finished with 13 points each which would have seen the pair in a runoff for the championship. Les Collins had inflicted Penhall's only loss of the meeting when he out-rode the American in Heat 4 in what many believe was a major upset. Additionally, if Penhall had been excluded from Heat 14 and not Carter, Les Collins would likely have won the title as he had finished with 2 point lead over third placed Dennis Sigalos. Acting Penhall was well known for his role as Cadet/Officer Bruce Nelson in the final season of the NBC television series CHiPs and in the role of Bruce Christian in the 1989 film Savage Beach and five of the movie's sequels, including Hard Hunted (1993). Penhall reprised his role as Bruce Nelson in the 1998 TNT television movie CHiPs '99 and has made guest appearances on shows such as Just Men!, The Facts of Life and Renegade. Penhall's debut in CHiPs came in the season 6 episode "Speedway Fever", which mainly concentrated on his character Nelson winning the 1982 World Final at the LA Coliseum. Scenes were shot in the pits in between races and actual footage of the final was shown in the episode. In 1999, Penhall was inducted into the A.M.A. Motorcycle Hall of Fame. In 2008, he took over as joint promoter, along with Jeffrey Immediato, of speedway racing events at 'The Grand at Industry Hills' race track in City of Industry, California. Personal In 1985, Penhall travelled to Sydney, Australia to read the lesson at the funeral of rider Billy Sanders after the Australian champion committed suicide at his home in Ipswich, England. The two riders were close friends and Penhall is the godfather of Sanders' children Dean and Belinda. In a sad twist, Dean Sanders, who was 10 years old and in school just 10 miles from the Sanders' Ipswich home when his father took his own life, would later also commit suicide. Penhall's son Connor (born 1990) was killed by a drunk driver in 2012 while working on a freeway. Penhall later got himself a tattoo in memory of his late son. Penhall is still involved with speedway in Southern California and also makes semi-regular appearances at big race meetings in the UK and Europe such as Speedway Grand Prix events. Awards Penhall was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2011. World Final appearances