratch Main was also an upset as Brian Bishop defeated the hot bik e of Keith Crisco, who finished second in front of Mike Cross . Crisco , probably the hottest Second Division rider at present. won the Handicap Main with a strong ride to defeat Robert Borg and Dave Brewer. Third Division had a n extra treat as young j eff Ha vacko tied john Pa vano for first , Havacko , 16, had ju st received his license to race ea rlier that sa me evening , and rode a good rac e to tie in the main event. Bobbie Hunter , Santa Ana's first wom a n rider, collided with Pa t Scratch Main event , he went out of town early in th e week to ride in northern California and was not on hand to set the new record. Da ve Sims now is th e only rider besides Mike to ha ve his name in the Ascot record book under the column marked "Scr atc h Main Event Wins. " Dave did ride a grea t race with a lot of pressure from Bob Sch wartz, but the star of the night was Mike Faria, the number one rider in northern Cal ifornia. Fa ria led every rac e a t least once all night . and where it really counted, he won . This was the first time he ever rode at Ascot and all he did was win the Handicap Main Even t and come in th ird in the Scratch. Som e new ligh ting was added to the quarter-mile track and it helped a lot. The new lights lit up one of the biggest wheelsrands you'd ever want to see. Shawn Moran caught traction coming onto the front straightaway and up went the front end. He was leading the race at the time and would have missed a transfer spot if he had backed off to get the front end down, so he rode it past the start-finish line and got it down just in time to pitch it into turn one. This was the first time Shawn has ridden in Division One at Ascot and all he d id besides bring the fans to their feet was earn a ride i n both Mains. taking fourth in th e Scratch and third in th e Handicap , There was no event at Costa Mesa because of the co unty fai r. Ne xt race this Friday nig ht, j ul y 28 . r: Kelly M oran . A utrey favored in World Finals Californian Scott Autrey has won his way to the September 2 Final at Speedway World England's famous Wembley Stadium with a great chance of winning th e title for America. Scot t finished th ird in th e Inter-Continental Final at Fredericia , Denmark, but was unlucky not to win the meeting, He beat both Ole Olsen and Ivan Mauger, the reigning World Champion. but was excluded from one heat when his bike failed to start. He was disqualified under the .rwo-minute rule. It was bad luck for Autrey who has proved to be one of the most consistent and successful rid ers in England this ·year. Since taking over as captain of the Exeter team . following the transfer of Mauger to Hull - one of myoid teams - Scott has come into his own and won many major ind ividual meetings. Now he goes into the Wembley final knowing that he is just five races . away from every speedway rider's dream - winning the world title. He ha proved that he can beat riders like Ole, Ivan and England's Pet er Collins when it matters , and I'd ra te his chances of d oing well at Wembley as very high , T he pr essur e on a ride r on Worl d Fina l night is fant astic.