Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

---=.SpeedlNay _ (Left to right) Wayne Leutz. Gene Woods and Kelly Moran mix it up at Inland Motorcycle Speedway. Moran went on to win the Scratch main. 34 chute but Christi~n asserted himself and came right back. As they came off turn four on th e opener. Faria went to th e cush io n a nd made it a th reeabreast race to the first turn wi th Christian and Lucero. Christian was th e first to arrive there long aft er Moran had set hi s tracks. From that point on Christian mad e a Iutile auempt to ca tch Mo ran while Faria got by Lucero 10 fin ish third behind Moran a nd Christ ian. " S h o w time" Bo bby Ott (Cycl e Tech/ Jo nes Goggles/ Arai Godden) tu rn ed in another hea r t-sto p p in g performa nce by defea ting' Rich SWe-aney by a spoke at the finish line to win the Handi cap main. Sweaney. receiving his shot ill the big time. won his he-at and then finished second to Faria in his semi. In the main he blasted into the lead from th e zeroyard -line far a he-ad of Ott, who WaS coming oCf the 20 with Ed Cas tro. Christian took himself out of contention wh en h e bit the du st on la p two. Castro then gave third to Mik e Curoso wh en h e hit th e d irt on lap three. Wh ile th e boys behind him were Ialling. Ou was slo wly but surely rnakingup ground on Swe- n ey. He ducked a in right beh ind th e yo u ng leader in turn two o n th e Cinal revolution a nd p u lled a lo ngside him in turn three. Sweaney C aught h im o ff. bUI as th ey ca rne o ff turn Iour, Oil got th e drive a nd th ey cro ssed th e C ish lin e inc hes in a p ra t. The word C rom both sco rers wa s "Showrime" by a spo ke. wi th Cu ro so th ird . J dC J ohnson (Font a na Rad ia to r/ But ch 's G ri n d ers / Sim pso n / Jo lly Fa rm s/ G a ry's Aut o Suppl y/RBD Weslak e ) co nt in ued h is march towards First Divi sion with an impressive ride C rom the IO-yard-line to ca pIlife th e Seco nd Division main. Doug Bow ers grabbed second with Osca r Sali nas third. J ohnn y Wa lker (D.J . Frami ng/ Accu ra CUll Ca bine ts Jaw a ) Cam e into the even ing as a reserve. but went home the win ner in th e Division T h ree war. J im Bland look seco nd with Greg Nelso n th ird . lessee Fin ch (Speed wa y ~Iagazin e/ Jones Goggles/House of Suzuki Triumph /Sam Ermolenko ) took top honors in the Juni or Speedway First Division main while Danny Wright co nt in ued hi s domination of th e Second Divisi on Juniors. Results SCRATCH M AIN : 1. Kelly Moran (Gdn); 2. Alan Christian IGM); 3. Mike Faria (J aw); 4 . Steve Lucero (Wes). HANDICAP; 1. Bob Ott (Gdn); 2. Rich Swea ney (Wes); 3 . M ike Curoso (Wes); 4 . M Ike Faria (Jaw) ; 5. Alan Christian (GM); 6. Ed Castr o (Jaw). DIVTWO: 1. Jeff Jo hnson (Wes); 2. Doug Bow ers (Jaw ); 3. Oscar Sali nas (Jaw); 4 . J im my O'Dell (Wes); 5. Dou g Ben jam in (Wes); 6 . M ark M i lazzo (Wes). DIVTHR EE; 1. Jo hn ny W alker (Jaw) ; 2.Jim Bland (Jaw); 3. Greg Nel son (Wes); 4 . An dy Joh nson (J aw); 5. W ayne Sellenth in (Ja w); 6. Chris Land (Wes). J R DIV ONE: 1. Jessee Finch; 2. Billy Felts; 3. Bill y Hamill; 4. Tim Gewecke. J R OIVTWO: 1. Dann y Wright ; 2. Warren W ilson; 3. Brooks Brown . Bast,'Leduc win Auburn By Jann Houston AUB U RN . CA , MAY 17 Mike Bast ma y have retired from speedway. however th e Bast name will rem ain in th e spotlight for som e years to come in th e C rm of l7- vea r-old Bart Bast , o co us in o f th e speed way legend . Bart. a Ju nior Speed wa y star, a nd Nor Ca I " Rookie o C th e Yea r" in 1983 is a na tu ral . IOta IIy ded icat ed to th e sport. In the Scra tch main tonigh t, Bast took adva ntage of th e po le position for a n ou tstanding gat e. as Da vid Fa ria, co m ing from th e number IwO spot. tried o n severa l turns 10 ga in the lead Irorn the inside. but it was no t to be. Ba st was too C . too smoo th , a nd ast too pe rfect to all ow th a t 10 ha ppen , as he gra bbed th e chec kered n a g C r h is o first Scra tch main o f th e seaso n. Faria was secon d . Mike Dela r v th ird , and Pa t L in n, la st week 's winner , seu led fo r wh at was left. J oe Led uc. back this seaso n a fter a o ne -yea r layoff. proved that h e srill kn o ws how it 's do ne. Led uc too k th e lead, C IIowed closely by lfi-year -ol d o Sco u Brun t a nd G reg Ma rtz in third . Rocky Robinson got past Martz on the back straightaway to claim third. but it was Leduc and Brant in the battle of the evening, who were putting the crowd on their Ieet, Brant got past Leduc o n the inside for the lead ' in turn one of th e la st lap. onl y to have-his bike quit in turn two. allowing Leduc to regain th e lead and hold it for th e win. Ro bin so n wa s seco nd, SIeve Crawford th ird, Rory R un d le, Da na Perri and Ro n Combs fi nished in th at order in the Second Division ma in . Richa rd Marcucci celebrated h is birthday by wi nning th e Third Division main. h is firs t n ig ht on the program, Dusti n Schroeder took home th e trophy in the Junior main. Results SCRATCH MAIN; 1. Bart Bast; 2. David Faria; 3. Mike Oelacy;-4. Pat Linn. HAN DICAP; 1. Joe Leduc; 2. Rocky Robi nson; 3. Steve Crawford; 4. Greg Man z; 5. Paul Orla ndi; 6. Scon Brant. DIV TWO : 1. Rory Rundle; 2. Dana Perr i; 3. Ron Comb s; 4 . GarY Stew art ; 5 . Harlan Bast; -6. Darrell Busby . DIV THREE; 1. Richard Ma rcucci ; 2. Tom M cBride; 3. Jerry Bland; 4. Derek Dorr esteyn ; 5. John Proto; 6. Ern ie Morris . JR : 1. Dustin Sch roed er; 2. Ern ie Morris; 3. Bobby Hedden; 4 . Tommy Hedden; 5. Ken Wagner; 6 . Craig Reed. Delacy sweeps Napa opener By .Jann Houston NA PA, CA. MAY 25 N apa Speedwa y open ed its se ven th season tonight, a n d wha t a smooth, exci ting sh ow it was. It co u ld well be referred ro as Mi ke Dela cy Night. Delacy who bega n the 1985 NorCa Iseaso n n urn ber o ur in car ryo ver po in t sta nd ings, ha s ma in tai ned th a t pos it io n so C r in th e a young season . If ton ig ht is a ny indica lio n. tha t's wh ere he wi ll Slay. Ridin g h is "'t·slak e. appropriately sponso red by th e N um ber O ne Bike Shop in Vallejo. Delacy too k th e lead o u t of th e ga le in th e Scra tch main . wi th ho t co mpe titio n from Ban Bast. Eddie Ingel s. a nd Pa ul O rlandi in th at o rde r. Bast a nd In gels, wh o hav e bo th scored th eir share of Scratch main NorCaI wins in recent weeks. were a side- by-side duet. th reaten ing Dela cy C th e number one spo t. or H owever it was n ot to be. as Delacy rode a perfect race to end a perfect even ing . Action in th e Divi sion One Han di cap m a in was a bit m ore even tfu l, as Shane McDonald , a C armer SoCa l ra cer w h o re cent ly moved to th e Northern circ u it, took th e lead wi th Scott Brant, C armer n umber one NorCa l J u ni or. tire-to -lire every inch of th e wa y. Going into th e ch eckered flag lap. Brant slid OUI in turn one. for cing Ro bert Curry to la y it down to avoid cra sh ing into him. Mcl)onald cont in ued to lead until turn three when Dela cy went under him a nd took th e lead fro m th e backyardage, and went o n to claim th e win . McDonald wa s second: Bart Bast was th ird . Mark Da y. wh o looked like so meo ne forgot to pUI him in First Division. won the Second Div ision ma in . After wards in th e pits. he adm itted that h e wa s ac tua lly a Third Divi sion rider! NOI a ny more! JdC Brown was seco nd , a nd Kevin Kru gh . visiting rom th e so u the rn California circu it. C wa s third . Vance Felicio took th e honors in Di vi si on Th ree. J im H arri s wa s seco nd, a nd SCOIl McN eill wa s third . So me o f th e best ac tio n to nigh t was in the Jun ior main wh ere Tom my Hedd en managed to ho ld th e lead u nti l rurn Cou r goi ng C th e checkor ered flag when broth er Bobbv took th e win by a n inc h o r IWo ! Dust in _ Schroede r was rh ird . Resu lts SCRATCH MAIN : 1. M ike Delacy; 2. Bart Bast; 3. Eddie Ingels; 4. Pau l Orland i. HA NDICA P; 1. M Ike Delacy; 2. Shan e Mc Donald; 3 . Bar t Ba st ; 4 . M ark Zeis sfer : 5. Roben Cu rry; 6. Scott Brant. OIV lWO: 1. M ark Day; 2 . Je ff Brown; 3 . Kevin Krugh; 4 . Ern ie M orr is: 5 . Charlie Ha in es; 6 . David No rman. DIV THREE: r . Va nce Fel ici a: 2 . J im Harris: 3 . Sc ott M cN eill ; 4 . J im Neuenbur g: 5. J eff Holmes; 6 . M ike Hart. JR MAIN : 1. Bobby Hedden ; 2. Tommy Hedden; 3. DUSlin Sch roed er ; 4 . Ern ie MorriS; 5 . Ken Wag ner ; 6. Cra ig Reed.

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