Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

--=, e e d Mla y Sp _ MATCH RACE : 1.Aonnie Cor rey (W es); 2. Gar y Hicks (J aw ). HANDICAP; 1. Jeff Jones (J aw) ; 2 . Brad Oxley (Wes); 3 . Tim McCasland (Wes); 4 . Keith Chrisco (Wes); 5. Mike Curoso (Wes); 6. Alan Christian Lucero takes first win at Costa Mesa (GMI . By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, SE PT. 6 So u thern California speed way point lead er Steve Lucero fin allv cracked th e nut that had proved too ha rd a ll season long Speedway USA double Sc ratch ma in w inner Gary H.icks has been clea ning up in Second D iv ision speedw ay. Here he goes inside Walt Farn um . Po int/Fiber gl ass Concept s/ Adv antage Boats GM ) p u lle d o u t a lillie br eath in g room a n d Mike Faria gra bbed th e r u n ne r-u p p o sit ion from Pfet zin g goi ng int o th e th ird bend o n lap two . Faria closed the gap o n C h ristia n th en tried to get past co ming o u t of turn four o n th e last I ~p , but Christ ian closed the door o n him a n d took th e w in . Th ird went to Pfetzing a n d fourth 10 Lance Kin g , who dropped o u t due to je t lag . Kin g had flown into Los Angeles just h ours ea r lie r a fte r co m pe t ing in Eng la nd. Chris' Paul son topped th e Second Division main event over G ary Hicks whil e Marty Van Blargen fini shed seco nd behind Bernie Tusco in th e Third Divi sion race. Results SCRATCH MAtN : 1. Alan Chrlst,an (GM); 2. MIke Faria IJawa); 3. Rob Pfetzing (Wes); 4. Lance King (We.). HANDICAP: 1. Ronnie Correy (Wes); 2 . Steve Lucero (Wes ); 3. Bobby On (Gdn); 4 . Mike Faria (J aw a t; 5. Rob Pfetzing (Wes); 6 . A lan Chnstlan (GM). SeCOND DIV: 1. Chr is Paulson; 2. Gary Hicks ; 3. Joe Bishop; 4 . Norman Neuman; 5. Ricb Perkins ; 6. Ken Wedingfekt. THIRD DIV; t . Bernie 'tusco. 2. Many Van atergen ; 3. Chr is Land; 4 . Steve Bauer; 5. Ken Berry; 6. Greg Wood. MATCH RACe: 1. Lance King; 2. Brad Oxley . Hicks, Correy speedy at Speedway USA By Scott Da lo isio vrcroa VILLE, CA, SE PT. i Young Gary Hicks, th e grandso n o f Am eri can gr eat Cordy Milne, put hi s two-valve j awa into th e winner 's circle a hea d 34 " o f two Weslakes a nd a fou r- val ve J awa in th e Scra tch ma in o n the t hi rd . n ight o f ac tio n at John Arno ld's Speed way L!SA. . . Hi ck s (M ilne Bros .) was definite ly a t a d isad vantage by ridi ng th e twova lve agai ns t t he mos t 'Powerf u l mach ines, but he smoked th em from the start of th e four-lappcr. H e gal the gate over popular Ro n n ie Corrt)' a nd led int o th e first ben d . LOU IS Kossut h quick ly bega n to apply .'he heat 10 Correv for second whil e HI cks • \,~S · re~lgU\~I;rrrt 'H'i~ "INh1." Kd's~il ni a got by Correy th e second time.arr;>lmd th e h igh -desert ova l a nd set Ills Sig hts o n H icks , but H icks was gone. T here wa s nobody o n th e track ~,' h? was goi ng to be a ble to ca tc!l 111 m III th e remai ni ng two revo lu tions. Co rr ey went a fter Kossu th in a q ues t 10 ge t back into th e runner-u p spot a nd ea rn a few mor e do lla rs. H e got th e. job done o n the fina l lap a nd raced under th e J ohn Arn ol d , Jr. chec kered fla g far behind winner Hi ck s. Corre v (Fish ing Boa ts Un limi ted / R o land' Lamar ch e , In c .v'TI ck ct Man ia /Wright Fr.\ln ers /l\I(~m & Dad/ G rin Products Weslak e) did get th e g lo ry in the actio n- pac ked Handi cap main. T om Sett lem ire. co m rng o ff w in s the past two week s in T hi rd Divi sion started a t th e head o f the pack a nd was into th e lead o ver Billy Gra y a nd Doug Bowers o n th e sta rt . Correy, off th e 50, th en bega~ to put o n a show . Bv th e end o f th e first lap, he had move'd pas t fo ur o ther ride rs and found himself in second . H e sra Iked Se u lem ire a nd wen t by for th e lead in turn three on th e second go'r o u n d . On ce h e was o u t front . ir was a ll ove r except th e shou ting a nd the crowd d id p le n ty o f th a t for their fa vo ri te as h e ci rcled th e tra ck . Kos suth. a lso from th e 50 , got by Settlem ire o n lap three, bu t it was too lat e to ge t 10 Correy, who captu red hi s fir st Spee d way US A H an di ca p main . Kossuth fini sh ed second with Bowers th ird. An von e who thinks 't ha t H icks ' vieto~v aboard a two-va in ' Jawa was stra nge should have witnessed th e win hv Robert Fa irch i ld in Thi rd D iv i s i ~n . Fairchild pu t together a gn'a t race a nd loo k the Third I? i\'is ion m a in event on an a n rren t ho r izonta l J.A . P. Berni e Tusco p u t h is j aw a into second with Wayne Sell- . man o n a Godden thi rd. Results SC RATCH M A IN : 1. Gary Hicks (Jaw); 2. Ronnie Correy (Wes); 3. Lo uis Kossuth (J aw ); 4 . J eff Spring m an (Wes) . . HANDICAP ; 1. Ronnie Correy (We s); 2. loU IS Kossuth (Jaw); 3 . Doug Bowers (Ja wwl; 4 . Tom Sett lemi re (J aw ); 5. Don Butler (Wes); 6. Si lly Gray (GM) . THIRD OIV : 1. Rob ert Fairchild (JAP); 2 . Bernie Tuseo (Ja w) ; 3 . Wayne Sellman (Gdn); 4 , Ken t ~ . B~er. lG.dl11;.I)~ Erj c.h ~ F..ertsch oe lder Wawl; .6. Mark Coke r (Jaw). when he wo n h is firs t Scratch ma in o f the season at the Ora nge Coun ty Fairgrounds. Lucero had taken !na i~s a t all the o ther tra cks o n the circu u. but was win less a t COSla Mesa in Scratch compe t it io n un t i l Fr iday night. L ucero (Shoci /Oa klev/Los Pat ios R es ta u rant /G en e Wood s R a cin g Prod uc ts /STP / Ka l-G a rd/ K&N / O ilza l l/ Su pcr Spo kt'lZ/ H air By Bev Weslake) was narrowl y edged the p reviou s week by John Sa ndona bu t he was n or to be deni ed Frida y. Robert Pfetz in g took th e lead from the pol e o n the sta rt over Lucero, " Flyi n'" Mike Faria a nd Brad Oxl ey. Lucero immed ia tely went o n th e a ttack a nd a lmost went into th e lead when he hook ed up as th ey exi ted turn fou r o il la p o ne. Pf etzing wa s a ble 10 sta.ve o ff th e a tte m p t, but Lucero was trymg to go byon the inside- as th ey went down the hackchute o n lap two . Pfetzing was a ble to hold him back until th ey ca me o u t o f turn fo u r, where Lucer o forced h is wa y by o n th e in sid e. Lucero q uickly o pe ned up a sizea ble lead while Oxley mov ed up to cha llenge Pfet zing. Oxley a nd Pfetzing made co n tac t in turn th ree o n th e th ird lap a nd th e co ntact co n tin ue d th rou g h tu rn four where Oxl ey push ed P fet zing o ut o f th e way a nd m ov ed int o second, bu t it was to o lat e to ca tch Lucero. Lucero co n tin u ed to open hi s lead a nd a t th e end had a n eig h t-length bulge o ver Oxley a nd Pletzing. Jeff J ones (Ch r is l\.1i stretta /~J II L a zer /R egina Cha in v Up -T'im e.' Brain Energizer /Cycl e-AM /On e G rand ) had 'to borrow a side -pa n j awa , but th e machine pro~t-d fast enou g h as he ca p tu red hIS fir st-ever Cost~ Mesa Handi cap main . Even th ough Jones took the main , the real story was the ride of " Rad " Brad Oxl ey. Oxl ey got a roll er on th e first sta n fro m th e 40-ya rd line. H e was penal ized 20 ya rds a nd forced to start o n th e 60. J ones took the lead o n th e sta rt o ver Tim McCasland and Alan Ch r ist ian while Oxley wa s cha rg ing fro m th e back . Christian parked in th e first co rner a nd dropped to th e ba ck o f th e pack . Oxley then got by C uroso a nd o n the third circuit h e took Keith Chrisco for third. On lap four Oxl ev to ok McCasland for seco;ld a nd tie quickl y chop ped down Jones ' . lead , Oxl ey a p peared t ~ be read y to ta ke th e lead o u t o f th e fm al bend . bu t J ones s h u t th e door o n. h !m and took the w in by a len g th . 1 h i rd spot was ta ken by McCaslan d . Gary H ick s (Mi lne Bro s. ) pO\~e~ed his two-va lve j a wa to a p ho to -Fi nis h wi n o ver Ronni e Co rrey in th e Seco nd Division main event o n th e cras hfilled night. T hird spot wen t to Sh.ane H a w ley. Du an e Blak e (P ro- R Ide r J a wa ) s'cored the most pop.u la.r win of th e night when he took hi s h rst - e~er Cos ta Mesa win in th e T hird DIV ision [our- Ia p pcr. Ventura local Jim Peery fin ish ed second with Ma rk Broo ks th ird. Results SCRATCH M AI N : 1. Steve Luc ero (Wesl. 2. Brad ; Oxley (Wes); 3 . Rob~ ~f~lj ng, (W e$); ~ o'. ~ Ike F~ ~ia lWes). . SECO ND DIV ; 1.GaryHlcks(Jaw); 2. Aonnle C~r rev (Gdn) ; 3. Shane Hawley (Wesl; 4 . J immyGentlle (Wes); 5 . Kevin Krugh (Ja w); 6. Dou g 8 o~rs (Ja w) . THIRD DIV: 1. Dua ne Blake (Ja w); 2. JIm Peery (Ja w); 3. M ark BrOOkS; (Jaw); 4. A nt hony ~anchez (Wes); 5. Dave Del bfldge (J aw); 6. A rch ie Perez (Jaw l. MATC H RACe: 1. John Sandona (Was); 2. Brad Oxl ey (Wesl . "Showtime" struts at Ascot South Bay Stadium By Scott Daloisio GA R DENA, CA, SE PT. 5 A large crowd went home more th an sa tis ified after th eir favorit e, "Showt irne" Bobb y Ott, scored a co n vinci ng win in the Scra tch main a t C h r is Agajan ia n 's Ascot So u th Bay S ta d iu m T h ursday eve n ing. "S how time" Bob became th e I Oth di fferent w in ne r in 21 meetings a t th e new ven ue. Ott was clearl y th e man to beat on th e Scra tch side a ll n ight lo ng as h e scored convi nci ng wins in both his h eat and semi. In th e main , he drew the p ol e a nd was into th e lead o ver Mike Faria. Keith Chrisco and St eve Lucero at th e rise of th e tapes, much to th e del ight o f th e cro wd . Chrisco a n d Faria cha lle nged as th ey ca me off turn tw o o n th e o pene r, then Ott quickl y moved a way from th e pack. Whil e Ott wa s racing a way, a n inter esti ng battle started for second betwe en Chrisco. Faria a nd Lucero. They went at it cons ta ntly with Chrisco fin all y taking cha rge o f th e spo t, -bu t by that ti me Ott was gone a nd h e took hi s first So u th Ba y Stad ium vic to ry by .eig h r lengths o ver Chrisco, Faria a nd Lucero . The fans th en showered "Show time" with a sta nd ing ov ation while h e lived up ~o h is ni ckname with so me sp len did wheel ies. Doug Ni col (Pedco Eng.z'Coast Grain Co.lFMF/ Ca r lisle Tires/Oakley / T &M Cycle!Ascot Thursday N ight Speedway/Champion/Immed iato & Associa tes/S'I'P / Ba res/T a ylor Concrete Pumping Weslake) returned to th e South Bay Stadium winner's circle with a co nvinci ng victory in th e Handicap main. Nicol was coming from the 20 and h e won ea ch of his three Handi cap rides. In th e main , he wa s being chased by Tim McCasland a nd Ro bert Pfetzing a t th e start. Alan Christian , aboard Jordan Duncan 's Godden, moved from the 40 to gel p ast Pl etzing on lap three but he could get no fa ith er and wa s iorce 10 sett le for third . Ni col fin ished eig h t lengths 10 th e from of McCasland. Duncan (AC R / ST P / M ush roo m Grips/Fiberglass Concepts Godden ) sha d o wed lea der Norman Neuman umilturn two on th e final lap o f th e Di vision T wo ma in , when he slip ped bv on th e in side to take th e lead and e~'em ua l wi n. Neuman hung o n for second wi th Gary Hicks th ird. Kurt Markham took hi s fir st- ever speedway m ain even t wi n in th e red-flag shortened T h ird Divi sion ma in . Mark H a tel y was seco nd with Andy J ohnso n raci ng hom e third . • Resu lts SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Bob Ott (Gdnl : 2. Keith Chrisco (Wes); 3 . Mike Far ia (Wes); 4 . Ste ve Lucero. (Wes). HAND ICAP: 1. Doug Nicol (Wes); 2. Tim McCasland (Wes): 3. Ala n Chr istian (Gdn ); 4 . Rob Pfetzing (Wes ); 5. Mike Faria (Was); 6. St eve Luc er o (Was) . SeCOND DIV; 1. Jordan Dunc an (Gdn); 2. Norman Neuman (Wes); 3. Ga ry H ick s (J awa ): 4 . J immy Gen t il e (Wes ); 5. M ark Br ook s (J a wa); 6 . Randy Skinner (Jawal DNS . THIRD DIV: 1. Kurt M arkha m (Jaw al; 2 . Mark Hat el y (We s); 3. Andy Johnson (J aw a); 4 . Bernie Tusco (J aw) ' 5. Robert FSlfCh ild (JAP); 6. Ken Berry (Jawa). · I • "" . l.:t , , • I f. ' t .. , .

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