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Delacy tops Fremont
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Mike Delacy was hot. winning
Napa. Auburn and Fremont.
(Wes); 3 . Gene Woods (Ja w); 4. M ark Weaver IGdnl;
5. M ark Dwy er (J aw); 6 . David Ha ncock (We sl DNS.
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Steve Lucero (Wes); 2. Rob
Pfetzi ng (Wes); 3. Mi ke Faria (J aw ); 4 . Bob On
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Delacy, Crawford strike
gold at Auburn
By Jann Houston
AU BU RN. CA , J U L Y 12
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Mike Delacy returned to the
win ning ways tha t kept h im
the poin t leader th ro ugh much
of th e season in round 11 of
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fans will not soon forget. In the Handicap mai n event. Mark Dragony
rook the lead riding the outside whi le
j oe Leduc and Steve Crawford were
side by side close to the pole. Dragon y
took the white flag and continued 10
lead until Crawford turned on the gas
and shot past Dragony to gain the
lead as th ey rounded turn three. What
was left of the main was his ra ce as he
claimed his first Auburn main event
of 1985. Da vid Faria, j r., by this time,
had passed Dragony and Leduc for a
seco nd; Dragony sett led for third.
In th e Scra tch main Mike Delacy,
fresh from a main event win at Ba ylands th e night before, go t an outsta nd ing ga te from the pole. jim
Sisemore, riding from the number
two pos ition , fell down in the first
turn , en d ing hi s night. Th e threeman ran' co nt in ued wi th Delacy never
less than three bikelen gths in th e
lea d. Fa ria and Bart Bast co m p leted
th e field in a close ra ce of th eir own;
Faria managed second a t th e fin ish . It
wa s Dela cy's first Auburn m ain win
o f th e season.
Las t week's Third Divi sion winner,
St u McDaniel , m oved up to Divi sion
Two ton ight an d p roved he belo nged
th ere as h e took th e win with no
probl em . R ick Hocking claimed
second , with Vance Feli cio a close
third.
In Di vision Three, Chris Paulson
wa s very pl eased to tak e home hi s
first tro phy.
In the junior ma in , Bobby Hedden
took qu ick action to la y down h is
bike avo id ing wh at co u ld h ave been a
nasty co llision with Eri c Chambers.
The referee n ot ed th at th ere were
p robabl y a lot o f Division One riders
wh o co u ld not have done as well.
Ga be Eld er led th e main a ll the wa y
to th e checkered £lag; Ken Wagner
was second, Mike Knop f third.
Results
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Mik e Dela cy; 2. David Faria
J r.; 3. Bart Bast: 4 . Jim Sisemore.
HANDICAP: 1. Steve Crawford; 2. David Far ia Jr .;
3 . Mark Oragonv ; 4. Joe Leduc; 5. Greg Martz; 6.
Paul Or landi.
SECOND DIV: 1. Stu M cDaniel: 2. Rick Hocking;
3 . Va nce Felico; 4 .J eff Holmes: 5 . Rick Simpson; 6.
Charlie Hain es.
THI RD OIV ; 1. Chri s Pau l son; 2 . Kenn Sj ostrand;
3 . M ike Hart ; 4 . Doug M igna no : 5 . Jeff Sa nlos; 6 .
Walt Bevens .
J R MAIN : 1. Gebe Elder; 2. Ken W agner; 3 . M ike
Knopf ; 4 . Tommy Hodden ; 6 . Eric Chembers; 6.
Bobby Hodde n.
Class A spee dwa y at Baylands Raceway P ark 's Thursday night venue. A
four week win streak by NorCal's
number one Duane Yarrow ended
when he threw it away while leadi ng
the Scra tch ma in . A set of weird circumstances saw Kid Curry tak e home
th e Handicap main in an accident
shortened race where Mark Zeissler
crashed ta king Pat Linn wi th h im .
Vance Felicio and th e Prunedal e
Cl u b special finally put it a ll togeth er
for the firs t win in Division T hree
wi th j eff Kn iss close in seco n d over
Ni ck Geran io . Mik e Remine took the
Divisi on T wo ma in a ll the way fro m
the 30 yard lin e and will ge t a cha nce
a t th e big tim e sho rt ly. Ri ck H ocking
held the lin e for a few laps but Remine slipped by for th e win with Rick
H icks sett ling for third over Derek
Dorrestyn .
In the fea tu re Match Race Kin g of
the H ill , four time winner Ste ve Ma rtin me t his Wa ter loo wi th Bob Cu rry
in a dandy best two of th ree show
w here Martin scooted orr to a n easy
first win bu t got ca ug h t at the checkered in the seco n d . In th e rubber
match C urry gated badly, but Martin
messed up down the back straight
allowing Curry to close the gap.
Going for the checkered , Ma rti n go t a
tad wide and Curry ga ssed it right
under him for th e n ip job.
It shou ldn ' t h ave been much o f a
surp rise for th e happenings in the
H a n d ica p m a in a s so m e stra nge
cras hi ng had appeared during th e
n ight. Zeissler had nipped his wa y
into th e main event wi th a pair o f
th ird s in th e h ea t and sem i o n h is
Fred Lewis Cons r/ Fli-Poin r/ Tearn
Vooch spec ia l a n d wa s leading o n the
second lap when h e lai d it down in
the first turn and co llec ted a fast
approa ching Linn. Faria and Kid
Curry went by with Delacy alread y
o u t from a first lap throw away. Out
popped th e red and no restart was
a llowed with Curry th e winner over
Fari a a n d L inn th ird o ver j ohn
Houston j r.
Yarrow a nd th e Snooky Owen s
Wesla ke dr ew th e pol e a nd led orr th e
line in wha t look ed lik e yet a fifth
straigh t Scra tch win . On the start o f
th e seco nd lap h is A &: A Racing/
MP E/Oilza IIlBell / H allm an /San
j o se Wh eel /Can cill a Tensio ne rsponsored machine went down. m uch
to th e di sm ay o f th e crowd, and
Delacy a nd Fari a went a t it hammer
an d tong . Side by side down th e back
stra ig h t th ey both hung on wi th
Faria o n th e ou tside riding th e Rich m ond Yamaha /BMW/ j aw a / Interlink/Hi- Po int / Sierra specia l co mpletel y sideways as th ey exited th e
last tu rn for th e white £l ag .
Delacy kept ga ssing it and with th e
clos er lin e held o rr Faria th ro ug h th e
first turn and then just set his sa ils for
th e chec kers with , th e cro wd go ing
nuts.
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Results
SCRATCH MAIN: l. Mi ke Delacy; 2. Dave Far ia;
3. Steve Martin.
HANDICAP: 1. Robert " Kid " Cu rr y; 2. Dave Far ia;
3. Pat Li nn; 4 . John Houston; 5 . M ike Delacy; 6.
Mark Zeissler.
SECOND DIV: 1. M ike Rem ine; 2. Rick Hocking; 3 .
Rick Hicks; 4 . Derek Dorr estyn; 5. Chris Paulson ; 6 .
BillyScon .
THIRD DIV; 1. Ched Felic io; 2 . J eff Kn iss; 3 . Nick
Geranio; 4 . Ken" Sjostrand; 5 . J im Harri s; 6. Dan
Neilson .
