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rdlno - Ventura - Auburn - Nap When Mike Faria Pours It On, He's Confident His PBI Sprockets Can Take It! o f th e wa y to th e chec kered, followed by Ventura's D-3 winner " Smoo th " Lou Kreisberg. Bobb y Cody (Cody Products) passed SIeve [son o n la p two a nd went o n to capt u re h is Iir st IMS Junio r win o f th e seaso n . Trinon Cirello was seco nd with Greg Ha ncock n ip p ing J ordan Du n can for third at the line. Results SCRATCH MAIN : 1. M ike Far ia (Wesl: 2. KeIth Chrisco (Goddl; 3. Sa m Erm olenk o IJaw); 4 . M ike Bast (Wes). HAND ICAP: 1. Scon Sivadge (Wes): 2. Lance King (Wes); 3 . A lan Ch r ist ia n (Godd); 4 . M ike Far ia (W es); 5. Brad Oxley (Wes); 6. Sam Ermo lenko (J aw ). SECOND DIV: 1. M ark Dwy er (J ew): 2. Tom Wa l· ton (Ja w) ; 3. Tim M cCasla nd (Ja w) ; 4 , W ayne Le utz (Jawl: 5. Ed Castr o (Jawl.B. Randy Benn en (GOOdl. TH IRD DIV : 1. Denn is Ha Il IJ aw); 2. M ike Conigl io (Ja w) ; 3. Lou Kreisberg (J aw); 4 . Kevi n Krugh (J aw ); 5. M ark Rotondo (Jaw); 6. Rick Vanderham (Jaw). J R: 1. Bobb y Cody; 2. Tr inen Cir ell a; 3 . Gr eg Hen cock; 4 . Jordan Du nca n; 5 . Jesse Fin ch ; 6 . Steve Ison. / . -" Bast lays claim to Costa Mesa . '~ ByJim Brown COSTA MESA, CA , J UNE 17 Mike Bast took the Scratch program at Costa Mesa for th e second time in a row and it looks like no one can stop him. Bast , sponsored by Justi ce Bros., Riv erside Mit subish i, and Pre-Fab Erectors, h as tak en an impressive number o r Scra tch mai ns a t COSIa Mesa thi s season a nd does n ' t seem to have much co m pe ti tion at the sma ll so u thern Cal iforn ia track. Mike Far ia took h is Scra tch heat a fter a n exce llent gate, bu t La nce Kin g , wh o h ad a lso wo n h is heat , stop ped Fa ria in th e semi a n d put him in th e co nsola tio n, wh ich Faria won. Kin g , cu rre nt Ca lifornia Sla te Ch am pi on , h ad so me bad lu ck in th e Scra tch ma in wi th a flat back tir e. Buddy Robinso n won h is Scra tch h eat , but did poorly in th e rest o f th e p rogram . H andicap racing had a to u gh sta rt, The track wa s slo p py- wet a t th e sta n of th e meeting, which m ad e riding th e o u tside lin e an d passing impossible for most. Faria , Kell y Moran a n d Dan Becker a ll tri ed and a ll fell down. Alan Ch ristia n a nd Bast saw th e results a nd stayed low o n th e track but lost th e transfer . Ro bert Pfetzing wo n hi s h eat afte r ge ll ing by Denny Sco pe li ue an d the n went o n to win th e semi, but when it came to the main event, Sco pe liue took over and wo n . Scopeliue, sp o nsored by Hobi e a nd KROQ, has only been back for a few weeks. H e su ffered a n injury earlier this sea son, but is starting to get it " d ia led in " again. Gene Woods won his heat and finished third in th e semi and main. Keith Chrisco has been very steady latel y a n d a big threat. He won his h eat and took seco nd in both th e sem i and main. SIeve Colombo won his heat , fell down in the sem i, but bounced back 10 wi n the consol ation. Second Di vision racing had Ra ndy Blevins, Cary Faas and Guy Waterson as heat winners . Waterson 's heat was a dem ol it ion derb y. It looked like a motorcycle junk yard between turns one and two as Mik e Mazzacane, Tim McCasland, Wea ver , and Waterson all ended up in a p ile. After a restart, McCasland a nd Weaver went down aga in. Waterson ca me back 10 tak e second place in th e main event behind Sha ne McDonald, who is spons ored by Omn i Welding . T hird Division heats went ra ther sm oothly with Bryce Eikelburger a nd Jim O 'D ell tak ing the wins. The main event was .bad news for O 'D ell• •:.. f :'l .o f ':H .J • I I .J I l :H ~"I tt':l ' :'10. -.1' . ~', J. Speedway racing is fast and it's grueling . The winners compete against start pos itions, track conditions , and the skill and equipment of the ir rivals. Judging when to spring for the lead, when to hold back, and when to pour it on for the finish line is a major factor in winn ing . Sut in the end , each rider has to rely on his own equipment. That's why Mike Faria uses PSI Sprockets. They can take the wear of a drag start and perform smoothly for lap after lap of flat out runn ing. PSI enables Faria to change sprockets for different events. PSI has standard and all optional sizes, 30 to 72 teeth for selection of desired ratios matched for event, weather conditions or altitude. When you know you 'll need to pour it on to win , use PSI Sprockets. ASK FOR THEM BY NAME! PBI SPROCKETS Clackamas, Oregon 97015 If bikers are banned from pub lic land, w ho will be next? , -t-- Hikers? Horsemen ? Everybody? IYIEft~tE~'NS t----MA 'NA TJ ONAL ..JIA R£JSCRAM 8 LES!--i Keithsburg, IL I June 12J 1983 I , ---f--l,st'Place-, Senlor, Class- -i'--- t-- -t-- -+- --[ BARRY HIGGINS a- -+--H&H-Malco I n WfETZEL.ERSr ~-T'---+---+---t o . I " . 25 ...