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SUPER TRACK SCENE

by LYN PHERIGO

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HORNADAY WINS SECOND STRAIGHT MODIFIED MAIN -AT SAUGUS'.1
Canyon Country's Ron Hornaday Jr. won his second straight Modified main event Saturday night

at Saugus Speedway driving to victory in the H&S Racing Thunderbird. The top three finish of one

week ago was duplicated when former champions Oren Prosser, Simi, and Dan Press, Newhall again

finished second and third. Press, earlier set fast qualifying time of 16:53 and Bruce Erickson,

Canoga Park won the preliminary 4- lap tropy dash. Fifteen of the 20 starters finished the event

with 8 cars ru~nning on the lead lap.

Bill Sedgwick, current point leader, captured the 30-lap Sportsman main leading every lap from

his front-row starting position. Jim Kent, Saugus, winner of last week's event finished second

and Joe Ruggles·, Jr., Valencia, was third. Ken Sapper, La Crescenta set fast time of 18:16 and

Mission Hi 11 's Steve Colbert was victorious in the dash.

Chatsworth 's Rona Id Main led fifteen other lead-lap drivers to the checkered as he took the

honors in the stocker oval main. Greg Scates, Newhall, was second and John Cran, Reseda,

was third in the 25-lap event. Cran also set fast time of 19:82 and Don Hoefelman, Sylmar, was

victorious in the dash.

Ken Bosse, current stocker champion, won the 15- lap figure eight main from his 15th starting

position. Former champion Bill McKnight was second, Bryan Hayden third and David Hard fourth.

Sixteen of 19 cars finished the event with twelve still battling on the lead lap. Greg Scates won

the preliminary dash event.

Charlie Saied, regular Saugus competitor, slammed into the back chue wall, rolled several

times and came to rest upside down in a spectactular crash during the Modified fast heat race.

Saied, who was driving Jimmy Insole's car was hospitalized with shoulder injuries and later released.

He is resting at ·home with a broken shoulder blade.