Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

======-=--- - - - - ---- ---=.SpeedlNay ~ o ...... Rob Pfetzing was. ho.t this week, making it to six Division One m ains in three days, and winning three Scratch events. Here he's at Ascot. Pfetzing yet again at Orange County By Scott Da loisio COSTA MESA, CA , JUNE 28 Super-hot Ro bert Pfetzin g wo n h is third main event in 48 hours when h e blasted hom e first in from of the p ack in the Scratch 32 main event a t th e O range Co unty Fairgrounds Fr iday n ight. Pf etzin g began his rein o f terror Wednesda y even in g a t San Bernardino when he wo n th e H andi ca p m a in. On Thu rsda y h e to ok the Scratch m a in at Asco t So ut h Bay S t~di ~ m . Mor e impressive than his Win n ing wa s th e Iact that h e mad e all six First Division m ain events th at h e wa s el igible for in th e three n ight period. Pf etzin g (Valvoli ne / O'Neal USA f ST~ / S i m p so n/ O a k ley/ Ka l-G a rd/ Alpine St ars/PRP/ H a ir By Bevl O ne G rand/Z Weslak e) ca me o ut o f th e ga te in second on th e original go but Sam Ermolenko a n d Alan Christi an crash ed in tu rn o ne, bringing O U I a red flag . On th e seco nd tr y Pfetzin g was aga in seco nd out of the ga te behind Christian but as th ey ca me o ff turn two Pfetzing streak ed into th e lead. Lance King th en go t a rrernend o us drive a nd ca me a ll th e way from seco nd to cha llen ge Pfetzin g o n th e o u tside. Pfetzing fou ght o ff h is cha llen ge a nd then left Christian 10 baili e with Kin g . They went a t it handlebarto-handlebar until Christian pinched Kin g off o n th e back chu te o n la p th ree. That a lso a llo wed Ermo len ko in to th e third spot. Pfetzing ma in tain ed h is lead a ll th e way to th e checkered and flashed across th e li ne with a raised ~ist. Christi an h u ng on for seco nd wi th Er molen ko tak in g thi rd. For th e secon d wee k in a ro w Ma r k Dw yer (Fra n k Sch iavone Const.lParts Plus/Oakl ey/ Arai /MJB /H a i r Bv Bev/D.J .' s Tick et Service J awa ) woil th e C::0sta Mesa H andica p ma in . The prevIous week Dw yer won it from th e 20 but this wee k th ey lagged o n a n ex tra. 10 years. On th e o rigi na l tr y Pfetzing got what might hav e been th e best lega l sta rt o f th e yea r. H e !>laSled o ff th e line and took the lead In turn one. T he race got as far as turn th ree whe re evervone in the field except fo r Dwyer wen t dow n . All th e riders excep t fo r'Pfetzing were a ble to ma ke it for the restart. Dwyer took th e lead o n the sta rt a nd never looked back . Ri ck Miller and Ton y Briggs fell in sepa rate incidents on lap one and two . Both remo un ted but their cha nces were then shot. Ermolen ko got as fa r as second bu t ra n ou t of time long before h e wou ld h ave bee n ~b le 10 mak e a run at Dwyer. Followm g th e two fi rst place riders un der th e J er ry Kin g checkered was Keith Larsen, Briggs and M iller. . Steve Donovan (Fas t Lane T rucking/ Wa ter Ra gs Weslak e) put it a ll together a nd turned in an impressive fide to lak e home the Second Divisio n troph y whil e Ma rk Brooks (Pa in two rks J awa ), who wo n h is first ever ma in 24. hours ea rl ier , p ut it a ll !o.gelher ~g-,lI n 10 wi n the Th ird DivISIOn mam even t. J essee Fin ch (Speedway Ma gazin e! J on es G o ggl es/H ou se o f S u zu ki T ri u m p h /Sam Ermolen ko / Mo m & D~d) :-von the Jun ior Spe ed way Firs t DI.vlslon main for th e seco nd co nsecun ve even in g . Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Robert Pfetzing (W es); 2 . Alan Ch,nstlan (GM ); 3 . Sam Ermo le nko IG M) ' 4 . Lance Kmg IWes ). • HANDICAP: 1. Ma rk Dwyer (Ja w); 2. Sam Erma lanka ( G ~); 3 . Keith larse n (Wes); 4 . Tony Brtggs (GM ); 5 . Roc M i lle r (W es); 6 . Robert PfetzlOg (Wes). k SECOND DIV ; 1. Steve Don ovan (Wes); 2. Louis KossurtL (Ja w): 13 .' Pac IH8w l ~ d Gqn ); A . . Moose. Shaw n M cConnell leads D av id Hancock at Ve ntu ra . McConnell won his second Ventura Handicap main in a row from the 20-yard line. Kennedy (J aw); 5 . Chr is M istretta (We s t; 6. Sh ane Haw ley (We s). THIRD ON : 1. Mark Brool<. (J ew) ; 2. Ant hony Se nchez (Wesl; 3 . Gery H'ck s (J ew ); 4 . Archie Perez (J a w); 5 . Jimmy Gent ile (Wes); 6. Steve Lyons (Jaw) . JR FIRST DIV ; 1. J essee Finch; 2. Ti m Geweeee : 3 . Greg Hancock: 4 . Tr in on Cirello. • JR SECON D DIV; 1. Den ny Wright; 2. Brent Werner. Faria, Pfetzing fantastic at IMS By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNA RDINO , CA, J UN E 26 The seas on- lon g dry spe ll of Inlan.d Motorcycle Sp eedway fa vorit e " Flyin'" Mike Faria fin ally came lO a n end Wednesday n ight as h e defeated R ick Miller to. wi n the to p ho nors in th e Cycle R Ider, In c. Trophy Series . Fo r Faria (ShoeilTorco / Oakley/ Trak Master Tires/Tsuba ki /Scouy's Mu ffler/STP~KaI-Gard/Wa cy Armstrong j awa ) 11 wa s not o n ly hi s fir st win o f th e season a t IM S bu t h is seco nd in 24 hours as he a lso landed lh e . to p spot T ues day at Vent ura . Fa~Ia sta rted th e ma in o n th e pole bu t l rat ~ed ~ob Pf etzin g o ut o f th e ga le. Fa ria sli p ped by in turn o ne wi th Mill er a lso tak in g Pfetzin g for seco nd before th e end o f lap o ne. Mill er th en went after Faria a nd wh ile h e didn ' t lose a ny gr o u nd h e wa s a lso unabl e 10 mak e any up an d in the en d was fo rced to set tle for seco nd . T h ird spot even tua.lly went 10 Pfetzing afte r he traded 11 ba ck a nd forth with Sa m Eemolen ko . After the event an ela ted Faria sta ted "Fa ria is back. T wo ma in s in 24 hours. Fa ria is back ." Pfetzing (Va lvo line / O' Neal USAf ST ~ l S im pso n / Oa k ley / Ka l-G a rd/ Al pi ne Stars/ P R P / H a ir By Bev/One Grandi;;: Weslak c) tu rned in a pictureperfect fi de to cla im the top honors in the H an d ica p mai n . Nort he rn Ca li-, Iornia 's Rocky Robin son put hi s n ew J awa a t th e front o f the pack a t th e o u tset but h ~ wa ~ quickl y passed by R andy Blevins In turn two. R ich Sw eaney a lso got by Robinson and held th e seco nd spo t unt il lap two wh en Sha wn McConnell pas sed him o n th e inside. McConnell th en took the lead when he ga ve Blevins a tap in turn o ne o n lap three. Blev ins went wid~ and sta yed aw ay from th e wall. ~htle Mc~nnell wa s bu sy with Blevms, Pfetzing blast ed by o n th e in side for th e lead . Once o u t front th ere wa s n o ca tchi ng Pf etzin g a nd he took hi s fir st ~MS m a in of the season. The su rpnse of the eveni ng ca me a t th e wh ite flag whe n you ng Swea ney pa ssed McCon nell bac k for seco nd. After seei ng that m o ve referee Irwin Moon sa id " Did ~ou see ~wea ney go past M c Connell ~ T ha t kid has arrived " R onni e Co rrey (T ickel Mani a/ R ol an d Lamarche, I n c. /Wr ig ht Framers/G rin Product s/Mom & Dad G odden ) p ut it a ll together o ne more li me to score a very convi nc ing vic tory fro m the 10-ya rd line in Second Di vision.. Moose Kenned y, wh o won th e previ ous lWO Second Division ma ins a t IM S, took seco nd w ith Bryce Eikelberger third. Tom Luera (Wes) ca rne o ut wi th a fla sh y n ew pair o f leath ers a nd sco red a w in in th e usual Third Division in san it y. Crow d Iavo r i re Va le rie Ro bledo gave Lucera a ll he co u ld h andl e, but she had to settle for seco nd a t th e line with Ron Swenson third . This week is th e an n ua l Firecrac ker Derby a t IMS . T wenty Scra tch h eats Iearuring 16 o f th e south land 's top riders vying for o ne o f Am erican speedway 's o ldes t troph ies. Resu lts SCRATCH MAIN: 1. M ik e Fari a (J aw); 2 . Rick M iller (Wes); 3 . Rob Pfetzing (Wes); 4 . Sam Ermole n k o (Wes).

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