Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Th is week's double w inner Bobby Schwartz (inside) chases Mike Curoso at Costa Mesa; John Foster is on t he o utside. Schwartz, Burba jam at Costa Mesa By Scott Daloisio Steve Lyon s (Jaw a ) ended up on top of th e heap in T hi rd Divi sion ac tio n wh en he turned in a shi ni ng per form an ce to win o ver Steve Furman a nd Mike " Pops" Dwyer. COST A MESA, CA, AUG. 16 Results Bobby Schwartz won hi s second Scratch main in 24 hours Friday night at th e fam ed Orange County Fairgrounds, just before SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wesl; 2. Kelly Moran (Gdnl; 3 . St eve Lucero (Wes); 4 . Sam Ermolenko (Wasl . HAN DICAP: t . Tom Burba (Ja w); 2. Mike Curoso leaving for England o n Su nday . Comin g o ff h is wi n o ver Sa m Ermo len ko th e p re vious ni ght a t Ascot, Sch war tz (Silko lene / Ju sti ce Bro th e rs / O a k Ic y/ S i n isa 10 / G r i n Products/Ma lco lm Sm ith / Hancock Desi gn /K&N / C h a m p i on / Son ic Interco ms/ Ci rello Racing Weslake) d id h is thing aga in at th e ex pe nse of Kelly Moran , Steve L ucero a nd Errnolenko, T his time he immediately ho pped int o th e lead from ga te two over Moran a nd Ermo len ko . L ucero wa s last ou t o f the ga te but he quickly raced inside Ermolen ko as th ey ex ited tum two on la p o ne. Sch wartz a ttacked turn three with Mo ra n , Lucero and Ermo lenko p il in g in right behi nd him. It stayed li ke th at a ll four la ps a nd in th e end it was Schwart z wi th th e win closel y foll ow ed by Mo ra n , Lucero a nd Ermolenko. Tom Burba (Cody Racing/ Oakl ey/ Bell/Hall man / STP/ Bel-Ray/Warren Reid Racin g/Pro Design Ja wa) turned in an erro r-free performance a nd too k home th e win in th e H and icap main. Burba was in th e lead a t th e sta rt o ver John Sandona a nd Mike Curoso . Curoso , look ing very impressive throughout th e night, qu ickl y went under Sa ndona for seco nd but th at is as far as he cou ld ge t. Ermolen ko got into second a nd a p p lied th e h ea t to C u roso while Cu ro so was breathing do wn Burba 's neck. Lap a fte r lap , Ermolen ko hop ped h is fro nt tire over the pipe as he went to the ins ide o f Curoso. Curoso was eq ua l to the cha llen ge as was Bu rba to C uro so 's cha llenges. Mike Faria ca me cha rg in g up from the back a nd pa ssed Errno lenk o for third o n th e back ch u te o n th e fina l circ uit. Erm ol en ko got back by a nd fini shed in third just behind Curoso a nd th e happ y winner Burba . Jimm y O 'D el l (MAD R a c ing / White Bros.zSmith Goggles/ An swer Products/ Cycle T u ne/G urney &Curb All Amer ican Racers/Frame Shop/ J arvis Ph ysical Th er ap y/ Samm y Ta n ne r Distributin g/ Ara i Weslak e) gave hi s father, wh o was visiting from Kansas , a big thrill by taking the win in th e Second Division main even t. Jeff Jones took seco nd spo t with Shane Hawley third. (Wasl: 3 . Sam Ermolenko (Wes) ; 4 . Mike Faria (Wesl; 5. John Sandona (Wes); 6. Bobby Schwanz (Wes). SECOND DIV: 1. Jimm y O'Dell (Wesl: 2. J eff J ones (W es); 3 . Shane Haw ley (Wes) ; 4 . Dou g Bowers(Jaw ); 5, M oo se Kennedy (Jaw); 6 . Guy W aterson (Wes). THIRD DIV: 1. Steve Lyons (Jawl: 2. Steve Fur man (Jaw); 3. Mike Dwy er (Was); 4 . Arch ie Perez (Jaw); 5 . Tom Settlemire (J aw); 6 . Duan e Blake (Gdn). MATCH RACE: 1. Bobby Schwa nz (Wes); 2. Shawn M oran (GM). Schwartz, Ott grab South Bay Stadium wins By Scott Daloisio GA R DENA. CA, AUG . IS T he " Boogaloo Kid " Bobby Sch wartz turned in a fin e performance befo re a standingroom -on ly crowd to win th e Scra tch ma in event o n Fox Nigh t at Ascot So ut h Bay Stad ium Thursda y. Sch wa rtz (Silkolen e/ Justi ce Brothers/ Oakley/S inisa lo/ G rin Products/ Mal colm Sm ith/Hancock Design/ K&N/ Ch am p io n / Son ic Inter coms/ Cirello Racing Weslak e) flew o u t of . ga te three a nd into th e lead over Sam Ermolenko , R obert Pfe tzin g a nd " Sho wtirne" Bobby 011. Ott, who had won th e H andicap ma in just a few seco nds before, broke a prima ry chai n just a fter being bumped o ff a nd had to borro w th e bik e o f Seco nd Division ri der Jimmy Gentile. No t bein g fa milia r wi th th at bike, 0 11 went wide in turn two a nd took h imself out o f co nt ention. Erm ol en ko tr ied the o u tside of Schwartz o n lap two bu t Schwartz was more th an eq ua l to th e cha llenge. Th e "B ooga loo Kid " then o pene d it u p to fo ur length s o n th e third go-'rou nd a nd held the lead a ll th e wa v to th e checkered for hi s second SoLith Ba y Stad ium win of th e season. Ermol enko held seco nd with Pfetzing ta ki ng th ird. all (Cycl e T ech / Jones Goggles/ Ara i Godden \ turn ed in a spectacu lar show in the 'H and ica p ma in , thril ling th e huge a udience. J eff J ohnson led a t th e sta n o ver Tony Briggs a nd " Rad" Brad Oxley. O tt quickl y went to th e ou tsid e to get past O xley. He then set hi s sights o n J ohnson a fter Briggs mov ed past J ohnson for the lead at th e end of th e first circu it. 011 mad e quick work of Johnson a nd then raced past Briggs in turn one of Mike Delacy scored 14 out of 15 points to take t he Golden State.championship win over Paul Orlandi. Duane Yarrow was third overall. th e seco nd lap. Once ou t front 011 moved it out and p layed to th e a p p re-cia tive crowd. At th e end he had th em a ll on th eir feet g ivi ng him a standing ovation for hi s thrilling victor y. Briggs ended up seco nd some four lengths back followed by Oxley a nd Schwart z. G ary H icks (Milne Bros. j awa ) p ushe d h is two-val ve .Tawa 10 th e win in the Second Division ma in over Warren Reid an d Mark Brooks. Bro oks led th e fir st two revolutions but Hicks found a hol e a nd went pas t on lap th ree. "Styling" Sa m my LaPorte (A'ME/ Inl and Mo torcyd e Speed wa y/Justi ce Brothers) p us hed th e former John Sa ndo na Weslak e to a conv inci ng wi n in T hird Division actio n over Jim Peery and Mark H atel y. Resu lts SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wesl: 2. Sam Erm ol enk o (Wes); 3 . Robert Pfetzing (Wes); 4 . Bob Ott (Gdnl· HANOICAP: 1. Bob Ott (Gdn ): 2. Ton y Briggs (GMI : 3. Brad Oxley (Wes); 4 . Bobby Schw artz (Wes); 5. J eff Johnson (Wes!: 6. Lance King (Wes). SECOND DIV; 1. Gary Hicks (Jaw); 2. Warren Reid (J aw l; 3 . Ma rk Brooks (Jaw); 4 . Norman Neuman (W es); 5. Mike Dwyer (We s); 6 . Kevin Krugh (J aw) . THIRD DIV: 1. Sammy LaPon e (Wes): 2. J im Peery( Jaw!; 3. M ark Hate ly(Wes!; 4 . Kurt Markham (Jawl; 5. Sean Dillu lo (Gdnl ; 6. Don Odom (Jawl. Shawn Moran takes IMS International Challenge By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO, CA, AUG. 14 The " Mira cle Worker " Shawn Moran had not made an appearance.a t J ohn LaD ouceur's In land Motorcycle Speedway since March o f 1983, wh en he was lead in g in th e meetin g, cra she d a nd broke his arm. La st Wedn esd ay night, Moran returned to IMS a nd p icked up ri gh t where he left o fI to win th e Internatio na l Ch all en ge with a score o f 14 points. o ne po int more than crowd favorite Mik e Far ia. The ni ght sta rted o fI with a surp rise as Rick Mill er won event o ne ove r Keith Chrisco a nd Kell y Moran wh o took a di sa ppoi nti ng third . Shawn Moran (ST P/ A&ETransport / Ar ai /Oakl ey /Silko lene/ Am eri can R a ce w a y Sou ve n iers / Sta r) i nc G ua rds / PJS / Ta lo n /Zl Cha m p io n / K&N/GM ) led a ll the wa y for his first win of the ni ght in even t two wh ere he was closely pursued by Al an Christi an. Event three wa s led from th e tapes 10 turn four on the final revolution by Rob Pfetzing. At that point Faria ducked in side to tak e a last-second win much to th edelightof hi s leg ion of fans. Pfet zing th en sh u t th e door o n King 10 tak e home seco nd. In race four , th e origina l go go t as far as turn two when Bo bby Schwartz hit a hole a nd sna p ped both hi s drive and primary cha ins , sending him hard 10 the ground. Schwartz got up but was excl uded from th e restart which was tak en by Sam Ermol enko. Schwartz 's excl usi o n ended hi s hopes o f winning o n th e night. Schwartz had a back-to-bark ride but co u ld not mak e it in tim e for even t four which was tak en by Sh awn Moran a fter being o u t-tra p ped by Sh awn McC onnell. Mor an chased a nd passed McConnell nea r th e end o f lap one for his seco nd wi n o f the n igh t. P fetzin g aga in got a super ga te a nd d id a masterful job o f holdin g back Errnolen ko's bids from th e tapes a ll the way to the ch eckered. Th is time he was passed by Errnolenko at th e checkered a nd he lo st th e race by an in ch . Fari a stayed pe rfect with hi s seco nd wi n o f the day while Mi ller dropped h is first poi nt when edged by Chr istian to close ro u nd two . Fa r ia, Erm ol en ko a nd S ha w n Mor an sta yed perfect with nine poin ts a fte r a ll riders scored win s in th e third round while Mill er too k a nothe r win to stay one po int behind. Round four was whe n things began to change. Gen e Wood s scored a relativel y easy win over Lance King and Ermol enko in event 13. After the event ended, Ermolen ko roosted Kin g for blockin g him during th e ra ce a nd th e two con tin ued th eir d iscu ssion in th e pits. Sch wa rtz got a killer gate in event 14 and fin ish ed far ah ead of Chris tia n whil e Fa ria cou ld onl y manage th ird and one poin t. Moran had a not he r win as he rode un chal len ged a fter la p one 10 defeat o lder brother Kell y in event 15 whi le Mill er won event 16 to m ove into sa le possessio n o f . second spo t one po int beh in d Sh awn Mora n . - Pfetzing, Lucero and Schwanz won th e firs t three ra ces in the final rou nd bu t th e big race was 10 be the fin al o ne sched uled for the ni ght. It match ed Shawn Moran with Mill er, Errnolenko and Faria. Moran got the ga te a nd led Faria and Ermo len ko into turn one. Mill er was forced wide a nd d ro pped to fourth . Moran was lead in g whil e Faria was making vicious cha rges on the outside in an effort to ge t by wh il e Ermolenko was trying to get by o n th e pole. They raced into eac h tu rn in fantasti c ac tion, sending • 43

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