Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-----=,SpeedlNay _ .----- - -- - - - - -- "'r1 z < ~ o !:!:! a: u, :r u I- ~ > '" o I- o :r 0.. Faria had h is cho ice o f starting posi tions. H e look th e po le with Ch r istian o u t of two, L ucero o ut of three a nd th e reserve rider Ch risco o u t o f fo ur. Faria j u mped int o th e lead im med ia tely a nd star ted to move a way fro m th e pack. C hr istia n was second at th e outset bu t Chrisco got by h im in tu rn fo ur. Ch risti an quickl y got back by a nd left Chrisco and Lucero to battle for th ird . T hey went a t it back an d forth with Chrisco ge tti ng th e nod a t the line j ust behind Christian a nd far beh ind Fari a. Results " Fly in '" Mike Faria won three in a row this week. Faria wins Firecracker Derby By Scott Daloisio SAN BER NARDINO, CA, J ULY 3 Bart Bast has been on a winn ing streak in northern California. incl uding a defeat over Kelly Moran at Auburn. Moran was the Handicap winner. ro ute. As they came off tu rn fo ur P fetzirig was sandw iched and soo n fou nd h im self in third whi le Christian manned the lead over Faria . Fa ria stayed in seco nd until the ba ck ch ute on lap three whe n he rode arou nd Christia n for the lead . On th e fin al lap , wh il e Fa ria was len gth ening his lead , .Lawson whee lied big time into th e turn two crashwa ll. H e was sha ken but was a ble to wa lk off wh ile Faria threw a cle nc hed fist into th e air a fter scori ng a four length win. T he cro wd gave a ll the riders a rousing ova tio n at th e end . Greg Ayers (B&F Im ports/jones Goggles/Ma urice 's Bik es Weslak e) headed An dy North rup a nd Lou is Kossu th to win th e Su p port Class main . Results INDEPENDENCE CUP: 1. M ike Faria (Wes); 2 . Alan Chr ist ian (GM ); 3. Raben Pfetzi ng (We s); 4 . J im Lawson (GM ). QUAUFY ING SCORES: 1. Mike Faria (Wes) 13 ; 2. (TIE) Ala n Chr isti an (GM )/ J im Lawson (GM )/ Rob Pfetz ing (Wes) 1 1; 5 . Shawn M cConnell (Wesll D; 6. Bred Oxley (Wes) 9; 7 . (TIE) Stev e Lucero (Wes)/ Gen e W oods (Ja w )/Mike Curosa (Wes) B; 1D. {TIEl Ma rk Dwy er (Jaw)/ Ke it h Chr isco (We s) 7; 12 . Mike Maz zacane (Jaw ) 6 ; 13 . Tom Burb a (We s) 3: 14 . (TIEl Wa yne Leut z (Wes)/ Randy Blevin s (Gdn)/ Denn is Bra nsford (W es) 2; 17 . (TIE) Keit h Larsen • (Wes )lTony Briggs (GM) 1. SUP PORT M A IN: 1. Greg A yers (Wes); 2. Andy Northrup (Wes); 3 . Lou is Kossu th (Jaw); 4 . Moose Kennedy (J aw) ; 5. Denn is Bransford (We s); 6 . Tony Brigg s (GMI. J R FIRST DIV; 1. Tr inon Cire ll o; 2. Greg Hancock; 3 . Bill y Felts: 4 . Jessee Finch . JR SECOND DIV : 1. Brnet W ern er ; 2. Danny Wr ight 3. J ohn Nicklau s. Christian tops Ventura By Bill Locey VENTU RA, CA, J U LY 2 Alan Christi a n j o ined Sam Erm ol enko as the only rider to w in a m a in a t each of th e five south la n d tracks when he took 28 th e Scra tch mai n T uesd ay night at the Ventura Racewa y. It was C hristian 's first T uesda y nigh t win since 1980, and 17 career wi ns a t Ventura , good for fifth o n the a ll -time list. Mark Dw yer won th e Ha ndicap ma in for hi s first-ever Ventura tro p h y. T he re was an incredi ble 14 First Divisio n scra tches, makin g for p lenty o f program juggl ing an d four fo urman Han d icap hea ts. As usu a l, the ba ck-yardage riders ma de short wor k of those in fro nt an d five rid ers in the Hand icap fina l started o n th e 40 or furth er. Dwyer started on the 30 ahead o f the pa ck and man aged to keep them a ll beh ind. Bu t it wa sn 't easy , as Ed Castro a pp lied th e most pressure. Cas tro took tu rns passing and bei ng passed by Ro b Pfetzing a nd Bobby Ott. T h ree riderrs - Pfe tzing , Ott a nd Shaw n McCon nell - made both mains. O tt too k over th e second spot in track poi nts and McConnell im.. p roved to fourth. In Scra tch racing, bot h Ch ristia n and Ott made it to the main un beaten. Christian got the gate in the ma in , but O tt stayed right on his tai l, co ntinuously threa ten ing to pass on the o u tsid e. A small bo bb le in tu rn two was a ll it took for McConnell to grab second, but there was n o ca tch ing Christian , who was wea ring new blindin g-or ange lea th ers.. Seco nd Division opened the even ing's festivi ties wi th p lenty of crashes, incl udi ng p articu la rl y scary o nes involving Dave Wen dl an d t and th en Chris Mistretta - neither was seriously h urt. In the main , Ku rt Markha m enjoyed h is Divisio n T wo deb u t for a coup le o f laps then went too wide a nd jimm y Ge nti le blasted by to tak e th e trophy fo r th e second stra ig h t week. Archi e Perez was second . Ga ry Hick s showed up as a reserve and got a ride to win th e ' Divisio n T h ree main. Results SCRA TCH MAIN: 1. A la n Chr ist ia n; 2. Sh aw n McConnell; 3 . Bob Ott; 4 . Rob Pfe tting. HA NDICAP: 1. Ma rk Dwyer; 2. Ed Castro; 3. Bob Ott ; 4 . Rob Pfetz ing ; 5. Shaw n M cConnell; 6. Greg Ayers. SECOND OIV: 1. J immy Gen til e; 2 . Ar ch ie Perez; 3 . Greg Nelson; 4 . Ku n Ma rkham; 5 . M ike Dwyer; 6. Lou Kreisberg . THIRD DIV : 1. Gary H icks; 2. Joe Bishop; 3 . Ken Berry; 4 . Ray Garcia; 5., Craig Fur man; 6. Greg Wood. " Flyin ' " Mike Faria turned in a p erfect six-for-six p erform ance to take home first spot in the annua l Firecra cker Derby for the seco n d co nsec u tive season a t j ohn La Do uceu r's In land Mot or cycle Speedway Wednesday n ight. For Flyin ' Mike (Shoei/Torco/ Oa kley/ T ra k Ma s ter Tires/ T subak il AM'E /ScOlty 's Muffler / STP /Ka lGard/ Wacy Arms trong Weslake) the win ave nged last year's d ispu te victory over th e n ow -retired " Dangero us Dubb" Ferrell. T h is year th ere were no q ues tio ns as he dominat ed the act io n a ll ni ght long. Faria took hi s first win in th e prelim in a ries in easy style, roari ng a way from Keith Larsen in event four. Even t five was to be h is tou ghest ra ce o f the even ing on pa per a nd it was a promoter 's drea m . Faria was comi ng from the pole with Kell y Mor an sla ted to co me fro m two. Since Moran is on th e inj ured list, reserve rider Kei th Ch risco too k hi s spot. La nce Kin g wa s com ing from three with Alan C h ristia n o n th e o utside. It was a ll Faria again as he ran away fro m th e pac k. King and Christian became em broi led in a war for seco n d wi th Kin g holdin g down the spot until he hoo ked u p o n the back ch u te on th e la st lap a nd drifted to th e wall. T ha t let C h ris tia n bv but he sti ll finish ed fa r beh ind Faria. Kin g, who forgot hi s boots a nd was havin g p roblem s with h is machine, pulled o u t at th a t time with Brad Oxley foll ow ing sui t wh en h is motor's ro d brok e. T he happy bene ficiary o f a ll th is was reserve rider Doug Ni col w ho rece ived a tot a l o f eig h t ri des on the n igh t. Faria was ga ted by Steve Lucero in even t 12 but he bla sted by in the first corner a nd went o n to h is th ird impressive win . He made it look easy o nce mo re with a win o ver jim Lawson a nd Ge ne Wood s in event 14. Event 17 had him up agains t Mik e Mazza ca ne, Tom Bu rb a a nd Mark Dwyer. Fa ria agai n bro ke into th e lead and had a com fo rta ble adva ntage over the first two laps but o ver the la st two the ga p was closed a n d he was hounded by Mark Dw yer. In th e en d it wa s Fa ria by one len g th a n d he closed o u t the prelim in aries with a perfect IS-point score. Si nce he wa s the top point man , MAIN: 1. M ike Far ia (Was); 2. Al an Christ ian (GM I; 3 . Keith Chri sco (Wesl; 4 . St eve Lucero (Wes) . QUALIFYING SCORES; 1. M ike Far ia (Wes) 15; 2 . A lan Chr ist ian (GM ) 12; 3 . Steve Lucero (W eslll ; 4 . Keit h Chr isco (Wes) 10; 5. (TIE) Ke ith Larsen {Wesl/Kurt St rommer (Wes)/Gene W ood s (J aw )! Ma rk Dwyer IJaw)/ J im Lawsan (GM )!M ike Curo sa (We sl B; 1 1. M ike M azzacan e {Jaw l 7; 12. Tony Briggs (GM) 4 ; 13 . (TIE) Rob Pfetting (Wes)lTom Burba (Wesl 3; 15 . (TIE) Br ad Oxley (Wesl / La nce Kin g (We s) 2. Pfetzing wins at Carlsbad By Gordie Orr CA RLS BAD, CA, J U NE 30 Ro bert " Five Flavors " P fetzin g co ntin ued his week-lo ng victory bin ge by taking th e fourth main in his last four outings. at Carlsbad. T he win came in theSerateh main and that gave him three-in-a row as he a lso won a t Ascot a nd Costa Mesa on hi s way to a big mon ey week. Before Pfetzin g got a cha nce to stru t h is stu ff in th e Scra tch main. th ey had to ta ke care o f the H andica p proceedin gs. The field sta rte d two riders sho rt. 1985 su per ro ok ies j eff johnson and Doug Ni col both fa iled to ge t th eir bikes fired in the a llo ted two minutes. In fact johnson co uldn 't get either of h is two bi kes fired . Wh en they fin all y go t the a ffair ro lling, Greg Ayers (B&F Imports/ Maurice's Bikes/ jones G ogg les Wesla ke) pu t hi s ex-jerem y-Do ncaster machine in front a hea d o f Tony Briggs, Andy Northrup an d Alan "Crazy" Christ ian. Briggs im med ia tely turned up th e heat a n d cam ped on Ayers' rear tir e. Bri gg s kept up th e p ressure a ll th e wa y bu t he co u ldn ' t fin d ach in k in Ayers armo r an d had to sett le fo r a clos e seco n d -p lace finish . Northrup stayed in third with C hristia n gett ing fourth. In the Scra tch ma in P fetzin g (Valvoli ne/ O 'N ea l USA / STP/Sim pson / O a k ley/ Ka l -G a rd /Al pin e Star s/ PRP/ Wind lor diDoug Warner / Ri ck a t .GF.lHair By Bev/One Grand/Z Weslake) again asse rted himself and pa ssed th e test with flying co lo rs. H e came fro m ga te four and was immediately in a battle for the lead with Christian , Bra d Oxley a n d St eve Lucero.·A s they came off turn two it · was Pfetzing, Christian a nd Oxley a ll trying to elbow th eir wa y to thefront. P fetzin g won that litt le battle a nd led down the back ch u te. He blazed into turn three with Oxley a nd Christian pil in g in rig h t behind h im . As they ca me o ff four on th e opener P fetzing opene d up a little brea th in g room . SlowIy but sureIy he ope ne d h is lead up to four len g ths wh ich he m ainta in ed to th e checkered flag. Oxley fought o ff C h ristia n a ll th e wa y to ta ke secon d spot. Gary H icks (Toren / Mil ne Bro s. j aw a ) wa s moved up to Seco nd Division a nd he turned in a fin e ride to ta ke th e wi n with room to spare. Mik e " Pops" Dwyer, a Riv erside Fireman by trad e, took seco nd spot with Dana Dumond th ird. Ma rk Brook s (Pa intwor ks jawa) was try ing to copy P fetzing . He had

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