Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

th e trophy on e of th ese days . Derek Dorrest eyn a newcom er to Division Two was th ird . Fran k Gowin won th e Division Three mai n. Du stin Schroeder h eld o ff Bobby H edden for th e win in the J uni or mai n . Results SCRATCH MAIN EVENT:' . Eddie Ingels; 2. David Fa ria Jr .; 3 . Du an e Yarro w ; 4 . Pau l Or landi. HANDICAP MAI N EVENT: 1. Jim Sisemore: 2. Rocky Robin son; 3 . M ark Zeissler; 4 . Scon Bran t; 5 . Du ane Yar row ; 6 . Greg Martz. . DIV 2 MA IN: 1. Van ce Felicia; 2 . Jeff Brow n; 3 . Derek Dorreste yn; 4 . S tu M cD aniel; 5. M ark Day; 6 . Jeff Holmes. DIV 3 M AIN: 1. Frank Gow in; 2. Ken We ddingfald; 3 . J im Harris; 4 . J eff Santos; 5. Ken n Sjostra nd; 6. Chris Pau lson . JR DIV MAIN: 1. Dust in Schr oeder; 2. Bobby Hedd en ; 3 . Ern ie Morris Jr .; 4 . M ike Knopf ; 5 . Craig Reed. . Yarrow, Cox blast Baylarids By Bill Spencer af ter ho lding o ff a last lap charge by Vance Felicia with Ni ck Geranio a n ice th ird. Rick Hoc ki ng sailed to the Division Two mai n after o n lv h is th ird wee k in th e move u p a;,d is sho wi ng th e style th at m ad e h im a Na tio nal nu mber more th an IO vears ago . Ri c k H ick s d id the cha rge number with j im Ra g in thi rd o ver Bill y Sco tt. Results SCRATCH M AIN: 1. Dua ne Yarrow ; 2. Eddie Ingel s; 3 . Steve M artin . HANDICAP: 1. Dave Cox; 2. Greg Martz; 3. Steve M art in; 4 . Dua ne Yarro w ; 5 . Eddie Ingel s; 6 . Robert "Kid" Corry. SECOND DIV: 1. Rick Hocking: 2. Rick Hicks; 3. Ji m Rogin; 4 . Bily Scon ; 5 . Jim Grevan ce; 6 . M ike Re m ine.. THIRD OIV : 1. Mike Kasper ; 2. Vance Felicia; 3 . Nick Geran ia; 4 . Jeff Kniss ; 5 . Chris Pa ulson; 6 . Ga ry Solis. ~ Lucero tops Inland Speedway FR EMO NT, CA, J UN E 6 Northern California 's number one Spee dway ace Duane Yarrow took home th e winning laurels in th e Scrat ch main a t A lan Chr istian was the w inner at IMS after John Cook was disqualified . Christian lost a runoff with Kelly Moran. but had scored more points. evas ive ac tio n to a vo id J ohnson, a nd Swean ey won th e ens u ing scra m ble for th e lead an d even tually th e race. Ala n "Cra zy" Christian wa s shoo tin g for h is third stra ig h t Ca lifornia Speed way trium ph a nd he a lmos t had it wh en hi s problems set in . O n th e fir st a tte mpt to ge t thi ngs go ing, . Ro bert Pf etzin g fo u n d a ho le in turn fo ur. h it it a nd ta gged Steve Lucero. T he red came o ut whi le Pfetzin g and L ucero co llec ted the msel ves, but bot h made it up for th e restart . O n the seco nd iry Pf etzin g' got the , gate but was pa ssed o n the back ch ute hv Ch ristia n a nd Er rnolen ko . Christian ass ume d th e lead and began to open it up. It looked as th ough victory was hi s but whe n he ca rne off tur n four as th ev headed for the whi te flag, h e had a rear cha in break. H e went do wn hard wh ile Ermolcn ko, wh o was close beh ind , was in a wheelie, Ermolen ko did a ma sterful job o f la yin g it do wn so he didn ' t run over Christi an , bu t h e la ved it down into th e fa llen rid er as th ere wa s nowhere to go.' Hi s p eg ca ugh t Christian in th e head a nd the long tim e sta r of southern Ca lifo rn ia actio n wa s do wn for q u ite so me tim e both o n th e track a nd in th e pits wi th a n inj u red hand a nd a severe shaki ng af ter th e blo w to hi s head . The race was ca lled co m p lete with th e win going 10 Ermolenko (P ick Your Part Auto Sa lvage/ Pacific Coas t La mi na ting/ Araiz'j ones Gogg les /A mer ica n Mik u n i/ STP / Q &E/ AI R eed 's Po li sh in g / F ra m e Shop/Car Tu nes/ Kal-Gard Weslake ) over Lucero, Christ ia n and Pletzing . Mike Colight lv put the MJ B Pl at ing / Ma lcol m Smi th Wesla ke into the Carlsbad winner's circle in Seco nd . Divisi on whil e R u ssell R omero (Ja wa ) took hom e th e g lory in Th ird Division. Int ermission saw announcer Terr v " 1\Ir. Partv " C lanto n defea t ride r' Du ane Bl ak~ in a specia l Mar ch Ra ce th at resemb led som et hi ng .lik e television wrest! ing, . ' Results 34 THIRD DIV: 'l . Russell Romero (J aw). SECOND DIV: 1. M ike Golightly (Wes). HANDICAP: 1. Rich Swea ney (Wesl. SCRATCH: 1. Sam Ermo lenko (Wes): 2. Steve Lucero (W as); 3 . Alan Christian (GM ); 4 . Robert Pfetz lng (W es). . MATCH RACE: 1. Mr . Party (Jawl: 2. Duane Blake IJawl. Ingels, Sisemore win Napa Speedway By Jann Houston NA PA , CA, JUNE 8 T here has never been a more pleasant n igh t to co me ou t and enjoy a n ight of speedway thri lls th an there was a Napa tonigh t. Edd ie In gels got wha t wi ll go dow n in h istory as a "co n tro versia l start" in the Scra tch ma in. Af ter a ste rn warnin g fro m Referee Steve Elle rma n 'to , "get hi s bike u p to th e line," an d a fter ca usin g a few bu rned nerves a mong th e o ther th ree ' Tas tes t of th e n ight," .h e got a n unbeli evable w hee lie sta r t from th e th ird pos ition , an d was in th e lead by th e fir st turn with David Fa ria J r. determ in ed to ca tch him from th e p ol e p osition. As th e fas t, thrill packed even ing fina l contin ued bet wee n Ingels a nd Faria, Duan e Ya rrow and Paul Orlan d i batt led it o u t for third and fo urth respectively a few ya rds back. At the ch eckered flag it was Ingels by a tire to a frus tra ted Faria; Yarro w was thi rd fo llowed by O rla ndi . In th e H an di ca p main even t Mark Zeissler h eld th e lead for th e first la p with j im Sisemore o n his ba ck tire every inch o f th e wa y. Sisemore took him o n o n th e o utside at th e beginning of th e second la p , and increased hi s g round on every rotation . At thi s point th e rac e a nd th e acti on were between Zeis sler a nd Rockv Robinson as th ey treated th e cro ~d 10 th e best o f side by sid e thrill s, with Z eissler mainta ining th e lea d un til th e fourth lap wh en Robinson go t by o n th e o ut side to secure second . Zeissler was th ird, foll owed by Scott Brant , Du ane Yarrow and Greg Martz in that order. Vance Felicia took his first Na pa Division Two main, and Jeff Bro wn took thi s third second p lace finish in a row, H e 's going to go home wi th By Scott Daloisio SA N BERNA RDINO, CA , J UN E 5 rou nd si x o f Class A Speed way racing un der the lig h ts a t Baylands Raceway Park , Heath Ra cin g 's Dave Cox jo ined the Division One ran ks and won h and ily whil e D ivision T wo a n d Di vision T hree m ains we re a lso won by first ti me rs as su m mer fina lly came to th e Sa n Fra nciso Bay Area a nd th e rac es sta rted in T -sh irt weath er. Ri ding th e Snooky Owens Weslak e, Yarrow had hi s hands fu ll starting in the m iddle wi th Edd ie In gel s on one side a nd Steve Martin o n th e o th er, jim Sisemore ma de hi s firs t Scra tch main o f the year and was on th e outside wh en th e ga te of fate ros e. Yarrow (O ill a ll / A&A Racirig'/ San j os« W heel Works/Ca ncilla Eng . ) too k it to task a nd ca me o ff w it h In gels and Ya rro w sti ll sa ndwichi ng h im . bu t he h eld th e lin e thro ug h turn three a nd se t sai l. Marti n and Ingels had a tu ssle for a lap but In gel s fo und h is lin e a nd sta rted after Ya rrow bu t Duane was h ot and sm ooth to night and had th e righ t st uff for the checkered . Centra l Vall ev racer Cox had been wai ti ng for the o pportu nity to presen t i tse lf a n d wh en a slo t o pe ne d in D ivision One h e was a ll smi les. H e sty led hi s wa y to a h ea t win o ver Kid C urry an d Ste ve Craw for d and th en held o ff C urry a nd Yarrow to get o u t o f th e sem i. In the main h e had a good ga te and led it to the checkers wi th G reg Mart z and the Team Vooch mac hi ne closi ng a lo ng w ith Martin 's MP E spe cia l. Cox com me n ted. " I kn o w I go faster w ith th ese g uys a nd th e sooner I ge t bac k 10 th e 20, th e better. It ws great." In gels a nd Ya rrow chased the duo of Martz and Martin bu t the four co u ld o n lv d uel th ei r ()\.vn li nes .l ea vi ng Co~ th e easy wm ncr , in Ma tch ra cing fo r Kin g of th e Hill . it wa In gels fo r th e th ird ti m e in a good on e with Pa u l Orla nd i. On th e first gat e Or landi was g qn e from th e o u tside with Ingels slowing at th e en d and then harrow ing a Dick Parsons Ri chmond Yamaha /BMW/ J a'.' a . for th e next two rounds. H aving never ridden one before he adap ted well a nd won th e seco nd round a nd the n in t h e t hird ga ted in fron t of O rla n di. Orlandi went to his usua l wi de line and passed off tu rn fo ur but in the nex t corner h e had so me p roblems and Ingels sa iled home w ith a not her feature m at ch race wi n . Mike Kaspa r, in o n ly h is th ird tr y, took home theoBivision T h ree trophy The 1985 Southern Ca liforn ia Speedway points lead er Steve Lucero of R iverside turned a picture per fect ride to wi n the Scrat ch m ain event before a large, en th usias tic crowd a t J o hn La Douceur's Inl a nd Motorcycle Speedway Wednesda y ni g ht. L ucero (Shoei/ Oakley/ ST P / K&N/ Kal -C ard/Oil za ll /Super Spoke/ Los Patio s R est aurant/Z/Ha ir By Bev Weslak e) has been 1985's m ost consis tent rider o n th e circ u it a nd it shows by h is lo fty posi tio n in th e poi n t sta nd ings. Comi ng int o Wednesd ay, even though h e was the top poi nt r ider, h e h ad on ly cap tured five mai n even ts but at IMS it was all hi s. L ucero bro ke fro m th e pole and into th e lead over j irn Lawson, who was ridi ng a G M in the ot he rw ise Wesla ke field , Rob Pletzin g and Dave De'Ternp le . L ucero immedia te ly o pe ne d u p a cus hion between himself an d th e rema in der of the pack. DeT ern pl e . m ak in g th e fi rs t IM S Scratch ma in appeara nce in q u ite some tim e, too k Pfetzin g fo r th ird o n th e back ch ute. T hey then we nt back a nd fort h with a ven geance fo r the thi rd spot whi le Lucero was raci ng a lo ne at the h ead o f th e pack . Lucero m a intained h is edge a nd took hi s first w in in th e Cycl e Rider , Inc. T rophy Se ries by so me fo ur leng th s over Lawson with P fetzin g taking a hard ea rned spo t j ust ahead o f De'Ternple. Doug Ni co l (Pedco Eng.lCoas t G rain Co.lFMF/ Ca rl isle T ires / Oakley/ T &M C ycl e/A sco t Thursda y N ig h t Speedway/ Cham p io n / Im me di ato & Associa tes / Ba tes / Tay lor Co n cre te P u m p i n g Wesl ak e) was p romoted to First D ivisio n wh en a number o f th e to p rid ers were forc ed to scra tch for th e n ight. H e mad e promoter La Do uce ur look good as he captured th e Han dicap m ain from . thezero. In th e main h e had a 20-yard h ead sta rt o n th e rest of the pack and too k the lead from the outset over Gene Woods and Mark Dwyer. Woods, showing some of hi s vintage style, qui ckl y clos ed the gap o n the talented rooki e and attemp ted to get by on th e outside. He couldn't get the job do ne th ere and Dwyer sn uck up o n th e ins id e and took o ver seco nd a t th e end o f the third circ u it. Dwyer then closed in on N ico l and gave it hi s bes t sho t on the inside but Nicol was equal to th e test and h eld h im back a ll the way to the checkered. Woods h ad to en d ure th e challe nges of Alan Chris tia n to hol d third o n the fina l la p incl udi ng Christi an rubbing his front ti re o n Woods' left leg

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