Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

'8 ._~ -----=.,SpeedlNay _ e "Rad Brad" Oxley won the Inland Motorcycle Speedway Scratch main in convincing style over Robert Pfetzing. .th ird consecutive Junior main trophy, Bart Bast ca me from the pole posilion into a side -by-side d uo with Morris wa s second an d n ewcomer David Faria . Jr. a nd it seemed fill ing Eri c Chambers wa s thi rd , th at th e lWO riders cu rre ntly holding Results th e n umber one an d number two SCRATCH MAIN: 1. David Fari a Jr .; 2. Bart Bast; spots in th e NorCaI p o int sta nd ings 3. Steve Crawford; 4 . Jim Sisemore. HANDICAP: 1. M ike Parsons; 2. Jim Sisemore; 3 . were ou t 10 do battle, Ron McG ill ; 4 . Bart Bast; 5. M ike Delacv; 6. Harlan On th e seco nd lap . Faria broke in to Bast Jr. SECOND DIV: 1. Richard Marcucci; 2. Rich Simpa clear lead a nd from th at point on il son; 3. Ron Combs; 4 . Vance Felic ia; 5. Dave Coup e; was hi s race. The w in was h is second 6. Jerry Bland . • THIRD ON: 1. Stu McD aniel ; 2. J im Harris; 3. Scrat ch main at Au burn thi s season . Nick Geran io; 4 . Doug M ignano; 5. M ike Hart ; 6. BaSI was seco nd fo llowed by SIeve John Schroeder. Crawfor d and la st wee k's w inner Jim JR: 1. Bobby Hedden; 2. Ernie Morris Jr .; 3. Er ic Chambers ; 4. Tommy Hedden; 5. Craig Reed: 6 . Ken Sisemore, Wi ld and crazy are th e o n ly Wagner. lWO words to describe tonight's Fourth o f July weeken d H and icap main. A red flag restart was ca lled by th e referee a fter H a rl an BaSI Jr. rearra nged th e pole belween tu rn s three a nd four By Bill Spencer o n the fir st lap. On th e restart , w hich FREMO NT , CA, JULY 4 wa s n ow a five ri de r event wi th BaSI's Wavy Dav y Faria ha dj ust what di squalifi cation. Mi ke Parsons grabit took when it go t time for the bed th e lead and was totall y unawar e Scr atch main a t round 10 of o f th e m ayhem beh ind h im , J im Sisemore, last week's wi n ner who Baylands Raceway Park 's Thurwas looking 10 do it again, Ron day nigh I speedway races. H e also look th e overall point lead in northern McG ill, Mik e Delacy a nd Bart BaSI were side by side and fl yin g. California a nd Slopped Du ane YarSi semore wheeli ed , un intentionrow's four week win streak, On bo ard th e Ri chmond Yamahal a lly, aro u n d turn four o n th e wh il e BMW I J awa/l nt erlin k special, th at flag lap and came OUI of it in seco nd . On th e sa me tu rn, h eadin g for th e was by and far o ne of the best set ups o f the 22 race series, Yarrow held o ff checkered flag, Dela cy Io rgot that Faria in the sem i wh il e Pal Linn speed way is not a co n tac t sp ort an d drove Sisemore int o th e wall. As a stayed off th e h ard charge from SIeve Martin for the four m an field , Yarresult, Delacy was g iven th e honor or row had the licen se 10 steal drawing la st place by the referee. Through it for position fir st an d secured th e a ll, Parsons held th e lead for hi s first ins ide which h e garnered a t th e green m ain win of th e season. R ich ard an d wa s gone, or so it seeme d . Linn Marcu cci look the wi n in th e Div ision Two main after a tight three an d Martin bo th had eyes for th e lead wa y ba ul e wi th R ich Simpson a nd a t the en d of th e first lap bu t Faria, Ron Combs. wh o ga ted from th e ou tside, j us t plain held th e ga s o n th rough turns SIU McD an iel look th e lead from 3-4. Faria staye d on th e bike 10 ma ke N ick G eranio in th e first lap and th e best pass o f h is ca reer at just about from the n on it was a runawa y 10 th e th e sa me lim e that arrow threw il finish as McDan iel clai med his th ird away going into the first turn . Faria Di vision Three Au bu rn main of th e season w hile h ead in g stra igh t for brought the bike into th e easy , ea rly lin e a nd cruised 10 th e victory and Division Two. Bobby H edden made a smooth inside mo ve'o n Ern ie Moreven a li lli e cushion in th e overall riU r::·.i.r1.Jtlt~ Jil~l" l

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