Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

--=,Spe·edllflay _ z « ::i!: o w a: u. :r ~ ~ > . '" E? ~ c-r o .... :r n, Q.) ..0 o ..... u o ...-. Ronnie Correy won his second Scratch ma in at Speedway USA, (Above) T his week's double winner Mike Faria leads Kelly Moran and Bobby Ott at Ascot South Bay Stadium. (Below) Moran, w inner Alan Christian and Steve lucero battle in the Scratch ma in at Costa Mesa. z « Three mai n over J o hn Du nn a nd ::i!: o Sieve Furma n . w a: u. Results ~ ~ > SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Al an Christ ian (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (We s); 3. Brad Oxley (We s); 4 . Kelly M oran (Gdn). HANDI CAP: 1. M ark Dwy er (Jaw ); 2. Lan ce Kin g (W es); 3. Rich Swe aney (Wes); 4. Ed Cast ro (W es); 5. Jeff Jones (Jaw ); 6. Denny Scopellite (We s)_ SECOND DIV: 1. Ma rk Brooks (Ja w); 2. Gary Hicks (We s); 3 . M ike Dwyer (Jaw); 4 . W alt Farn um (Jaw ); 5. Shan e Hawley (Wes); 6 . Bentley Barrett (We sl. THIRD DIV: 1. Richard Perkins (J aw l; 2. Jo h n Dunn (W es); 3 . Steve Furman (Jaw); 4 . Tom Collier (Jaw); 5. Tom Settlemir e (Jaw); 6 . Greg Nelson (Wesl. MATCH RA CE: 1. Kelly Mora n (Gdn ); 2. Sam Ermolenko (We s). :r '" o b :r ll. Speedway USA win falls to Coney Christian. Dwyer claim Costa Mesa gold By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, SE PT. 2 1 Alan "Crazy" Christian o u tbattled Steve L ucero ea rl v on , to win. the Scra tch mai n a t the Orange Co un ty Fa irgro u nds 26 Fr iday ni ght w hi le Ma rk Dw yer kn ocked Den n y Sco pc llire OUI o f h is wa y o n the fo u rth la p to rake th e Ha nd icap ma in . . Ch ris tia n (ST P/ Va lvo line/Cire llo Racin g /Cha m p io n Spark Plugs/ P BI/ K&N/ Bcl i/ H i-Po inr / Fiberg lass Concep ts/ Ad vanta ge Boats Weslak e) wa s co m ing o ff a di sta nt seco nd -p lace fini sh to " Flvin ' Mik e" Fa ria th e previo us even in g a t Sout h Bay Stad iu m and he wa s determ in ed to wi n Fridav. Steve Lucero ga l the ga le, but Chri~ tia n wen t a ro und hi m o n th e back ch u te. L ucero was back a t the head o f the th underi ng pa ck by t u rn th ree. Chr isu a n aga in cha llenged as they ca me dow n the fro nt ch u te a nd h e p u lled in to a momen ta ry lead . Lucero was back by in tu rn o ne on th e seco n d la p , bu t.by the end o f that la p , Christ ian had th e lead for good . Lucero stayed righ : o n hi m a nd mad e a few a ttem pts to get by, but h e had 10 settled for a ver y close seco nd at th e J erry Kin g ch eckered flag. T hi rd spot was tak en by Brad Oxley. wit h Kell y Moran lo u rt h . T he H an dicap ma in was a good a ffa ir tha t ende d in co ntroversy . Sco - pel lit e , wh o bega n rhe .everi in g as a reser ve, wa s the leader o n the sta n wi th J eff J o nes a nd R ich Swea ney in cl os e p ursuit. Dw yer (Po p & Fast R a ci ng / F ra n k Sc h iavone Con st. / George Wenn /M om & Dad / Part s Pl us/ Arai J awa ), off the 30, and La nce Kin g , o ff the 40, qui ckly began 10 slice th eir wa y th roug h . rh e pa ck. Dw yer fou nd h im self in seco nd o n la p two with Kin g d irectl y beh ind h im . T he y ca ug h t up to Sco pellit e o n lap fou r, a nd enteri n g turn th ree, Dw yer kn ocked Sco pell ite o u t o f th e way. Scopellite ended u p o u t hy th e cras h wa ll a n d bv th e time h e recovered , he found h imself in last. Dwyer led th e rest o f the way wit h King keepin g th e h ea l o n th e fa ll ing sho r t by half a len g th . Th ir d spot, wen t to Sw ea ney. Even rhou gh uhe checkered had fa llen th e act io n wasn ' t o ver. Sco pellite returned to hi s pit and th en came back 10 tell a n o ffici a l. " Trn sic k an d tired o f this . T h is is t lie seco nd lime ii 'S happen ed a nd I' m nOI going 10 p ut u p w ith it a n ym ore. Ca n 't peo p le pass wi th ou t ra mm in g so meone?" H e th en wen t ba ck into th e p its a n d he a nd Dwyer had a ra the r hea led co nversa tio n w it h Dw yer Iau-r exp la in ing h is.side. " Wha l was I su p posed 10 do? Kin g wa s h am m er ing o n me a ll th e wa y a nd he (Sco pellite) wa s ho ldin g me u p . If he we n t fas ter I wo u ld n 't have h it h im. " Mark Broo ks (Pa in rwo rks jawa ) wo n th e Seco nd Division ma in bv ho ld ing o ff a cha rg ing Gary H ick~ o n th e last lap . R icha rd Perk in s wo n hi s Iir st ever Cos ta Mesa Divis ion By Scott Daloisio VICTO RV ILLE, CA, SEPT. 2 1 Young C ary H ick s of Riverside wa s shoo ting for h is th ird consec u ti ve Scra tch m ain event at Speedwa y USA in Victorvill e Sa turday n ig ht wh en he ra n int o a roa d block. 'Tha t roa d block ca me in th e d im in u tive for m o f Ron n ie Correy.w ho paced the field the en tire wa y in t~l e fin a l [o u r-la p ra ce of the evern ng. T he mai n event was to be a showdow n between Hi cks a nd Correy. Correy wo n th e o pe n ing n igh t Scra tch mai n a t Speedwa y USA wh ile Hi cks too k the ne x t lWO. So far o n th e ni gh t, bot h o f th e yo u ng co m pe tito rs h ad wo n th ei r Scra tch hea t a nd Scra tch sem i. For the mai n Correy wa s starting in th e seco n d spo t, w ith H icks at h is righ t elbo w in three. Tad Bert rand mann ed th e po le w ith Don Butler in sial fou r. Before th e rap es went u p , Bertrand let o u t h is clu tch a nd bro ke the bo ttom o ne a nd h e was sen t to th e p its. Wh en the tapes rose, Correy Cri ckel Ma ni a / Fish in g Bo ats Un li m ited /R ol and La Ma rc h e , I n c.! Wr ighl Fra mers/ Mo m & Dad / G rim P rod ucts Weslak e)wa s out like a shot with H ick s in ho t p urs u it. Correy was bla stin g a ro und th e smooth di rt o va l w it h H ick s g lued 10 h is rea r tire. It sta yed th a t wa y un til the back ch u te o n lap th ree wh en Correy o pen ed u p a sma ll cu sh io n 10 protect hi s lead . Correy ca rr ied it a ll the wa y 10 th e ch eckered a nd h e fini sh ed three lengths a head of Hi cks w i th Butler ta king th ird . Mark Coker (T o ler's Au to Bod y/ AUla Specia lties Weslak e) was promot ed to Seco nd Divi sion anti h e took hi s first-ever spee d wa y m ain even t wi th a wi n ove r Don J ackson in th e Han d icap race . Coker led from th e o u tset o ver Ja ck son and Mark Brooks. Doug Bo wers go t past Brooks fo r th ird o n the second la p , but th a t was as far as he was go ing. J ackso n looked smoo th in second whi le Co ker wa s turn ing in a ge m o f a r ide a t th e hea d o f th e pack . H icks tri ed Bow ers for thi rd o n lap four, bUI he found th e turn -one crash wa ll a nd d ropped to th e rear. AI th e J ohn Arn old J r. checkered, it was Coker by seven length s over J acks o n a nd Bow ers. For th e seco nd week in a ro w, Bern ie T usco (J a wa) wo n th e T h ird Division ma i n . Ka rl Se llent h in led most o f the wa y, but h as to be ha p p y with seco nd at the en d o f th e even t. Results SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Ronn ie Correy (Wesl; 2. Gary ' Hicks (W es); 3. Don Butler (W as); 4 . Tod Bertrand (Gdn ). HA NDICAP: 1. M ark Coker (W esl; 2. Don Jackson (Jaw ); 3 . Doug Bower s (Ja w ): 4 . Jeff Springman (Wes); 5. Gary Hicks (Wes); 6. Mark Brooks (Jaw ). MAT CH RACE: 1. Ron nie Corr ey; 2. M ike Dwyer . THIRD DIV: 1. Bern ie Tu sco( Jaw); 2. Kar l Sellen t hi n (Ja w ); 3. M ike St efan (Jaw); 4. Andy Johnson (J aw); 5. Robert Fairchild (J AP); 6. Steve Lyons (J awl. Faria grabs Ascot South Bay Stadium Win By Scott Daloisio GA RDENA, CA, SEPT. 19 " Flyin ' Mike" Fa ria pushed hi s S h oei/O ak Jey/Tsuba ki / A'ME/ Sco tty' s Mu ffler/Torco/ Trak Mast er T ires/ Ka J-C a rd / ST P / Wa cy Ar ms trong J aw a to h is fifth Scra tc h m a in w i n at Chris Agajania n 's ASCOI So u th Bay Stadiu m at th e Budweiser Su mmer Spee d way C lass ic T h u rsda y ni g ht. After w inn in g h is heat , Faria fin ished seco nd 10 Sieve Lucero in th eir sem i, b ut h e showed everyo ne how to do it in th e Scra tch m a in . Com ing off th e pol e he ho p ped in to th e lead over Alan " Crazy" Ch ris tia n , L an ce Kin g a nd L ucero. Lu cero took King for third as th ey ca me o ff turn lWOo n the open er. H e th en wen t to wo rk o n C h ristia n a nd pas sed h im o ne lap la ter fo r seco n d, but hy th ai time, Fa ria was long gone . C hri stia n decide d h e wa nt ed seco nd back a nd he wen t back by L ucero o n th e th ird lap . Lu cero kept th e heat o n, bu t wa s un abl e to get back in to seco nd position . Far ia took the wi n bv seven len gt h s o n hi s j uw a in a n ot h erwise a ll-W esla ke field. C h ris tia n edged Lucero for seco nd , wit h Kin g lurking o n th eir heels in fourth .

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