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::: " '" " Q. rv r-: en THE BIG TRACI( IS BACI( g > ::;; " ~ w Z W ..J U >U , , N utter and Col lum show identical st y les, speed and concentra tion . By Bru ce Fl anders Thursday, May 18th, sh owed th e world what Speedway can and will prohabl y d o in th e future . Weath er w as threatening a ll afte rn oon in th e San Gabriel valley and many fe ars were exp ress e d th at the paying spectator wouldn 't c om e out when c o ld. bre eze and o cca sio nal drops 0 .'" rain were th e o rd er o f the nigh l. T yp ical fi rs t nigh t p roblems pl agued the promoters at this new locati on . Not enough ti cket sellers made for long lines for th ose th at did n't get th ere e arl y (m o re promised fo r n e x t week ) same probl em a t the conce ssio n stand but th at will be rec tified by th e co ncessio naire because he is famili ar with b ig dragstrip crowds and flat under-estimated wh a t sp eedway c o u ld do. An other maj or p roble m c ro p ped u p when the scorers c alled the fini sh o n three differen traces . Apparen tl y the sc oring st and is at the wro ng lev el or is p oorl y lighted o r sp ecta t ors were jump in g up in the w ay of the usuall y very c o rnpe te n t sc orin g p eople . Th e maj or p oint. while tryin g t o say it in a dipl oma tic fash ion, three races were ca lle d de ad wrong. The track, lo ca te d a t th e Irwindale Dr agstrip, is billed as a 1/ 5 o f a mil e b ut afte r cons u lta tio n with man," rac ers it was agreed that even tho ugh it'is big and fast with a neat surfac e th e m easurin g o f Jeff Sexton learned his sliding on TT tracks but must lik e rid ing sidew ays. Jim Fishback - CZ Red Dots & Dusters European Scrambles May 14, 1972 Red Dots - 1st 250 Expert Dusters - 3rd 250 Exp ert SPONSORED BY YAMAHA of FONTANA 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Calif. (714 ) 822-2252 !L@CCTIT£ has a better way to hold parts togethe[ See your auto part jobber, speed shop , or motorcycle dealer and ask for Loctite guide No. 472 LOCTITE CORPORAT10N NE'I. IN GTON. c o rm 06'l1 lEl 2032781280 O' tOClITE CAN A LT O MISS ISSA UG• . aNT -- S onny Nutter cont empl a tes the tw elve-tooth higher gearing required by the fast, new oval . OrangeCu Sliding onty By l\like Capalite COSTA l\lESA. CALl F. , ~I ay 18, 1972 Bill C odv w as sec o nd ahead of Larry - Ed Willi am s was th e m an to beat in Sh aw an d Il.ick Wo od s in that o rde r. . sc ra tc h r acin g tonigh l. li e ca m e on T he lI and ica p ~l ai n event fo u nd s tron g a nd fin ishe d th e sam e w av, While Dann y Bec ker n sin g h is gre a tly he didn't mak e the progr am ' in the improved speed way style to wi n it goin~ Ilandi cap race s , he came o n str on g in 3 \ v ay for a very impre ssive win , the scratch w ith his first win o f the F'o ll o vv ing in second was Do n Cu llum eve ning in the Feature ~ lal ch Race , with M ik e Bast, La rrv S haw . Su mner pitted agains t his running ma l e Su mner ~ 1c K n i gh 1 and La rrv f\ l ~) on close behind. ~IcKn i gh l. Ed had th e p ole p o sit ion a nd The Div isio n II ' ~ I a i n Eve n t w as a gra bbe d the lead to h o ld it "II the w ay . h ard -Fo ugh t w in for S te ve Gre sh am as In the Scrat ch ~J ain . a lth o u gh Rick he h a d to wo r k h is way thr ou gh the \\"o od s had th e po le po sit io n and had pac k to ta ke it. Fol! o \\·ing him ac ross been ~c lling off the line like ~ang:bustt'rs th e: finish line was Dic k Bre wer, Ron a ll even ing . Ed super-c harged off the St e w ar t , Ph il M o rm , Dan Fishb u rn and lin e to ta ke th e lead and hold it a ll th e Ma rk CheTT\' _ w ay to th e finish . ( R es ults o n p age 38)