Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e.ta 11_ - Sa. . . . . .lII'dl•• - V ••gr. - Aaltar. - Napa - Ceet.lI_ - ea.......rdI•• - V_gr. - Aa..am - N.... - Ceeta 11_ - 8an . . SPEEDWAY WEEK .. John Foster leads Dubb Ferrell and Shawn Moran at San Bernardino. (Continuedfrom page 35) coming from the 40 on a Jawa, immediately began moving through the pack, taking over second when he passed Tom Ferris and Steve Miller 10 turn four on lap two . The next lap . in the same spot he got Blevins for the lead, which he continued to lengthen until he took the checkered flag. Ferris came home second followed by Keith "The Snakeman" Larsen, who got Blevins at the line for third. In the Scratch main, Robinson drew the number three starting spot. Den ver's Chris Reichardt jumped out front at the start over Duane Yarrow, pole sitter Phil Gagnon and Robinson . Yarrow passed Reichardt in turn three on the opening lap and led until they came together in turn two on the second lap. Gagnon inherited the lead, but it Was short-lived as Robinson sailed by and went on to his second main event win of the night. Reichardt was credited with third with Yarrow getting fourth. Southern California's Kenny Bencheck pushed his Weslake past new central California resident Baron Bibee at the line to p'ick up the win in Second Division. Bibee, coming from the 10, took the lead from Jeff Brown after the race was restarted due to a first lap crash. Bibee looked like a sure winner until Bencheck caught and passed h im as they crossed the line Inches apart. Four southern California ridersDennis Abbott, Mark Granberg, Kerry Milelr and Chris Mistreeta - competed in the first Visalia Bed Race. It seems the fou r riders rented one motel room with two beds, meaning two of the riders had to occupy the floor that night. The object of th e race - the first two riders got the beds. Kerry .Mill er cha nged his ~ear before th e race and led wire to wife to claim one of th e beds. Dennis Abbott was running second when he decided to take a soil sample. Granberg wen t down in the same incident making Mistreeta the happy beneficiary of a good night's sleep. Racing continues every Saturday at Visalia with "Wheelie King" Doug Domokos scheduled to appear on June 19. Results -. SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Buddy Robinoon : 2. Phil GlIOnon; 3. Chr. R.ich.rdt; 4. Du.ne Y.rrow. HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Buddy Robinoon ; 2. Tom Ferr i.; 3. K.ith Le_n; 4. Rendy Blevin.; 5. St... Miller: 6. Duona Y.rrow. SECOND DIV 1. K.nny Bonchlck; 2. Boron : Bible; 3. J im Bien: 4. Chr i. MiotrMtl: 5. ..!elf Brown ; II. Roy StMIord. BED RACE: 1. Kerry Miller: 2. Chri. M_to: 3. Mark Gr.~ 4. Dam. Abbott. 38 -s:.::,~ _ ~~':-'_ ~. _T~_ ~~~":. ~._ ~r~~ _ ~ __ King injured; McConnell, Robinson win at Ventura By Bill Locey VENTIJRA, CA, J UNE 8 " I guess I'll be watching again this year," said Lance King calmly as he lay on his back with a broken collarbone Sterling Cogar tries to sneak under Guy Errnolenko at Costa Mesa. went around him and won th e race to turn three. It was wh eel to wheel down th e home straight, but McConnell had the inside lin e and muscled th e irate McLain aside in turn two and won easily. In his semi , McConnell lost to King but managed to hold off Tom Morley and Rick Miller for th e trip to the main. In the Mechanical Mishap Department: Mike Faria took an insurmountable lead in th e other semi until his bike croaked, keeping him out of the main and a possible four Scratch ma in wins in a row. Mike can begin a new strea k next week. Off th e pole, McConnell outgated Robinson and Pfeuing and led the Scratch main from start to finish. King was credited with fourth. Shawn is on a tear - that's two trophies in the last two weeks and three for the year here at the Commotion By The Ocean. Andy Northrup, who's got to be the next rider to get the chance to ride First Division, won the D-2 main by miles for the second time in three weeks. Andy made everyone look equally silly in his heat, winning by plenty and thrilling to no end the 800 or so fans indifferent to the fortunes of the Lakers. Mike Smart, carried away last week, won the Third Division ma in that for the second consecutive week disintegrated into a Brian DePalma movie (on wheels). There were plenty of crashes, red nags and two restarts. Finally, no one was left except Smart and runner-up Robby Stone. moments after a turn two crash tonight at the Ventura Raceway . King was referring to the American Speedway Final June 12 at Long Beach. Last year he was too young; this year ...too bad. The accident happened in the Handicap main. Rob Pfeuing finally caught up to the leader, Tim McCasland, between turns one and two on the second lap. Pfeuing tried to go underneath, the bikes slammed together, and Rob got by with a bobble, leaving McCasland wobbling and in the path of Buddy Robinson - "The Bud Man" - who crashed into Mc Casland, sending both riders sprawling in a real bone cruncher. King, innocent of all blame, was trailing and suddenly had nowhere to go and crashed into a fallen bike , fell and broke his collarbone. Actually, everyone was innocent of all blame; it was just one of those th ings. King, earlier, was obviously in no mood for such an ending. Riding just fast enough to transfer, King took no Results chances, unlike last year when he was SCRATCHMAIN: 1. Sh.wn McConnelt 2. Buddy going between people. He logged a Robinson; 3. Rob PIeing: 4. Lence King. HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Robineon: 2. Mik. F.ri.: 3. second and a third place finish in Pletzing; 4 . Denni. Abbott; 5. Lence King : 6. TIm Handicap racing and won both of h is Mc:C8ol.nd. SECOND DIV: 1. An6y Northrup: 2. Cho. M.rtin: Scratch rides, King was credi ted with 3. Guy Helderlein: 4. K.ith Ryt.nce: 5. Bort Onnch: fifth in the Handicap ma in and a 6. Corloo Cordone . THIRD DIV 1. Mik. Sm.rt; 2. Robby Slone. : fourth in the Scratch ma in. MATCHRACE: 1. Mike F.ri. del . Lenc. King . Dennis Abbott led for mos t of the Handicap main restart, but a sick bike led to his dem ise as three riders passed him on the final two laps, and Robinson won easily. It was Robinson 's first Ventura trophy of the year and made the drive from Sal inas worth it after all. By S cott Daloisio Before crashing in the ma in, Mc SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JUNE 9 Casland thoroughtly enjoyed his First Division debut by winning his first John Sandona became the sevtwo races comfortably off the zero, en th different Scratch main proving he belongs with the Good winner at John LaDouceur's Guys. Inland Motor Speedway toShawn McConnell , more th an nigh t. making up for not making the Handi cap ma in , won th e three-man Sandona (WinlordiSuper Seer/Elite Godden ) and h is crew came to IMS Scratch main for the first time in and made a frame change in the parkVentura. In his heat, McConnell was - -firs t -to -lUITJ- one, bQt - Bob -Mcbatn . , •• in~Jo(oalter,pl\aCliciJlKl"5 the June Sandona switches for IMS Scratch m ai n w in 12Amer ican Speedwa y Fin al at Long Beach . The change proved to be very beneficial as Sandona led wire to wire from his pole position start ing spot. Mike Faria (Cody Products/Oakley Goggles J awa ) and Mike Bast (Cody Products/Knobb y Shop Jawa ) battled th e entire four la ps for the ru nner-up spot. Faria , who had been o n th e outside th e entire way, got th e dri ve out of four on the final circ ui t to finish second, right on Sandona 's rear tire. Bast hung on for third with " T he Miracle Worker," Shawn Mo ran (Vera's/ Pj - J Godden ), rounding out th e field. . " Dangero us " Dubb Ferrell (Dean' s Independent Mazda Jawa ) came all th e way from the 30 to capture an impressive win in the Handicap main. Young Mike Mazzacane (D.J .'s Ticket Service/Roaring '205 PizzaJawa), who came in as a reserve in his heat race, took the lead on the start from the zero over Denny Scopellite (Hot Moves Weslake). Ferrell used an inside move in turn two to take second from Scopellite on lap two and did the same to Mazzacane on lap three for the lead. As Ferrell lengthened his lead, Alan Christian (STP Godden) was making a late cha rge for second. Christian caught Mazzacane coming out of four on the final lap, but the 17-year-old edged the veteran by inches at the line for the place spot. One of the fastest and most consisten t Second Division riders at IMS, Ron Blanton, rode his Castrol twovalve Jawa to victo ry in the D-2 main. Blanton, starting on the 10, led the entire distance first holding off Don Bovee (O'Neal' s 76 Jawa) and then international star Chris Reichardt (Ge ne Plues Motorcycles Godden ). Reichardt moved ont o Blanton 's tai l several tim es, but at the end it was Blanto n by six bikelengths over Reichard t and Mar k Weaver (Jawa). Mark Dw yer (J awa) started th e night as a reserve and won hi s first ever IMS Third Division main . Starting on th e zero, Dwyer took th e lead on the start and never looked back to score th e victory over Steve Flanagan (Jawa ) and Mike Coniglio (Jawa ). Je sse Fin ch (H ouse of Su zuk i) was one of th e few Junior Speedway riders to remain upright a ll night long, and it paid off as he was th e victor in the main even t. Finch started on the 10 and led th e entire di stan ce to score his first IMS triumph over Dave Busby (Schwartz Racin g/Busby Racing) and Ronnie Cor ey (D&F Cycle). Finch and Busby were th e only two riders to fini sh th e main even t. June 16 is " Kids Night" at IMS with all ch ildren 12and under admit-

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