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IAbove) Shewn McConnelllcreshing) tries to evoid Gene Woods.IBelow) Johns Cook end Sendone leed Mike Best in hot Coste Mele actlcn. Moran slides to perfect score at Spring Classic Speedway ByJim Brown COSTA MESA. CA, MAR. 4 What m ay have alarmed Costa Mesa residents as an earthquake last Friday was the powerful rumble of Speedway racing. After fans had waited through the winter season, their hunger for speed way was well sa tisfied wi th some great racing a t the Coors Spring Cl a ssic h eld at th e Orange .12 Cou nty Fa irg rounds. Harry O xley and Coors brought together a host of riders that read like the " Who's Wh o" in Speedw a y a nd thi s '83 Sprin g Classic was a sneak preview of th e exci ting seaso n to come. All 20 events were thrill ing, a nd th e traction seemed to tell the story. The good bite worked for Shawn Moran a nd fo und him winning wi th a perfect score of 15 points. For some ot he r riders, th e hook-up was troublesome. sending th em into crowdthrill ing wheelies. Woods; Christ ian, Mill er , King and McConell all seemed (Above) Rick Miller doesn't miss Lence King in Sen Bernardino. IBelow) Dennis Sigalos barely leeds Bobby Schwartz and Kelly Moran et Berdoo. lin ed u p at the tapes, both boasting per fect scores . Mora n an d Christian went do wn toge ther ca us ing a restart. Guy Errnolen ko, a reserve rider, repl aced Christia n a nd there was a resta rt . J ohn Cook was leading before th e resta rt, but ha d to face th e tapes o nce again with Moran. T his ti me Woods a nd Ermolen ko got wh eel to whee l a t the end of th e back straigh taway. Woods left leg was over the back of Errn ol enko 's bike a nd it al mos t looked as if Woods was trying to catch a ride. T hev both wenr do wn which brought ou t Steve L ucero to rep lace Wood s. Once again Moran an d Cook faced each ot her, bu t this tim e Mo ran captured th e precious three poi nts for a pe rfect score a nd the meet win . During interm ission Bruce Penhall present ed th e Speedwa y Maga zine's first H all of Fam e trophy to former wo rld champ io n J ack Milne. o ne of th e grea ts of Speedway. to be com pe ting for the Whee lie Kin g title. In event number 8 a Gen e Woods whee lie too k o ut Kell y Moran , but in event number 16 Sha wn McConnell Results wh eelied in th e same turn and took FINAL POINTS: 1. Shawn Moran (15); 2. John Cook(14); 3. Dennis Sigalos (10); 4. (TIE)Brad Oxley/ o ut Woods. Alan " Crazy" Ch ristian John Sendona (9); 6. (TIEl Gene Woods /Mike Bast go t tangled up with bo th Moran (8); 8. (TIE) M ike Faria/Shawn McConnell (7); 10. (TIE) Alan Christian/Dubb Ferrell /Lance King (6); brothers, Kell y in event number 3 and 13. (TIE) Kelly Moran/Mike Curoso (4); 15 , (TIE) Shawn in even t number 20. H alfwa y Rick Miller/Bob Schwanz (3); 17. Guy Errnolenko th rough the even in g in event number (1); 18. Steve Lucero (0). JR MAIN: 1. Greg Hancock ; 2. Ryan Evens; 3. 10 th e Moran brothers in th eir ne w Jesse Finch: 4 . Marshall Toppings; S. Jason Ch ism; " ST P " leathers brought th e cro wd to 6. Jordan Duncan. its feet, with a side-by-side r ide. T he roar from the cro wd hasn 't been so intens e s.ince Bruce Penh~lI .won the World Fm al att he L.A . Co liseum. • Tht' exci teme nt was ca rr ied right through lU,lhe end as Shawn Moran a nd J ohn Cook in event number 20. .. .. asslC _. _. Schwartz comes back to take San Bernardmo CI . By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO. CA, MAR. 6 Bobby Schwartz recovered from a di smal outing Friday night to capture th e top spot by one point over Mike Bast and Dubb Ferrell in the seco nd leg of the Coors Spring Cl assic a t John LaD ouceur's In land Mo torcycle Speedway th is afternoon . Po p ul a r Joh n Cook was a lso a big winner as his II poi nts gav e hi m 25 points for the th ree-race series, luu r more than his closes t co mpetitors. Still bo thered by a bac k in jury, Sch wanz (Bel-Ray/ Oakley J aw) only scored th ree points Friday n ight and o bviously wasn 't o ne of th e favorites for Sunday's "War of San Bern ard in o." The " Boogaloo Kid " had th e pole in event number 2 and took th e gate over Denn is Sigalos (O ra nge Count y Food Ser vice/ Alpin esta r Wes) . " Siggy" put th e mo ves o n Schwa rtz in the second co rn er a nd was go ne with th e lead and event ual victory. Mike Fari a (ShoeilST P Godd) won event number 3 by a comfor table margin with Cook (Bell /Hi Point Wes) and local hero John Sandona (O akl ey/Esprit/Hair by Bev Jaw ) hooking up in a hair-raising battl e for second that Sandona event ually cap tured with a last-lap pa ss com ing out of turn fou r. Mik e Curoso (Rivera Engineering/Delorto Wes) passed Kelly Moran (ST P/U NO Godd) on lap three towin even t number4 . Bast (Justice Brothers/Simpson Jaw) brok e at th e start a nd scored no points. , .