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Faria bests
Bast at IMS
By Scott Daloisio
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, APR. II
"Flyin' Mike" Faria thrilled
his new sponsors at Budweiser
by taking his second Scratch
main in a row at John LaDoucer's Inland Motorcycle Speedway.
Faria's win, however, was almost
overshadowed by Mike Bast, who
appeared in his looth Scratch main at
IMS.
Also sponsored by Shoei, Oakley,
Kal-Gard and STP, Faria came [rom
the inside spot on the grid to lead
Bast into turn one. Much to the
delight o[ the crowd, Bast tried LO get
by Faria on the outside over the first
two circuits. When that didn't work
he dropped down to the pole but that
also proved unfruitful as Faria opened
up a lead that he maintained to the
checkers.
Even though Faria had it in the
bag, the action was by no means over.
As they exited turn [our on the last
lap, Brad Oxley attempted LO pass
Bast on the inside [or second. Bast
chopped down in front o[ Oxley with
a very aggressive block and raced
across the line in second. As they
approached turn one on the slowdown lap, Oxley ran inLO Bast. Bast
started LO fall, and collected Kelly
Moran. Moran had nothing LO do
with the extracuricular activities, but
as happens many times in these situations, the innocent bystander got the
worst o[ it. Moran £lew orr his bike
and was being dragged behind Bast's
when he got his arm caught in the
rear section. Arter they came to a sLOp
it was [eared that Moran had been
seriously injured, but a[ter a few
tense minutes he walked away under
his own power.
In one o[ the prettiest rides seen at
IMS in many a moon, local hero
John Sand0T!a (San Bernardino Valley
College/Malcolm Smith/Moto Pro
Lubricants/Team Tamm/STP Wes)
took the Handicap main [rom the 40.
Dennis Briggs took the lead [rom the
start over Keith "Comeback Kid"
Larsen. Several times Larsen pulled
outside o[ Briggs and looked ready to
take over the point position, but
Briggs always proved equal to the
challenge. Sandona had come blowing through the pack and he took
Larsen first, then passed Briggs as
they passed under the white flag.
Riding like a man possessed, Sandona put the crowd on their [eet as he
flew past the checkered. Briggs hung
on for second as Mike Curoso took
third.
Bob Ott (Jaw) moved [rom the 10yard line to pass Bryce Eikelberger in
turn [our on the opening go-'round
and he went on to win the Second
Division main. Ott had to hold off a
charge Crom Andy Northrup, who
has been moved up to First Division
[or this next week. Wayne Leutz, riding with a cast over his broken wrist,
finished third.
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Results
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Mike Faria (Wes); 2. Mike
Bast (Wesl; 3. Bred Oxley (Wes); 4. Kelly Moran
(Godd).
HANDICAP MAIN: 1. John Sandona (Wes); 2.
Dennis Briggs (Good); 3. Mike Curoso (Wes); 4.
Keith Larsen (Wes); 5. Brad Oxley(Wes); 6. Ed Castro (Jaw).
SECOND DIV: 1. Bob Ott (Jaw); 2. Andy Northrup
(Jawl; 3. Wayne Leutz (Was); 4. Pat Hawley (Good);
5. Bryce Eikelberger (GOOd); 6. Shane McDonald
(Jaw).
THIRD DIV: 1. Ron Williams (Jaw); 2. Don Butler
(Jaw); 3. Doug Benjamin (Weal; 4. Chris Mistretta
(Jaw); 5. Walt Farnum (Jaw); 6. Ed Marshall (Jaw).
JUNIOR MAIN; 1. Tim Gewecke; 2. Jessee Finch;
3. Dave Busby; 4. Billy Faits; 5. Josh Larsen; 6. Greg
Hancock.
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