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Tony will survive, although for a few minutes thi s past Friday night it looked as if he mi ght b e o u t of competition for th e rest of th e year. Som ehow , as he was coming out of turn three , aga in ge tting kn ock ed a r,?u nd betw een rid ers. his left foot got stuck in th e right side between th e rear tire and the frame of his bike and he we nt down hard . The ra ce wa s stop ped at once as severa l mechanics. along with the paramedics started to take the bike a part to remove his leg . His steel shoe was jammed in between th e sprocket and frame and his boot was tom to shreds. -As it turned out. the steel shoe took most of the st rain off his foot and left j ust enough room that no real damage was done to the young star. He was helped back to th e pits and was seen walk ing around later that night. In second and th ird divisions . wher e you expect to see most of th e crashes because of lack of experience. the wars go on . Joe Donaldson . on e of the better division two riders. who has just about earned h is way into first div ision, found himself on his way to the hospital after being harpooned by a slower rider who just let it all hang ou t in the last lap . He did get by th e whole pack of riders that he was trailing. but the re was no way he could hav e ever made the 'tu rn at that speed . so he just used Donaldson to stop his forward motion. Dumb and costl y. but perhaps the AMA has a rule to cover . no ta lent . Getting down off m y soapbox and rounding out .th e night, was the fine win by Dave Mill er. H is strong style and smo ot hness will see him move up in class. Each win moves you ba ck 10 yards in th e Handicap half of the show and repeat ed wins from fa rt her yardage moves you up into the next di vision. Dave is under the watchful eyes of George and Freda Wenn . and if you hav e to ask wh o t hey are . you m.ust be new to the sport! George can take credit for putting the best motor s unde r ride rs like Mike Bast . Ivan Mauger. Ba rry Briggs , Mike Curoso , Steve Nutter, and Dennis Sigalos, with Fred a look ing on ask ing, "Aren't you e~er go ing to come to bed?" Wenn is also th e man behind that I 7·y ea r·old two-va lve Jawa that eats all the fourvalve equipment alive at Ascot with you ng Sh awn Moran a boa rd . . Sterling Cogar ' has started off the new season in fine style by keeping his head while everyone a round him played tag . He .r od e a good line around the track and picked up his first win of the year. . Now that all three tracks have had their opening nights . .. the 1979 speedway racing season is officially underway in the southland and for the next 22 weeks on Wednesday night at San Bernardino, Thursday night at Ascot and Fr iday n ight at Costa Mesa. you can see the best in the USA . All speedway events get underway .at 8:00 p.m. sharp. ' • Results SAN BERNARDINO 4125179 ' SCRATCH MAIN EVENT: 1. Gene Woods: 2. Dan McNeill ; 3. Jan Ballard; 4. Tom Morley . HANDICAP MAIN EVENT: 1. Jan Ballard; 2. Dan Mc Neill; 3. Leni Fass; 4. Gene Woods; 5. Mik e Far~; 6. Kurt StJommer. DIV 2: Dave DeTemple. DtV 3: Keith Chrisco . ASCOT 4126179 SCRATCH MAIN EVENT: 1. Mike Bast: 2. Gene Wood s : 3. Dave Sims; 4. Tom Morley. HANDICAP MAIN EVENT: 1. Dave DeTemple: 2. •. ..~ "'''11II..-n .. ftIere's and . . .~n•••and April 1 125cc National Motocross Saddleback - Orange, CA 1st Broe Glover 2nd Warren Reid 3rd Jim Gibson Yamaha Honda Honda April 1 National Enduro Series Curley Fern Enduro - Chatsworth, NJ 1st Drew Smith Grand Champion Suzuki April 8 125cc National Motocross Canyon Raceway - Phoenix, AZ 1st Broe Glover Yamaha 2nd Brian Myerseough Suzuki and 8 out of 1st 10 finishers rode on Dunlop In the 1978 125cc, 250cc, and 500cc Nationals, the CMC Golden State Series, Trans AMA and U.S. Grand Prix events, Dunlop Motocross Tires powered more motorcycles to the winner's circle than all other tires combined. And Dunlop's winning again in 1979. Check the Dunlop Kl90, K88 and K88IfT: three championship knobbies ... each engineered with a tread design and compound to conquer specific types of terrain. One of them is your key to winning. ~DUN.£OP Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporation. P.O. Box 1109 Buffalo, NewYork 14240 . Need CASH? 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