Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

o u; 9 g ~ O . u CIl ~ ~ o :r ~ Q') ;... 0.. IJ.) ,.CJ o .... u o Costa Mesa Scratch main winner " Flyin ' Mike" Faria leads Bobby Ott. Correy again at Speedway USA The program was made a few weeks in adva nce and Gary H icks (Milne Broth ers/Mom & Dad Weslak e) was a T h ird Division reserv e. T ha t wa s o bvio us ly a mistake, and H icks co n vinr ed everyo ne o f that by taking th e win in both hi s hea t a nd th e m ain aft er getting on th e program. Sean Dilullo finished second behind Hi cks, with Andy J ohnson third . Results SCRATCH MAIN : 1. M ike Far ia (Wes); 2. Sam Ermolenk o (Wes) ; 3. Bobb y Schwanz (Wes); 4 . Stev e Lucer o (Wes ). HA NDICA P: 1. Tom Burba (Ja w); 2. Al an Chr istia n (Wes); 3. Lance King (W es); 4 . St eve Luc ero (Wes); 5. Andy Nort hrup (Wes) ; 6. M ike Ma zzacane (Ja w l· SECOND DIV; 1. Ronni e Corr ey (Wes); 2. Norman Neuman (W es): 3. Jimm yO 'Oell (Wes); 4 . W alt Farnu m (Ja w ): 5. Ma rk Weaver (Gdn ); 6 . Do u g Nico l (W es). TH IRD OIV ; 1. Gary Hick s (W es); 2. Sea n Dilullo (Gdn); 3. Andy Johnson (J awl; 4 . Ja y Skile s (J aw ); 5. Mike McCarthy (We s); 6. St ev e Ly ons (Jaw). Faria, Burba bubble at Costa Mesa Ermolenko spot-on at Ascot South Bay Stadium By Scott Daloisio By Gordie Orr By Scott Daloisio VICTO R VILLE. CA , SEPT. 28 COSTA MESA , CA . SEPT. 27 GARDENA, CA, SEPT. 26 Ro nn ie "The Kid " Correy made a big impression on everyone present at Speedwa y USA Sa turday night as he won both th e "Flyin' Mi ke" Faria no tch ed yet anoth er Scratch main wi n Friday even ing at th e world famous Orange Count y Fair- Wh en "S udden Sam " Ermolenko is o n h is ga me. he has been a ble to beat o ne and a ll in so uthe rn Californ ia in 1985. Scrat ch a nd Handi cap mains. Befor e Co rrey took h is two wins, th e Third Div is ion bovs had 10 di sp lay th eir vast tal ents to th e en th us ias ric crowd . On th e Iir st trv 10 run th e main , th ey put on a wil d' d ispla y as the pack entered th e fou rth turn . One rider bobbled and th en a ll hel I broke loose. Wh en th e du st cleared, rider Wayn e Manch ester had been pitch ed over th e pit crash wall and into a p ile o f sa nd . Fortunarelv. Ma nchester was o n ly sha ken from tI;e seri ous-l ooking inc ident , but hi s bik e was pronoun ced de ad at th e scen e o f th e acci dent. When th e ac tio n got ba ck und erway, th e race was dominated by Bent ley Barret (Wesla ke ) wh o won th e main by a wide margin in o n ly his second Speedway USA appearance. Ken Berr y of Bakersfield took second wi th Ro bert Fai rch ild th ird. Co rrey (T' ic ket Mani a /Fish in g Boat s Un li m ited / Ro la nd LaM arch e Inc.lWrig h t Framers/Morn & Dad / Gr in Product s Weslake) had to work hard to cap tu re th e troph y a n d th e cas h in th e Handicap m ain. Co mi n g a ll th e wa y from th e 50, he worked hi s wa y throu gh th e pack , but Kent Bow ser, wh o sta rted on th e short yard age, had o pene d up a big lead . Correy slo wly but surely closed th e gap a nd fo u nd himself on Bow ser 's rear tire as they took the wh ite flag . Go in g do wn the back ch u te , Correv went 10 the inside, but Bow ser hung to ug h a nd mai nta ined a sligh t adva ntage unt il fou r wh en Co rrey, sti ll on th e in side. go t th e drive an d too k th e lead . Correy led th e fin a l half strai ghta wa y with Bow ser hanging in right beh ind 10 fin ish a close seco nd . In th e Scrat ch main , Correy took th e lead a little earl ier. H e was o n the o u tside as th e pack roared down th e back ch u te o n la p one. a n d h e ca p tu red th e lead by th e time th ey ent ered turn th ree. From th at po in t on , it was a ll Correy a nd he took his seco nd Scra tch ma in in a row a t Speedwa y USA over Gary H ick s, Do n Butler and Sha ne Haw ley. grounds speedway tra ck wh ile th e ni cest g uy in speedway. Torn Burba, took th e h onors in th e H andi cap main with a w ire-to-w ire wi n . Fari a (S hoei / Oa kley /Ts u ba k i/ A'M E/Scotty's Muffl er/ T orco lTrak Mast er T ir es/ Kal-G ard / STP / \ \'acy Arm st ron g /M organ 's T- Buc ke ts & Things Weslak e) got a great ga te from th e pole and th en o u t-fo ugh t Bobbv Schwartz 10 hold th e lead into th e first rum . Sc h wa rtz tried to h old o nto the second pl ace spot bu t he wa s pa ssed by " Sudde n Sa m " on lap two. At th e sam e rim e as Errnolen ko wa s passing Schwartz , Ste ve Lucero brok e a pisto n and coasted into th e infi eld. Ermo len ko was ho ping to ge t a shot at th e leader Fari a , but Fa ria wa s o n a rim and held a half- strai ghtaw ay lead tha t he ca rried across th e lin e. Bur ba (Cody Ra cin g Produ ct s/ FOM / Pro -D esi gn /B ell H elme ts / O ak ley Jawa ) did not mak e a mis tak e the en tire even ing as he swe p t th e Handi cap side of th e pro gram from th e 20. Burba hopped int o th e lead a t th e gree n over M ike Mazzacane a nd Andy Northrup. North ru p a nd Alan C hr istia n wen t by Mazzarane o n lap two for seco nd a nd thi rd, then Christian got No rthrup for second a t th e end o f th e lap. Lance Kin g moved in ro rhird o n la p th ree, bu t he wa s roo far behind Ch ristia n a nd Burba 10 mo un t a serious cha llen ge for th e lead in the a llotted tim e. Chr istian closed, bu t co u ld on ly come withi n o ne leng th of Burba at th e checkere d . Kin g hung o n for third with Steve Lu cero fourth. Ronn ie Corr ev (T icket Man ia /' Fi sh in g Boa ts U n lim iu-d z Rokund La Ma rch e , In c. /W ri ght Fra mers / Mom & Dad /Gr in Product s \\'eslake) got on th e program as a reserve a nd th en went o n to tak e th e win in th e Second Divisi on main . Norman Neuma n held th e lea d in th e exc i ting ma in unt il the end of th e fourth lap when Walt Farnum too k ov er. Correv foll owed Farnu m th rough and fou nd h i m se lf in second. T ha t qu ick ly cha nged wh en Farnum ca reened into th e back ch u te wa ll , leu ing Correv in to th e lead a nd Neuman back by. Correy took h is lead th e final ha lf lap for the wi n , with Neum an a cl ose second, Third spot was tak en by Jimmy O 'D ell with Farnum rerovcr- : in g to tak e fourth. Thursday ni ght he wa s o nce aga in on at Chris Aga jan ia n's Ascot South Ba y Stadi um, and he swep t th e Scra tch side of th e program . The capper on h is fin e pe rfo rma nce wa s a seven length win in th e ma in . Erm ol enko (P ick Your Part Au to Salvage/ Pacific Coast La m ina ting/ Ar a i z j o n es Go g gl e s /Am eri can Mikuni/STP / R K Raci ng Chain /AI Reed 's Polishing/Frame Sh op /Car Tun es/Kal -G ard Weslake) ca rne o u t o f gat e three to pa ce po lesitter " Flyin ' Mike" Faria into th e first co rner. Enn ol enko sta rt ed to ex pa n d on hi s lead as soon a s th ey exi ted turn two . While he was moving away from Fa ria , Steve Lucero was making a bid to tak e away seco nd. Lucero got inside Faria o n th e back ch ut e on lap two and passed him as they en tered turn th ree. At th e en d it was "Sudden Sa m" for h is fourth regu lar seaso n Scra tch main victory at Sou th Bay S tad iu m . Lucero took th e runn er-up spo t ahead o f Fari a a nd Lan ce King. For th e seco nd week in a row, it was yo u n g R ic h Sw ean ey (Zees Ra c in g /Joel Guth Con sr . z Scou Goggles / Mo m & Dad Wesl ak e) tak ing th e H andicap m ain . The fir st attempt to get th e race go ing was redflagg ed fo r a David Hanco ck cra sh in tu r n fo u r o n lap o ne . The seco nd try di dn 't get qu ite th at fa r as Billy Gra y tapped Swea ney's rea r tire a nd ca tapu lted over h is handleb ars a nd into th e back ch u te crash wa ll in spectacular fash io n . Gra y wa s dazed , but was able to wa lk o ff under h is o wn pow er. T he th ird tr y to get th e race underway featured less fir eworks and a fin e performan ce by Sweaney. H e strea ked o ff th e 10 and led all five laps to tak e hi s fo u rt h win o f th e yea r, o ver Alan Christ ian , who edged Walt Farnum for second in a photo fin ish . Gary H icks (Milne Brot h ers /Morn &Dad Weslake) passed Ran dy Skinner o n lap three and took the wi n in the Second Division main . Skin ner stayed in seco nd wi th Do n Bu th er third . " Killer" Kell y In m an (9 I X/ST P / H a n co ck Design /Ka l-G ard / G en e Woods Racin g Products/Bell /Mom & Da d / Ca lifo rn ia Speedway ) rode a former G ene Woods Godden to a n impressiv e win in th e Third Division main. Kent Bowser - also riding a Gen e Woods- used Godden - took second wi th Steve Don ovan third .: . Results 22 THIRD OIV: 1. Bent ley Barrett (W es); 2. Ken Ber ry (Jaw); 3 . Robert Fa irc hi ld {J ap}; 4 . A nd y J oh nson (Ja w ); 5. Wayne M anc h est er (J aw); 6 . Eric Firtsch ne ide r (Jaw) . HA NDICA P; 1. Ron n ie Corr ey (W es); 2 . Kent Bow ser (Gdn); 3 . Tod Bertrand (Gd n); 4 . Ga ry Hicks (Wesl; 5. Ken Bidn ey (Ja wl; 6. M ark Coker (Wes) . SCRATCH: 1. Ron nie Correv (Wes ); 2. Gar y H icks (Wes ); 3 . Don But ler (Wes ): 4 . Sh ane Hawley (Wes ). Results SCRAT CH MAIN: 1. Sam Ermolenko (Wesl; 2 . Steve lucero (We s); 3 . Mike Faria (Wes) ; 4 . Lance King (Wes). HA NDICAP : 1. Rich Sweaney (We s); 2. Alan Ch ri st ia n (GM ); 3 . Walt Farnum (Jaw); 4 . Jeff Jones (Wes) ; 5. Bi ll y G ray (GM) ; 6. David Hancock (Wes) . SECOND D1 : 1. Gary Hicks (W es); 2 . Randy V Ski nn er (Wes ); 3. Don But ler (Wes) ; 4. Mark Hately (Wes) ; 5 . Jorda n D un ca n IGdn); 6 . Mark Brooks (Jaw). THIRD DIV ; 1. Kelly Inman (Gdn); 2. Kent Bowser {Gdn) ; 3. Steve Do novan (Wes); 4 . Tom Settlemire (Jaw); 5. M ike McCarthy (Wes) ; 6. Craig Furman (Jaw). Martin, Curry split Baylands finale By W.H . Spencer FREMONT, CA , SEPT. 19 Class A speed way racing at Ba ylands finished its T h ursday n ight season wi th Steve Martin to ppin g the Scra tch main and Kid C urry winn ing h is first-ever H and ica p mai n even t. Curry (B&\V Mach in e Shop )chased H ea th Racin g 's Dave Cox for th e sem i checkers to m ake th e Handicap main ; Pat Lin n took the fina l transfer spo t. Scott Br ant ( Br uce Pa rl er Racin g/ Bram En g. ) liven ed up the cro wd wit h an aw e-inspiri ng outside drive in the seco nd semi that end ed too ea rly. Mark Zeisslcr topped th at ra ce o ver Duane Yarr ow and Mik e Delacy for th e final lin e-up. Linn ( Pe tric h Cy cl e/ H i-Po int/ Arai /Scou Weslak e) gave th e fan s a thrill in th e main wh en h e spun a 360 0 tu rn a nd co nt in ued on in turn o ne . Dave Cox crashe d exiting turn four a nd Currv set sai l, never to be h eaded . Ya rrO\~' and Dela cy finished seco nd and th ird ; Zeissler ca me home fourth over Linn . In Scratch ac tio n , T orn Ferris held th e p oint for th e first hea t over J oh n H ouston j r. , wh ile Ya rro w and the Snooky Owen s Weslak e were enoug h to hand le Mik e Dela cy (#1 Bicycl e Sh op Wes lak e) in h eat two . Li nn beat Bran t in h eat th ree , and Mart i n held off the adva nces of Sisemore's VacAero Mae ly. Bra nt had lx-cn run ning o n th e o u tside , but as the n ight went on .j he line went awav. Yarr ow won th e first sem i over Sis ;'m ore and Brant. who didn ' t tran sfer. Linn a nd Martin dis pl a yed th e tal ent in th e seco nd ra ce. w ith Dela cy and H o usto n ca ug h t in th e wron g spot. Linn a nd Si sem ore ga ted from th e number two a n d th ree posi tio ns for th e ma in, wh ile Ya rr ow dr ew th e o u tside. lea ving Martin o n th e p ol e. Martin go t a good ga te a nd set th e pa ce , whi lc Yarrow rode wi de in second ; L inn h eld o n for third with Si semore close at hand hut at th e flag , it was Martin takin g h is fir st Scrat ch wi n o f th e vea r for Tea m T rim . Chris Pat;l son (R P.\ I/ i\Iiller Alum/ Fost er Paint Godden ) handil y won th e Div ision T wo main over Ri ch Marcu cci and Ken Eggers. Gordon R udy pu lled in his second Divi sion Three ma in over Joey Leo nard and Da n N ielson. T he fina l match race went to Duan e Yarr o w , who narr o w ly defea ted Pa t Li n n in a n exc iting two-o u t-of-three • sho w that W

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