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Oxley grabs Inland win By Scott Da loisio SAN BER N AR DI N O , CA, J U L Y I i " Rad " Brad Oxl ey o f San Clemente pull ed o u t a ll th e stops and scored a co n vinc ing victory in the Cycle Rider , Inc. Scratch main Trophy Series o n a ho t Wednesda y n ig h t at J ohn La Dou ceur's Inlan d Mo to rcycl e Speedway. Oxley (Coors/Ci rello Racing / Sco tt Goggl es/ STP Weslak e) came o ff the po le a n d put th em a ll away by th e time th e first la p had come to an end . Robert Pfetzing started nex t to O x ley a nd got a good gate but h e wh eelied a lmos t a ll the wa y to th e firs t bend a nd was Ior ced to back out of it. T he re was a scramble in turn two that left Mark Dwver in th e dirt a nd all ow ed Jim La\~son into second a head o f Pl etzin g . Lawson tri ed to m ove hi s G M mou nt up to Oxley, bu t th ere was n ot way h e co u ld get close a s Ox ley was ridin g a perfect lin e a nd crossed under the checkered with a four len gth ad vantage. La wson m ain ta in ed second with Pfctzing third. Denn y Scope lli te (Ho bie / Jon es G oggl es/ SB E/ EI Ra nchi to Resta uranr / Sirnp son }su rvi ved a red Hag a nd went on to tak e ho rn e th e top honors in the H and ica p main event. Th e red ca m e o ut on th e first trv to ru n the fo ur la p pe r when Ed Cas tro; Steve Lu cero and T on y Briggs co ll ided in violent fashion o n la p two . Lucero and Brigg s made the res tart whi le Castro was tra nsported to th e h ospi ta l for o bserva tio n . On the seco nd tr y Scopel lir e im med iatel y 1II 0\'{od to th e front o f th e pa ck o ver R ich Sw eaney a nd Ma rk Wea ver. Briggs go t Weav er for thi rd a n d th en set hi s si ghts o n Sw eaney. Sweanev a t th e sallie rim e wa s think ing o n ' ch a lle ng ing Sco pel lite but there would be n o denying Sco p cllire on the night and he took h is first IMS win of 1985. Sweaney survived a la st seco nd Briggs o ns laught to take ho me the seco nd p lace ca sh . Second Divisio n was li ke a n o ld timers ra ce. T ha t is if you a re under th e age o f 19. Ronni e Correy a nd J ordan Duncan, who had m an y battles · in th e Jun ior ranks before turn in g Pro, slugged it o ut for the top ho nors in th e Second Div ision main. Duncan led all th e way to th e wh ite Hag la p wh ere he was passed by Correy (T icke t M an ia /R ol and Lam arch e , I n c ./ Wri ght Framers/ Grin Products /Mom & Dad/Engin eer P roduct s Godden) , wh o sta rte d th e n ight as a reser ve. Sammy La porte (Wes la ke) wo n hi s first ever IM S Third Division mai n event when he o utdis ta nced Kent Bowser and Gary Hick s. Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Brad O xley (W es); 2 . Jim Lawson (GM); 3. Rabe n Pfet zi ng (Wesl; 4 . M ark Dwyer (Jaw) . HANDICAP: 1, Denn y Scope ll ite (Wes ); 2. Rich Sweane y (Wes); 3 . Tony Brigg s (GM ); 4 . Steve Luce ro (W es); 5 . M ark Weaver (Gd n); 6. Ed Castro (Wes) . SECOND OIV: 1. Ronnie Correy (Gdn); 2. Jordan Duncan (Gdn); 3 . Doug Bow ers (Jaw); 4 . Don Butl er (Wes); 5. Bryc e Eikel berger (Gdn); 6 . Steve Don ovan (Wes). THIRD DIV; 1. Sam m y Lapo rte (W es); 2 . Kent Bow ser (Gd n); 3 . Gary Hick s (M ae); 4 . John D unn (W es); 5. Greg Nel son (Wes); 6 . Pat Gillen (Ja w) . H·D MATCH RACES HEAT ON E: 1, Hank The Crank; 2 . David; 3 . M oonhead; 4 . Bear . HEAT TWO : 1. Dexter ; 2. Larry ; 3 . Filt h y Fred ; 4 . Jerry . Faria. Parsons share the glory at Auburn By Jann Houston AU BURN , CA , J ULY 5 The quiet hills of the Auburn Gold Country were filled with excitement tonight as week number ni ne became history. ........ WEST 213/427·7433 213/636·8844 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •i__,_ ·• Okay, what ca n I lo se7 Start m y store se ll ing CYCLE NEWS w ith the next issu e. I understand you w ill bill me monthly and I have fu ll retu rn priviledges on unsold papers, by returning the issue number and date w ith my check for the balance. . Send CYCLE NEWS TO : Name ot Store' copies of Cycle News _ Add ress, _ City, State' Authorized by • •••••• Zip. _ Send Advertising int o D Phone , • Mail to: Cycle News West, P.O. Box 498 long Beach, California 90801 or call 213/427-7433 • •• .. • II '• •[• • 1 ---------- ==~.:==~- - - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . ----.- -~-- ® TV's All New Motorcycle News Magazine With Your Host Larry Maiers Hour Long SPECIAL Covering Laguna Seca! C\"G . .,,~S .. ~~ :tE-~"\'" .. ,tl S ..:tU~E .. fE-I" Brought to you by . . . _ _ Tuesday, July 30, 7 :00pm P.T . Tuesday, July 30, 12:00 midnight P.T . (RI Wednesday, July 31 , 1 0:30pm P.T. (RI Check Your Local Listings HONDA DUNLOP Castrol 31