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IItWCJI" *ilJOOlI 1111111111 IICl ClOCl~ the first lap because Alan Christian had crashed into the wall and was having trouble getting up. Offidals ruled that Woods had made everyone swing out wide and caused the crash. Thus, the red flag came out and stopped the race. All season long, use of the red flag meant that the guy on the ground was out and would not be in the restart. In tonight's case it was used to stop the race to put Woods out. In the past, if a single rider was to be excluded during a race, the black flag was used and the race kept going. If truly the red flag appeared because Christian was on the ground, he should have been kept out of the restart. Whichever way the rule was interpreted, it sure didn't sit well with the fansl In the restart, minus Woods, Larry Kosta went down in just about the same spot as Christian. In fact, he was laying much closer to the racing groove and in more peril tha.n Christian, but the race went on with Dave Sims coming out on top. Christian took second, Larry Kosta third and Gene Woods, in the pits, got fourth. One thing that everyone seemed to overlook waa that because of a hole in tum one and two, the inside pole had been moved out halfway through the night's program. From that point on every race saw riders go out much wider than normal. Several riders said that there was not enough racing room. I know the old saying, "the race track's the same for everyone," but that could have been taken into consideration and would've let everyone back into the restart. The Handicap Main event saw Brad Oxley picking up his first win of the year at Costa Mesa. It was just last week, during the Antelope Valley F~ir, that young Oxley won the Handicap Main after a long dry spell. This race was aiso restarted after a couple of laps when Shawn Moran and Sterling Cogar got tied up going into turn one and ended up against the crash wall. Neither was hurt, but the finger was pointed at Larry Kosta as the cause of the crash, much to his surprise, and he was put back 'additional yardage. As he was pushed off for the restart, still shaking his head with a look of wonder on his face, he said, "I'm going to win it anyway, so there." He did ride a great race, but could only pull off a fourth place finish. Jeff Carmello did it again in division two, taking the win well out in front of the rest of the field. Maybe someone will give him a shot at division one next season. Division three honors went to Marty Spellman and that's a first for him. • Order Now Results VENTURA TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1. Bast (151; 2. Chrislion (131; 3. Scheolf.. (101; 4. Sa~ (101; 5. LindwlIU (10); 6. Pyeatt 191; 7. Woods 191;8. DeTernpleC9l; 9. McNeiU 191. SECOND DMSION HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Hill; 2. Davidson; 3. Turnor; 4. Heff.. nan; 5. Bennett; 6. Spellman. SAN BERNARDINO. 915179 SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Mike Best; 2. Gene Wood; 3. Brad Oxley; 4. Alan Christian. HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Len; Faas; 2. St..ling Coger; 3. John Cook; 4. Brad O,ley; 5. Croig Scha¢er; 6. PIlil Gagnon. DIV TWO: 1. Kevin Weedo. DIV THREE: 1. Greg Ay.... ASCOT.916179 SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Mike Best; 2. Denny Pyeon; 3. Louis Lindwal1; 4, Leni Faas. . HANDICAP MAIN: ,. Len; Faa.; 2. Denny Pyeon; 3. Mike Bloom; 4. Jack I(ee; 5. Shawn McConnell; 6. Shawn MOfan. DIV TWO: 1. Greg Ayer•. COSTA MESA. 917179 SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Dove Sim.; 2. Alan Chri.tain; 3. Larry Kosta; 4. Gene Wood•. HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Brad O,ley; 2. Shawn Moron; 3. Dove DeTemple; 4. Larry Kosta; 5. Sterling Cogar; 6. Shane Hewtey. ON TWO: 1. Jeff Carmello. DIV THREE: 1. Mortv Spelimen. ------------------------•. Send Cash. Check or Money Order to: • CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS P.O. Box 498 Long Beach. CA 90801 I : Please enclose 75¢ for each Comic Book. Plus 25¢ for postage and handling. Calif. rts;dentJ add 6% sal,.s tax Please send me copies of . the MX Cat Comic Book Dealer Inquiries encouraged! Name (Please print legibly) • I A-:-:d-:d-re-s-s------------------------. =-------;:-------==------_. City State ZIP • ...------------------------_... _------------------------ 31