Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ardlno - Ventura - Anburn - Napa - CCMta Me.a - San Bernardino - Ventura - Auburn - Napa - CCMta Me.a - San Bernardino - Ventura- po tent J a wa o f H an k Bassett, blew by Mora n a nd Ba st a nd was set to challen ge Faria for the lead on the back ch u te wh en h e hook ed up and did a w heelie. Sandona regained co nt ro l a nd wa s set to cha lle n ge Faria agai n as th ey were comi ng ou t of four, o n ly to h oo k u p again a nd drop back for good . Far ia d ecided th a t h e h ad en o ugh ch a lle nges and moved away from th e pack . Moran came from th e back to ge t Bast for th ird on lap two a n d p a ssed Sa ndona for second on th e white flag la p . o n ly to have Sa n dona reclaim th e number two spot beh i nd Faria a t the checkered. SCO tt Siva dge (Sa m my Ta n n er Dist.1Ara i Wes) made hi s first trip to th e IMS victory circl e in many a moon wh en h e ca sh ed in hi s chi ps and won the Handicap main. Sivadge, who ca me out o f retirem ent in 1982, ca m e off th e l O-vard line to claim victories in all th ree of hi s ra ces in which h e made no mi stakes and was unchallenged. Leni Faas, who recent ly returned from a month in England, fini shed in second with " Mag ic" Mike Curoso riding home with third place money. Tommy Walton (2 KenchulWalton Roofing Jaw) backed up last Friday's win at Costa Mesa by capturing his second IMS Division Two main of th e seas o n . Com ing in as a reserve, Walton won his heat race off the 10 and trailed Ed Ca stro, off th e same ya rd line, at th e start of the main. Walton forged ahead a t th e end of th e first la p with Tim McCasland taking seco nd at th e end of th e seco nd revolution and setti n g hi s sig h ts on th e class "C" Jun ior pla te holder. U nfortunatel y for McCasland, Walton rode lik e h e wa s h eaded for a p arty and when that is th e ca se there's n o ca tch ing him. McCa sland hung on for seco nd with Castro sta king hi s cla im to third. David Hancock (Sch wa rt z Racing J aw ) made hi s fir st IMS appearance in two years a n d easily o u tclassed the field in Third Divis ion. After H ancoc k took his h eat from th e zero h e ca me back a nd ran a way with th e main , followed by Jim Cl au sm an and Ri ck Vanderh am. SCOtt Correy (D&F Cycle ) took th e lead near th e end o f a wild opening lap to w in h is fi rs t IMS Junior ma in of the sea son. Billy Felts was the in itia l leader with Bobby Cody slip ping by in turn three only to have 20-yard-liner Correy ta ke the lead co mi ng out of turn four. Greg Hancock took secon d with Jordan Duncan ra cing home third. Results SCRATCH: 1. Mike Fer ia (Was) ; 2. John sandona tJaw); 3 . Kelly Moran (Godd); 4. Mike Bast (Was) . HANDICAP: 1. Scon s iYlldge (Was); 2. Leni Faas (Was); 3 . Mike Curoso (Wes) ; 4 . Gane Woods (Wes~ 5 . Mika Faria (Was); 6. Alan Christian (Goddl . SECOND DIV: 1. Tom Wallon (Jaw); 2. Tim McCasland (Jaw); 3. Ed Castro (Jaw); 4. Mark Dwyer (Jawl; 5. Wayne Leutz (Jaw) ; 6. Lerry Willey (Jawl. THIRD DIV : 1. David Hancodt (Jaw) ; 2. J im Clausman (Wes) ; 3 . Rick Vanderham IJaw~ 4. Den · nis Hall (J aw t: 5. Lou Kre isburg; 6. Kevin Krugh (Jaw). JR MAIN: 1. scon Correy; 2. Greg Hancock; 3 . Jordan Duncan; 4 . Billy Folts ; 5. Bobby Cody; 6 . Jesse Finch . Hancock, Yarrow thrill Auburn crowd By J ann Houston AUBURN, CA, MAY 27 Not everyone left town for the Memorial Day weekend, at least not Friday night. The Auburn Speedway crowd came to the races as usual, blessed once again with perfect Tvshirt, beer-drinking weather. .Duane Yarrow came to the AubU{ll track for th e first time thi s season , much to th e deligh t o f h is lar ge. extremely en th us ias tic fa n cl u b, p roving once agai n why h e's n u m ber o ne in th e no rt h. Abou t the o n ly cha nce a nyone wou ld h ave had to beat Yar row tonight in the Scrat ch events wa s to ha ve h im acci de ntally p ull th e kill switch at th e gate. Winning hi s hea t a n d semi Scra tch even ts, Yarrow drew th e co veted po le positio n for th e mai n event, givi ng hi m th e extra advantage that he proba bly d idn ' t n eed . Mar c Prin ce, doi n g so me excep tio na l ridi ng himself in Scra tch events recent ly. gav e Yarrow hi s mo st seri o us co m petitio n for th e first tw o laps. On th e th ird la p Paul O rla ndi p assed Prince on th e o u tsid e to take over seco n d pos itio n , as Ya rrow increased hi s lead a nd held it to th e finish. Orlandi was seco nd . Prince thi rd a n d Dennis Robinson, la st week 's winner , sett led for fourth . David Hancock, up to Auburn for ' th e first time from Costa Mesa, showed the northern California promoters that Division One is where he belongs. He placed second in his Handicap heat, holding the lead for four laps, until Rocky Robinson got past him on the last turn for the checkered flag. Hancock ca me righ t back to win h is semi, taking th e lead from Robinson on the second lap. Pat Linn then moved into seco nd , letting Hancock feel so me real northern Cal iforni a competition. Hancock held on for the win, a nd a transfer into th e main event. Hancock got a good start out of th e gate, as Linn and Ron Sweeton made a few hearts stop as they battled it out side by sid e for seco n d, while H an co ck, whether he kn ew it or not, reall y had nothing to worry about. H e was smooth, cool a n d in control with a good lead. Prince and Yarro w co m p le ted th e field. At the fini sh it was H an cock , L inn , Sweeton, Prince a nd Yarin th at order. In th e Di vision T wo m ain , J im Brenner got p ast Scott Briar d for th e lead in th e third lap to take home th e trophy th at his brother T om h ad won the previous Friday . In th e Division Three main , Dana Perri won hi s fir st main event, lookin g so good th at promoter J ohn H ouston h as m oved him to Di vision Two on n ext wee k 's program. Dave Chaidez w a s seco n d and Jo h n Proto wa s thi rd . Darrell Anderson made a clean swee p o f a ll th e Junior events, repeatin g his o pe n in g night p erformance. In th e m ain event, Bobby H edden wa s second a nd Dustin Schroeder wa s th ird. Results DIV ONE SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Duane Yarrow; 2. Paul Orlandi; 3 . Marc Prince; 4 . Dennis Robinson. DIV ONE HANDICAP MAIN: 1. David Hancock; 2. Pat l inn; 3. Ron Sweeton; 4. Marc Prince; 5. Duane Yarrow: 6. Tom Ferris (out w ith mechanical prob .). DIV TWO MAIN: 1. Jim Brenner; 2. Scon Br iard; 3. Ron Combs; 4 . Harlan Bast: 5. Mike Parsons; 6. Ron Poneous. DIVTHREE MAIN: 1. Dana Perr i; 2. Dave Chaide z; 3. John Proto . JR MAIN: 1. Darrell Anderson; 2. Bobby Hedden; 3. Dustin Schroeder. Yarrow all the way at Napa By Jann Houston NAPA, CA, MAY 28 The holiday weekend brought cool weather with a th reat of showers, but things warmed up quickly as another night of speedway got under way at the Town and Country Fairgrounds in Napa. Duane " Do It" Yarrow made it a night of wins on the Scratch program tonigbt: raking-home. ·h i ~ 'seco n d' . Ro n M cGill and A ndy Ro be rtson t ry t he inside line the Na pa Speedway, Scratch main victory in as man y nights. In th e main , Yarrow claimed th e lead on th e first turn, co mi n g off th e line from the number two spot. Ron McGill, on the pole, was second, with Paul Orlandi third and H arlan Bast Jr. fourth. The " race" was betw een McGill and Orlandi, as th ey were si de by side on every turn, Orlandi riding ou tside, a tte m p tin g to take McGill a t ever y opportunit y. Th e chance j u st never ca m e. Yarrow to ok th e checkered flag, as McGill h eld on for second by inch es. . Look ing a t th e Handicap consola tion even t, a late comer to th e rac es would ha ve sworn it was the main event. After a red-flag restart, ca use d w hen A n dy Gilbertson a n d Ron McGill got a little h ead start , H arlan Bast Jr. went down o n turn two in th e seco nd la p. Dennis Rob inson was foll owing a nd had no cho ice but to " ba ilou t" onto the in field in self defen se, co mi n g to h is feet in a bo w to th e a udi ence, typical of th e Robinson sense o f humor. With Bast in th e p its for ca us ing th e restart, th e race was on again , wi th no lack o n thrills. It wa s Yarrow in th e lead with Pat Linn on hi s rear tire, showi n g no mercy. On turn four in th e fourth lap, with Lin n o n th e o u tside a nd Yarrow on th e pole, " Choo Ch oo" Robinson came from out of nowhere between Linn a n d Yarrow to take th e lead, a nd hold it for th e win. It was a thriller! T he Handicap ma in event was a n exact opposite fro m the consol at ion, as it began with three riders, Ron Sweeton, Dennis Da vis and Craig Elstins, on the zero. Ken Gray wa s out at th e sta rt with m echan ical problems, Elstins got th e gate a n d . held th e lead to the finish , although Sweeton never ga ve him an y room for error. Denn is Davis was third. In th e Division Two main lfi-yearold Mik e Parsons held a stro ng lead for the first three laps, but on th e fourth lap lie was out with bike problems, and it was suddenl y a tight ra ce between Bill Calicura and a n o ther lfi-year-old, Steve Hill. At the finish, it was Calicura by half a tire, claiming hi s second main event trophy a t Napa this seaso n . Ex m ot ocros s ch a m p io n Rory Rundle, who recently converted his efforts to speed way , won th e Divi sion Three main. On th e Jun ior program, Darrell Anderson did a repeat of th e previous n ight in Auburn , winning both th e Junior heat and the Junior main. ' '.' ... , -- • - . • , Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Duane Yarrow; 2. Ron McGill; 3 . Paul Orlandi; 4 . Harlan Bast Jr . HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Craig Elstins; 2. Ron Sweeton ; 3. Dennis Davis; 4 . Steve Crawford; 5 . Steve Eistins; 6. Ken Gray. DIV 2 MAIN: 1. Bill Calicura; 2. Steve Hill; 3 . Charlie Haines; 4. Rick Stephens; 5. Scan Briard; 6. Mike Parsons. DIV 3 MAIN: 1. Rory Rund le; 2. Dave Chaidez; 3 . Leonard M iller. JR MAIN: 1. Darrell Anderson; 2. Bobby Hedden; 3. Tommy Hedden. Hoel hangs in for Denver . Win By Ern ie Ferguson DENVER, CO, MAY 27 Brian Hoel took th e top honors of the night by taking th e First Division Scratch main event over Ri ck Steele, Bill Walsh a nd Dave P ieper in Denver. On hi s wa y to th e ma in , H oe! enc ou nt ered so me sti ff co m pe tition a n d a t least a h eadach e wh en h e went down in an ea rl ier race and was run over by a nother rider. Steele p ressured H oel with a first in a n ea rl ier race an d a co u p le o f seco nds bu t wa s j ust ed ged o u t by H oel. T h e Firs t Div ision H andi cap ma in was ca p tured by a much -im p rov ed J ack Pi eper. Pi eper ha s reall y been a co m pe titor si nce arr ivin g in th e First Division. H e won the H and ica p main o ver a grea t field, in cludin g bro th er Da ve Pi epe r , All en Rohr, Denn is T roudt, a n d Jimmy T ro udt. J ack wa s d isqualified in h is first event , bu t th en bo u nced back to a fir st in hi s n ext race. After ta ki ng a seco nd in th e sem i-main he th en took a third in the co ns o la tion m a in to qualify for th e H andicap. It looks as th ough Pi epe r has arrived . Da ve McMillen took th e Second Divis ion H andicap m ain with so me good racing. H e took th e first heat o f th e n ight over Vi n ce R ei ch a rdt . J ohnnie Zwiega rdt a nd Peter Madden . In th e cra sh -filled m ain , he o ut rode Scott Crooks, Dennis H artley , and three riders who did not fini sh. McMillen is riding better eac h week a nd he seem s to hav e hi s eyes o n some co m petition in th e First Divi sion. • Results SCRATCH : 1. Brian Hoel; 2. Rick St eel e; 3 . Bill 4 . Dave Pieper . HANDICAP: 1. Jack Pieper; 2. Allen Rohr; 3 . Dennis Troudt; 4 . Jimmy Troudt; 5. Bill Walsh; 6. Oave Pieper . SECOND DIV : 1. Dave McMillen; 2. Scon Crooks; 3 . Dennis Hanley; 4 . Vince Reichardt; 5. Johnnie Zwiegarllt; 6. Jeff Kenely. THIRD DIV: 1. Steve Sm ith; 2. Roben Richards; 3 . Bruce Wasson. • MATCH RACE: 1 .1lil~Watsh del: Brian Hoet • _. W~lsh; 33

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