Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~. "•••G Ready, Make Your Plans Now!" et th rillin g mai n eve nt . Correy ca me o u t of the gate o n th e start in th ird be h i n d roo kie Je ff J ohn son a n d No rma n [eu rna n . Corn-y wen t to th e o u tside a nd sho t by N eu m an fo r seco nd o n la p o ne as th ey bla sted do wn th e back ch u te. H e th en stav ed o u ts ide an d became engaged in a battle ro ya l wi th lea der J o h nso n . John so n rode th e po le w hil e C or rey bounced around in the outs ide heavv 1 st uff wh ile th e enti re crowd stood 0 1 th eir feet a nd screamed. Co rrey fina lly got th e necessa ry d rive a s th ey e ntre off t urn fo u r o n the seco nd revo lu tio n a n d m oved in to th e lea d . O nce o u t Iront th e di mi n uti ve star set sai l for th e checkered flag a nd mo ved O UI to a five -l en gth victo ry. J ohnson maintain ed seco nd despi te a last ben d bid by Neuman who se u led for th ir d with Doug Bower s fourth . It took Mike " Po ps" Dw yer three yea rs to win a ma in event in speedwa y bu t Sa turda y nigh t he won hi s th ird within th e la st month. Dw yer put th e Po p & Fa st R acin g /H air By Bcv/ Pa rts P lus Weslake int o the lead at th e start o f th e Hand icap main and n ever looked ba ck . Da ve Wen dl andt sta rte d o n th e 10 next to Dw yer bu t was second into th e j irst bend. Ga ry Hi cks was third but \':3.!s cha llenged by Bill y G ra y a nd J ohnson o n lap o ne . Th ey went back a nd fort h for a lap befo re J ohnson got by a nd th en took seco nd fro m Wendlandt a t the end o l th e seco nd revo lu ti o n . J ohnson . wh o start ed o n th e 50, went a fter Dwve r wh il e Correy was a fter J oh nso n. An o fficia l's m iscu e sa w th e wh it e co m e o u t a fte r la p three. As th ey ca me o ff fo ur a nd head ed fo r th e checke red ir was clear that Dwve r had th e wi n wit h J ohnson a nd Correy sett in g up a war [or seco nd. J o h nso n took seco nd by a spoke in th e race tha t ended o ne la p prema tu rel y. Th e bo vs from Ba kersfield ma de a big impression in T hi rd Divisi on . T o m Settlem ir e (Masrercra ft Signs / G ri LLly j uwa ) ran aw a y [ro m th e pack to w in th e Thi rd Di visi on m ain . Second spot went to hi s teamm at e a n d fell ow Bak ersfi eld rexidcn t Ken Berr y with Steve Bau er thi rd. Result SCRATCH MA IN: r . Bennie Correy (Gdn): 2. Jeff Johnson (W es); 3 . Norm an Neu ma n (Wes!; 4 , Dou g Bower s (Ja w ). HANDICAP: 'l . M;ke Dwyer (Wes); 2. Jeff .Johnso n (Wes); 3. Ronn ie Co-rev (Gdn); 4 . Dav e wenc- landt tJaw); 5. Gary Hicks (Jaw); 6 B;lIy Gray (GM). THIRD DIV ; 1. Tom Senl em ir e (J aw ); 2. Ken Berry (Jaw); 2. Stev e Ba uer (J aw); 4 . M ar k Cok er (J aw ); 5 . Andy J ohn so n (J aw) ; 6. M ar k Br oo ks (J aw ). " Sudden Sam" does it at IMS . U.S . Tobacco Company, maker of Copenhagen. Skoa l. Skoal Band it s and Skoal Long Cut is pro ud t o be a Founding Sponsor of the Li bert y Centennia l Campa ign. Our t wo greatest symbol s of freedom -the St at u e of Liberty and Ell i s Island - have been wracked by age , vanda lism, corrosion and neglect. ~ ;-.: , , To complet ely restore the St at ue of Liberty in time f o r her centen n ial de dication in 19 8 6, and to prevent furth er decay of the h istoric buildings on Ell is Is land, 5230 m ill ion w ill be requ i red to create a national li vi ng t ri b ut e to our ethnic an d nat io nal origins. A ll of th is mon ey will come from pri va t e dona t io ns. No government funds w ill be used. * We have pledged our support to help refllrbish these two symbols. So, in association w it h CMC /Cont in ental M Olo sport s Club of Irvine, CA; U.S . Suzu ki M ot or Co rp ., Br ea, CA and various sen ior ind ivid uals from the racing a nd motorcycling ind u st ry .. . we proudly in troduce: ~ ~W [! .BANDITS .."",•." . SKOAl ;. SUZU

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