Lance King slid by Dubb Ferrell
and Jim Lawson, winning the
Seattle Kingdome speedway main.
In Second Di vision raci n g, Doug
Nicol won h is heat a nd the m a in by
m iles off th e zero-yard lin e. Anthony
~~nch ez . aaily took th e third Di ve
isron mam.
Results
.
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Kelly More n; 2. Bred Oxley;
3 . Lence King; 4 . Sem Ermolenko.
HANO
ICAPMAIN: I .Bob0t1;2. Lence King; 3. Tim
McCeslend: 4 . Rod Sullive n; 5. Andy Northrup; 6 .
Nkwan.
.
SECOND OIVMAIN: I . Doug Nicol; 2 . PaullJlnd;
3. Jeff Spr ingma n; 4. Shane McDonald; 5 . Br;<:e
Eikelberger; 6 . Doug Bowers.
THIRD OIV MAIN: I . Anthony Senchez; 2. Ncrman Neuma rY1; 3. Greg Nelson: 4 . J immy Gentile:
5. Kent Bowser; 6. Ken Bidney.
MATCH RACE: 1. King de l. Oxley.
King takes Kingdome
speedway win
By Bruce Scholten
SEATfLE, WA, MAR . 30
Speedway racing was included
as part of (he " Sh o wdown '85 "
program in th e Seattle Kingdome. The exh ibi tio n event
BASS TICKETS
featu red many of the top so u the rn
California racin g sta rs, including
defending National Speedway Champion Kell y Moran , La nce Kin g, Dubb
Ferrell a nd Mike Faria. But it wa s
Kin g who ca me o u t o n top wh en Ferrell a nd J im Lawso n tangl ed in a
turn in the ma in , letting Kin g sli de
by for the checkered nag. Ferrell was
second fo r th e ni ght, Far ia was th ird ,
and Lawson was fourt h .
The fas test heat of the ex hi bition
featured Farrell and Fa ria , wit h Farrell winn in g. Those who d idn 't ma ke
it pas t the hea t race stage into the
main included Ton y Briggs. Tim
McCa sland and Mora n.
On th e starting line of the main
were Farrell. Lawson, Faria a nd King.
Wh en everybody got off the lin e.
Kin g was last. bu t by th e end of the
first la p King was lead ing , with Lawson second and Ferrell third. Fa ria
was in fo urth.
La p three saw Ferrell pa ss Lawson
and Kin g 10 take the lead , a nd everybod y's positions held for th e next two
laps. On lap five, Ferrell was still
leadin g and j us t to the ins ide o f Lawson. But th e rosi n-coated concrete
trac k was so tacky th at it was d ifficult '
for Ferrell to h old a lin e in th e
corners. Ferre ll 's bike stra ig h tened
o u t, a nd he kn ocked Lawson down in
the turn . Even tho ugh Ferrel l di dn 't
cras h, he wa s o ut o f sha pe lon g
eno ug h 10 a llow Kin g to dive un der
and ta ke th e win.
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