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to sta rt a t the bac k a nd he made a n
im p ressi ve cha rge th ro ugh the pac k.
On lap four in tu rn o ne. Sweaney
seal ed hi s fat e wh en hi s foo l hook ed
th e poll' a nd mom ent a ri ly slowed
him. It int erf ered e nough t to ruin his
hopes o f victo ry. Bowers took hi s fir st
Costa Mesa win with Sw eaney a close
second.
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Jordan Duncan (ST P / Ala n Ch ristian R ac i n ~ / M us h room G rips/Scott
Goggles Godden ) look h is first Costa
Mesa professional main in Third Division ' a cti on with Greg H an co ck
( Bruce Pen ha II /R o ad & Tra ck /
F.O.M .lBeIl/Off Shore/ AME Goggles /Malcolm Smith /Ski Work s/
H o llvwood Mo rorrvcle/ C rin / Ccf'ab /
Ca re ' CUllers /HOIida of Pa sa den a )
h eld back a ha rd cha rg ing Jessee
Fin cli to wi n the Ju nior main .
ga te. bUI h is bik e loaded up around
i u rn o ne . the n hook ed up send in g
h im stra igh t across eve ryo ne's path
a nd ri ght for th e ha yba les. Errnolenko man aged to sav e it . bu t was in
last p lace. Meanwhile, King o n the
ins ide lin e, co u ld n' t be caught. ThaI 'S
three win s So far fo r Kin g in Ventura
- o n lv 13 mo re a nd he ties his o wn
tra ck r~·cord .
In Second Divisio n racin g. fo rmer
flat tra cker J err Jo hn so n was 10 0 fast
again, wi nnin g hi s h eal a nd th e main
by mill's. A cha nge in th e program
seem ed to work OUI just fin e, an d
Se co nd Division wi ll co n tin ue 10 ride
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And Wa vn e Ha rr is wo n his Iirs tever trophy a t Ven tu ra in T hird Di vision racing.
Results
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SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Lanc e Kin g; 2. A lan Chr is ·
ti an; 3. Kell y Moran; 4 . Sam Er mo len ko .
HAN DICAP; 1. Doug Nicol; 2. J eff Spr in gm an ; 3 .
Sam Ermolen ko; 4 . Bill Gra y: 5 . La nce Kin g; 6 .
SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Sam Erm olenk o (Wes) ; 2 .
Kelly M oran (Gdn l; 3. Keith Ch risco (W es); 4 . Dubb
Ferrell (J aw) .
HAN DICAP : 1. Sam Ermole nko (Wes); 2. M ike
Faria (J aw ); 3 . Al an Christia n IGdnl; 4 . J eff Spr ing man (Wes); 5 . Kellv M or a n IGdn); 6. Joh n Foster
(Wes ).
SECON D DIV : t . Doug Bower s (J aw); 2 . ' Rich
Sw eaney (Ja w): 3 . Louis Kossuth (Ma w) ; 4 . Jeff
Johnson (Wes); 5~ Steve Fla nagan (Ja w) ; 6 . Joe
Kreisberg (J aw).
THIRD DIV: t . J ordan Dun can IGdn) .
J R ~ 1. Greg Hancoc k; 2. Jessee Finch ; 3. Bill y
Hamill ; 4 . Tim Gewecke .
Nicol wins Ventura
By Bill locey
VENTU RA . CA. MAY t
When one of the riders forgot
where he was supposed to be
Tuesda y ni g h t, ol d-timer Bill y
Gra y got a shot a t a First Di vision rid e, a nd made it to th e H a n dicap main wh ere he finish ed fo urth .
For G ray it was h is fi rs t m ain sinc e
197i. Doug Nico l lived up to h is
advance billin g by winn in g the H andicap mai n for th e second tim e i n
three weeks. Lance King wo n th e
Scrat ch main fo r th e seco nd time i n
three Tuesday ni ghts.
In H andicap racing , J eff Sprin gm a n won h is hea t from th e 30 witho u t drama , fo llowed by 1981 track
champ Steve Lucero; beh ind them ,
Vic Ro bled o had th e best ri de. Fan
favorite "Showtime" Bobby 011 tri ed
fo r th ree laps to ge t a ro u nd R o bled o ,
but just co ul d n' t mak e it. Then O tt 's
engine blew , and he was h isto ry for
the ni ght.
In a previ ew o f thi ngs to co me ,
Nicol eas ily won o ff th e20. King and
Ed Castro, back from a hand in j ury,
wer e the ot her hea t wi n ners. Gray ,
sta rti ng o n th e zero, rode smoot hly ,
a llow ing just Castro and "Sudden
Sa m" Ermolen ko to get by, and transferred ea silv as the cro wd che ered.
In hi s semi. Grdy led for a co u p le of
laps un til Errnolen ko and th en King
w hizzed by o n th e o uts ide . David
H an cock. about to make a move, had
bike problems a nd Greg Ayers co u ld
n o t ca tc h Gra y on th e la st lap.
R o bledo led th e o the r semi for three
la ps un ti l N icol passed h im o n th e
o u tsi de a ro u nd turn tw o , a nd won
big.
In th e m a in , Gray stay ed ah ead fo r
three la p s unt il the fast co m pa ny
behind ca ug h t up . Ni co l and Springm an got by first , th en Er rno len ko a
lap lat er. N ico l won by m or e tha n 10
b ikelength s. Gray w ill try it off the
10-ya rd -line nex t lim e. Nicol is back
on th e 30 in Scra tch ride territory.
In Scra tch racing, Kin g, Ermolenk o , Kell y Mo ran a nd Alan C hristia n a ll won th eir heat races eas ilv.
Christ ia n beat King in a semi. a nd
track cha mp Moran took the o th er.
19 tl!t; main.Erjnolenko got the good
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Results
S ieve Luce ro.
SECOND DIV; 1. Jeff John son ; 2 . Rick vene erha m ; 3 . Ronn ie Correy; 4 . Joe Kre isbe rg ; 5.. Lou
Kreisbe rg ; 6 . Norman Neuma nn .
THIR D DIV; 1. W ay'ne Harr is; 2. Rand y Skinner ; 3 .
Val Robl ed o; 4 . Greg Nelson ; 5 ..stev e Don ov an ; 6 .
Kurt M ark ham .
M ATCH RACE: 1. Gray del . Robin son .
"Sudden Sam" goes
four-for-five at IMS
By Scott Daloisio
SA ' BERNA R DINO, CA, i\lA Y 8
O n w ha t was quite possibly
the wi ldest nigh t in th e hi story
of J ohn LaDouceur's In land
Motorcycle Speedway. "Sudden
Sa m " Errnolen ko won h is fourt h
Scratch mai n in five tries ill th e Cycle
Ri der, In c. Trophy Series.
Si n ce the track was closed last
week , th e crew a t IM S erec ted a new
crash wa ll in tu rn s o ne a nd two . T here
were a number o f min or crashes o n
th e first half o f th e program but a fter .
interm issio n th e m inor crashes turned
into a ser ies o f spectacu la r, bone
cru nc h ing wrecks. Alan C h risti an,
Kell y Mora n a nd Mi ke Curoso were
a mong th e m any who h ad to be
h el p ed from the track (after Moran
crashed he was o u t for the eve ning
with a n inj u red elbow ). But it was
Second Division ride r Norma n N eu m an who ga ve th e fans th eir biggest
show. Neuman was lead in g hi s h ea t
race when he hooked up comi ng o ff
tu rn two a nd th rew it away . Both h e
a nd hi s bike ca r twh eel ed into th e
n ew crash wa l\. H is bike th en got airborne, sa iled over th e wall a nd wa s
read y to touch down in th e ba ck
ch u te bleach ers when it spectacu la rl y
h it a ligh t standard an d a l mos t took
it o ut . Fortuna telv th e bik e landed
be tween the bleacilers and th e wall,
th e lig h t sta ndard stayed up, a nd
N euman o n ly slig h tly injured hi s
wrist.
For th e fo urth time in th e yo u ng
sea son Ermo lenk o (P ick Your Pa rt
Au to Salvage/ Pa cifi c Coast Lami nating / Arai /jmres Go~g l es /STP / Q &E/
Al Reed 's Pol ish ing / Frame Shop /Car
T unes/Kal-Card Weslake) went und efea ted in Scra tch ra cng. H e drew gate
o ne al l th ree limes a nd led over L ance
Kin g , M ike Fa ria a ndS ieve Lucero
from th e gate in th e ma in . Fa ria tri ed
the ins ide o n th e back ch u te to ge t b y
Kin g on lap one bu t co u ld no t ge t th e
job done. H e tried the outside at the
en d of th e second revo lut ion but was
me t with a piece o f King 's rear ti re as
h e wa s blocked off. From th ere on it
was a ll up to King to chase down
Ermol enko, bu t it was not to be as
Errnolen ko too k the victorv in co n ViiiCih~'s'tY le. " I h ad a ai frer~nt motor
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Lance King (inside) and Alan Ch ristian dice at Ventura . Christian fin ished
second in the Scratch main; King fifth in the Handicap race .
in tonight. I a lso had the p o le ever y
lime: I was l ucky when it ca m e to
th at ." th e happy w inner sa id a fter th e
race.
Greg Ayers (B&F Im p o rts/ J o n es
G o gg le s Wesl ake ) w on th e w ild
H and icap m a in thar .ha d to be restarted lWO times d ue to cra shes , On
th e first try M ik e Ma zzacane a nd
Wavn e L eutz went down. On th e
second a tte m p t a wi ld crash look
down eve rv rider in th e field with th e
excep tio n .of Ayer s a nd Mazzacane.
Leutz was injured in th e cras h a nd
was o u t for th e n ig h t whi le Do ug
Ni co l was excl uded for ca us in g th e
incident. On th e thi rd try Ayer s led
from green to che ckered . H e was
forced to hol d o ff th e de term ine d
cha lle n ges o f Mazzacane ove r the last
la p a nd he took the win by o ne
leng th . Lucero fin ish ed in th ird.
Super rooki e J eff J ohnson (Fonta na
R adi ator/Butch 's G rind ers/ S impso n / J o ily F a rm s / G ar y ' s A u to
S u p p ly / R BD Weslak e) scored h is
ninth win o n th e ci rcuit in 1985 wh en
he cap tu red the Seco nd Division main .
Im p ressive rookie S Ieve Don ovan
(Fast Lane T ruck ing /New port Surf
and Sports/ Water R ags J a wa ) won
the safest race of th e nigh t, th e T hi rd
Division main. That sh o u ld tell you
wha t kind of nigh t it was.
Results
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Sam Ermo lenko (Wes); 2 .
la nce Kin g (We sl; 3 . M ike Far ia (Ja w ); 4 . St eve
l ucero (Wesl.
HANDICA P: 1. GregAyers (W es); 2. M ike Ma zza·
cane (Jaw ); 3. SI eve Lucer o (Wes); 4 . Rob Ple tzing
(Wes ); 5. Wayne Leutz (Wes); 6 . Doug Nicol (Wes ).
SECOND DIV; r. Jeff .Jchnson (Wes) ; 2 . Don
Bu t ler (Wes); 3 . Guy Waterson (Wes); 4 . Pat Cain
(J aw ); S. Ronnie Correy (J aw); 6 . Sha ne Hawley
(Wes ).
THIRD DIV: 1. Steve Donovan (Jaw) ; 2. Wayne
Harris {Jaw); 3 . Kevin Krugh (J aw) ; 4 . Ron Swe nso n
(W es); 5 . Anthony Sanc h ez (Wes); 6 . Willie Murra y
(J aw) .
Faria, Sisemore .sweep
Baylands
By W.H . Spencer
FRE MONT, CA, MA Y 2
Nor thern Ca liforn ia Cl ass A
-S p eed wa y o pe n ed to reco rd
entries a nd.crowds a t Baylan ds
Racewa y Pa rk . Da ve Faria won
th e Scra tch main whi le j im Sis ern o re
(VacAero/ Oi lza ll Mae) topped the
Ha ndicap main in tremendous co m petition throughout th e ni ght.
Toppi ng th e Division Three main
was R ick H oc kin g . H ocking a nd
Bria n Davis , J r. p ut on a' good .dis-
p lay with side-by-sid e racin g for th e
first two laps u nt il H ock in g pu lled
o u t for th e win.
Derek Dorrestyn led th e Divisio n
T wo main even t, But h e was p as sed
by Ro n A rlt a t th e ch eckered for th e
win . R ick H icks threw it a wav in th e
firs t turn o n th e last lap, ' whi ch
brought o u t the red flag , but ac tio n
wa s a lrea dy o ver.
The featu red mat ch race brought
o u t Norell number o ne rid er Duane
Ya rrow (Wes) aga inst Mik e Dela cy.
Ya rrow emerged top dog in great
acti on , narrowl y ed g in g o u t Dela cy.
" O n th e la st la p I rea lly though I h ad
h im , but m y a rms pu mped up a nd I
co u ld n ' t hol d o n, " re lated Delacy.
" I' ve been work in g o ut a nd lifting
we ig h ts a nd a ll that , but I still got
tired ."
T he great track co n d itions were
refl ected in th e action o f th e ma ins.
In th e H andicap co nsola tion , Eddie
In gel s ca me o ff th e 50-yard- line to
ta ke the lead a nd th e w in fro m Kevin
Fren ch on th e last lap. Ingels ra n th e
o u tside lin e a lo ngs ide Tom Ferris
unti l Ferris j ust cou ld n ' t keep up th e
pa ce. In gels passed French for th e
wi n as they exi ted t urn o ne in th e
fin al go -rou n d.
Marc P rin ce (Ya m) led th e H andicap m ain with a bunch o f long yard riders in tow. Delacy (#1 Bicycle
Shop/ H i-Point/ A&A Racing ) was o n
the move on th e o ut sid e o nce a ga in ,
but in th e end h e ha d troubles h an ging on a nd cou ld n ' t make a pass
sti ck. Sisemore had rhe right li n e a nd
held th e p oint whil e Prince slip pe d
ba ck int o second. Dela cy wa s third,
Da ve Faria fourth o ver Pa t Linn, a nd
Steve Martin fifth . '
Ferri s a nd Yar row put o n th e
Scra tch Consol at ion show, with Dela cy th ird over Martin. Bu t a ll eyes
were waiting for th e final li ne up
' th a r wo ul d see Ingels aga in st Pa ul
Orlandi, Faria a nd yo u n g Bart Ba st,
At th e ga te it was Faria a nd Ingels
side-by-sid e for the fir st two la p s.
T hen o n th e last lap . Faria p inched
th e lin e a nd waved at th e crowd , signalin g h is wi n . In gels held seco n d
easily wit h Bast th ir d over O rla nd i.
Results
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SCRATCH MAIN: r . Dave Faria ; 2. Eddie Ingels; 3 .
Bar t Bast; 4. Pau l Orla ndi.
HAND ICAP: 1. J im Sisemore; 2 . Ma rc Prince; 3 .
Mike Delac v; 4 . Dave Fari a: 5 . Pat Lin n; 6 . St eve
Mart in.
SECOND DIV: 1. Ron Arlt; 2 . Joe Le Duc; 3 . M ike
Soli s: 4 . Der ek Oorresty n; 5 . Rick H icks ; 6. Mike
Rem ine .
THIRD OIV; 1. Rick Hocking; 2. Bria n Daves J r.; 3 .
Kenny W eddi ngleld; 4 . Vic Dragonr ; 5 . Riel) M ar·
cUcci; 6.1'ferrv~ Sp.rk s.
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