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BAKERSFIELD, CALiF ., :'Iay 24 ,
1972 - United States Champion Mike
Bast pi cked up his second straigh t
Scratch Main win in a wire to wire
effort tonight, although th e remain ing
p ositi ons wer e so me what in d oubt until
the refe ree made the de cision th at Ed
William s was sec ond , foll owed b y Mike
Curoso and Steve Bast . All three of
these ride rs were o n th e ground a t one
time o r another and Williams had
restarted his machine, whi ch caused all
th e knitted brows.
Kurt Lewis pi cked up the win in th e
Handicap Main , wh ich mad e it five fo r
five in this even t here - five sepa ra te
winner s in five me et s.
Guy Waterson led th e parade in the
Handicap C onsy , chased by Dan n y
Becker .
Ligh tn ing Larry Sh aw sh o wed Greg
lI aser o t,
Don
Cullu m and Steve
Gresham the w ay home in th e Scra tch
Consy in a wire to w ire effort. Steve
Bonham sh ow ed all th e Second Division
Main Even ter's th e qu ick way to th e
checkered , followed by J eff Sp erry .
The Featu re Match Race was stri ctly
a DeWay ne Keet er ben efit, as S keet er
wired up the race righ t o ut of the ga te
and never loo ked b ack at Jim Gr esh am.
(Re su lts o n page 40)
Sto ry & Photos by Randy D. Bailey
PHOENIX, A RIZ., May 19 , 197 2 - J oe
Henry of Sacramento, was a ru na wa y
winner in
Arizona's first indoor
motorcycle race a t Ve terans' Mem ori al
Coliseum.
A crowd of 6,000 wa tc he d Hen ry
flin g his Bul taco aro und the o ne-ten th
mile track to take wins in h is hea t, the
second Semi, the Trophy Dash an d th e
Main Event.
Fo r his win Henry car te d h ome
S 1,124 a nd a big silver "Challenge
Cup".
Race favorite, Steve Hernandez , had a
d isappointin g evenin g after he finished
second in the first Semi-Main and last in
the Main wh en his bike quit.
His problems b egan in the first heat
when he hit ano ther bike going into the
first tum o n lap one. The result was one
mas sive pil e up with Hernandez on the
bottom. None of th e riders were inj ured
but Hern andcz co uld n ' t regain his fo rm
after the spi ll.
The even ing e nded in near disaster
when th e motorcycle jumping team of
Bob Du ffey an d Dick Stone, both of
Ph oenix,
attemp ted
several
short
di st ance ramp-to -ramp leaps.
Th e d uo h ad accomplished two jumps
wh en th ey decided to try an end-to-end
tandem st un t . Both riders made it over
th e gap , but Stone's b ike skidded o n the
lan din g ramp an d he lost co n t ro l of his
bik e nearin g the building exit. He
slammed into a d oor partition and then
slid out th e e xit in to the parking lo t.
li e was ad m inis te red oxygen at th e
scene a nd was taken to a Ph oen ix
hospital where he was fou nd to have a
bro ken clavicle an d o the r m in o r injuries.
Race promoter, AI Eshe n ba ugh, said
th ere will be futu re in doo r race s a t the
Co lise um b ut in stead o f p ay ing for
jumpi n g exhibitions .th e purse will be
increased to at tr ac t m o re to p-rated
ride rs .
(Results on page 40)
Revenge at Napa
By Pat J on es
NAPA, CAL., May 27, 1972 - S outhern
Californ ia go t revenge to night as Dan
Becker of Huntington Beach scored
victories in b oth th e scrat ch and
handicap Main Events. This is the fir st
time th at a southern Californian has
ever won a speedway in eith er r\ apa or
Ren o .
Becker won the scra tc h Main by 20
ya rds over Ed Williams of Costa Mesa .
In th e h andicap event Becker made a
spectacular burst in the last run to nip
Bar clay Trehal for the win .
Re cent winner Gus Lowe r was
eliminated when he go t too much
traction in th e first tum and flipped
spe cta cularly .
Napa Fa irgro und hosts speedw ay
every Saturday night at 8 p .m.
(Results o n page 40)
Disgusted Steve Hernandez 119Y) pushes his broken Ossa out of the Main.
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