East vs West Speedway Motorcycle Race at Irwindale Raceway - 1976

Riders included Mike Bast, Steve Bast, Bruce Penhall, Bobby Schwartz, Scott Sivage, Bill Cody, Sonny Nutter, Steve Nutter, Alan Christian, Larry Shaw, Jeff Sexton, Mark Cherry, Rick Woods, Dubb Ferrell. This was a special made for T.V. race that never got sold to the networks, therefore the riders (and other's) never got paid. If there's enough hits on this video, any compensation will go directly to the Speedway Riders Benevolant Fund for Legends like Shawn Moran who needs surgery on his badly damaged arm, so please click the LIKE button to get their attention. Thank you!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Irwindale Raceway
• Speedway Motorcycle Racing
• Bruce Penhall
• Costa Mesa Speedway
• Dude Criswell

[vegasjinx]

Absolutely love this vid! Great old stuff from the good days of 70's speedway. Irwindale was actually a decent sized track for "short track" standards. If i'm not mistaken, it was about the same size or a bit bigger than old IMS. I love how some of these guys(Penhall,Bast,Nutter) ars using a 22" tire. Hardly ever see that anymore.

[activ8now]

I enjoyed watching these guys at the track at Orange County Fairgrounds in the early 70's: the noise, the dirt, and the smell of that fuel all bring back great memories- good fun.

[voodoozibi013]

thank you,please more older American Speedway

[step66dude]

Fantastic! 1976. Surely this must be the oldest Californian speedway video ever!