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out fir st and got ba ck on th e ga s jus t a littl e qu ick er than Mark and made the dash for the finis h lin e. with 16-yearold La nce King rig ht in t here for thi rd. In scra tc h racin g Steve Bast again ea rned a transfer to the semi-fina l, but tha t's wh er e he stopped whe n he ca me up against his brother th e cu rrent Ch a m p a nd Ala n Christ ia n . Steve got thi rd , just behind Ch rist ia n e both Mike Bast a nd Christian were now sea ted in th e scratch main a long wit h Da ve Sims and Gene Woods . T his main eve nt was anyo ne 's guess. Right from the very sta rt, Woods was crash wall , flying right up agai nst th e _ rig ht wh er e he ge t t he most d rive, but I hat is the lon g way arou nd the track . Ch ristia n , on th e ot he r hand , too k th e short way, right on th e pole . H e is one of th e very few riders, alon g with Mik e Bast, who can put his front wheel right alongsid e of the tw o - in ch wide pipe and not cross it all the wa y through the turns. That was th e picture for a ll four laps - Christian sideways with his wheel on th e pol e and Mike looking like his reflection , just inches apart. Sims was trailing and Woods was on the far outside , leading through the turns , but because of the dist ance he had to tra vel b ack down'to ge t on the stra igh taway kept putting him in th ird place. Bast tried th e ou tside line in the last lap and , if anything. it cost him a few feet at the fin ish line . Christian was first . with Bast seco nd . Woods thi rd. Sims fourth . Just a bo ut the best race of the yea r. Dwight Hill deserves a look at. He picked up h is second main even.t of th e week in division two . starting on th e zero yard line and not losing a foo t of advantage in five laps to the checkered flag . Now when he ge ts mov ed back 10 ya rds and can still win . we just maysee a new fa'ce in d ivision one. None of the three young ladies made it into the main event this week. In div ision three , Frank Fo rsyth took home the gold. For those few fans . and announcer Larry H uffman, who tho ught th at I was too ha rd on Alan Christia n in las t week 's story , let me set the record stra ig ht. Alan a nd I ta lked a bout contact several times and he knows exactly wha t I was getting at : • It is not something he does with malice. He does not try to put anyone down. He does intimidate with his fulllock slides. That is not even the point I made last week . If you must put the blame somewhere. you could say I was trying to get across to all the officials. of which there. are six. that the rules should be the same for all three classes or divisions in speedway and that no one should be allowed to knock on anyone just because they have been riding for several years and know their way around the track in first d ivision. If the contact rules says "if you cause a rider to lose control or crash while passing. you ill be scored in last place." then let it be so . Results SAN BERNARO INO. 5116179 SCRATCH M AIN EVENT: 1. Alan Christian: 2. Gene Woods; 3. Mike Bast; 4. Dave Sim s. , HANOICA P MAIN EVENT: 1. Jim Fishback; 2. Phil Gagnon; 3. J ohn Sand ona: 4. Dave DeTempl e; 5. Larry . Kosta; 6. Greig Scha efer. • DIV. TWO: 1. Dw ight Hill , • DIV. THREE: 1. Robin Bourgeois, ASC OT. 5117(79 , SCRATCH MAIN EVENT: 1. Mike Bast; 2. Shawn •Mo ran; 3. lance King ; 4. Leni Faas. j HANDICAP M AIN EVENT: 1. Frank Adamo: 2. Tom Morley : 3. Mik e Peddicord ; 4. Shawn McNeill; 5. John Sandona . n OIV TWO: 1. Kirby Shiropsh ire. COSTA MESA. 511 8179 SCRATCH MAIN EVENT: 1. A lan Christi an; 2. Mike ce. Jay Springsteen and Carlisle team up again for their second straight Ascot win. And a new Track Record! On May 12, Springe r retu rned to the place where he wo n last year 's AMA Championsh ip. . And just like he did last year, he broug ht us along for th e ride. This time, when he'd finished scrubbing down our Carlis le Arrow RA, he'd also scrubbed a full second off the track record. Way to go , Spr inge r, we like your style. We'll go around with Carlisle Arrow RA you anytime . Carlisle Tire & Rubber mmm Ca rl isl e.Tire & Ru b ber Company Div ision of Carlisle Corporation p,O. Box 99!Carlosle. Pa. 170 13 (717) 2 4 ~1 000 ; Telex 84-2330 (Carl isle CLSL) What's happening? CALENDAR TERRI -C~4BLE The Teflon Super Smooth Cable *Complete line fo r racing bikes * Req uires no oiling * Sm o ot h est pulling cable * Flexi bl e throttle w ire gives lo ng li f e *Heavy duty housing. resists st re tch and abuse Write for Free lit erat ure DMG #1 MAleC #1 MX Enduro 250 Pro Don Draskovich MAIL ORDER PA RTS Bast; 3. Gen e Woods; 4 . Dave Sims. HANDICAP MAI N EVENT: 1. Shown Mo ran: 2. Mark Marrion : 3. lance King; 4. St eve Bast ; 5. DAve Sims; 6. PO Box 1321. Hesperia. CA 92345 Mike M unt ean. DIV TWO: 1. Dwight HIlI. DIVTHREE: ' . Frank FOfSysth. 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