Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

second. King took third with Sandona ge tti n g th e wrap-up. After th e even t, Ermo len ko sa id , " I n ever even had to put m y root down. The tra ck was so smooth th at I just nev er had to put it down ." j err j ones (C h ris Mistyretta /Pjl / L az er/ R egina Chain s/ Up-Tim e/ Bra i n En ergi zer /Cycl e-Am /On e Grand j awa ) m ad e th e long drive Irom Agou ra j us t to be a reserv e. That move p aid off as he not o n ly got o n th e prog ram , but won th e H andi cap main in h is fir st-ever IMS Division One a p pea ra nce. j ones was co m ing from th e zero a nd he irn media relv se t out to tak e th e lead over Ri ch Swean ey a nd Ronni e Correy. Co rrey got by Sw ean ey for seco nd at the end or the first circ u i t a nd was set to ma ke a cha rge a t j on es. It wa s n ot goi ng to be, as j ones rod e a perfect lin e. Faria and so u the rn Ca lifor nia poi n t-leader Steve L ucero were m aki ng a charge from th e ba ck a nd Faria arr ived in third on the fo u rth revolut ion. but Lucero pushed him ba ck to th e num ber four spo t o n th e last la p . Lucero th en cha rged Correy a nd edged him to th e lin e by inc hes for seco n d long a fte r j ones had taken th e checke red fla g. Don But ler (Dic k's Garage/ Wrigtu Fr amers/Wild \\'est Cou n trv Music/ Scott Goggl es/j&M Tro phy & Silk Screen /M ike Su lli van R acing Associa tes Weslak e) passed lead er jimmy Gentil e o n lap th ree a n d went o n to take th e Second Division ma in b v a co m forta ble margin; Ed ThunTlan took thi rd beh ind Gentile. Kent Bowser p assed j ohn Dunn on th e fin al revolution to tak e home th e to p honors in th e T hi rd Divi sion ma in. Dun n hung on for seco n d, with Mark Bro o ks racing to third. Results SCRATCH M A IN: 1. Sam Ermo lenk o (Wes ); 2. M ike Far ia (Wes); 3. Lance King (Wes!; 4. John Sa ndona (Wes ). HANDICAP : 1. Jeff Jones (Jawa); 2 . Steve Lucero (Wes); 3. Ronnie Correy (Wes) ; 4 . M ike Faria (Wes) ; 5. Shaw n McCon ne ll (Wes); 6. Rich Sweaney (Wes ). SECOND DIV: 1. Don Butler (Wes): 2. J immy HON A500cc INTERCEPTOR BOX STOCK ROAD RACE SERIES 1985 : ........ . . 1If]j • a • • u i ~ Willow Springs Raceway . -0'00.0. " ' " ~ Sunday, September 22 This weekend make your plans to attend the HONDA SOOcc INTERCEPTOR SERIES ROUND #7 &= Plus! See 12 AFM Club Races from 250cc GP to Full Blown 750cc Superbikes! BE THERE! . .... "LINr . See A Full Day Of AFM Road Racing Action! Gates Open 7:00 A.M. Admission $6.00 HONDA' FOLLOW THE LEADER " Gentile (Wes) ; 3. EdT hurman (W es); 4 . Kevin Krugh (J awsl: 5 . Nor ma n Neum an (Wes ); 6. Don J ackson (Jawa). THIRD DIV: 1. Ken t Bowser (Gdn); 2. John Dunn (W es); 3 . M ar k Brook s (J aws ); 4 . Tom Co ll ier S u bscri be a n d g et yo ur na me o n the cover of Cycle N ews, (Jawal; 5. Jim Peery (Ja wa ); 6. Dana Dumo nd (Ja wa) . Christian, Correy kick at Ventura By Mitch Friedman VENTURA, CA, SEPT. 10 Alan " Crazy" Christian overcam e engine problems encountered in th e Handicap main to win th e Scratch main event o ver Mike Fa ria at Vent ura Spe ed way. In th e H and icap sideof th e program,l ittle Ronn ie Correy once aga in ' p ro ved h e is a force to be rec ko ne d w it h. Correy (T ick et l\I a n ia /R o lan d Lam arch e. In c. /W r ig h t Framers / G rin P rodu cts/M om & Dad Wesla ke) beat evervone to turn one and staved th ere w ith onlv Ro b "Five Flavo'rs" Plerzin g a nd Sieve L ucero ch a lleng i ng. Bo bb y O tt tried to ov ertake Lucero Ior th ird o n lap th ree; th e pressure forced L uce ro to ge t o n the gas , a nd he dov e un der Pfetziri g for second. On th e white flag lap, Lucero made a run a t Co rr ey, bu t Correy sh ut th e door o n h im Ior th e w in . O tt pas sed Pfetzing [or thi rd. Ch risti an got th e hol eshot in the Scratch ra ce, wi th Pfetzing righ t o n his tail. Chri sti an (ST P / C i re llo Racing / Va lvo line/ Cha m p io n Spark .1l1ug s./,PIH '(~Sd'l .\F ~tl r,f S:!~MI 4..l;Ii - NASCAR Grand National Stock Car Race Suncrest Motorhomes 200 FREE Admission Sat, Sept. 28th for Qualifying Winston West Series 1 1I/8ASCIR. OlUlllD NAT,ORAL DftIV• • S (wi th purchase of Sunday Ticket) FREE 1000 Winston Rac ing Caps FREE camping - Sat. Night to First 1000 Ticket Purchasers to _ Arrive at Race Track (with purchase of Sun. ticket) Gen. admission $10.00. Children under i 6 $8.00. Under 10 Free. Grandstand Seat Tickets available at Ticketron $10.00 Additional. Win A Free Ride With Your Favorite Gra nd Nat ional West Coast D river Come and seeJ im Robin son, Hershel McGrif , Jim Brown, Bill Schm itt, Ron Esau , Derricke Cope , Ruben Garcia, Sum ner McKnight, and Glen Steurer battle it out bu mper to bumper, door handle to door handle at over' 30 m.p.h . You won 't want to m iss the party w ith all your favor ite dri vers on Sat. afternoon . (Gold V.J.P. t icket holders only) Fre e Californ ia Cooler, Budwe iser, Peps i, food and mariachis. Bring your own tequ il a, we 've got the salt and limes. Willow Springs International Raceway, Rosamond (Lancaster), California For:, info: c,alt (8 1S)J 4r4J .6.J,09 III 'w ~I 11 .1 '" l _ " .33 "

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