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Off the zero, Bacarell a led fro m start
to fin ish , wit h Sto ne in second.
Resu lts
SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Mike Far ia; 2. Rick M iller ; 3 .
Stev e Lucero: 4. Keith larsen .
HAND ICAP MAIN: 1. Warren Diem ; 2. Rick M ill er;
3. Rob Pfetz ing ; 4. Mike Faria; 5. Shawn McConnell; 6. Tim McCasland.
SECOND DIV: 1. Chr is Reichardt; 2 . M ike Sma n ;
3. Mark Granberg; 4. Chris M ist retta; 5. Guy Hetderlein; 6. Chr is Martin .
THIRD DIV: 1. Russ Bac8rella ; 2. Robby Stone ; 3.
Dave Thompson; 4 . Keiffer Doege ; 5. Pat Sm ith ; 6.
Mike Oyer.
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Sandona, M iller get
second wins at IMS
By Scott Daloisio .
SAN BERNARDINO. CA, J U NE 16
It may well have been T eam
Windlord night a t John La
Douceur 's Inland Motorcycle
Speedway tonight as teammates
John Sandona and Bryce Eikelber~er
posted wins in the Scratch and Third
Division mains.
Sandona (Wi ndlord/Super Seer/
Esprit Godden) made it two Scratch
mains in a row in a near duplicate
performance of last week. It was a
dead heat out of the gate with San.do na , coming from the pole, taking
command in tum two. Mik e Faria
(Cody Products/ Oakley Jawa ) immediately began to pressure Sandona
while Alan Christian ( STP Godden )
and Bobby Schwartz (Bel-Ray/Bell
Helmets Godden ) battled for third.
Faria kept trying to go th e long route
on the ou tside to get by Sandona and
managed to pull even in turn three on
the final lap. Sandona was able to
fight off the challenge and took one of
the largest margins of victory in an
IMS Scratch main this season - two
bikelen g ths,
Rick Mi ller (Eclipse/ Bel· Ray/JT
Westlake) won all three of h is Handicap races incl uding the main event
in what may h ave been the best ride of
the night - make that the season at IMS. Starting on the 10, Miller took
the lead at the start over Denny Scopel lite (Hot Moves Weslake), who
wheelied at the li ne. Schwartz started
on the 40 and moved into second by
the end of lap one. The international
star immedately moved o n to th e
second-year rider's tail and began to
a p p ly the pressure. Schwartz ap p lied
extreme pressure to th e you ngster as
he tr ied every trick in th e book to
make th e pass by running the cushion,
but h e was unable to dethrone Miller
who became th e first two-rime IMS
Handicap winner of 1982. After th e
ra ce, th e exu bera nt Mill er sai d, " I
could see him in every corner, so I j us t
gave it every th ing I had." Long after
th e races were over, Schwartz was seen
in th e parking lot co ngra tu la ting
Miller in a true show o f sportsman sh ip.
Ed Castro (R id i n ' H i ~h J awa )
returned from the injury list in fin e
style as he won his first IMS Second
. Division main of th e sea son. Cas tro,
coming from the 10. ~ot the gate a nd
led th e event unt i l Don Bovee
(O'Neal's 76 Jawa ) went by on the
o utside in turn four on the opening
revo lution. Castro reclaimed th e lead
on th e back chute on lap two and rode
th e rest of the way to sta rter Paul
Neighbor's checkered flag. Chris Re ich a rd t (G e ne Pl ue 's Mot o rcycl es
Godden ) moved into the number two
spo t when he got Bovee on lap three
but was unable to catch th e snea king
Castro. .
Desert Hotli
Kenny Bidney (Jawa ) got the lead
at th e ga te in the Third Divi sion main
but it was Sandona 's teammate, Bryce
Ei ke lber g er (W i n d lo rd G odden ),
movi ng ins ide in turn two for the lead
a n d eventual victory. Keifer Doege (B
& M Foam Fabrics Weslake) passed
. everyone exce p t Eikelberger o n h is
wa y to a well-earned seco nd pl ace
fin ish .
June 23 will feature Father 's Day
passes for all IMS fan club members.
Popular John Cook is sch eduled to
return from England June 30. As well
as th e usual fireworks Cook supplies
on th e track, there will be a fireworks
spectacular in the sk y on the same
night.
Results
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. J ohn Sendo na (God); 2. Mike
Faria (Jaw); 3 . Bobb y Schwa rtz (God); 4 . A la n Chr is·
tian (God).
HANDICAP M A IN: 1. Rick M ill er (Was) ; 2. Bobby
Schwartz (God); 3. Rob Pletzing (Was); 4 . Eddi e
Ingels (J aw); 5. Shewn McConnell (Ja w ); 6. Denny
Scope llite (Was) .
SECOND DIV: 1. Ed Cel tro (J aw); 2. Chril Relchord! (God); 3. Andy Nbrthrup (Was); 4. Kevin
Weedl (W es); 5. Merk W elver (Je w ); 6. Don Bovee
(Jawl.
THIRD DIV; 1. Bryce Eike lber ger (God); 2. Keder
(Wes); 3 . M ork Dwyer (Ja w); 4. Don Dl vil
(Ja wt 5. Russ Baccerelll (Ja wl; 6. Ken Bldn ey
(Jaw).
NO MATCH RACE
e-
Bast, Christian
win one each at
Costa Mesa
By Kenneth R. Kellogg
COSTA MESA, CA, JUNE 18
It was the clash of the titans at
the Orange County Fairgrounds
tonight in the Scratch main
event as Michael Bast defeated
some of the top speedwayers in modern racing - Alan Christian, Bobby
Schwartz and Mike Faria. Promoter
H arry Oxley again went to the six
Handicap heat style of racing giving
more riders a chance to ride and fans
a better show.
In the Third Division main event
Steve McFarland, who started th e
race in third p lace . worked his way
through traffic to take the lead and.
eventually : the win. O n the last la p in
the last tum, he edged out Roy Stafford. who h ad led for most of th e race.
Finishing third wa s Robert Li ttle
with R uss Bacarella fourth .
In the Second Division main event,
leading from start 10 fi nish was Ro n
Blanton. Theonly real cha lle nge was
by hard charging Bob Ott. Tim Mc
Ca sla nd took third aft er starting in
fifth place. Pat H awl ey fini sh ed
fourth.
In th e H andicap main . Kurt Strom m er led for m ost o f th e race from th e
20. On lap th ree Stro m mer was pa ssed
by fas t m o vin g Ala n Chr is ti an .
Chri stian, who was the on lv rider
.(a ga in ) in bo th ma in s. flew pa st th e
entire field . Ri ght beh ind was Dubb
Ferrell who had been in th ird pl ace
for m ost o f th e race. Wh en Ch ri stian
went pa st St rommer, Ferrell took
advant age a nd d id th e sa me th ing.
End ing up in th e third pl ace was Sterling Cogar wh o had worked h is way
up from fifth . Ri ck Miller . fairl y new
to First Division , is improving weekl y
a nd fini shed fourth.
Wh en th e starting ga te went up for
th e Scratch main, it was just as arnazing o f a start as expected. Bast and
Christian almost rode th e sa me bike,
they were so close. Coming out of
turn two, Ba st established himself a s
the leader with Christian second ,
Schwartz third a nd Faria fourth. •
Results
JR SPOWY : 1. John Houston. Jr.; 2. Jordan Dun ·
can ; 3 . Greg Hancock; 4. Dlvid Busby; 5. Ryen
Evans; 6. Tri non Cerillo.
WebbweavesCEA
Last Chance
enduro win
R ED MOUNTAIN, CA, MAY 29·30
As the summer draws near and
the AMA District 37 enduros
go into their mid-year hiatus;
one more adven tu re greeted the
I
riders, T h e Last Chance Enduro.
Normally this run takes place at the
end of the year, thus its name. Scheduling changed thi ngs a bit a nd the
Ca lifornia Enduro Association was
up to the challenge with their two
da y enduro tha t marked ro un d six of
the California championship series. _
Tom Webb, riding a 430 Husky,
topped an extreme ly talented group,
both from southern a nd northern
Cal ifornia a t the two da y even t. Dropping two points for run, the SoCaI
rider bested Jeff H enning a nd his 250
KTM for th e overa ll win. In co ruen tion a ll week end was Dave Bertram,
th e current leader in th e seri es, but
mechanical s forced th e northern California ride r o u t la te in the seco nd
day .
Local ride rs seem ed to be pl agued
by mis haps all weeke nd. Tracy Wal·
ter s los t h is sco re card, Jon Miller
su ffered speedo tro u ble, Bill Fulmer
Jr. bozoed out by burning two tricky
checks and Grant Palenske broke the
shock on his Maico. Others suffering
ill fortune included Jim Wilson who
punctured two tires, Greg Newland
who wrapped his foot under some rocks and Garner Pal en ske. who
pitched himself awkwardly and was
ta lking in a very high voice for
sometime.
At this point in the series, Webb
closed the gap cons idera bly on Bertrum. With just two events left , the
Dirt Bike editor used his " h om e territory " to his advantage, narrowing
the point spread on Bertram. Webb
dropped two points on Saturday and
just one second on Sunday.
The CEA did an excellent job lay-
