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lOOOOClOOClaaaaaaaaaaaaaaQOOOQClCX • rid er John Cook pushing all the way. Bob's been in th e winner's circle sever al times th is season and he could earn he avy points in the National. Division Two honors went to the crowd's favori te, Wayn~ Ish ii. Unlike last week , this time he did put on the right ~ar and looked gr~at . There is a rumor going a rou nd that Ascot will host two Speedway eve nts on the full half-mile track right after the U .S. National at Cost a Mesa on Oct . 14 . New names pop up • '. • .. ~ • ... ~ I , • • • t t .. .. t t , ~ ~ • • • • • • , • ~ • .. • , ~ ~ • .. • • • ~ • • • • I t I • • • • • , • • • • • • • • I • ~ • • I. " .. t • • • .. • • I • • • • ~ I • Control the Ride. . .Control the Course with I~'~I=® PRO·LINE KYB " pneumatics" smooth the ride like never before - you really have to feel It to believe It. Now you can fine tune the suspension to meet .xact course conditions. The Pro-Line is a revolutionary pneumatic - front fork built of extremely rugged spaceage alloys that reduce weight 15%. at Costa Mesa I By Dennis Greene COST A MESA , CA , SEPT. I As' Speedway win ds down and starts its final full mo nt h of com petition, new nam es are popping up , Steve Lewot sky picked up his first win of th e 1978 season in t he Second Division Main event . John Co nnolly, with less than a dozen ra ce meets to his cred it , found himself tak in g hom e the gold in th e Division Three Main event. With th e pressure build ing toward the Oct. 14 running of the U .S . National Sp eedway Championship , th e Scratch Main Events become a testing ground to find out just where , if at all, does th e other gu y ha ve a weak spo t, at what point can I pass , where do es he go wide enough for m e to get past . ho w can I get the jum p ou t of t ~e starting gate? -Den nis Sigal os had all the right answers Friday night , outsmarting Ron Preston. Alan Christi an and Brad Oxley for th e victory in the Scra tch Main event. One other way to win is .just by pla'ying it coo l and letting the hotdogs . ta ke themselves out. Da n McNeill had th e H a nd ica p Main sewed up com ing ou t of the fina l turn , but ca me out too strong wit h J an Ball a rd and Tom Morl ey. A little over-slide , a little b ump a nd you leave the door wide open for Ro n Preston to drive on in for the win! The last two qu a lifying rounds to seat riders into t he Na tional will be r u n o n t he 14 t h and l St h . o f Sept em ber . Ascot on the quarter-m ile tra ck on the 14th and the last cha nce to earn a ride will be on Friday n ight the 15th at Cos ta Mesa . • Results VENTURA. CA. AUG. 29 SCRATCH M AIN EVENT: t . Alan Christian . 2. Bob Schwartz. 3. Tom MOfIev. 4. Ron Preston. -r-, / ,;1 IJ V~ Built 10(P105 byPtos Ask for KYB Pro-Line pneumatic forks available for most competition bikes through leading dealers everywhere. Distributed By: DO PERFORMANCE SPECIALTIES. 1170 Van Home Road Anaheim, CA. 92806 TORSTEN HALLMAN RACING INC.• 1300 Hili Stree t. EI Cajon. CA. 92020 TORSTEN HALLMAN RACING EAST,44O Belden Ave~ Addison,lL 60101 U.S. SUZUKI MOTOR CORP~ 13767 Freeway Dr•• senta Fe Springs . CA. 90670 KYB Corporation of America is the U.S. sales division of Kayaba Industries Co. Ltd. of Japan, lOng time supplier of factory suspension components for the leading motocross marques. .~y.=~ Corporat ion of America HAN DICAP MAIN EVENT: 1. Leni Faas. 2. Dennis Sigalos. 3. Mark Ma"ion. 4. Tom MOr ley. 5. Dennis Stew art. 6. Shawn M oran. DIVIS ION TWO:-Tom Burmeister DIVISION THREE: Pam Bonnen SANTA A NA STAOI UM TUES . NIGHT 1ST DIVISION SCRA TCH: 1. Dennis Robi mon. 2. Brian Bishop, 3. Paul Be ltsle. 4. Pau l Orlandi. HAN DICA P: t . Bria n Bishop. 2. Shawn McConnel. 3. Dave Brewer, 4 . Mike Bloom. 2ND DIV . SCRATCH : t . Ernie g occo, 2. J im Turner . J . Pau l Digutsip pi. 4 . Dave Brewer. HANDICAP: t . Je ff Vasquez. 2. Steve Joi ner. 3. Rob bie M cB rK:le. 4 .,Paul Diguissippi . JR. DIV : 1. Louis Kossuth , 2. Scon SL John. SAN BERNAR DINO. CA. A UG. 30. 1978 SCRATCH ~ AIN EVENJ:: 1.- Alan Christ "n. 2. Bob Schwartz. 3. Den nis SigatOs~4. 'R'On Preston . HANDICAP M AI N EVENT: 1. Alan Christ"n. 2. Dennis Sigalos. J . Bob Schwartz, 4. Phil Gagnon,S. • Tom Ferris, 6. Shaw n Moran . DIV ISION TWO: Dou g Skiles. DIVISION THREE: Frank Forsyt h. AS COT. A UGUST 31. 1978 SCRATCH M A IN EVENT: 1. Bob Mc lain. 2. John Cook. J . Shawn Mor an, 4. Phil Gagnon. HANDICAP MAIN EVENT: 1. Joe M eylor. 2. Shawn Mor an. 3. Mike Peddicord. 4, Bob Schwartz. 5. Kurt Strcmmer. 6, John Cook , DIVIS ION TWO: W ayne Ishii. COSTA MESA . CA. SEPT. 1. 1978 SCRAT CH M A IN EVENT: 1. Dennis Sigalos. 2. Ron Presion, 3. Anal Christian, 4. Brad Oxley , HAN DICAP MAIN EVENT: 1. Ron Preston . 2. Jan Ballard. 3, Tom Morlev. 4. Dennis Stew art, 5. Dan M cNeill, 6, Phil Gagnon. DIVISION TW O: SI eve Lewotsky. DIVISION THREE: Jo hn Connolly. 15