Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-=.SpeedlNay _ l- e a: ~ :x: z a: w '" e w > '" a lo - ~ 00 :x: ... w ...J u:: Chris Pau lso n jumped o ut to a good Divisio n Two m ain event sta rt a nd never had trou b le o n his n ew R P M / M i ll e r Alum inum /Fo st er Pa int/Bill Kn ig h t/Bay Area Kawasa ki- backed Godden. Second went to Ri ck St eph en s a nd thi rd to R o n Com bs, Divi sion T hree saw Kenny Weddingfeld gra b a com fortable lead o n th e fir st lap a n d ace the troops on h is Sa n J ose Honda/Hap Jones District! M P E bike with Ken n Sjostrand holding on to seco nd over J eff Santos and Gordon Rud y. J un io r kids had th eir a utu m n series co m p letio n with Ga be Elder th e w inner o n the ni ght, but Dustin Sc h roeder earned to p poin ts in th e ser ies. Results Eddie Ingels leads Paul Orlandi and Pat Unn at Baylands. Unn tied with David Faria at the Coors Invitational in Auburn. but lost the run-off to Faria. Orlandi finished the night tied for fifth. o n his PJ IISh oe ilTea m Step he ns 250 wh ile Cra ig enjoyed seco nd. Dust in Sch roede r ca me up with nine points to win th e regu la r Junior Di vision titl e o n the Motorcy cl e Magic/DW Driggs Elec/Cali Ra cing special and Ken Wagner top ped Bobby H ed den by a point. Results POINTS: 1. Dave Faria (14); 2. Pat U nn (14); 3. Duana Yarr owl131; 4. M ike Delacy (9 1; 5. (TIE) Paul Orlandi/Ba n Bast / John Houston Jr. IB); 8. (TIE) Rocky Robin son / Sam Bast 171 10. (TIE) Tom Fer; r is/ Ji m Sisemore/Steve M artin (6); ' 3. (TIE) Ron McGiII/S" ",. Crawford/ Marc Prince (3). Robinson, Zeissler top Auburn By W.H . Spencer AU BU R N , CA, AU G . 23 " S udd en Sam" Ermolenko scored a double victory at Ventura. taking the Scratch and Handicap mains in Division One. Speedway [Co ntin ued from page 8) 12 aced th e sta rt o f event two whil e Duane Yarrow eas ilv rode to th e checkers in heat three. Dave Faria won th e fir st round fin al. Bart Bast opened th e second ser ies with a win over John H o u to n : Del acy scored just one point. Faria ca me ba ck o n th e R ich m o nd Yamaha / BMW / Sierr a/l nter lin k Jawa to be th e first to do u ble while Orlandi ca me o ff th e o u tside in event seven to hold off Yarrow for a win. Linn won th e last rou nd of th e seco n d series. Yarrow (A&A R a ci n g / O il za l ll MPE/Snooky Owens Weslak e) won in round ni ne. Li n n scored a no ther victo ry in race 10after Mike Delacy go t a side ways start . Faria held the o n ly perfect score after winning event I I o ver Orland i an d R on McG ill. Ba n Bast carne u p wi th h is seco nd win in th e fina l h eat befo re intermission break . L inn (Pe tr ic h Cycle/ Hi -Point / Arai/Scon ) met up wit h a nd downed Faria in race 12. Ya rr ow tied it u p in the n ex t rou nd wi th a win o ver MeG ill. T h is p ut Linn, Faria a nd Yarro w tied a t I I wit h Delacy (#1 Bicycl e Shop Weslake) fourth. A win co ul d p u t him back in the ru n ni ng a n d he d id th at a fter a batt le wit h Steve Martin. John H ouston earned hi s fir st win o n the Cla ssic & Fash ion/Trick Gas ma chine in race 18. With four ride rs sti ll in the hunt, it was race 19 th at was th e decider. Linn took a hard-fought win o ver O rl an d i and Bast, which put pressure on th e last-round riders . Yarrow , Dela cy, Ferris and Faria wer e sla ted to m eet in eve nt 20. At th e ga te it was Faria o n th e insi de a n d Yarrow on th e o u tsi de - i t re mai ne d th a t way fo r two la ps , with Dela cy o u t. At th e checkered it was Faria by a bikelen grh and a tie a t 14 poi nts betw een h e a nd Linn . Bot h were back in th e ga les wit h in seco n ds. T he fo u r-l a p a ffai r wa s a lmost a nti -climactic as Faria got a good start and went away with it. In Ju nior Varsity sq uad a ction, Tommy H edden topped Craig Reed wh ile Gabe E lder dropped out wi th a blown motor. H edden wo n both hea ts It was the fin al ni ght of regu lar Cl ass A speedway raci ng a t the Gold Country Fairg rounds and the fans saw Rocky Robinson go home with the Scratch mai n wi n while Mark Zeissler to p ped the H an d icap race. A three-h eat p rogram selected th e H andi cap 's semi co ntesta nts wi th Mark Drago n y win n ing th e fir st o ver Zeiss ler (Fred Le wis Canst/ H i-Point R a ci n g /Team Vooch) wh il e J eff Bro wn topped th e seco nd hea t over M ike Pa rsons an d Greg Martz. Dana Perr i - runn in g hi s fir st Divisio n One race - won ove r J ohn H oust on a nd Marc Prince in heat three. Dr agony co nt in ued hi s winn ing p rog ram in th e fir st sem i while Da na Perr i su rv ived for the transfer with M ike Pa rso ns third o n th e R ich m o nd Yamah a- BMW J a wa . Scott Bra nt devasta ted th e seco nd sem i with a good ride over Brown and Zeissler . In th e main it wa s all Zeissler as Dragon y and Per ri both went down . Bra n t chased Zeissler , bu t co u ld n' t get by; then h e had to contend w it h Pars o ns w ho fin ished th ird ah ea d o f Brown. I n th e Scrat ch p orti on R o ck y R ob in son (M PE / Sie rra / C ustom Equip) won th e first heat then to p pe d his semi over Parso ns . Ro bin so n did it agai n in the ma in, a nd Pa rsons he ld off Sam Bast a nd Tom Ferri s for second. SCRATCH MAIN ; 1. Rocky Robinson ; 2. Mike Parsons; 3. Sam Bast; 4 . Tom Ferris. HANDICAP ; 1. Mark Zeissler ; 2. Scon Brant ; 3. M ike Parson s; 4. Jeff Brown; 5. Mark Oragony; 6. Dana Perri . DIV. lWO; 1. Chris Paulson ; 2. Rick Steph ens; 3. Ron Combs; 4. Vanc e Felic ia; 5. J im Har ris; 6. Ron Arl t. DIV. THREE; 1. Ken Wedd ingf eld; 2. Kenn Sjostrand; 3. J eff Santos ; 4 . Gordon Rudy; 5. Scon McNeil; 6. Troy Graham . JR MAIN ; 1. Gabe Elder; 2. Bobby Heddon; 3. Dustin Schroeder; 4 . Kenn y Wagner; 5. Tommy Hedden; 6. Ernie Moris. JR SERIES FtNAl POINTS: 1. Dustin Schroeder (19); 2. (TIE)Tommy Hedden/ Bobby Hedden (16); 4. Kenny Wagner (13 1 5. Gabe Elder (9). ; Ermnlenko takes double win at Ventura By Mitch Friedman VE NTU RA, CA , AUG. 13 "Sudden Sam" Ennolenko won both the Scratch and the Hand icap mains this week at the Commotion by the O cea n , Vent ura Racewa y. Ermol enko said h e'd been try in g to win bo th mai ns for th e past co u p le weeks an d was g lad it fin all y happened . Bobby Ott h eld u p th e sta rt o f th e Scra tch fina l wh en h e broke a p rim a ry chai n a t th e starting lin e and was un ab le to ge t a bike to ride. When th e ga te went up, Mike Faria was th e first to turn o ne, foll owed by Ro b "Five Fl av ors" Pf et zin g a nd Er m ol en ko (Arai / Pi ck Yo ur Part S tanton / Jones Goggles / M i ku n i/ H i-Point/ T erryca ble/ R K Racing Chai n / PCLlY&E Cycle/ Frame Shop GM ). Ermolen ko p assed P fetzin g on th e backstraigh t the n m oved up on Faria goi ng into turn o ne o n the second la p . "S udden Sam" took o ver th e lead co mi ng ou t of two a nd rode o n to victory. Pfet zin g go t th e gate a t th e sta rt of the H andicap race as Shawn Moran jumped fro m th e 50-ya rd line into seco nd. Erm ol enko was o n the wa rpa th , a nd p assed Moran fo r seco n d com ing o u t o f tum two , the n h alf a lap later got by P fetzi ng for th e lead . Once o u t front , Erm o len ko never looked back a n d went o n to ca rd th e vic to ry. Moran tried to pa ss Pfetzin g everywhe re on th e track , bu t wa s denied until th e last lap. Pf etzing bobbled going o n to th e back ch u te a nd Mo ra n raced by for the runner-up po sition. Alan C hristian rode in fourth th e who le wa y. G ary Hicks wo n th e Second Division m ai n , with "S to rrni n' No rman" Ne u man seco nd; Jim Bradley was the • Di vision T h ree victor. Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Sam Ermol enko IGM); 2. M ike Faria (Jawa ); 3. Rob Pfetting (Wes); 4 . Bob On (Gdn). HAN DICAP: 1. Sam Ermolenko (GM); 2. Shawn Mora n (GM); 3. Rob Pfetzin g (Wes); 4. Alan Chris· ti an (Wesl; 5. Doug Nicol (Was); 6. Kelly Moran (Gdn). OIV lWO: 1. Gary Hicks; 2. Norman Neuman. DIV THREE; 1. Jim Bradl ey; 2. Ken Barry.

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