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Second Division rider Doug N icol stays unbeaten. ,""on at Ventura . Moran three-for-three at Ventura By Bill Locey VENTU RA, CA, APR. 9 Kelly Moran is maintaining hi s hot streak as he won the Scratch main for th e third time . in three tries this year. And 1981 Ventura track cha m p Steve Lucero thrash ed an a ll -star field to tak e th e H and icap main, his fir st T uesda y night win sin ce 1983. In Handi cap racin g , Keith Lar sen slithered to success in hi s neat , as did Lance Kin g , Mark Dw yer and Eddi e In gels. Mik e Mazza cane ca me o ff th e 30 yar d line and wiped everyo ne else out to win his sem i. T he ot he r sem i was th e best race o f the year, so far. Kin g and Sa m Errnolenko d iced th rough turn two of th e seco nd lap, with Erm ol enk o going down in a cloud of dust, an d King still in last pl a ce with three an d a half laps to go. T he n Kin g suddenlygot ro ll ing a nd passed Alan ~ h r.lStlan, P au l Orland i a nd L ar sen within half a la p . King th en got by Lucero in the last turn for th e win , In th e main , King had th e crowd roarin g as he was all set to mak e an outside move on Lucero . Then King's bi ke sudden ly brok e down, nearly sending him over th e hand lebars. Mazzacane foll owed Lucero across th e fini sh line. . The Scra tch ra ces co u ld have been called "T he Kell y Moran Sho w. " He won a ll o f hi s rid es with lillie suspen se bUI pl en ty o f good ga tes. It wa s al so anothe r good ni ght for Andy Northru p ; he beat C hris tia n a nd Ro b Pfetzin g to ea rn a tr ip to th e Scratch main , wh ich a lso incl uded Mora n, Kin g a n d Enno len ko . In th e mam, Northru p go t kn ocked down in turn one as King and Erm ol enk o tri ed to catch Moran, wh o won easily. In Second Div ision ac tio n , Doug Nico l cont in ues to remain unbeaten a t all tra cks by winning hi s heat an d the main by lo ts off th e lO-yard-line. J im Peery took his fir st-ever trophy by smo king 'em o ff th e zero -yard-line in Third Division. . • Their biggest competition is each other. When they team up on their Husqvarna 500XC, there is NO competition in their class. The " Danamic Duo" teamed up again and mowed down more than 270 competitors in the Great Mojave 250 desert race. Dan Ashc raft and Dan Smith rode their liquid-cooled, tw inradiator Husqvarna 500XC through the horsepower-draining sands of the desert to the overall w in in the seco nd round of the SCOREHDRA series . Said Ashcraft , " Th e ride was fantastic. There was no power loss due to heat build up for the whole three anda half hours. " Team Husqvarna also picked up a win in the 250 class . Larry Roeseler and Kurt Pfeiffer threw sand in the faces of their competition on a Husqvarna 250XC. " The '8 5 250XC motor and six -speed gear box combination pe rform incredibly together," < mmen red Roeseler. co " Fro m the tight technical sections to the flat :.. out dry lake bed. J don 't think Kurt and I were givi ng m uch away to Dan and Dan on th eir 500XC ." But don ' t take their word for it. Go check ou t a Husqvarna for yourself. See your local dealer and mow ~own some co mpetitio n of your own. Husqvarna Motorcycle Company 49 2 5 Mercury Street San Diego, CA 92 I 11 ~I • • .• • Husqvarna · Ii TH E F INAL STEP UP "Danamic Duo" Mows Mojave Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Kelly M oran; 2. Sam Ermolenko; 3. Lance King; 4 . Andy Northrup. HANDI CAP M AIN : I .Steve Luce ro; 2. M ike Mazzaca ne; 3 . Ala n Christian ; 4 . Kelly M oran; 5. Rob Pfetzing; 6. Lance King. SECOND DIV: 1. Doug Nicol; 2. Paul Lane; 3 . Bobby Tocco; 4 . Randy Beddow; 5. Shane McDonald; 6. Rich Perkins. TH IRD DIV : 1 . Jim Peery; 2 . A nthon y Sa nchez; 3 . M ike Dwy er ; 4 . Kent Bow ser; 5. G reg Nelsen: 6. Jimmy Gentile. MATCH RACE; McConnell de l Pletzing. . 19