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the crowd wild. On the fina l revolution, Faria went low a nd took th e
lead from Moran. As th ey ca me o ff
four a nd head ed for th e checkered , it
was Faria an d Moran bei ng jo in ed by
Ermolen ko in a d rag race to the flag.
T he wi n by in ch es was taken by Faria
jus t ahea d o f Moran and Erm o len ko.
T he ent ire crowd ro se as o ne to sa lu te
th e riders for one o f, if not the best,
races in IMS hi story.
The second-p lace fini sh ga ve Moran
the win with Far ia ge tt ing seco nd ,
bu t it set up a three-rid er runoff
between Chri sti an , Mill er a nd Errn olen ko for th ird. T ha t win was tak en
by Ermolen ko wh o was closely pursued by Christ ian a ll th e way. Miller
took thi rd in th e runoff an d af ter
starti ng th e fina l ro u nd in seco nd, h e
end ed u p fifth.
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Results
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POINTS: 1. Shawn Moran (GM) 14; 2. M ike Faria
(Jaw ) 13; 3 . (TIE) Sam Ermolenko (W es)!Alan
Chr ist ian (GM V Rick M ili er (Wes ) 11; 6. Roben
Pfetzing(WesI9; 7 . (TIE)Gene Woods (Jaw)/Lance
King (We s)!Bobby Schwanz (Wes) B; 10 . (TIE)
Steve Lucero (Wes) /Kelly Moran IGdn15; 12 . Keit h
Chr isco (Wes ) 4; 13 . (TIE) M ark Dwyer (Wes)/ Ji m
Law son (GM) 3; 15 . (TIE) Brad Oxley (Wes )/ Mike
cu rcs c (Wes )/Shawn M cCon nell (Wes) 2; 18. Tony
Briggs (GM) 1.
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pionship, held a t Ra tcli ffe Stadium.
T h e event wa s th e firs t speedway race
held at Ra tcliffe sin ce th e 1935 Nation a l Championships; nearly 10,000 spec'
tators a tten ded th e festivities. Delacy
sco red 14 out of a possible 15 points
on hi s wa y to the win; second p lace
was Pa u l Orlandi , with 12.5 points.
The program wa s run with five men
in a Scratch rac e, with first pl ace
ea rn ing three points. seco nd receiving two , one point for third, and a
half- point for fourth.
Delacy (ill Bicycle Shop/Hi -Poin t!
O ilzall ) was o n hi s wa y to a pe rfect
sco re un ti l even t 14 wh en Ro bert
C u rry ( B/ M Ma ch in ez Hi-P o iru )
p icked up th e win.
Delacy set th e tone for hi s o vera ll
victory in event two , wh en he sta rte d
on th e ou tside , go t th e ga te a nd was
go ne. He came back in event eig h t to
ou tru n Dua ne Yarrow (Snooky Owens
Weslake) for th e win, then won again
in event II wh en he ran a way from
the field wit h David Fa ria (Co ncord
Yamaha l jawa ) taking seco nd. Delacy
wrapped up th e title in event 17,
wh en he ga ted from posi tion two ,
got to th e corner first and rode on 10
victory, with 14 points o n the nigh t.
Wh ile Dela cy took co m ma nd o f
th e cham p io ns h ip, a hot batt le over
seco n d took place. Pat Linn (Wes)
took hea t 18, a race Steve Martin (MPE
Racin g/Martin Co ns truction Ja wa )
needed for second overa ll. Marti n got
third, which tied h im for fourth in
p oints, th en lost a ru no ff with Curry.
In even t 19 Orlandi (Wes) scored his
fourth win of the night to lock u p
seco nd pl ace. That left third overall
to Yarrow , who was sto p ped in his
bid for seco nd o vera ll in th e final
heat of th e ni ght wh en " Rocket Rod "
Su lliva n won h is seco nd even t of th e
night. Su ll ivan scored two points in
hi s fir st event, th en lost a n engine in
his seco nd event. H e borrowed Mick
Obradovi ch 's Weslake a nd won hi s
third event, th en twi sted the front end
wh en' he cras hed ha rd in event 14; it
was thi s th at ca used th e restart in
which Curry edged Delacy. Sullivan
put h is good front end on Obradovich 's bik e in time for hi s last heat
which h e won, dropping Yarrow to
third overall.
Mike Parsons (G odde n) p ut in two
exce lle nt rides in Division Two for
th e ni ght. The first one transferre d
h im to th e fin al , th e second o ne got
hi m th e tit le. Third Division honors
went to jim Rog in (Webster Chassis/
P u b & S u b P izza / C lev ia s Beauty
Shop/ Orie & Doris Sa nders/ God den)
who finish ed in fro nt o f Ken Wed·
d ingfield a nd so ut he rn Ca lifornia 's
Vale rie Rob eld o,
Special th anks sh o u ld go to a ll the
old ti mers a nd racers in and arou nd
Fresno that brought th eir restored
racing bikes to Ra tcl iffe a nd pu t
them on display.
Results
DIVISION ONE; 1. M ike Dela cy (14 Pts); 2. Paul
Or land i (12.5); 3 . Duane Varrow (12); 4 . (TIE)Robert
Curry /Steve Ma rt in (10); 6. Dav id Feria (9); 7. Rod
Sullivan (8) ; 8 . Pat Linn (7.5 t 9 . (TIE) Steve c rawford/ Doug Nico l/ Lou is Kossut h (7); 12 . (TIE) Tom
Ferr i s/Rockey Robinson (4 .5); 14 . Mark Dragony
(4); 15. Scon Orm iston (3.5 ).
DIVISION lWO: 1. Mike Parsons; 2. Rick Hicks; 3 .
Jeff Brown.
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DIVISION THREE: 1. J im Ragin ; 2. Ken Wedd ing f ield ; 3 . Va lerie Robledo .
Ermolenko, Castro
win Carlsbad
By Gordie Orr
CA RLSBAD , CA, AUG . I I
"Sudden" Sam Ermolen koand
Eddie Castro were the big winners at Ca lifornia Speedway
Su nday night as they LOpped the
First Di vision mains whi le Steve
L u cero a n d d efendi ng Na ti on a l
Champion " King" Kelly Moran tied
in th e 7-U p Mat ch Race Championsh ip.
Castro (Pro Rider/ j ones Goggles/
T h e Ch ums / KNAC Weslak e) trailed
J eff j ones in the main unt il lap three.
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