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Eddie Mulder's Wes t Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series Round 4: Mid-State Fairgrounds ooA .OK. Jimmy Wo od was simply on fi re at round fou r of Eddie Mulder's West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series, winnlng.the 15-lap Digger Helm Pro main event and setting a new track re c ord of 12.00 seconds! had ot he r ideas. Th ree laps in , Sca lly S T O RY A N D P HOT OS BY J AM EY B LU NT was no w coming under pr essur e fro m wh o g ra b be d t he ho lesh ot - o nly t o hav e it r ed -flagged , as J oh n Larson was ho unding Lewi s, and B rown was 52 O C TO BER 1 , 2 003' cue wa s t he vic to r, foll owed b y Rod Lak e and Randy Berem an we re co llecte d in pu ll ed alongside Lew is c om ing o ut of Racin g's Lewis and Paso Robles' own t urn one . O n t he full rest art , W il burn t urn fo ur, and they crosse d th e st ripe 1.. "\ VV B ro wn . W he n t i m e r an o ut , Sca lly all o v er Sc all y. O n l a p si x , Sc a ll y PASO ROBLES, CA, AUG. 31 ay o ut West , as sum mer v ac at i on ca me t o a cl os e , L a b o r D a y w e ek en d b r o u gh t tog eth e r m o t o r c y cli st s h u n g r y for on e l a st gat herin g to race f ast and hard , and h av e t h e m o st fun po s sib l e doin g it. Eddi e Mulder fu rn ished th e ingr edie nts - record ent ries, 2 5 heat races, 18 m ain ev ents , a $24 00 Pro purse timed j ust right and serve d up o n the m ost perf ect , cu shio ned sho rt t r ac k im ag in ab l e , g iv i ng th e m ore t h a n 6200 fans in t he g randstand s pl ent y to d ro ol over. Dann y Rit chie pr ov ided a p ris tin e t ra ck, and J oe B rown o f Brow n's Cy cl es spread th e word and bro ught t he ri ders ; t h ei r effo rts are greatl y appreciated. A t ev ery Mulder eve nt , th er e's t he welcom e sig ht o f th e b ig blu e A& A Raci ng b us , providi ng M a x xi s T ires and ot he r ra cing sup p lies . It bu zzed wi t h a ctivi t y all day , k ee pin g Ray Abrams and crew ve ry bu sy , bu t not so m uch so th at they m issed any of th e ex citement on t he racetr ack . W ith 233 ent ries, heat rac es were c arve d o ut in r e c or d ti m e, and aro u n d 8 p. m ., t he m ain co ur ses wer e hot to go and wai tin g to be serv ed up . Mart y Le wis led th e Maxxis T ires/ Sa d d l em en -spo ns o red Se nior c la ss into tu rn o ne . Lewis, du e to his strong hea t- ra c e vi cto ry , th ou gh t th i s o ne was a ll hi s. Bo b Scally, in sec ond , and Brown 's Cycles ' B ro wn , in th ird . Bro wn . got th e j u m p , o n ly t o h a v e Ro d d ead eve n . Lewi s h ad pos it io n an d By virtue of t he fast est hea t - ra c e hel d t oug h , whil e B rown sat tw o bi k e- win , Greg Wil burn sat o n po le in t he stra ig h t a nd lead l a p o ne . Br ad len gt hs bac k , wa it ing. B y lap eig h t, C& J Racin g Fram es /B arn et t V et A m ain eve nt , but it was Do nn ie Harr ell Sp e n c er S r. r an th i rd, w ith D a l e Sc all y had slipped past Lew is, wh o S p en c er shoot pas t down t h e b ack J ens en and Harrell fo ll owin g . By lap I ..... Rod Spe nce r (4 9) wo n the Vet A ma in at the M id -Sta te Fairg rou nd s. I I e n e vv s """'_