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SUPER TRACK SCENE

by LYN PHERIGO

"PITTENGER ENDS CHEEK'S WIN STREAK AT SAUGUS SPEEDWAY"

Chuck Pittenger, former national go-kart champion from Northridge, driving in only his seventh

stock car race, drove the Precision Instrument Repai Camaro to victory in Saturday night's Modified

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main event at Saugus Speedway~ Pittenger's win ended 79 Saugus champion Tru Cheek's domination

of early-season feature events. Cheek had won the first four Modified main events.

Roman Calczynski out-dueled fellow-townsman Bill Sedgwick of Van Nuys to claim the 30-lap

Sportsman main and extending his win streak to three. Jim McAlister, Chatsworth, and Ken Bosse,

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Sylmar, registered their third wins of 81 in stocker oval and figure eight events.
After stalking early leader Don Lindner of Reseda for 24 laps, Pittenger manuevered into the lead on

lap 28. Current Modified champion Mike Willard, Reseda, and Cheek were having a "battle roya I"

for third place as Lindner and Pittenger battled for the top spot. Pittenger's victory margin in the 40-lap

event was a quarter-lap over Lindner with Willard successfully holding off Cheek for third. Ken Davis,

West Covina, finished in fifth, the only other car on the lead lap. Pittenger and Gary Baker, Valencia,

won heat races, Willard took the 4-lap trophy dash.

Calczynski and Sedgwick battled "bumper to bumper" before Calczynski took the lead on lap 19.,

Sedgwick had set the pace after taking over the lead from Mike Barnett, New ha II on the seventh circuit.

Steve Colbert, Mission Hills, finished third, Barnett was fourth and Jim Kent, Saugus came in fifth.

L. A. Woodside, Saugus, and Sedgwick were victorious in heat races. Calczynski won the trophy dash.

McAlister led the final 23 laps in winning the stocker oval main with Bryan Hayden, Saugus, second

and Mitch Thompson, Sylmar, was third. McAlister and Larry Woodside, Newhall, won heat races.

Luke Koback, Valencia, was first in the trophy dash.

Bosse led "wire-to=wire" in the figure eight scramble with Thompson second and Jim Gardella of

Va lenda was third. Bosse also won the heat race and Bill McKnight, Northridge, took the dash