Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ ~ Sp ee d lNay z « ~ c w a: u, Ln 00 :I: U .... ~ > C%l ~ ....... ~ 0 .... 00 c-r 0 :I: ..... c.. (JJ :3 eo :3 ... -< Bobby Ott leads Lance King (left) and Sam Ermolenko in Scratch racing at Ascot South Bay Stadium. Ott won the Handicap race t here. Speedway (Conti nued from page -1-1 ) After sta rt in g hi s ride on the 30. Ca stro cl osed th e ga p o n J ones a n d breezed into th e lead in tu rn th ree. O nc e Ca stro go t by J ones, h e left Jones with Ala n Chris tia n. Sh awn Moran , Kell y Moran and Bob O tt to battle for second. J o ne s h eld them all back until th e fin a l revolution wh en Christi a n a nd Sh awn Mora n sn uc k th rough for seco nd a nd th ird . By th e time th ey got through , it was too lat e to ca tch Castro . wh o was a lreadv . co u nt ing his m on ey. Erm o lenko (Pick Your Part Auto Sa lvage/ Pacific Coa st La m ina ting/ Ara i/ J o nes Gogg les / A merica n Mi k un i/ST P / Q&E / R K R a c in g Chain/A I Reed 's Pol ish in g/ Frame Shop/Car Tunes/ Kal-Gard Weslak e) had to do it the hard way in the Scra tch main as he had to ba tt le wi th "Flyi n '" Mik e Faria. Far ia took th e gate from th e pole a nd was ch ased ou t by Steve L ucero. Ermolen ko and Ro b Pfetzing. Ermol enko went to th e o u tside a nd took th e lead from Faria as th ey ex ited turn fou r on th e first go-'rou nd, th en h e h ooked up in turn two o n th e nex t lap an d d id a wheel ie whic h let Fari a recla im th e lead. But tha t was short lived . as Er molenko was back at th e h ead of th e pack by turn th ree. T h is tim e he was ta kin g no cha nces a nd h e stretched h is lead to an event ua l fo ur len gth s at the chec kered . Fa ria hung on for seco nd with track point-leader Lucero th ird . T he Mat ch Ra ce champions hip was ' a series of four races dec id ing wh o was th e best. The four riders were Lucero , th e Moran brothers a nd Er mo lenk o. L ucero (S hoe i/ Los Pa tios Restau ra nt / STP/ Gen e Woods Ra ci ng Product s/ Ka l-G ard/ K&N/ O ilzall / Su per Spoke/ Ha ir By Bev/ Z Weslak e) won th e first go, bu t in th e seco nd o ne h e ra n o ut o f fuel in th e la st co rne r a nd finish ed seco nd to Sha wn Moran. Kell y Moran ha d a seco nd a nd thi rd a fter th e first two , but finish ed last in th e th ird event , wh ile Lu cero took third. In th e last race o f th e fo ur, Kell y Mora n (STP/ Kal-Card/ Kno uv Ideas/ Arai /Oakl ey/ Tsuba ki / Barnett Godden ) too k th e wi n , fo llo wed by Lucero , lea ving the m level after th e four races a nd theyshared the 7-UP Match Race Champi o nship. Jim Blan p ushed h is J a wa 10 a n easy win in th e Seco nd Division mai n event. J immy O'Dell o f Ka nsas wa s seco nd wi th Ra ndy Skinner third. .. 62 Results THIRD OIV: 1. M ark Brooks (J aw) ; 2. Robert Fair - ch ild lJAP); 3 . Tom Coll ier (Jaw); 4 . Steve Bauer (J ow l; 5 . Tad Bertrand (Gdn) ; 6 . Du ane Blake (Gd n). SECON D DIV: I . J im Blan (Ja w l; 2.Jimmv O ·Deli (We s); 3 . Randy Skinn er (W es); 4 . Dana Dum ond (J owl; 5. J ohn Du nn (Wes); 6. Jo hn nvWa lker (Jaw) DNS . HA NDICA P: 1. Ed Castro (Wes); 2 . A lan Chr i stia n (Gdn t 3 . Sh awn Moran (GMI ; 4 . Je ff Jones (W es); 5. Kellv Mo ran (Gd n); 6 . Bob On (Gd n). SCRAT CH M A IN ; 1. Sam Ermolen ko (Wes ); 2 . M ike Faria (Wes); 3 . St eve Lucero (Wes); 4 . Rob PlelZ in g (W es). 7 ·UP MATCH RACE: 1. (TIEl Kellv M ora n (Gdn)/ Steve Luce rr o (Wes I 7; 3 . (TIE) Shaw n Moran (GM) / Sa m Ermo lenko (We s) 5 . Ingels, Yarrow bag Baylands By W .H. Spencer FR EMONT, CA , AUG. 8 Eddie Ingels, back from Briti sh Speedwa y league raci ng, a nd NorCal 's number o ne Du ane Yarrow did the winn in g deeds at a nea tly refurbished Bayla nds Raceway Pa rk th at was faster tha n ever. Ingels took two weeks off from the European ba tt les to race in Ca liforni a , a nd the cro wd lo ved every lap h e di d a fter sta rti ng o ff th e 40-yar d line in the Handica p main . Greg Martz gra bbed th e lead wh en Dave Cox did a big wh eeli e at the end o f th e seco nd lap . Martz a nd his H i-Po int/Team Vooc h-backed bike led the next lap a nd a ha lf wh ile In gels sn uc k past Kid Curry; Yarr ow slowed with engi ne trou bles. O n th e wh ite flag lap , Ingels wic ked it u p and made a great pass on Ma rtz' for th e win. Ste ve Marti n too k th ird over C urrv, In th e Scra tch race. Yarrow ga ted first o n h is Snooky Owens Weslak e a nd won. Dave Faria fin ished seco nd over a n as tou ndi ng ride by Mike Pa rsons; In gels was fourt h. Vance Feli cia took h is P runedal e C lub machine to th e Division T wo honors with good raci ng style, passin g a to ugh J eff Santos for th e win. Ken Weddin g feld held th e o u tside line fo rt hirdon his San Jose Honda/ Ha p Jones Distr ibuti ng special. J eff Kn iss re tu rned to Div isio n Three action a nd styled his way to h is th ird - a nd likel y las t - class win . After being o ff th e la st two weeks with a bent foot. Kn iss was rid ing h ig h ton ight wi th a big win o ver Dan Neil so n and Mik e Kasp er. • Results SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Duane Yarrow ; 2. Da....e Fari a; 3 . M ike Parsons; 4 . Eddie Ingels . HA NDICA P: 1. Edd ie Inge ls ; 2. Gr eg M art z; 3 . Steve Ma rt in; 4 . Kid Curry; 5 . Duane Yarro w ; 6 . Dave Cox. DIV. TWO : 1. Vance Fel icia ; 2. Jeff Santos; 3 . KEn Weddingfeld; 4 . Nick Gerania; 5. Derek Dor rest yn; 6. Scon McNeil. DIV. THREE: 1. Jeff Kniss; 2. Dan Neils on; 3 . M ike Kasper; 4 . Jim Har ris; 5 . Terry Sparks; 6 . Jim M att eso n. T/-lEfIZE MJlKIN6- A S HOW US/f'l l> ATV S ! IT'S A Cof1E.rYy SCt- FI ACTION Ho/Ul.o/l. SFOOF. IT's A fl,IOT! /

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