Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _----=,SpeedINay--:-. Fi tzpatrick . Seco nds later in the o ffice, Moon rea lized th ere had bee n a terribl e mistake wh en the po in ts were retabulated , Christian had sco red o ne point more th an Mo ran after Cook had been disqualified . T he run off should have been for second between Moran a nd Ermol enko . When questioned a bo u t h is actions after the race, Cook sa id in th e pi ts, " I knew I was in th e wrong a ll a lo ng. but I d idn 't feel that I had LO bu y a n ew tire." Over th e PA h e also stated that he kn ew he was wrong, but added, " I think it's unfa ir as m y tire was used ." H e th en went o n LO congratulate Moran (before th e scorers' error was revealed ), sayi ng, " H e wa s a deserving winner as he rode with a legal tire." . Results OVERAll: 1. Ala n Chr istian (GMI 14; 2 . (TIE) Kelly Moran (Gdnl/Sam Ermolenko (Wesl 13; 4 . M ike Faria (Jaw) 12; 5 . Rick Miller (Jaw) 9; 6 . (TIE) Keith larsen (Wes) /Robert Pfetzing (Wes) /Oave DeTemple (Wes) 7; 9. (TIE) Steve Lucero (Wes)1 Kurt Strom mer (Wes)/Gene Woods (Jaw)/ Jim ' Lawson (GM)/Mike Curoso (Wes) 6 ; 14 . Mark Dwy er (Jaw) 5; 15 . Tom Burba (Jaw) 4; 16 . John Cook (Wes) D. SUPPORT MAIN : 1. Rich Sweaney (Wes ); 2 . Randy Blevins (Gdn); 3. John Foster (Wes); 4. Greg Ayers (Wes); 5. Denny $copellite (Wes); 6 . Ed CasITo (Jaw). Little Correytakes big win By Bill Locey VENTURA. CA, J UNE II R on n ie Correy, so small he makes the Morans look big, won the Handicap main at the Ventura Raceway in only his second week of Fi rst Divisio n racing a nd "S howrirne " Bobby a ll . mowed them aga in as h e won th e Scrat ch m ain for th e second straigh t week. H and icap raci ng sta rted of f rea ll y borin g "'7 no surp rise as nine Divis io n One riders scra tched . T he low point o f th e yea r had LO be event eig ht which had onl y ·four riders LO begin with. dropped LO th ree wh en Wayn e Leutz co u ld n ' t get hi s bike goi ng. Mike Faria won it with a flurr y o f wheelies, Kell y Moran d id likewise in his h ea t; su pe r rookie Doug N icol won h is race. an d Correy took h is he- t easily o ff the 10-yard line. . a Correy repeated in h is semi with o u t much problem. but behind him. th e ac tio n wa s fa st a nd furious . Ott. ge ll ing g reedy around th e last bend. tri ed LO muscle by Keith "S na kema n" Larsen , but got cu t o ff and ended up co m ing LO an abrupt sto p around tu rn four. Ni co l wa s th e ben eficiary o f th is, cruising by all for third a nd a trip to th e main . In th e o ther sem i, Faria and Moran were 1-2 by th e second lap, won by m iles, and crossed th e line doing wheeli es. In th e Handicap main , Correy took the ea rly lead. but by th e secon d lap Moran a nd Faria had sandwiched Larsen a nd began LO gain o n Correy. Just as Moran wa s ge tt ing close. h is bike died . Then just as Larsen wa s getting a turn four drive LO pass Faria a nd Correv, he su ffered a fla t tire. Fari a fin all y ran o u t o f time but mad e it close o n th e last lap. Greg Ayers was third . riding well a ll rii ght. m ak ing both -mains. In Scra tch racing , Ott got th e good start a nd won his heat. In hi s semi. h e go t a sa d ga te as Moran h ad it won by the first [urn . Bu t th en Leutz h ooked up arou nd tu rn two, a nd wh eelied ri ght across th e p a th o f Ni col. trying LO make h is first Scratch main. Whil e Le u tz wa s savi ng it. a nd Ni col was cu ltiva ting some gr ey hair. all cruised by on th e inside to ta ke seco nd . M oran wa s a scra tch for th e main as Ott got a good sta n a nd even Faria, winner o f 3 \ Tuesday night main eve nts. co u ld n't ca tch h im . That 's fo ur wins for all so far. in cl ud in g th ree scra tches . .W a rr en R eid. form er big tim e mot ocross star, proved LO be human - he lost hi s [irst-cver ra ce at Ventura . H e co u ld n ' t ca tch Greg Nel son in hi s h eat. an d wa s for ced to settle for second. But in the main , Reid blast ed by Nels on o n th e third lap, an d won another trophy, hi s fourth in four tr ips. Impressive rookie, Jeff J ohnson , was seco n d . And St eve Furman esca ped th e madness of Third Division by win ning hi s secon d mai n, this o ne off th e 10. Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Bob Ott; 2. Mike Faria; 3 . Greg Ayers ; 4 . Kelly Moran. HANDICAP: 1. Ronnie COffey; 2. Mike Faria; 3. Greg Ayers ; 4 . Ooug Nicol ; 5 . Keith Larsen ; 6. Kelly Mora n. SECOND DIV: 1. Warren Reid; 2 . Jeff Johnson; 3 . Anthony Sanchez; 4 . Greg Nelson; 5 . Kent Bowser; 6. Val Robledo. THIRD DIV: 1. Steve Furma n; 2. Mike Obradovich; 3 . Tom Senlemire; 4 . Joe Bishop; 5. J im Gravance; 6. Kun Markham. MATCH RACE: 1. Doug Nicol del . Bob Ott . Ermalenku wins wild Carlsbad main By Gordie Orr CARLSBAD, CA , J UNE 9 Fresh from his second-place finish in the American Final at Long Beach Saturday night. " S u d d en Sam" Ermolenko ca me through to win th e Scratch main event a t California Speedwa y in Carlsbad . Ermolenko became th e beneficiary of Alan Christian's broken cha in that se t o ff a nasty-looking cra sh that brought out the red and gave Errnol enko th e win . The track surface wa s aga in less than ideal, p rompting a number o f rider s to threat en [0 bring out th eir motocross bikes if th e situa tion keeps up. A number o f ri de rs hit holes a nd cra shed . but n on e quite a s spectac u lar as Ermol enko in h is Scratch sem i. H e hit a hol e co mi ng o u t of turn two, g ot ai rbo rne a nd did a 360 in the air before cra sh ing down hard. He wa s sha ken but m ad e th e restart a nd transferred to th e main. Ri ch Sweaney (lee's Racing Weslake) backed up h is narrow win in th e H and icap ma in at Ascot South Ba y Stad iu m Thursda y night with a con vinci n g triumph o ver th e First Divisio n ride rs in Handicap act ion Sunda y. Swe- ney took th e lead wh en a in i tia l leader J eff J ohnson had a chain sna p as he carne o ff turn two o n th e fir st lap. T he en tire pack LOok • SUZUKI PRESENTS: You'll get more out of an hour of Larry Huffman than a day reading bike mags. After all, he's The Mouth. Alias Supermouth. Alias Motormouth. And he comes to you live, every Sunday night, from 10 to 11 p.m. on KOLA, 99.9 FM in Los Angeles. On KTIM, 100.9 FM in San Francisco. And 1240 AM in San Diego. With the whole show . sponsored by Suzuki. 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