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Mike Faria takes a look at Sam Ermolenko on his way to win the Scratch
main in Costa Mesa. Kelly Moran took second.
of ac tio n th us far a t Ascot So uth Bay
Stadium, The track was in immaculate co nd ition a nd the rid ers charged
around th e corners in three a breas t
form ation.
in to the fir st corn er with Mike Fari a
In th e Handicap main, Oxley stana nd Moran lurk ing just beh ind. Fari a
ed off th e 30, while Wayne Leutz took
a nd Moran both got past Lucero by
th e lead at the stan over Randy Blevth e end of lap one but thats wh enins and Andy Northrup. Oxley quickLucero decided to go 10 work.He
ly forced his way into third when he
p icked off Moran for th ird on lap
used the best outside line at Ascot to
two. He then cha llenged Faria and
dat e to pass Nonhrup at th e end of
got by. Christian had a seem ingly
the first circu it. Oxley immediately
unchallengable lead but Lucero hackbegan 10 a pp ly the heat 10 Blevins,
ed away at it a nd raced alo ngs ide
who was occu pying th e second place
Christian as they came down the
sp ot. On lap three, as he was a ttem p tfront ch ute towards the checkered
ing 10 go by Blevins o n th e outside
flag . As th ey cros sed th e line it was a
heading into turn three, Oxley seemphOIO finish with Christi an defeatingl y lost control. H e went straig h t
mg th e track points leade r . by less
for the crash wall a nd stepped off his
than six inches.
ma chine seconds before it blasted
Sh an e Hawley put th e Tom Mclnheavily into the boards. Fortunately
tire Weslak e in to th e Division Two
Oxley em erged unhun and walked
victory circle for the second tim e in
back across th e track to center gre en .
th e last three weeks over Mik e GoOn th e next lap, with Leutz still in
lightl y. Anthon y Sa nc he z (Big J ohn
th e lead, Oxley pointed an accusing
Cran e Service, Wesl ak e) won th e
finger at Blevins as he raced through
Third Division main with Tim
the third corn er. After taking th e
Gewecke (F.O. M.lWid lord Perforwhite flag: Blevins (G rin Products
man ce Producr svSc o u Goggl es/
Godden ) ducked under Leutz and
Ju stice Brothers / T eam Sw ol len /'
int o the lead in turn two. Leutz th en
Mom & Dad ) winning th e Jun ior
was forced to deal with Alan ChrisSpeedwa y main event .
tian . Christian a pp lied the pressure
10 Leutz while Blevin s breezed under
Results
the ch eckered flag. In the end, Leutz
JR MAIN: 1. Tim Gewecke; 2. Trinon CireUo; 3.
Josh Larsen; 4 . Greg Hancock ; 5. Kelcey Gordon .
folded under Christian s pressure and
THIRD DIV: 1, AnthonySanchez (Wes); 2. Valer ie
dropped 10 third spo t.
Robledo (Jaw); 3. Russell Romero (Jaw); 4 . John
T he Scra tch main started off with a
Dunn (Jaw) .
SECOND DIV: 1. Shane Hawley {Wes); 2. Mike
ban g as "King" Kell y Moran went
Golightly (Wes): 3, Rick Vand erham (Mae); 4. Randy
down in th e first bend. Mike Fa ria
Skinner (Jawl.
HANDICAP: 1. Roben Pfetzin g (Wes); 2. M ike
then la ved it down in a non- acad em y
Mazzacane (Jaw) ; 3. Bob On (Gdn); 4. Jeff Johnson
a ward performance that , acco rding
(We s): 5. Doug Nicol (Wes); 6. Kelly Moran (Gdnl .
SCRATCH: 1, Alan Chr istian {GM): 2. Steve
to th e rule book. shou ld have seen
Lucero (Wes); 3 . Mike Fari a (Wes ); 4 . Kelly Moran
h im e xcl u de d . H e was h ow ev er
(Gdn).
allo wed to restart.
On th e seco nd try it was " Showtim e" Bobby Oil o u t of gate one and
into th e lead but quickl y found him self in third as Oxley (Coors/ Oa kley/
By Scott Daloisio
STP/ H all ma n Weslak e) a nd Fari a
GA R DE NA, CA, MAY 30
went by on th e back ch u te. Oxley
Brad Oxley ca me within an
o uth ust led Fa ria for th e lead, while
eyela sh o f taking th e first douMoran found himself in th ird by th e
end of th e first lap. Oxley immeble main victorv o f hi s career
d iat ely o pened it up. while Moran
T h ursda y night a l the new
an d Fa ria becam e enro lled in a fierce
Ascot SOUlh Bav Stadi um . Un lort uba ttl e for th e top second spot. Mora n
narely, he on ly' go t the wi n in the
was ge lli ng th e drive off th e corners
Scra tch main because he fell while
with Faria beating him into th e next
cha rging for th e head of the pack in
bend. Oxley ran off a nd h id to take
th e exciting Hand ica p main event .
the win by eight lengths, wh ile Moran
It wa.s _t~~ ~?st .c_o~ pe t! t!'.:e_ ~ i_g_h_t _. _ _fin all y asserte d h im self o n the final
Gene Woods and Alan Christian duke it out at Carlsbad. Christian finished
inches ahead of Steve Lucero to take the Scratch main win.
Christian, Ptetzing cruise
at Carlsbad
By Gordie Orr
CARLSBAD, CA, June 2
Alan " Crazy" Christian saw
the ch eckered flag fall on his
second Scratch main win in a
row just seconds before the
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rain began falling a t th e Carlsbad
Raceway. Rob ert Pfetzing rook his
first ever Carlsbad win in th e H andicap main on th e night wh en tra ck
co nd ition s were less than ideal.
The track surface began having
problems with th e fir st race of th e
ni ght. Several holes develo ped sending a number of rid ers down. Second
Divi sion rid er Kevin Krugh was believed 10 be the most serio usly injured
wh en he was rem oved off th e track by
stretch er with wh at was beli eved to be
a broken co lla rbone .
Pfetzing (Valvo line / O' Nea l USA!
STP / Sim p so n / O a kley/ Ka l-Ga rd/
PRP/Hai r Bv Bev/On e Grand/Z
Weslak e) was h ook ed up and flying
a ll ni ght long. In hi s Scra tch sem i he
had a position in th e main 'n ailed
down until he hit a hol e in turn four
a nd dropped to third spo t but had it
already to go aga in in th e Handicap
main . Super roo kies J eff J ohnson
a nd Dou g Nicol led a t th e sta n of th e
main but Pfetzin g weaved h is way
th rough th e pack 10 pass J ohnson for
th e lead at th e end of th e first circui t.
Once th e pop u la r Santa Ana resident
found the from of th e pack he ran
away . Nicol a nd Mike Mazzacan e go t
by J ohnson o n la p two wi th Ma zzaca me set tling co mfortably in second
but was un abl e 10 close th e gap on
Pfetzin g, wh o too k th e win by ha lf a
straigh taway. "S howtime" Bobby Oil
rook third . Defending N at ion al
Ch ampi on and cro wd favor ite Kell y
Moran was fo rced 10 dro p o u t wi th
motor ill s.
Christian (STP/ Valvoline/Cha mpion/Cirello Racing/Hi -Point/PB II
K&N/Bell /Fiberglass Co ncepts GM )
made it four o u t of th e last six Scra tch
mains. He beat po le sitterSteve ~ l_l~e!O
Ascot win to OxIey
revolution to edge Faria a t th e line
for second.
David Han cock (DonS; Lori Faulkner &Kids/Jones Goggles/Kal -Gard /
Champion Weslak e) used some darin g but calculated moved to defeat
J eff Johnson and Kevin Krugh in the
Second Divi sion main. Karl Sellenthin "'McCoy Surfboards/Ca strol!
Champion j awa) look top SPOI in the
Third Division main.
Results
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Brad Dxley (Wes): 2, Kelly
Moran (Gdn); 3. Mike Faria (Jaw); 4. Bob Ott (Gdn).
HANDICAP: 1. Randy Blevins (Gdn); 2. Alan
Chr istian (GM); 3. Wavne Leutz (Wes); 4 . Andy Northrup (Wes); 5. Kelly Moran (Gdn); 6. Brad Oxley
(Wes).
SECOND DIV: 1. David Hancock (Wes) : 2. Jeff
Johnson (Wes); 3. Kevin Krugh (Jaw) ; 4 , Pat Hawley
(Gdn); 5. Don Butler (Wesl; 6. Trace Willis (Wesl
DNS.
THIRD DIV: 1. Karl Senenthin (Jaw) .
Two in a row tor Faria
By Scott Daloisio
COSTA MESA , CA, MAY 3 1
The moon over the Orange
Cou nty Fairgrounds wasn't
quite full on Friday night but
you couldn 't tell by the act ion
on th e track - it seemed th at each
a nd every race was stopped by a red
flag due to a spectacu la r cras h . At the
end of th e wi ld night, Mik e Fari a, for
th e second week- in a row , took the
Scratch main , while Sh awn McConnell go t up off th e deck to win the
Handi cap main event .
Fari a, (Shoe ilTorco / Oa kley/ T ra k
Ma st er Ti r es vT' subak i z Sc o t tv 's
Muffl er/STP/Kal-Gard/Wacy Armstrong j aw a ), wh o won the Scratch
main last week on a Weslak e, was
back a board a J aw Frida y even ing.
H e drew th e pole and led Sam Ermolenk o a nd Kell y Moran o n th e start.
Moran took second from Ermolenk o
before teh end of th e first revolution ,
while Keith Chrisco closed in o n the
thi rd spot. Faria was riding a perfect
line a nd holdin g up th e d istan ce
between himself a nd th e rem ainder
of th e pac k. Errnolenko went wid e in
turn one on lap IWOa llo wi ng Chrisco
to strea k by o n the ins ide. Ch risco
was a ble to ge t close to Moran but in
no wa y were eithe r go ing to mount a
serio us cha llenge to Faria , wh o took
th e win by four len gths. Mor an held
off Chrisco for second with Errnolenko gelling cred it for th e wrap up.
