Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

----=,SpeedlN~y------------ St eve Martin and Bart Bast J r. battle at N apa. Bast was second in th e Wine Cup , and won Fremont's Division One Scratch ma in . Speedway 30 (Continued from page 26) only wo n the ma in, bu i he also captured his heat a nd semi. In fact Schwartz has not lost a n I;\IS Scratch ride since September of 1984. ch wa rtz (Silko lene/ Justice Brothers / Oakley/ Sin isa lo/ Gr in P roducts/ Malcolm mith /Han cock Design / K&N/ Cha m pio n/ So n ic In terco ms/ Cirello Ra ci n g Weslake ) s cored impressive wins in both his h eat and sem i, then burst from the pole in th e main and it looked li ke that, too, was going to be another easy win. Faria was second , trai led by John Sandona and Alan Christian. Sandona got by Faria for seco nd on the back stra ig h taway and ma de a few a ttem p ts to get pas t leader Sch wartz, bu t he was thwa rted . Faria the n a ttac ked Schwa rtz o n lap two on the in side . Wh en th at didn 't work he went to th e o u tside o n lap th ree. Sch wa rtz was ab le to hol d Fa ria a t ba y unti l th e back ch u te o n th e fin al circ ui t wh en Faria, sti ll on the o u tside, pu lled a lmos t even . Sch wartz foug h t hi m o ff and was prepared to block h im o n th e outsideas they ca me o ff turn four the last time. That's w he n Faria d ropped . to th e ins ide a nd had a clea r sho t a t tl~ e wi n - but Sch wa rtz o u t-dragged hi m to the chec kered and too k the wi n by one len gth. After the race Faria sa id, " He ga ted me an d th en he block ed me a ll th e way. H e has to ha ve eyes in th e back o f hi s head. " Faria lost another heartbreak er in th e H and icap main when he was d efeat ed by Tim McCasland after a last-lap scra m ble. Rookie Jeff J ohnson too k th e lead from th e zero a t th e gree n. McCa sland (Shoei/ Jones Goggles/ Kal-Ga rd/ Tsu baki/ Ge ne Thur'ma n Racin g/Frame Sh op/Harbour Area Appliance Serv ice/Mom & Dad Weslake) started in fourth bu t moved up to third o n th e fir st revolution wh en Shawn McConnell tapped th e turn-two wall. McCasland th en rod e behind Wayne Leutz in third until lap three wh en he eleva ted h im self to seco nd. Faria got by Leutz th e fourth time a ro u nd a nd h e began to cha llen ge McCasland. They both moved up on leader Johnson and sandwic hed him com ing o ff turn two on th e la st la p. Riding th e in sid e, McCa sland eme rged in the lead - but Faria was on a ru n . He tried again to do it o n the o u tside off turn four, bu t fell o ne len g th short at th e Sid Sutton check ered flag; roo kie J o hnso n took third. Popula r rider Mike " Pops" Dwyer.» a Riverside firema n , scored a victory for theover-40 generation with a win in the Second Divisio n main. For Dwyer (Po p N Fast Racing /Ha ir By Bev/ Parts Plus/Oakl ey Weslake), it wa s his first-ever main event win a nd was very well received by th e fans . Seco nd spot wa s tak en by Doug Benjamin. Result s SCRArCH MAIN: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes ); 2. M ike Far ia (Ja w ); 3 . J ohn Sand ona (Wes); 4 . A lan Chris t ian IGdn ). HA NDICA P: 2. Tim M cCasland (Wesl; 2. M ike Far ia (Ja w) ; 3. Jeff Johnson (W es ); 4 . Keith Larsen (We s ); 5. Wa yn e l eutz (Wes); 6. Sha wn M cCon n ell " (Wes). . SECONO OIV: 1. Mik e Dwy er (Wesl ; 2. Doug Ben · jami n (Wes); 3. Ch ris M istr ett a (Wes); 4 . Wall PerMum (J aw l; 5. Joe Kre isber g (J aw); 6. Rick Vanderhem (W es). THIRD DIV : 1. Kelly Inm a ri IGd n l; 2. M ark Hat ely (Wes ); 3 . Cra ig Fu rman (Ja w) ; 4: Ste ve Furman (Ja w) ; 5 . Rich ard Per kin s (Ja w); 6. To m Sett lem ire (Jaw) . Two in a row for Lucero at Carlsbad then passed Bow ers a t th e white £lag; Bo wers went down in turn o ne. losing the thi rd -pl ace cash .T ha t brought J ohnson back up to third, but th ere was n o way he co u ld ca tch second - . p lace Briggs or Sweaney, wh o took the win with room to spare. Lu cero (Shoei/ Los Pati os Restauran t/Oakl ey/STP/K&N /Kal-Gard/ Gen e Woods Racing Products/Oilza ll / Su pe r Spoke/ VH air By Bev Weslak e) was flying a ll n ight lon g an d was undefeat ed in Scratch racing. In the main he faced Robert Pfetzing, who was his teammat e last season on the Wolverhampton Wolves of the British League, Brad Oxley a nd " Sh owtime" Bobby Ott who for got his leathers a nd had to borrow a set from Randy Beddow . Lucero started in position three and was beaten out of the gate by Pfetzin g. Lucero remedied that situation in turn one wh en he gave Pf etzing a tap and knocked him down. That ended Pfet zing's nigh t, but Lucero th en faced a stiffcha llen ge from Oxley. They went a t it head to head unt il turn four o n lap one wh en Lucero took sale possessio n of the lead . The personabl e 21year-o ld opened up hi s lead to four len gths which he carried a ll th e way to the checkered £l ag. Oxley hun g o n four second with Oil third. Rick Vanderh am (Golight ly Weslak e) passed J ohnn y Walker a t th e wh ite flag to win h is first Ca lifo rnia Speedway Second Division ma in even t a fter comi ng int o th e mee ti ng as a reserve. T hird spo t wen t to Dana Dumond. Steve L yon s took ho me th e baco n in T h ird Division act io n with a win o ver Steve Bauer. J essee Fin ch (Speedway l\lag; izine/ Ami /Jon es Goggles/ House ofSuzukiTriumph/ Mom & Dad / Sa m Errn olenko ) took ano th er win in J u nior Speedway o ver Billy Hamm il and Kelcey-Gordon. Results MA TCH RACE: 1 Bill y Gray (GMI ; 2. M ,ke Dwy er (Ja w l. JR : 1. J essee Fin ch; 2 . Bill V Hamm il; 3 . Kelcey Gord on . THIRD DlV: 1. SIeve Lyonds(Jaw); 2. Steve Bauer (Ja w l; 3. Mar k Brook s (Wesl ; 4 . Samm y Laport e (Wes) ; 5 . Dan A ldredg e (J aw); 6 . W ayne M an ch esIer (J aw). SECONDDIV: 1. Rick Vanderham (Wes); 2.Johnny Walker (Jaw) ; 3 . Dana Dumond IJ aw ); 4 . Dave W end landt (J aw ); 5 . Jim Peery (J aw); 6 . M ike M cca rthy (W es). HANDICAP: 1. Rich Sw ean ey (We s); 2. Tony ' Brigg s (GM); 3. J eff Jo hnson (Wes ); 4 . Bill y Gray IGM); 5. Doug Bowers (J awt 6. Doug Nicol (Wes l. MAIN: 1. Steve lucer o (Wes); 2 . Brad Ox ley (Wes); 3. Bob On (Gdn): 4. Rob P1etz ing (W es). By Gordie Orr CARL SBAD, CA, J ULY 28 It took track p oint leader Steve Lucero till th e 14th week o f th e season to win hi s first Scrat ch main event a t California Speed wa y, but o nce h e did , h is seco nd win came o ne week lat er as he easi ly o u tdi stanced the pack to nigh t. Whil e Lucero was dazzling th e fans o n th e Scra tch ·side o f th e p rogr am , Rich Sweaney, a seco nd-year rid er o u t o f Riv erside, was doing th e same in th e Handicap show. Swea ney (Zee's Ra cing/Joel Guth Const.z'Scou Goggl es Weslak e) got hi s big break wh cn he got o n th e prog ra m as a reserve. H e sta rted up front a nd never loo ked back. Whil e Swea ney was streakin g a t front, th e ac tio n was fast an d fu ri o us behind him. Doug Bowers in iti all y found h im self in seco nd and was bein g cha sed by Bill y Gra y. J eff J ohnson zipped by Gra y for third on lap two but immediately found him self back in fourth wh en T ony Briggs went by bo th o f the m before th e end of the lap. Briggs Orlandi wins Napa Wine Cup By Jann Houston NAPA, CA. J ULY 27 The Napa Invitational Wine Cup Championship brought Denni s Robinson 's se ven th season of speedway promotion to a close to nigh t at Napa. It was a perfect night o f racing , a nd without a doubt the best cha mpionshi p in recent mem or y a t Napa. However , a perfect sco re wa s not to be. J ohn H ouston J r. was th e spo iler for David Faria Jr. in the first heat of the even ing, as he got the ga te off the pole. Stret ching hi s lead with eac h la p , Houston took th e chec kered fla g before th e rest of th e field got to turn four; Fari a was second. Steve Martin ca used a n othe r upset in h eat four, wh en he forced Orland i to sett le for seco nd in that even t. At th e en d o f round two th e on ly rider sti ll claiming a perfect score wa s Mik e Delacy, wh o con ti n ued hi s win n in g ways until even t 14 wh en Pat Linn, wh o had ended Bart Bast's perfect score in event five, bested Delacy. The four riders in even t 20 were in a four-wa y tie with II po ints each th ere was no cha nce of a run-off. The fini sh of this event would decid e the title. Bast was on th e pole, with d efending ch a m p Orlandi in -the number two spot, Delacy in three and Faria o n th e wal I. Orlandi, who mentioned at sign-in that he'd mad e room on th e mantle for th e 1985 Wine Cup right next to the one he won last year, go t th e gate with Bast running on his rear tire for second . Faria moved into third pla ce whenDelacy crossed the pipeline into the in field. At the flag , Orlandi went home with h is second consecutive Wine Cup Championship; Bast was a close second with Faria th ird. In th e Junior Champion ship, Bobby Hedden. who the previous night captured th e 1985 NorCaI Jun- ior h onors, was headed for th e checkered flag in heat o ne when his bike fail ed all ow ing Dustin Sch roeder to ca p ita lize on hi s mi sfortune. Kenny Wagner was seco nd, an d Ernie Mor- . ris J r. wa s thi rd. In the seco nd heat , Hedd en - rid in g hi s brother T omm y's bik e-took the win. Du stin Sch roeder was second and Ernie Mor ris Jr. wa s th ird . Wh en the poi nts were totaled Du stin Schroeder was th e 1985 Ju nior Wine Cu p Cha mpion . Resu lts WINE CUP: 1. Paul Or landi (14); 2. Bart Bast l ' 31 : 3. David Far ia Jr . 1 ; 4 . M ,ke Delacy (1' I; 5. (TIEl 121 Pat linn /Dua ne Yarrow ( 10 ); 7 . (TIE) Harl an Bast Jr.lSteve Martin (9); 9 . John Houston J r. (7 ); 10 . J im Sisemore (6); t t . Steve Crawford (5); '2. Robert Curry 141 '3. (TIEl Rocky Robin son/Scon ; Brant 1 15. (TIE) Ron McGiIIlTom Ferr is 1 . 31; 21 ; J R: t . Dustin Schroeder (51 2. Bobby Hedden (3); 3 . (TIE) Ern i e Morris J r.lKen W agner 1 ). 2 ~ JRVARSITY: 1. Er ic Cham bers( 5); 2. (TIE) Tommy Hedden /Cra ig Reed (3); 4. MIke Knopf (1). Bast best on Lucky 13 By W.H . Spencer FR EMONT , CA, J ULY 25 Lucky round 13 of Thursday night spee dway racing at Baylands Ra cewa y Park yielded a fir st-time Scrat ch win for Ban Ba st. Dav id Faria gai ned mor e poi nts to wa rd the northern Ca liforn ia number o ne pl ate. Racing went smoot hly un til ma in event tim e wh en a circui t break er fa iled , exten ding show time abou t 20 minutes. H andica p raci ng saw Mike Remin e ea rn hi s seco nd straigh t win for H ea th Racin g. He held orr H i-P a int 's Greg Martza nd J ohn Ho uston in th e sem i a nd th en wa s lon g gone in th e main. Houston fini sh ed seco nd a fter a hot di spute w ith T om Ferris and Faria. The H andicap consola tio n was a thriller with Duane Yarr ow riding th e wh eels o ff h is Sn ookv Ow ens Weslake aro u n d th e field from th e outsid e. Yarrow was th e crowd favorite in th e Scratch main, but with th e likes of Mike Delacy , Dave Faria and Bart Ba st in the fea ture, it was to be anybody 's race. Dela cy (#1 Bicycle Shop/ A&A Racing / O ilzall Weslake) had th e decided advantage for about 40 feet and th en th rew it aw ay. That left Faria, Yarrow an d Bast side by side for two laps in some fin e styling. Bast (Bast Bros Welding/Sierra Prods) had the line set sta rt ing the final lap with only Yarrow as a contender. Down th e back straig h t, Bast held it ope n

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