Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-=,SpeedlNaynever won a speedway ma in even t in hi s life befo re T h u rsday but he too k the win in T hir d Division th at ni ght at Ascot , Fr iday a t Costa Mesa an d aga in a t Carls bad Su n da y. Ma rk Kariya claimed ' second with J ohn Dunn in thi rd . Results SCRATCH M AIN : 1. Roben P1etzing (Wes); 2. Brad Oxley (Wes); 3. Al an Christ ian (GM ); 4 . Steve Lu cer o (Wes). HANDICAP : 1. Greg Ayers (Wes): 2. Tony Briggs (GM ): 3. A ndy Non hr up (We s); 4 . A lan Chr istian (GM); 5. Doug Nicol (Wes); 6. J eff Jo hn son (Wes). ;SECOND DIV: 1. Gary Hicks (J aw ); 2. Mike Dwy er (J aw ); 3. Dana Dumond (Jaw); 4 . Randy Bennett (Gdn); 5. Ben t ley Barr ett (W es); 6 . Ji m Turner (Wes). 'THIRD DIV: 1. M ark Brooks (Jow l; 2. M ark Kariya (Ja w ); 3. Joh n Dunn (Wesl; 4 . Chris Land (W es); 5. Duane Blake (J aw); 6. Jay Skil es (Jaw) . Houston, Orlandi score wins at Napa By Jann Houston NAPA, CA, J UN E 29 Even though h is fath er promo tes Friday night speedway at Auburn, J o h n Houston 's favorite track has a lways been Napa, a nd tonig ht h e. swe p t th e H a ndicap prog ram wi th wi ns in a ll th ree rides. Vetera n rider Ron McG ill , wh o iro n ica lly spe n t man y hours hel ping Houston as a Junio r .rider, took the lead o u t of the ga te III th e main with H ouston close in seco nd. Rocky Ro binso n and Tom Ferris had a race o f thei r o wn goi ng for thi rd , but th e a ttent io n was on H ouston . a nd McG ill wh o were side by side o n the straigh taways wit h McGill ma n agi ng to ho ld the lead o n every turn. Ho uston fina lly gai ned th e lead on turn two of th e checkered flag lap o nly to have McGi ll tak e it back in turn three. Coming o ut of four heading for the checkered flag, Ho ust on brought the crowd to the ir feet as he got past McGill on th e inside a nd clai med th e win by hal f a bi kelcngt h. In th e Scra tch ma in , Paul Orlandi ca me fro m the po le into the lead , with Pat Linn from position n u m ber two second bu t never reall y a threat. Steve Martin ran th ird a hea d o f Bart , Bast. T he positi ons never cha nged, as Orla ndi went to the winner 's circle for th e seco nd time at Napa in as many weeks. Ron Arlt won th e Division T wo mai n 'with no p rob lem . jeff Kn iss, son of the Bayland 's p romoter, sho wed up a t th e track as a Div ision T h ree reser ve a nd ended lip winning the D-3 ma in. The aggressi ve NorCaI J un iors p ut o n a rea l show in their ma in , Du st in Schroeder held th e lead to th e last lap, wh en Bobby Hedden took hi(l1 on the last turn for a repeat o f last week 's win . Results SCRATCH M AIN : 1. Paul Orl andi; 2. Pat Lin n; 3. Steve M art in; 4 . Ban Bast . HANDICAP MAIN : 1. J ohn Houston J r.; 2. Ron M cGill ; 3 . Rocky Robin son; 4. Tom Fer ris; 5. Bart Bast; 6. Pat Linn. D1V 2 MAIN : 1. Ron Ar lt; 2. Derek Dorr est eyn; 3. M ark Day; 4 . Rick Stephens; 5. Scott Br iard; 6. N i c~ Ge ra nio. OIV 3 M A IN : 1. Jeff Kn iss ; 2. Kenn Sjo st ran d; 3. Doug M ign a no; 4 . J eff San tos; 5 . Ch ris Pau lson; 6 . W alt Beven s. JR DIV MAIN : 1. Bobby Hedd en ; 2. Du st in Schroeder; 3. Ken W agner; 4. Mike Knopf; 5. Craig Reed; 6. Er ic Chambers. A. ~ ~ o en 9 I~ C5 1= o l.C') 00 O"l u CIl ....... >- '" o I- o :I: a.. Steve Lucero leads Mark Dwyer at Costa Mesa. Dwyer won the Handicap main at Ventura for the second week in a row . Yarrow again at Baylands By Bill Spencer FR EMONT, CA, J UNE 27 Duane Yarrow contin ued hi s winning w a ys a t Th ursda y n igh t Baylands Raceway speedway with his fourth straig h t win whi le Sco tt Briard topped th e H andicap sho w for the first tim e. Yarrow's wi n puts h im closer to th e to p of th e p o int stand ings as Mike Delacy sa t out the ni ght with mech anical pro blems a nd Dave Faria ha d a poor night. In Sc ra tc h hea t raci ng R o ck y Robinson's MPE / Sierra machi ne held 0(( the Rich mond Yama ha/BMW I Int erl in k J aw a of Faria wh ile Paul Orland i returned to ac tio n wi nning his heat over Yarrow. T orn Ferris held do wn th e adva nces of Steve Marti n .in hea t th ree whi le Ba rt Bast topped J im Sise more in th e last heat. O rl andi bea t back Jimmi e Sise- Suzuki's world wide sales exceeded two billion dollars in 1984. Now you have the opportunity to become part of that explosive growth. U S. Suzuki is nowaccepting applications for new dealers in selected areas. Suzuki supplies a terrific lineup of new motorcycles, 4-wheeled Quadrunner ATVs and portable power generators, along with national advertising, sales support and training. You supply a moderate investment and suitable facility. Joina growing team .. .join Suzuki. Write: Dealer Appointment Department, US. Suzuki Motor Corporation, 3251 E. Imperial Highway; :P. 0. Box 1100, Brea, CA S UZUKI ® 92621, (714) 996-704Q J • World Wide Sales Growth 1970 $550 Million 1984 $2 Billion + OPPO 29 ..

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