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12 when he gated around John Volk
and then set the fastest lap of the
night. So at the end of three rounds, it
was Faria perfect at nine, Yarrow
eight, Bast and Linn seven, and Sisemore six.
If race II was a pivotal round for
Yarrow, then 15 was the thriller.
With the tape going upand the eight
wheels out it was Yarrow with the
gate from the outside along with
Orlandi and Nelson. Faria crossed
the line from outside LO inside and
took second, dictating terms to Orlandi who was trying LO get back wide
and Yarrow doing everything possible LO stay out front. "I just plain had
some brain fade, I guess," related
Faria afterwards, after he dropped to
fourth behind Yarrow, Nelson and
Orlandi.
Bast had his last chance in heat 11,
but couldn't get past a rejuvenated
Martz who scored his only three pointer as Bast was the first one home with
12 points. Delacy rode his last three
races just perfect to come up with an
II-pointLOtal, defeating Linn in heat
18 and then in a run-off for third.
In the la'st event it was Yarrow all
the way with the partisan crowd on
its feet throughout and as pleased as
Yarrow was about his win.
Results
1. Duane Yarrow (14); 2. Bart BaSI (121; 3. Mike
Delocy (".) (run-off); 4. Pat Unn (111; 5. Jim Sisemore (10).
• Tie broken by run-df.
pack by the end of the first cirCUIt.
John Foster an'd Randy Blevins were
going at it for the first lead when
Blevins hooked up and forced Foster
wide, opening up a clear passage to
the front for Schwartz who was comingoff a tremendous start. Foster and
Blevins both faded to the back of the
pack and when the dust cleared Sterling Cogar was in second with Mike
Faria third at the checkered flag, half
a straightaway behind Schwartz.
Rich Sweeney (Jaw) came into the
evening as a reserve but in the end he
won a sadistic Second Division main.
Shane McDonald took the lead from
the gate over Steve Flanagan with
Victor Robledo and Sweaney taking
Flanagan on lap two. Robledo attempted to get McDonald at the end
of lap three but McDonald put on a
wicked block to stop him. Suddenly
on the fourth lap a II hell broke loose
with a couple of spectacular crashes
thrilling the crowd and bringing out
a red fla~. Only two riders, Sweaney
and DaVId Hancock, were left standing and Sweaney was in front and
took the win. Hancock got second
with McDonald awarded third while
sliding face-first across the dirt.
Kevin Krugh (Jaw) took the lead
near the end of a wild first lap and
went on to score the win in a very
competitive Third Division main. Bob
Tocco was a close second with Mike
Buschman third.
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Results
'800galoo' boogies
at Costa Mesa
By Scott Daloisio
COSTA MESA, CA, SEPT. 22
When Bobby Schwartz was in
town in late July he made a
shambles of the proceedings at
the Orange County Fairgrounds
by taking a win in both the Handicap
and Scratch mains. The "Boogaloo
Kid" returned and did it again, serving notice that he may well be the
rider LO beat at the October 6 U.S.
National.
On a scale of one to 10 for artistic
rendition, the riders got a minu~ six
but that was fine with the fans as they
witnessed about !l0 crashes. On the
other hand, when it came to the main
events, Schwartz (Silkolene/Bell/
Oakley/Grin/Malcolm Smith!Justice
Brothers/Champion/Sinisalo/Cirello/Cody/Hancock Wes) was a perfect
10.
Early in the evening Brad Oxley
looked to be the rider to beat as he
won his Handicap heat and semi and
then his Scratch heat. He came back
in his Scratch semi and had a frame
break in the first corner. He immediately hooked up and pulverized the
back chute wall. Oxley was shaken,
(It is believed that he fractured his
sternum.) but returned to ride the
Handicap main. His bike was put
out of its misery in the pits away from
the view of the spectators.
The Scratch main was all Schwartz.
He drew the pole and simply ran off
from the pack. Alan Christian was
out of the gate second but was passed
by Kelly Moran on lap one and John
Sandona on lap two. Moran stayed
fairly close but couldn't gain .any
ground on Schwartz and it was the
"Boogaloo Boy" by a comfortable
margin over Moran, Sandona and
Christian.
The Scratch main was another race
that had Schwartz written all over it.
In that win he started all the way back
on tPF~P