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M ike Faria leads Doug Bowers at Ventura. Faria won the Scratch mains at
Ventura. Carlsbad. Costa Mesa and Ascot. plus two Handicap races.
Faria, Ott again in
Costa Mesa
By Scott Da loisio
COSTA MESA, CA, AUG. 9
" Flyi n ' " Mike Faria is currently
go ing thro ugh the hottest streak
that any rider on the southern
California circuit has put together th us far in 1985. O n Friday
night at the Orange County Fair- .
grounds Faria added to the streak by
taking the Scratch main event for his
10th main event victory in the last II
days.
The previous week Faria topped
bo th mains at Co sta Mesa but this
week he was forced to settle for j ust
the Scratch side of the affair. He got
the gate from th e pole and p u t the
Shoei / T orco/ Oakley/Trak Master
Tires /Tsu bak iiScotty's Muffler/
STP /Kal-Gard /Wacy Armstrong
Weslake into the point posi tion ahead
o f Sam Errnolenko, J ohn Sandon a
and R o bert P fetzin g . Ermolenko
forged past Faria for th e lead on the
back chute and he ld him off until
they came off turn two on the second
lap. Faria then ass erted himself and
used a good drive to get into the lead.
Ermolenko tried in vain to catch
Faria on lap three and th en on the
final lap he was fo rced to bl ock John
Sandona as they came ou t of tu rn two
to protect his second-plac e spo t. At
the line it was Faria ch ased by Errnolenko, Sandona and Pfetzing.
For the seco nd even in g in a row
"Showtime" Bobby Ott preceeded
Faria 's Scrat ch win with a victory in
th e H andicap ma in event. Th e race
wa s red-flagg on th e o rig ina l go
whe n T on y Bri ggs ta gged the tu rn
four wall an d was sha ken . Briggs was
exc luded from the rest art. O n th e
seco n d atte mpt O tt imm ed ia tel y
m oved into a co m mandi n g lead. Ed
Castro and Ermolen ko ga ve ea rly
chase to Ott (Cycle T ech / Ara i/ Jones
Goggl es G odd en ) with Lucero taking Ermolen ko for third o n lap two.
On th e third revo lu tion bo th Lucero
and Ermol enko slid past Ca stro a nd
se t o ff for Ot t. They bo th closed th e
ga p but tim e ran o ut wi th O tt sti ll
two len g th s to th e fro nt.
Guy Waterso n (Weslake) dom in at ed
the action in Seco nd Division by
wi nn ing bo th h is h ea t and th e mai n
event. Shane H awley gave chase in
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