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Sam Erm olenko leads Steve Lucero in heat action at Costa Mesa. where
Ermolenko won the Scratch main . Lucero won the Scratch niain at Ascot
a s th ey ca me o u t o f two but recovered
in ti me to block Springman's path .
Robin son maintained hi s lead until '
tu rn four o n th e fourth go-'ro un d
when Springma n. a form er n at tracker, wen t pa st o n th e in sid e. Springman opened up a sma ll mar gin wh ich
he ma intai ned o ver Robin son a ll th e
wav to the chec kered . j ohn Foster o u t
fo ugh t Denn y Scopellite for third .
Ken P eiper (Brass Works/Roadru n ner 's H onda /Mad Max's Crash &
Burn City/Godden )o f Denv er , Col orado h eld back a hard cha rg ing Doug
Ni col to claim th e Seco nd Division
hardwar e. Ni col sta rte d o n th e 30 but
ran o u t o f tim e befor e th e ch eckered .
Pat Hawley took thi rd . The o rig ina l
start o f th e race was red n agged aft er
Doug Greyson cras hed and was run
over by two o ther riders. Greyson was
removed via stre tcher aft er the terrifving- Ioo kin g in cid ent ' bu t was later
seen wa lking in the pits.
Tod Bertrand (Bo b Zeller Racing/
An cr a/ThriftvAuto Suppl y/Pop's
Godden ) put a block on Steve Donovan to protect hi s lead a t th e checkered n ag a n d win th e Divi sion Three
main . Kevin Kru gh fini sh ed third
beh ind Bertrand a nd Don ovan.
Results
SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Sam Ermolenko (Wes ); 2.
M ike Faria (Jaw); 3 . Mike Curoso (Wes ); 4 .·John
Sandono (Wes).
HANDICAP: 1. Je ff Springman (Wes ); 2. Rocl
