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1 offered to take a 40 % cut. He said ,
" I'Il think about it. I'll get back to you
tomorrow ." So , a week before th e
race, 1 bailed out of Unadilla. .Ox ley
called me , a nd we had a meeting. He
said, " I d ecid ed not to use you for th e
Nationals. I'm going to use (Bruc e)
Flanders. " And 1 said 1 dese rved an
explanation why. He said there wer e
three rea sons : " 1) 1 had talked to
Flanders about doing it and sa id you
might not be able to do it; 2) You're
asking for too much money; 3) 1 think
you've lost your interest in speedway."
Have you?
1 said no. 1 said, "You' ve obviously
made your decision ," got up and walked
out . This was about a week and a half
before the race.
The next time 1 saw him was at
(Mike) Goodwin's race , the U.S. Speed way Qualifier at Anaheim , which 1
announced. Harry took me aside for
our first meeting and said, " I hope
th at we forget all this and work together." 1 said, " I' m a pro ; we'll get
along. Don 't worry about it. "
1 wasn' t overly fri endly to him be cause 1 was really hurt. 1 had don e the
race for II yearsand 1 felt thatI had a
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