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--=Speedllflay_ _--=---- _ o ~ -' chased by Pfetzin g a nd Moran. Moran the n quickl y dashed by Pfetzin g a nd -set h is sig h ts o n Christia n, slo w ly but i3 - surel y closing the gap. Co mi ng o ff. 1= turn fo ur as thev headed fo r th e o checkered . Moran went to th e o utside u Ul a nd got the drive. They fin ish ed side~ by-side with C hris tian ge tti ng ' th e ~ win by inc hes . Both recei ved a ro use in g sta nding ovat io n for th eir effort. it Mo ra n got ba ck o n th e w inning track wh en he took th e lea d fro m Faria on lap o ne in even t 13 and never looked bac k. Pfetzin g a lso got back o n the w in ning ledger whe n h e o u td ueled J im Lawson o n lap o ne of ven t- 14. Lawson sta yed close. but ha d 'to sett le for seco nd . Chris tia n , wh o-look ed to be th e winner. saw hi s title h opes slip away wh en he bit th e du st o n th e back ch u te o n lap one of 'vent 15. Christian wa s slo w to get.up as he injured hi s right kn ee. but was ab le to wa lk o ff under hi s own power. Moran 's la st rid e was a thriller th at Costa Mesa w inner Mike Faria takes the inside line. while Penhall Classic had the fans o n th eir ft·(·t and screa m champ " Ki ng Kelly" Moran (1 ) tries the m iddle at (MS . ing th e ent ire di stance. Errn ol enko gal th e ga te a nd took it up to th e edge o f th e cus h ion. Moran th en pulled OIV THREE: 1. Glen n Jenn ing s; 2 . Rick Hocking; 3 . Vance Feli cia; 4 . Jeff Samos; 5 . Ke n W edding· a lo ngsi de .o n th e middle groove a nd feld; 6 . Bill Thoma s. th ey went at it for four laps. The (Con tin ued from page 3] ) crowd screamed th eir co llec tive lungs o u t as th e two stars batt led it ou t in him , Linn in th e number three slo t o ne of th e best races ever staged a t a nd In gel s o n th e o u tside, aga in. As IM S. Mo ran took th e win in a nothe r th ey staged. L inn we nt for th e ear l v 'p ho to -Iin ish wh ile th e crowd ga ve gale a nd beca me th e first rid er ever to By Scott Daloisio yel a nother sta ndi ng ova tio n to show ge t th e exc l usi on agree rne n t a s he their apprecia tion . SA N BERNARDINO. GA. MAY 22 bu sted the tapes . The crowd d id not In th e ru n -off for second. Pfetzing T wo-time Am eri can National lik e it. had th e gate a nd the pol e. but ChrisCh ampion " King" Kell y Mo ran On th e resta rt it wa s Ingels from tian went by on the back straightth e o u tside , a lo ngsi de o f Delacy as scored 13 0fa possible 15 points a way o n la p o ne fo r th e lead. wh ich th ey wen t down the bac k straigh t, to cap ture first pl ace in th e Fir st he carried al l th e wav to th e chec kered . Yarrow co u lqn 't find a line he li ked After the event Mo ran . who p icked An nua l Bruce Pen hall Classic at J ohn for th e first lap. so h e changed a nd it up a n extra 500 bonus from RiverL a Dou ceu rs Inl an d M o torcycl e worked as he in ch ed aro u nd for a fin e side Mitsubishi . exci ted ly ta lked a bo ut Speed way Wedn esda y n ight. Ala n seco nd pl ace. h is ra ci ng. " It's n ice to win so me:' Cra zy" Chr istian defea ted Rob P fetzJ im Sisemore p u t , o n .Ihe q u ick th in g big like thi s. T wo yea rs ago it ing in a n exci ti ng run -o ff for seco nd . m oves in th e Handicap show. but took m e three months to ge t sta rte d . place before th e biggeslll\IS cro wd o f ca me up with problems a bo ut th e La st year it took two months. This th e season . time h e was to take -over from Brant vear it ha s on lv tak en me one month . Pfetzin g took th e win in even t on e a nd Martz. Ferris wa s ' ho ld ing on i would ra t he~ sta rt slow ly an d gain wh en he defeat ed S ieve Lu cero a nd aft er so me ba shing that left th e deep monu-ntum ra ther than sta rt fast and Sam Ermo len ko. Ermolenk o has ta ken ya rdage gu ys in th e wrong pl ace a t th en fad e. If things aren 't goin g good . five of th e first six reg u lar Scra tch th e right tim e. Brant took th e win by so wh at ? Right now I think I'm ridmains at lM S. but it wa s clea r a fter a few feet over Martz and Ferris with a in g well. " rhe first ra ce that he h ad to go undede cision to put Sisemore in fourth After winning four of th e first five feat ed th e rem ainder of the ni ght to a fter th e tu ssle th at put h im ou t. mains during th e week . as well as stay in co ntent io n . Christ ian took Dave Cox won th e Second Division fir st pl ace overall in the Penhall even t two over a su rp rising Kurt main with a great rid e. " I fin all y gOI Classic. Moran 's las t line was th e' Strom m er . J ohn Sandona a nd Mik e th e ma chin e runnin g right a nd I un derstat em ent o f th e year. / Faria . Moran (STP/ Oaklcy" Ara i/Kalneed so me yar dage to ge t me into C ard/Knobby Idea 's/ M ikey/ C irello Results Division One." sta ted H eath Rac- : Racing /Busby Racing G od den ) faced I ! Kelly Moran (Gdn ); 13; 2. Alan Chr ist ian (GM) in g rider . wh o will get h is w ish 11 ; 3 . Rob Pfetz ing (Wes ) 11; 4 . Mike Faria (Wes) h is first cha lle nge in even t four; hi s ./ 10; 5 , (TIE) Brad Oxley /Sam Ermolenko/Steve in stantl y. Ri ck H icks su rvived the ma in co mpe ti tion sho u ld hav e been Lucero (W es ) 9; 8 . (TIEl J im Lawson (GM )/ Lance cha llenge o f Stu l\IcDaniei s. and R ick King (W esl 8 ; 10 . Keith Larsen (W esl 7; 11 . Kurt La nce Kin g. Moran go t th e gate w ith Strommer (Wesl 6; 12 . Mark Dwyer (Wesl 5; 13 . H ockin g did not win Th ird Division Kin g in tow just a head o f Keit h (TIE) Gene Woods/John Sandona (Wes) 4; 15 , (TIE) with Gl enn J ennings holding h im Larsen . Then Larsen blasted by Kin g Mike Curoso/Keith Chr isco/Andy Northrup (Wes ) 2; 18 . Dubb Ferrell lJaw) O. o ff in a fin e effort, for second . Moran tu rned it o n a nd Once aga in th e feature Mat ch race ra n a way from th e pack to win by wa s a thriller p in ing two tim e winhalf-a-strai ghtaway over La rsen . wh o Junior Sp-eedway ner Yarrow aga in st th e Ri chm ond d id a ma sterf u l job o f h ol d ing o ff Yamaha /BMW/ j a wa entry o f Faria. Kin g. Brad Oxley closed o ut ro u nd Yarrow gat ed from th e o utsi de in th e one with h is first win o f th e even ing. fir st sta rt a nd cou ldn' t be ca ugh t Lucero kept on hi s winn in g ways whil e Faria backl a shed th e sa me wa y wh en h e led wir e- to-w ir e over C hrisin round two with so me fine o usi de tia n in event fi ve. Pfetzing o u rba u led By Scott Daloisio riding. On th e fin a l start Yarrow g ot Larsen for th e lead on lap o ne an d th e gas-go but bl ew right by th e fir st SAN BERNARDINO. CA. MA Y 22 went on to win event six. Mo ran turn . laking Faria with him a nd both mad e hi s seco nd ap peara nce in event • Young Tim Geweck e of Covnearly into th e n ext county. Reg- in d eig h t a nd got a mi serabl e ga te on th e ina made th e main event of tn e ing composure was easy for the IW O restart behind Sandona a nd Gen e Malcolm Smith Cup through a pros who th en c irc u la te d to th e Woods. Woods took th e lead in th e la st cha nce run-off, then went checkered in th e next six co rners with fir st bend . but Sandon a took it back less th an a n in ch between' them th e on to take first pl ace at John LaD ouon th e back ch u te. Moran go t by whole time. Faria got th e nod 111 a ceur's In land Motorcycle Speedway Woods a t th eend of th e fir st lap. but very close finish . Wednesda y ni ght. he had no cha nce of ca tch ing th e C ewecke (F.O .M.lJ us tice Brothers/ long-gone Sandona a nd had to settle Results Sco tt Goggles/Windlord Performance for second and th e loss o f one poin t. SCRATCH M AIN : 1. Eddie Inge ls: 2. Dua ne Yar row; 3. Mike Delacy; 4. Pat Linn. Product s/M om & Dad Weslak e) finIt wa s to be a n ST P sho wdow n in HANDICAP MAIN : 1. Scan Brant ; 2. Greg Martz; ish ed seco nd in hi s h eat to 1983 Junevent 10 as well as a showdown for 3. Tom Ferris; 4. J im Sisemore; 5. Mike Delacy ; 6 . Dave Faria. ior Na tiona l Speed way Ch ampion fir st spot. Pfetzing, wi th six poi n ts. DIV TWO: 1. Dave Cox; 2. Rick Hi cks; 3 . Stu J essee Finch . That put him in a run faced Christi an a nd Moran . wh o were McDaniel ; 4. Jeff Brow n; 5. Rick Stephens; 6. J im off with Dav id Bu sb y a n d Bill y tied a t five. Christi an got th e gate. Ragin . Speedway Moran captures Penhall Classic Malcolm Smith Cup to Gewecke , / 34 H amill. Cewecke dus ted the bon off in th at event a nd th en moved into th e mam . Gewecke dre w th e pole fo r th e mai n. bill tra iled Greg Hanco ck o u t o f th e ga te. Co m ing o u t o f turn two . C ewecke d ucked to th e ins ide a nd shot p a st H an co ck fo r the lead , Ge wec ke immedia te ly sta rted to len gthen it o u t while Fin ch took H an cock for seco nd . Wh ile C ewecke was out fron t a nd seemi ng ly cru isin g . Fin ch go t hooked up in a wil d bailie for seco nd with 1984 Nat ional Cha m p ion Trinon Cirel lo. Cirello wa s rid ing the o u tside lin e but Finch fought him o ff o n th e final lap for seco n d far b eh ind th e winn er C eweck e. For C ew erke it was th e second maj or triumph of hi s ca reer. Th e o ther ca rne tw o years ago when h e teamed with Jordan Duncan a win the U.S . Junior Pairs Championship, Results MAIN: 1. Tim Gewecke; 2 . J esse e Finch; 3 . Trinon Cirello: 4. Greg Hancock. King, Moran -hot in Ventura By Bill Locey VENTURA. CA. MAY 21 While fans p rimed th ems elves with quarter Coors beer on " Sho wtirne" Bobby Ott Night a t Ventura Racewa y, th e riders pu t on a thrill in g . ra ce. O il di dn ' t w in o n h is n ight - Kell y Moran won th e H and ica p ma in and La nce Kin g took th e Scratch ma in two ra ces lat er. In H and icap ra cing . j us t half o f th e eig h r 50-yard -li ne rid ers mad e th e transfer. Moran a nd Kin g go t th e largest crowd o f th e yea r co ns ide ra bl y more voca l than usu al by winning th eir h eats o ff th e 50. spe ed way 's biggest thrill.-' Side -by-side in th e semi. Kin g beat Moran to turn one fir st . th en pi cked off a rid er per lap. with Moran right behind. Bill y Gray . back in Firs t Division for th e th ird week. battled King for a lap before fad ing. In th e other semi. the. short-y a rda ge riders went much fa ster . J eff Jones led a ll th e way with Victor Robledo right behind. The-ma in even t went for a lm ost a lap until Greg Ayer s ca ugh t a rear w heel a nd fell just aroun d turn four. Kin g a nd Moran managed to mi ss Ayers a t the last secodn. With Ayers o u t of the restart . Moran beat King to turn o ne and began pi ck in g riders off. By th e last lap . Moran was close but J ones wa s sti ll holdign th e lead . Dem onstra tin g a fla ir for th e dramatic, Moran got underneath J ones o n th e fin al ben d a nd won by a Ioot or two; an d somehow. Kin g beat J ones by a bo u t an in ch for seco nd. Doug Ni col wa s fourth. a len gth back . In Scrat ch racing a ll th e top rid ers won th eir h eat s, as usu al. In th e inital semi. Moran go t th e gat e th en Steve Lucero a nd Mike Fari a took turns passing eac h o the r for four la p s to decide who else would make it to th e main. Lucero stayed inside. Faria stayed outside and Lucero won by a leng th . In th e o ther sem i. Rob Pfetzing led for three la p s befor e King a nd Alan Christian went by in turn fo ur. When asked to decid e th e outcome of th e Scratch main . th e cro wd cheered lo u dest for Moran. who wa s going for th e swee p . but King a nd hi s over-, h ead ca m Ventura bik e got th e ga te a nd was n ever serio us ly threatened. Moran got a poor ga te and was last. Former Ilar tra cker Kent Bow ser /