Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a.rdla. - V.atar. - Aabara - Na Schwartz on form, takes two at Ventura I By Bill Locey VENTU RA, CA, APR. 12 .;Th e wind howled, the tem per.a ture p lummeted into the 305, and coffee sales rivalled beer sillesa t Ventura Speedway on a T tTesda y night a penguin would've tlo vCd. Only Bo bby Schwartz was hot. The visiting Reading R acer and ' C er Ventura Shark overwhelmed orm StIle/compe titio n and won both main event s - a speedway rarity. In a Handicap heat, last week 's win ner, Sam Ermolenko, rode aggressively to win off the 40·yard line, ' wliile Ventura favorite Shawn MeConnell disappointed the faithful ' ,,[i th a fourth place finish. In h is first try off the 50, Schwartz went just fast enough for a third-place finish , trying both the inside and outside lines in a five-lap cram session to figure o Ut th e track . .9bvious ly a fast learner, Schwartz flew a ro und the 1I5-m ile oval on the o u tside in a spectacular ride, easil y besting his five competitors in th e sem i. Fl yin ' Mik e Faria in a n equally spec tac ular outsid e ride came up a few lengths short behind Andy Northrup in the other sem i. In th e ma in event, Grant Salyers -"The Taft Tornado" - led after .two laps until he went down in a J.o ud of dust around turn two. Steve Lucero laid it down and missed Sal ybut Faria clipped Lucero going IiY. It was a cost ly crash. Lucero laid there for awhile, but exited under his -bwn power; unfortunately, his bike 'w as a fata lity . Faria, Schwartz' only .serio us threat, retired after two laps ...w ith a dead bike on the restart. dJ I But new First Division rider Andy 1 Northrup didn't exactly.roll over and Rlay dead for the Boogaloo Kid, keeping him bo ttled up for four laps until Schwartz finall y whizzed by on the o utside and stretching h is lead to the finish. , I After urgin gs from the riders last <'w eek, hay bales were p laced al ong the l new cement crashwall in the turns to mitigate any close encounters. And ' wouldn 't you know it -nota moment J too soon. In a Scra tch heat, Ca nadian . Champ Gary Ford lost it in turn two and ka mikazed straight for the wall; ~o rt.u n a te l y coming safely to rest against o ne of the new bal es. Schwartz lost a squeaker to Lucero in his heat race, but was unbeaten thereafter. Faria was also a scratch in the mai n . Erm ol en ko went wide za ro u n d turn 'two , Schwartz went underneath , a nd that was the Scra tch main. Cf' Declin in g rider auendance resu lted "in the unfortunat e sit uation of some "Iive-man Handicap hea ts an d even a three-man Scratch heat. So o bviously there is an alternative for those racers ' who constantly complain about not geuing a ride elsew here. Ii ' in Second Divison acti on, Larry - Willey, wh o won in D·!llast time, got a D·2 ride a nd won both h is races ~ i n cl udi ng the ma in event rather eas-ily. Nothi ng like a trophy to make the drive back to Ba kersfield more 1 p leasant. • 'es, } ' Res ult s ~. SCRATCH MA IN: 1. Bobby Schwartz; 2. Sam Ermo lenko; 3. Steve Lucer o; 4. M ike Faria. HANDICAP MA IN: 1. Schwartz; 2. Andy Nor· thrup; 3 . Buddy Robin son ; 4. Faria; 5. Lucero; 6 . Grant Salyers. SECOND DIV: 1. Larry Willay; 2. Benl ley Barr ell : 3. M ike Coni glio; 4. Terry Clanton; 5. Eddie Thur- ma n; 6. Carlos Cardona. THIRD DIV: 1. Randy Roscamp: 2. Wall Farnu m; 3. M ike Bushman; 4 . Richar d Perkins; 5. Joe Bishop; 6. Pat Sm it h. MATCH RACE: 1. (TIEl Schwart z/Faria. CALL YOUR REGIONAL MANAGER FOR ENTRY FORMS & INFORMATION. - WlSTERN I fUIlllIl.I Paul Fnsz $.1 5-3 Jack 5Ol'N~Ie. FI >2!l Cocoa FI Tallah.1sseP FI &.5 &.19 Naples A 5-2fi Orlando,A Brooksville. Fl lIlA" T ommy Newman ""'"',..... 4-232 Ok City,Ok 4 $.1 4.t5 Tu Ok lsa. ~2B29 SprlflQ1elO ,Mo 1 &-45 Ok City,O k &.lB19 Br nson. 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