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Rick has spent the first part of the season overseas, - riding on much larger tracks and in some of t he worst weather you can think about . By missing the first few we eks of the season, he gave the edge to all the competition and it showed up in several places that would never happen to him if he w as in full stride. Woods is one of the best gate men riding today, but that is where he los t the Schrath Main Event. He had moved too close to the starting tapes , knowing that if he broke them, it would be allover for th e night. He put his fe et down and was just starting to push himself back , when the starter pushed th e button, and the gate sent up. Woods o gt off late and never made up th e distance th at he had lo st to Ed Williams, and Steve and Mike Bast. The night b el on ged to Ed Williams . He got off to a fin e start by winning the Feature Mat ch Race over Larry Sh aw, bu t then ran into a stalled bike and took the brunt of th e shoc king st op in th e groin . T he pain was intense but thi s did - n o t stop him fr om c oming back in the Handicap Main for the win, holding off th e Bast b oys fo r his fir st Main Event win of th e seas on. He came back out for th e Scratch Main with his tea m mate Rick to d o battl e with Steve and Mike Bast. When it was all don e, he be came the o nly o th er rider this seas on to Win the Scratch an d Handicap Mains in the sam e ni ght. S tev e Bast had been th e o nly o the r riders to d o it this season and he has d o ne it twi c e. Just after th e night sh ow had come to an end, I was standing wi th Ed's wife . Sh e wa s tellin g me that whil e on the wa y to th e tra ck Ed was poin ting out the fac t that he had not go tten off to a good st ar t :ye t this season. He hadn't won a Main Event o n any track yet, and . it .w as ab o ut time that he did something • inurn t rim . Co me s c o m p le te with Z ip t .. : - ~- Name . • t. Send ch eck or m oney or der w ith th is coupon or use y ou r Master Charge or Bank America rd . • : i • · • : Jil.i \D i • i • .! • • •, • ! · • · • Starting out at Bakersfield, we 'll take a look at t he week of May 23 , 24 , and 25, in what was to be a fine week of ~. speedway racing throughout the Southland. Rick Woods is back in the USA, but on ce again chose not t o go to Bakersfield for that event. But his team mates , Danny Becker and Ed Williams , were on .h an d to hold up their end of SRS, a Speedway shop that Ed YOURS EL FERS - . Schaeffer 'an d Ed Williams own. This is the group that R ick Woods rides for. , . Danny won the Handicap Main Event, holding off th e assault of Mike Bast and Guy Waterson, in what is getting to be Dan's trademark, wheelie exhibitions. Mike Bast had every th in g his way in the Scratch Main, be ating out his older brother in a side -by-side race for four laps (if y o u can ' t trust your brother, who can you trust?) This is one go o d reas on th at -th e Bast boys are as good as they are. They kn ow just what the o th er is goin g to d o at all times , and th is le ts them ride a lot closer to eac h other than · would or d inarily be wis e at top speed. Their st yle an d talent are iden tic al. and when they are rid in g to gether at top speed through the turns , it lo oks like o ne rider and hi s reflection in a mirr o r. Refl ectin g th e en thusiasm of the fan s is young Dan T oomey, a Division T wo rid ers that h as more support than an y on e el se in this event because he is good and a h ome town p roduct . Dan h eld up his end o f this love aff air with •• the sPOJ't by winning the Se cond . . Divi sion Main after being in a me ss in • tum three, when he went down and lost • so me skin o n his hands an d lo osened a nail o r two. Dan has not come down south to the o th er tracks ye t, because • he says that he needs a lo t more time • before h e will be much of a threat t o th e big money winners. But I, for one, th ink he is going to le t every one know th at this is .his sp o rt, too. • Irwindale NOTE : F ill in completely lall raised letters a nd nu mbers shown on your card) andsiqn . : • r-, 1838 E AST B ALL- R O AO .: •