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t: .., '" ~ w Z W ..J U >- U Fast qualifier and troPhy dash winner Mike O'Brien collected ki ss but didn't make Main. Mike Gerald in st ru ct s bunny w ho after sever al laps wiped out . by J ack Mangus photos by J ack Cramer a n d Mangus ST. LOUIS, MO, Dec ember 10 . Al Kenyon led every lap of the Main event after st arting from the pole position by virtue of hi s fastest semi to win the St. Louis version o f the National Indoor Sh ort Track Championship . Kenyon , one o f th e Californian s dominatin g the eastern indoor series, was pressured thr ou ghout th e Main b y Maryl and J u n io r rid er Steve Dal garno . The tw o sta rs o f th e series had fru stratin g nights as fir st Ric k Hoc king was el imi na te d in h is semi and J ohn Ge n na i was all but el imi n ate d by t he o ffic ia ls. Gennai w as co nfro n te d o n t he sta r ti n g lin e fo r the " lai n by A"IA ref eree Bill Magurany . A MA Maneuver ]';0 . I : Magu ran y checked Gennai 's engin e number an d di scovered that it di ffered from the num b er the California ;'\ ovic e had lis te d o n his entry form . Magurarry informed Gennai his racing was over fo r the eveni ng . Ga ry Nixo n , who occupied th e spo t • e x t __ Gennai OIl the fro . _ a .. n to nt row • PLAYBOY BUNNY : "But I've never a min ibike before." MIKE GERALD: " Don 't wo rry. I'll teach MIKE GERALD: " / ju st don 't seem able to really get it t ogether on th is b oar d trac k. / sort a wish it were con cret e. " (Gerald took a strong third.] ridd en his rear tire. . Gary Nixon , in the Main by virtue of his winni ng a heat and a semi, was riding his second race since having that infamous 17 in ch pin removed from his twice broken thigh bone. As smooth as were his h eat a n d semi . wins-both runaway s for th e t w ic e National Champion-vhis Main eve n t performance wa s a get off-ge t o n sho w . lie doggedly stuck it ou t an d ea rned a few more bu cks afte r Gennai called it a nigh t. Kidd an d Pat McC au l did their th ing t o f ini s h f o urt h a n d fift h while Pen nsylvania 's Bill Sc haeffer, see mi ng ly fu lly recovered fr om th e se rio us burns he su ffe red in a He ights to wn ge toff this past sum m e r, "lo o k s ix th o ve r Greg Hodges a n d M ikej ohnson . y ou. " LEO POTVI N : " Ho t Hat s! Cycle News Hot Hat s! Look up in th e rafters; see all th ose birds. Hot Hat s! Cycle News Hot Hat s!" " Whe r e 's Gerald ?" LEE : "He 's wrapped around that bunny back in th e pit s supp osedly teaching her how to ride." MIKE SPONSELLER: " Yo u kn ow, so metimes / th ink th is is all insan e. " , GA RY NIXON : " Well, that was a pr etty ca m e to the y oung ri der 's aid as did Texan "li ke Kidd. T hey were bot h informed b y an o t h er offici al , none to o p ol itely, that the m atter. d id n ot involv e the m . . A:-IA Ma ne uver ;'\ 0 . 2 : Magurany , af te r a b ac k an d forth "discussion " w it h Gennai informed him he co u ld run th e ~I ain on the mo tor he signed in o n. " lore b ac k an d fo rt h ve rbal excha nges. "n ile man euver no. 2 w as go ing on the riders were p oll ed as to ' whethe r o r not they objec ted to Genn ai rid ing. No ne did. A:\IA Man euver ]';0 . 3 : With t he c ro w d b o o i n g (so me o f t he kn owledgeable fan s h ad p icked u p o n w hat was Ko in~ o n ) m an euver no . 3 w as put in to effec t: Let him ri d e with thc " illegal " en gine . With the n o , you J ,~ MECHANIC : ROBERT E. goo d ind oor. / on ly got off four tim es. " can' t-y es, yo u can officiat ing show over the c ro w d a nd th e rid er s were ready fo r the Main . O ne restart and th e res t was a Ken y on/Dalgarno sliding-st ic k to th e in side an d d on't bob ble sho w. Gen nai dropped ou t abo u t m idway an d only " like Ger ald had a chance to ge t into th e b a ttle which be longed to Ken y on a n d th e G ar y N ix on E nterp rises sp onso red Dalgarno. Ke n y o n didn 't mi ss a beat and Dalgarno cou ld on ly stare a t ~ _ 'lIo .. ~ .... I, .... R ES ULTS: " la in : 1. Al Ken y o n ( Bul): 2 . Steve Dalg arno (Bu l): 3 . Mike Ge ra ld (Oss) : 4 . "li k e Kidd ( Bu l): 5 . Pal :\IcC au l (Os s) : 6. Bill Sch aeffer (Bu l): 7. Gr eg Hodges (Bu l): 8 . "like J ohn son (Oss): 9. Gary Nix on (Bu l): 10 . J ohn Gennai (Bu l). ~ ~ - • - . f