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Woods a nd fa il ed to tran sfer. Also
n o ta ble was th e most p opula r moose
si nce Moosehead Beer a nd Bull win kl e - Moose Kennedy, who won th e
ot he r sem i oH th e 10-yard-line.
McConnell wo n the mai n three
tim es w hen o nce wo uld ' ve been
pl en ty. Cranking hard o n th e o u tside
wh ether he need ed to or n ot, McConnell fi na lly go t arou nd Bransford and
Kenned y o n th e third la p . But in turn
four, Bran sford a n d Kenn ed y ta ngled
a nd wen t down hard in a sca ry looking cra sh. Both m anaged to walk
away, although Bra n sford walked a
littl er furt h er... to th e pits, di squalified . It wa s a happier ending th an
Bransfo rd 's last turn four crash here
la st yea r, anywa y (he broke his leg).
On th e restart, McConnell outgated
In gels and Charli e Morse, a nd ca ugh t
an d p as sed Kenned y qu ickly en o ug h
and seem ed headed fo r a n easy win .
But o n th e second lap, McCon ne ll
went too wi de in tu rn tw o, bogged
do wn in the real deep stu ff, a nd every body pa ssed h im. So now McConn ell
really start ed flyi ng a bo u t a foot from
the wall on th e stra ig h ts and began
pi cki ng people oH including two
riders on th e fin al half lap in a m emora ble d isp la y of crazy ridin g. Bet he
ge ts a Scra tch ride nex t week.
Penhall stru tted his World Cham pion s tu ff in th e Scratch portion of
th e show, winning a ll three of h is
ri des with little troubl e a nd plenty o f
sty le. In th e main from th e fourt h
slo t, th e Champ, a lo ng with Keit h
Chrisco , M ik e Cu roso a nd Da ve
De'Tern ple, ca me around turn two
four wide, but Penh all gave it the
th rott le, sq ueezed by a nd sud de n ly
had a big lead by turn th ree. Ho w
does h e do it?
In Second Div ision rac ing, R ick
Miller took th e trophy for th e second
week in a row, a nd Ed Castro wa s
given s u fficien t grounds to sue his
m otorcycle fo r non-support. Ju st like
last week, Cas tro seem ed to h ave the
situa tio n we ll in handwith a co m fortable lead on th e la st lap wh en h is
bike suddenl y lost spark (last time it
was a chain) .
G uy Errno len ko didn ' t win a thing
bu t got a n "E " for effo r t. Closin g in
on Castro in th e m ai n , Errnol enko
sp u n out a n d crash ed in turn two. H e
kept it running , ga ve it th e gas, but
co u ld n't run last en ough beside hi s
bik e to remount. After bei ng half
dragged a nd half riding side saddle,
th e bike and Errnol enko wea ved crazily into th e in field w here it finally go t
stuck in some deep m ud . Ermolenko
rai sed hi s arms in surre nder, sh rugged
a nd walked ofL..to a standing ova tion. This g uy Guy is going to be
R ookie o f th e Year this year - remember, yo u read it her e first.
In Third Divisio n act io n , Andv
Northrup a n d Doug Greyson, in hi s
first-ever ride, won heat races. Bu t in
th e main , T im McCasland took th e
lea d around tu rn two and won co nvincingly.
In the Injury Department: D-3 rider
Chris Mistretta looked to h ave bro ken
his foot after sla mmi ng into Cam
Grade's fa lle n bi ke that lefr h im with
nowhe re to go. Al so, D-3 ri der Bob
Moo re, hu rt o peni ng n ig h t, wa s
released from th e hospital after being
treated for three broken ribs and a
punctured lung.
Results
SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Bruce Penhall: 2. Keith
Chr isco; 3. Mike OJroso; 4 . Dave DeTemple .
HANDICAPMAIN : t . Shawn McConnell; 2. Char·
lie Mone; 3. _
Kennedy; 4. Eddie Ingels; 5.
Denn is Bransford; 6. Joh n Sandona.
SECONDDtV: 1. Rick M il ler; 2. Ed Castro; 3. Jeff
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; 4 . J im Turner; 5 . J immy 0 '0811; 6 . Guy
&moIenlco.
THIRD DtV: 1. ron
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2. S _ McFar·
la nd; 3. Andy Northrup; ·4: M ike Con ivl\o; 5.000g' •
DuBois; 6. Doug Grayson.
MA TCH RACE: 1. Br uce Pen ha ll d ef. M ike Faria .
Burba, Penhall
pound Costa Mesa
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COST A MESA, CA, APR. 16
The stands were packed tonight
at the O range County Fa ir grounds to see the 1981 World,
National and Sta te Champ ion ,
and on e ha lf of Wo rld Best Pairs
Champion - Bru ce Penhall.
Bruce's first race ou t he showed
everyone why he's th e best . From the
50 -yard line, passing the entire field
on th e ou tside (which simply isn't do ne
at Costa Mesa ), Bruce took the crowd's
breath away with what had to be th e
most spectacular ride in years .
The match race promised to be
good with Mike Bast versus Penhall,
With Bast on th e inside , they flew out
of the gat e, and Bast's engine died in
the first tum. On t he nex t try , his
engine died in the last tum of the last
la p, bur the crowd wanted an entire
race , and that 's what they were to get.
Next attempt , Penhall cam e ou t first
and held on to the lead for th e win .
They even went an ext ra lap for. good
measure .
Pen ha ll's final glory came in the
Scratch ma in . Starting from th e num ber two slot Mike Curoso shot out first
for th e lead with Penhall and Bast
behind him and Faria in back. T he
order stayed the same with Cu roso
riding smooth in front of Penhall and
Bast. But , Penhall was paient and
waited for his tim e. On the last lap in
tu m twO,CUTOSO moved ou t just a little
wide , and Pen hall slid in righ t under
him for th e number one slot and th e
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There was. plenty mo re action with
the Third Division main . With four
riders on the zero -yard line and two on
the 10, it looked like a Scr at ch race
with a match race behind it. Bob O tt
and Ken Willi ams collided in the first
tum , and on the rest art Wayne Le utz
made his move and stayed strong with
Bart Onasch ta king second and Steve
Flaniga n fin ishing third.
Second Division main actio n started
with Tom Hugh es on a roller wh ich
cancelled th e first lap and pus hed him
back to the 50 . O n the restart , Wes
Ra ndolp h , Ed Castro and Pa t Hawley
went down. Andy Northrup go t tak en
out for ca using it.
Next try , Castro and Hawley almo st
ate it again while Randolp h jumped to
the lead : Dennis Ab bott too k second
and Tom Hughes finished third,
passing Hawley as he went do wn .
The Handica p main was everything
it promised to be except for one big
surprise. .. T om Burba . Tom had a
strong sta n when Cu roso went do wn ,
Phil Gagnon and Jan Balla rd cr ashed
in tu m one, and Penhall did a nice lay
down . Everyon e res tarted though they
had to peel Gagnon's bike from
Ballard's. T he ga te flew up , and again
Bu rb a came ou t strong with Balla rd
and Gagnon behind . Working his way
through , Penhall slid up under
Gagnon and next la p past Ballard .
Curoso squeezed into third on the last
lap, but by then Burba was just too fa r
ahead to catch, and he took the win
with Penhall second and Curoso third.•
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