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Mills and Pieper
take all in Denver
By Sam Slideways
DENVER,
co, SEPT.
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Proving to be a night filled with
many upsets, tonight's racing at
the Western Stock Show Arena
began on a farnilar note with
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Hannum winning his Handicap heat.
From the moment the tapes went up
for the second heat race, the racing
was totally unpredictable.
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The Division Two main was a
survivor's race as those who staned
and stayed up to finish placed. As in
the past, it was Rusty Haflet putting
on a fine ride for a wire-to-wire win.
By the time the Division One
mains rolled around, people like Scott
Ormiston, Dave Pieper and othen
were eliminated, allowing some fresh
names into the mains. Lining up for
the Handicap main on the 20-yard line
was Rutledge "Putt" Mills. MJlking up
the !1O-yard line was Rick Steele and
Dan Weigum. A crowd showed up for
the 40; it was Mark Borgman, Mike
Golightly and Rusty Hannum.
Mter an exciting first lap, Mills had
the lead with Weigum in second and
Hannum pushing hard in third.
Hannum was pushing so hard, in fact,
that on the second lap, he had to duck
into the infield to avoid hitting a
parked Weigum. This save did him
little good as he lowsided in the very
next comer, allowing Golightly to
move in and try Weiglim. Meanwhile,
Mills had managed to hang on. and
develop a slight lead over Weigum. At
the checkered flag, it was "Putt" Mills
(a real veteran at 57 years old) scoring
his fint main event win of the season.
The Scratch main was definitely a
lineup for a real bot race with Ken
Pieper, Mark Borgman and Larry
Methcrd. Also making the main was
last year's number one plate holder,
Chris Reichardt. Chris just returned
from a trip to the west coast, and while.
out on the coast, Reichardt managed
to score on of the slickest bikes around,
one of the new Godden machines.
When the tapes went up, it was
Metherd getting the holeshot with
Reichardt and Peiper in his back
pocket. Coming in from the outside, it
was Borgman trying real hard,
though his effons were wasted as he
had his front wheel taken out by someone.
Metherd and Reichardt began a
real battle for the lead with Pieper
dropping back 'a little due to an
injured knee. On lap two, Metherd got
too far sideways and parked it in tum
four. With Reichardt so close, a crash
was bound to happen. It did, putting
them both out of the race. Pieper, who
was the only rider left upright, rode on
to the most controvenial win of the
season.
The King of the Hill match race saw
challenger Chris Reichardt on his new
Godden going up against Bryan "Hot
Dog" Hoel on his old, and we mean
old, J.A.P. This race was another of
the night's upsets as Hoel got the stan
and held on, not allowing Reichardt
any chance. This makes the second
week Hoel has been the King of the
Hill. What kind of machine ~ it going
to take to beat theJ.A.P?
As a closing note, Colorado
speedway riders have one thing to say
to the new World Individual Speedway
Champion, Bruce PenhalI - congratulationsl And we all knew you could do
it.
Results
SECOND DIV: 1. RuotY Hoflet; 2. Jock Pieper; 3.
DlMI McMillen.
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Ken Pieper.
HANDICAP MAIN: 1. "Putt" Mill.; 2. D.n Wtrigum;
3. Mik. Golightly; 4. Riel< SI_: 5. Mort< Ba