Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ e 0 iii 0 ..J 0( C ~ ~ 0 u 00 O"'l rJl >- ....... III 0 .... C ~ 00 ;>- :I: 11. ro ~ S crat c h m a in w in n e r Bo b by S c hw a rtz trails John Sandona at Inland Motorcycle Speedway. Schwartz also won the Ascot Scratch main. Christian cranks at Carlsbad By Gordie Orr CA R LS BAD, CA, AP R. 28 After th e ra in washed away th e raci ng action the previous week, Ala n Chri st ian wa shed away th e com pe tition on 9lX Fox 16 Night to wi n the Scra tch m ain a t the bea uti fu l, a ll- new California speedway Sunday eveni ng. J oin in g Christian o n th e vic to ry ros tru m was defen d ing National Champion Kell y Moran who a lmost swe p t the H an dicap port io n o f the exciting race p rogram. Moran 's (ST P/ Ar a i/Oakley/KalC ard/Knotty Idea's/Cirello Racing G odden ) races were n othing short of sensa tio na l from the 6O-yard lin e in . H andicap racing . His lightn in g-fast mov es o n th e ins ide and th e outside a s h e charg ed through th e pack had th e cro wd roaring a ll night long. In hi s sem i he p assed Pat Cain for a th rilling victory th at set the sta ge for one of the most exciting m ain even ts in southern Californ ia thus far in 1985. Ca in, m aking hi s first ever appeara nce in Division One, sta rted o n th e 10 a nd was off like a sho t a t th e sta n . Moran began hi s pa tented charge fro m th e 60 an d wa s in fo un h spot by th e en d of lap one. H e th en seemed to be mired in th at spot until lap four w he n h e a nd Steve Lu cero blew past David H ancock for seco nd an d thi rd . Ca in sti ll had a huge lead but w ith the crowd on th eir feet , Moran a nd Lucero pulled up to hi s rear fender as they charged down th e back chu te on th e fin al lap. Moran was first by turn three, th en Lucero got th rough as th ey blasted under th e checke red. Moran took first, with Lucero seco nd, but it m ay hav e been Cain who won th e most o vera ll as he proved h e co u ld run w ith th e big boys. Com ing into th e ni gh t' s ac tion, Christian had only tak en one main event in 1985, and th at was last Fri da y at Costa Mesa. After h is sem i Su nday , he wa s clearly th e favorite to mak e it two in a row a nd th at is exactl y wh at th e " C razy One" did. S tar ting on th e pole, Christ ian (STP/ V a I vol i ne / C ha m p i o n / C i re 110 Ra cin g/Hi-P oint/PB IIK&N /Bel ll Fibergl a ss Concepts GM ) took th e lead from th e gate over Lucero, Dave DeT emple a nd " Sh ow time" Bob Ott. Lucero first tr ied th e hi gh groove to get by. That didn 't work so h e staye d down low and hoped for a Christian error -T'ha t fa ile to hap f}@A as (;;lui5- tia n ro de a pe rfec t race a ll th e way a nd took home th e chec ke red three len g th s a hea d of Lucero . De'Ternpl e, who has looked im p ro ved ove r th e la st wee k, took th ird wi th 011 ge lling th e wrap-up spot. Rook ie Doug N icol (Pedco Eng.! Coast G rain Co .lFMF/ Carlisle Tires/ Ascot T hursda y Night Speedway/ BelRay/ Champion /l m m edi a to & Assoela tes/ Bates/Taylor Co ncrete Pumpin glT&M Cycle Weslak e) d id it agam a n d won h is Second Division Scratch m a in event by a large m arg in o ver Colorado 's Ken Pei per a nd Shane Hawley. J eff J ohnson (Fo nta na Radiator/ Butch 's Grind er s/Simpso n /J oll y Farms Weslak e) looked just like icol as he d estroyed th e pack in Third Division action whil e J essee Finch (Speed way Magazin e/Oakley/Sam Ermol enko/Mo m & Dad /Fitzpatrick Racing) topped th e Junior ma in from th e back ya rdage. passed Schwanz for second on lap three, Christian rode his co n fident styIe a ll th e way to the checkered flag to win by a co mfona ble m a rgin over Curoso, Schwartz and Moran . P fetzing (Va lvo li ne/ O 'Nea l USAf ST P/S im pso n / Ka l-Gard / Oa k ley / PRP /Ha ir By Bev/On e Grand/Z Wesla ke) turned in hi s m ost impres sive ri de th us far in 1985 a t Costa Mesa as he led it wire to wire. Pf etzingwas th e leader a t th e sta rt a nd was being h ounded by two of h is best friends, Shawn McConnel a nd J ohn Foster. J ohn Sa ndona, r iding h is us ual spectacular style on the o utside, took Foster fo r thi rd before the en d of th e first ci rcu it but th at 's as far as h e co u ld ge t. Pfeu in g guarded th e pole w hi le McConnell tr ied to get th ro u gh o n the o u tside a ll th e way . Hi s a ttem p ts went for naught as Pfetzing was clearl y o n h is game and took th e win with a raised fist as h e raced by th e J erry Kin g checkered flag . Don Butler (J &M Trophy and Silk Scre en /Mike Su ll iva n Racing Associa tes/Scott G oggl es/Dick 's G a rage/ Wild West Mu sic Weslak e) bum ped lea der O scar Salinas ou t of th e wa y in th e Iirst turn a n d went on to win th e Second Division ma in. Randy Beddow, w ho was a lso p art o f th e turno ne bumping incide nt, ca me o u t of it in second and ga ve Butler immedi at e pursuit. Beddow chased th e yellowa nd-red -lea thered Butler a ll th e wa y but wa s unable to get by a n d had to sett le for second, with Jimmy O 'D ell third. The win was Butler 's second of th e year a t Costa Mesa. Tim G ewecke (Justi ce Brothers/ F.O.M.!Mon & Dad) took h is lead from a stu bbo rn Kelcey Gordon on th e fin al lap to post th e vic to ry in th e Junior main. Gordon , th e Junior point leader , took secon d with Marshall Topping third. Results JR MAIN : 1.Jessee Finch; 2.TIm Gewecke; 3. Kel· cey Gordon ; 4. Billy Ham ill; 5. Trincon Cirello. THIRD DIV: 1.Jeff Johnson (Wes); 2 . Greg Nelson (Wes); 3. Kevin Krugh (Jew); 4 . Dene Dumond (Jew): 5. Dweyne Blake (Jaw) . . SECOND DIV: 1. Doug Nicol (We.l: 2. Ken Peiper (Gdn); 3. Shane Hawley (Wesl: 4 . Jimmy O'De" (Wes). HANDICAP MAIN : 1. Ke"y Moran (Gdn ); 2. Steve Lucero (Wes ); 3. Pat Cain (Jawl: 4 . David Hancock (Wes); S. Bob On (Gdn): 6. Mike Faria (Jaw) . SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Alan Chr isti an (Gdn); 2. Steve Lucero (Wes): 3. Dave DeTemple (Wes); 4. Bob On (Gdn). SCRATCHMAIN: 1. Alan Christian (GM): 2. Mike Curoso (We.); 3. Bobby Schwartz (Wesl ; 4. Ke"y Moran (Gdn). HANDICAP: r . Robert P1etzing (Wes): 2. Shawn McConne" (Wes); 3. John Sandona (Wes); 4. Ke"y Moran (Gdn); 5. Mike Faria (Wes): 6. John Foster (Wes). SECOND DIV: 1. Don Butler (Wes); 2. Randy Bed· dow (Jaw): 3 ,Jimmy O'De" (Wes); 4 . Louis Kossuth (Mae); S. Shane Hawley (We.): 6. Oscar Salinas (Jaw). THIRD DIV: 1. Steve Donovan (Jaw) ; 2. Ron Swenson (Wes); 3, Kevin Krugh (Jaw); 4 . Valerie Robledo (Jaw); S. AndyJohnson (Jaw); 6. Tod Bar trand (Gdn~ MATCH RACE: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes): 2. Ke"y Moran (Gdn). Christian crazy at Costa Mesa Schwartz stops 'em at Ascot By Scott Daloisio By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA , CA, APR. 26 GARDENA, CA. APR. 25 Another huge crowd of over 7000 fans jammed th e sta nds of the Orange County Fairgrounds and watched as Alan " Cra zy" For the second time in 24 hours, Bobby " Booga loo" Schwanz defeated " Flyin" Mik e Faria to win th e Scratch main event at Results Christi an turned back a ll of the challen gers to win hi s first Scra tch main of th e 1985 season whi le Roben Pfetzin g did lik ew ise on th e H andicap side. It was a hard-fought bailie in th e first co rner of th e m ain with Christi an (ST P / Va lvo line/ C ha m p io n / Cirello Racing/Hi-Poin LlPBIIK&N/ Bell /Fiberglass Concepts GM ) and Bobby Schwartz fighting for th e top spot wh ile Mik e Cu ro so an d Kelly Moran were banging on each other for third. Sch wanz, o n the outside, bobbled as th ey ca me o ff tu rn tw o a nd turned th e lead over to Christian . The " Boo ga loo Kid " stayed close unt il lap two wh en Christi an pulled away an d in to a co m forta ble lead. Curoso , a fter surviving h is first-turn 'b.mg-w ith'lVlGp

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