Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

---=,SpeedlNay ---'--_ _----'--_ _------:-_ _ Wild Second Division action at Costa Mesa. Jimmy Gentile (left) saves it while Shawn Delullo rams George Sugita. Guy Waterson won the race. HA NDICA P, 1. Shawn M cConn ell (Wes); 2. Sam Ermole nko (Wes);,3. Je ff John son (We s); 4 . Tony Br iggs (GM); 5. Mi ke Faria (W es); 6. Stev e Lucero. SECOND DIV, 1. Doug Ben jamin (Wes); 2 . Rick Vanderham (Wes); 3 . Wa lt Farnum (Jaw); 4 . Scott Bran t (Wes); 5 . Chr is Mistrena (Wes): 6 . Ken Sidn ey •. (J aw) , THIRD DIV: 1. Cra ig Furma n (Jaw); 2. Johnny W alk er (J aw ); 3 . Mark Hat ely (Wes); 4 . Tom Set · t1emi re (Ja w) ; 5. Joh n Dun n (Wes); 6. J i m Bla n (Ja w) . JA DIV 1: 1. Tr inen c treuo : 2 . Dave Busby; Gr eg Hancoc k; 4. Tim Gewecke. .. JR OIV 2: 1. Dann y Wrigh t; 2 . Brent W ern er; 3 . Am i A lvarez; 4 , Ton i Brewer; 5 . John Nicklau s: 6 . Lu ke Cozart . Lucero takes third Carlsbad win By Gordie Orr CARLSBAD, CA. AUG . 4 For the th rid co nsecu tiveweek S teve Lu cero of R i ver si d e proved to be the top rider in th e field as he topped th e Scratch mai n even t a t Carl sbad Ra cew a y Su nday ni ght, Wh ile L ucero was 'doing his th in g on th e Scra tch sid e. " Flyin '" Mike Faria ven ted hi s anger by ta ki ng a ver y deternin ed win in the Handicap main . ' Faria (ShoeilTorco l Oakley/ T ra k Master T ires / Tsu ba ki/Sco uy 's Mufflerl STP/KaI-Gard/Wacy Arm stron g Weslak e) became ang ry over track condi tio ns after he failed to tran sfer o u t o f h is Scrat ch se mi. After tell in g tra ck o fficia ls hi s feel ings, Faria returned to th e p its and prepared for the Handicap main. Ronnie Correy, making hi s first Carlsbad ap pea rance , took th e lead a t th e start of th e fivela pper a head o f Ri ch Swea ney and Jeff J ohnson. Alan Christian tagged " Showtirne" Bobby Ott in th e fir st bend and went down and ou t. By this tim e it was obvious th at the show was Fa ria who bega n a t th e 60. He was stormi ng through th e pack and blasted by Joh nson a t th e end of th e first lap. He th en raced by Swea ney as they exi ted tu rn two th e seco nd , tim e aro u nd. Faria th en had to hunt down Correy. It took hi m two laps to mak e up th e d istance but he sho t by Co rrey in a blur, o n la p four. Faria th en gassed it all th e way to the checkered flag. Correy held seco nd u nt il th e fin al bend wh en he wen t do wn . Swea ney in he ri ted seco nd a nd held off Ott a ll th e wa y 10 th e checkered cloth . Aft e r th e gate m alfun cti on ed Lucero (Shoei / Oakley/Los Patio s Restaurant/ S'TPz'Gen e Wood s Racing P roduCls/Kal-G ard/K&N /Oilzall / Super .Spo kelZl Hai r By Bev Weslak e) p ut h is Weslak e into th e lead over Chi isiia n: n i'risti:in -was rid in g a determin ed race a nd kept th e heat on L ucero. They both wheelied o u t o f fou r on th e fir st lap but both recovered . On th e next la p Chris tia n went down letting L ucero take th e win by a hu g e ma rgin . Ott took seco nd with Christia n getting th ird. Rob Pfetzin g. wh o was unable to sta rt the mai n due to an ank le inj ury suffered th e prev io us week while jogging , earned fourth-pla ce money even though he could not start. Rich Vanderh a m (Go ligh tly Weslak e) edged Johnn y Wal ker in a p hoto finish to take the Second Division mai n for the second consecu tive week. " WayTa ll" Don Odom won his firstever speedwa y JIlain wh en he p us hed h is two-valv e j a wa across the line first over Eri c Firtschneide r. T hi rd p lace was tak en by Mark Ka riya . Tri no n Cirello won his second main event in 48 hours a board the H awa iian P un ch /Bobby Sch wa rtzi Cirello Racing/Oakl ey/Bell Weslak e. Greg H a ncock took seco nd wi th T im Ge wecke th ird. . Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Stev e Lucero (Wes); 2. Bob Ott (Gdn); 3 , Alan Chr ist ian (GM) ; 4 , Rob Ple tzing (Wes)DNS. HANDICAP: 1. M ike Far ia (We s); 2. Rich Sweaney (Wes); 3 . Bob Ott (Gdn); 4 . J eff Johnson (Was); • 5, A lan Christian (GM ); 6 . Ronn ie Correy (Gdn ). . SECOND DIV: 1. Rick Vanderham(Wes); 2. Johnny Walker (Jaw): 3 . Jim Paery (Jaw); 4 . Dave Wend· landt (Jaw~; 5. Norman Neuman (Wes); 6. J im Turner (Wes). THIRD DIV: 1. Don Odom (Jaw); 2. Eric Plrtsch neider (Jaw); 3 . Steve Bauer (Jaw); 4 . Mark Kar iya (Jaw); 5 . Andy Johnson (Jaw); 6. M ark Brooks (Jaw), JR : 1. Trinan CiraUo; 2. Greg Hancock; 3. Tim Gewecke; 4 . Dave Busby. , Orlandi two in a row at Auburn By Jann Houston AU BUR N, CA, AUG . 2 When you 're hot, you 're hot is th e best wa y to describe Paul Orlandi' s Scra tch ridin g in th e past few weeks. H e won th e Scra tch main here last Friday. th en won th e Napa T rac k C ha m pi onship on Sat urda y a nd too k the Scrat ch ma in event eas ily ton ight. Out o f th e gate fro m the po le positio n, th e first two la ps were tight between O rla nd i a nd Pa t Li n n . however from the beginni ng o f th e thi rd lap to th e checkered flag it was Orlandi a ll th e wa y. Second went to L in n, with Tom Ferris third and Bart Bast fourth . The Handi cap mai n saw Ma rk Zeissler tak e the lead fro m th e start. )~~ I~i~g _~f! Ie.f ~ .BI ? w!'!. it] . t.h.e_(i!~t lap. Robert Curry, nding hard. ma n- . a ged 10 cla im seco nd by the begi n nin g o f lap three. It became a twoman, side-by-s ide affa ir. with C u rry never qui re a ble to get 111e break he needed to ge l th e lead . Mik e Delacy. comi ng o ff th e back yardage, was gaining on th e o uts ide mov in g pa st Brown , Steve Cra wford a nd Ferri s into third spot in the white-flag lap . Delacy went from third on tu rn Tour to pass Zeissler a nd Curry o n th e o u t~i de a nd claim th e chec kered flag by in ch es. T he cro wd went wild ! Van ce Feli cio ca me to Auburn to nigh t as a last-m inute reserve rid er in Divi sion T wo. Felicio won hi s heat ra ce th en took th e Division Two main. Chris Paul son look horne his second Division Three troph y o f th e season. in a tig ht race with Nick Geran io. Tom my H edden. won th e ma in at Bayl ands last n igh t, a nd d id it agai n to night a t Auburn. Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Paul Orl and i; 2. Pat Linn; 3. Tom Ferris: 4 . Bart Bast . HANDICAP: 1. M ike Delacy: 2 . M ark Zeissl er; 3 . Robert Curry; 4 . Tom Ferr is; 5. Steve Crawford; 6 . Jeff Brown . SECOND DIV : 1. Vanc e Felicia : 2. Rick St ephens; 3. Ron A rlt; 4 . J erry Bland; 5 . W al t Beven s; 6 . Rich Marcucci. . TH IRD OIV ; 1. Chri s Paul son ; 2 . Nick Geranio; 3 . Jeff Santo s; 4 . Kenn Sjo str and ; 5. Erni e Morris: 6. J im M atteson. JR : 1. Tommy Hedden ; 2. Dustin Schroed er; 3 . Ken Wa gn er; 4 . Bobb y Hedde n; 5 . Craig Reed; 6 . Ern ie M orr is J r . Yarrow, .Sisemore win opener at Baylands By Bill Spencer FR EMO NT . CA, AUG. I Open ing ni gh t for th e 1985-'86 n orthern California Speedway poi nt season at Ba ylands Raceway Park sa w Duane Ya rrow cap tu re the H andicap ma in while. J im Sisemore topped a grea t Scra tch race . Just before ra ce time Yarrow and Dave Faria ca me out befor e th e crowd and shook hands in a ges tu re of good will as Faria will take over thenumber one pl ate for next year. In th e H andi cap heat s, th e guys at th e back were makin g th e tran sfer, with Pat Linn jus t in front o f Steve Crawford in heat on e wh ile Dave Far ia a nd Scott Brant got second heat transfers. Then in his Scratch heat , Faria ca me up with bik e problems a nd pulled out for th e rest o f th e night. . Yarrow a nd th e Snooky Owens Weslak e looked in peak form, winning his heat in front o f Crawford a nd th en downing Sisemore in th e semi. Pat Linn handil y defeated Steve Martin in th e o ther Scratch sem i. Out o f th e gate it was Sisemore and Yarro w, who rod e a high lin e for two laps but Sisemore's VacAero-Ma ely had everyth ing go ing just right. Yarro w slip ped wideon th e thi rd lap a nd Steve Martin took o ver second a t th e che ckered. J eff Brown looked good for three la ps in the Handicap show with Scott Brant in seco nd, followed by J ohn H ouston a nd Kid Curry. But a long co mes Yarro w a nd H ouston moved up th en co lli ded wi th Brant a nd ca used a pile up wh ich brought o u t th e red flag; H ouston was di squalified. T he restart saw Brown o u t front agai n . but Yarrow was on th e gas, usin g o u tside lines to pass Curry, Dave Co x a nd finally former Junior Spe edway cha m p Brown to win the first point round o f th e new season. ' Dan a Perri too k home top hon or s l in th e Division Two with a hard ride. I Sco it M cNeil1iela :l g66d liile Tof iwo .la ps on the Elegan t H air Affair bik e whi le Perri wo rked hard on Ri ch Ma rcu cci a nd Jim Rogin, winn ing on the last co rn er. Ni ck Gera nio brou ght home th e brass for Div ision T hree with Mik e Kasp er surviving for seco nd over Kerin Sjost rand and newcomer J im Matterson. Tom my Hedden took home a ll the marbl es in Junior Spe edw ay wh en Dustin Sch roeder a nd Eri c Chambers co u ld n ' t keep th e rubber side down . Results SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Jim Sise more: 2. Steve Mar· tin; 3 . Duane Yarr ow ; 4 . Pat Linn. HANDICAP: 1. Duane Yarrow; 2. Scon Brant; 3 . Dave Cox; 4. Kid Curry; 5. Jeff Brown; 6 . John Houston Jr. SECOND DIV : 1. Dana Perri; 2 . Scott McNeil; 3 . Jim Rogin ; 4 . Rich Marcucci; 5 . Der ek Dorrestyn; 6. Ken Weddingfeld. . . THIRD DIV: 1. Nick Geranio; 2 . M ike Kasper; 3 . Ken" Sjsotrand; 4 . J im Matteson; 5 . Dan Neilson; 6 . Gary Solis. JR : 1. Tommy Hedd en ; 2. Dustin Schroeder; 3 . Eric Chambers. Orlandi, Volk win at Auburn By Jann Houston AU BU RN , CA. JU L Y 26 Paul Orlandi added an o the r Scratch main win to his record by defea ting Da vid Faria Jr. toni ght a t Au bu rn . On th e Handicap side o f th e progra m. J ohn Volk scored th e victor y. O rl andi a nd Faria ga ted even ly in the Scratch ma in . with Faria on th e insi de a nd Orla nd i o n the ou tside , where he seems more com forta ble. For th e first two laps. Orlandi held a slig h t ad va n tage o ver Far ia. wh o was determ in ed 10 cha nge th e si tua tio n; Dua ne Yarrow a nd Mike Delacy com : pl eted th e field . By th e third lap. Orla ndi held a clear lead that he retai ned to the checkered flag. Fari a ended hi s ni ght seco nd in the Scra tch main , but mor e importantl y, number o ne in th e NorCa I poi nts race, which ended to n igh t. Yarrow was third and Delacy fourth. In the Hand icap main even t, it was Volk and Mark Dragony lead in g the fir st lap. Tom Ferri s, charg ing hard on the in side, cont in ua lly forced Volk 10 th e o u tside . Volk held o n to fir st, but Ferris never let him forg et he was th ere. On the last turn , Ferris tried h im on the outside, but it was too little, too la te as Volk won by in ch es. Ferris was second, with Bart Bast th ird . In th e Division T wo ma in , Ch arli e H aines had the ea rly lead, but in th e th ird lap, Jeff Holmes got past o n th e outside, tak ing th e Div ision Two win by less than a tire. H aines held o n for second, Dana Perri was th ird. It was first pl ace a ll th e way for J im H arris in the Division Three main , who rode under constant pressure from Scott McN eil and N ick Geranio. . Bobb y Hedden got past Eri c Ch ambers in the third lap o f the Jun ior ma in a nd went o n to win hi s fourth Au burn main event o f th e 1985 SC3son. Hedd en a lso ended upas number o ne NorCal Jun ior for 1985. Dustin Schroeder was second. both in the main a nd th e NorCaI Juni or point sta nd ings. • Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Paul Orlandi; 2. David Faria Jr.; 3. Duane Yarrow; 4 . Mike Delacy . HANDICAP: 1. John Volk; 2. Tom Ferris; 3 . Ban Bast : 4 . Duane Yarrow; 5. Ma rk Dragony; 6 . Robert Curry. . SECOND DIV : 1. Jeff Holmes: 2. Charlie Hain es; 3. Dana Perri; 4 . Vance Felicia; 5 . Jerry Bland; 6 . Dave Coupe . . THIRD DIV : 1. Jim Harris; 2. Scan McNeil ; 3 . Nick Geranio; 4 . Doug M ignano; 5 . Gary Solis; 6. Walt Bevens. JR : 1. Bobby Hedd en ; 2. Dustin Schroeder; 3. Ert(: . c harnbers: 4 . Tommy Hedden. .5. Cra ig Reed: 6,. Gabe Elder .

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