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Ha ndicap ma in wi n ner Mark Brooks leads J im Tu rne r at Vic torville, California's Speedway USA. Ronnie Correy was t he Scratch main v ictor.
Correy, Bowser
bomb Speedway
USA
By Scott Daloisio
VICTOR VILLE, CA , OCT. 26
R o n n ie " T h e Kid " Coney
closed out th e seaso n in sensational style by again sweeping
the Scratch side of the program
at Speedway U SA Sa turday night.
That mak es Correy undefeated in h is
final 14 Scr atch rides o f th e sea so n a t
the fir st-year faci lit y.
C orrey (T ic ke t Mania/Fi shi n g Boa ts U n lim i ted / Wr ig h t Framer s/
Mom & Dad/Grin Product s/ Ro land
LaMarche, Inc. Weslake) has become
th e crowd favorite a t Speedway USA
and he wan ted to give h is fans so meth ing to remem ber him by until 1986;
i n th e main , he led w ire-to-wire and
won by ha lf a stra ig h ta way, Correy
was fir st out o f th e gate an d th en exe cu ted a wild wh eeli e down th e ba ck
ch u te tha t left a ll of h is su p p o rters
ga sping , but he wa s a ble to reco ver
before a ny o f hi s three cha llengers
got by. Sacramento 's Ro bert Curry
was g iven th e unen viable tas k of
chasi ng th e dimin u tive Correy a nd
he gave i t h is all whil e trying to stave
off the ad va nces of th ird -p lace Wa lt
Farnum . W h ile Correy wa s cru ising,
th e real battl e was between C urry a nd
Fa rn u m , who were going at it handlebar- to -h andl eb ar for seco nd , In th e
end it wa s Correy by a h uge margi n
over Curry, Fa rn urn and Ed Th urman .
Kent Bowser (Bo wser Equ ipment
Co. Wesl a ke) won hi s second Handicap main event in a ro w before the
crowd that wa s sma ller than usual
d ue to th e World Series o n telev ision.
After winnin g a to ug h batt le in h is
hea t wi th 1985 Sout he rn Ca liforn ia
Rooki e o f th e yea r Jeff J ohnson,
Bo wser finished seco nd in h is semi
behi nd J o h nso n . In th e ma in i t was
Bowser a ll th e wa y, af ter sta rt ing o n
the 10. H e bea t Ma rk Coker o ff th e
lin e a nd op ened up a co m man d ing
lead, Wh il e Bowser was tu rn in g it o n
in front of the pack, C urr y a nd Correy wer e co rn ing th rough from th e
long yardage. Curry took seco nd fro m
Coker o n th e fourth lap wi th Coker
th en droppin g to th e ba ck w ith problems, That wa s as far as Curry co u ld
g et and Bowser happi ly took h is
second Speed way USA win in as many
week s. T he previous week Bowser
did it in th e Division Three m a in.
Curry ended up secon d aga in with
Correy third.
Bern ie T usco won th e yea r-e nd ing
Division Three main o ver Andy Johnso n an d Ri chard Perkins.
T he entire sta ff of Speed way USA
wou ld like to thank a ll o f th e fans ,
rider s a nd o fficia ls for th eir help in
th e o pe n ing season of Speedway USA
a n d th ey look forwa rd to seei ng everyo ne ba ck a t th e 1986 season opener
next sp ri ng,
Results
SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Ronn ie Corr ey (Wesl; 2.
Roben Curry (Jawl; 3. Walt Farnum (Wes ); 4 . Ed
Thurman (Wes).
HA NDICA P; 1. Kent Bowser (Gdnl; 2. Robe n
Curry (Jaw); 3. Ronn ie Correy (Wes) ; 4. J oe Kre isberg (Wes); 5. Jeff Joh nso n (Wes); 6. M ark Coker
(Wes) .
THI RD DIV: 1. Bern ie Tusco (Jaw); 2. A ndy Johnson (Ja w): 3. Rich ard Perkins (Ja w); 4. Raben Fairchild (JAP); 5. Ken M orse (Jaw); 6. Ban Ona sch
(Wesl.
MATCH RACE: 1. M ike Dwyer (Wes); 2. Billy Gr ay
(GM ).
Christian,
Ermolenko star at
Ascot South Bay
Stadium
By Scott Da loisio
G ARDENA , CA , O CT. 24
Fresh off his wi n at th e U .S..
National Champio nship. Alan
"Crazy" Christian thrashed his
co m peti tors three successi ve
times a nd wa lked off with th e win in
the Scra tch main a t Ch ris Agajanian's Ascot So u th Bay Stadium on
Parad ise S urfboard n ig h t last Th ursday.
Ch rist ia n jock eyed th e STP / Va lvo line / C ham p io n Spa rk Plugs /Belli
Ca l- Fa b/ Advantage Boats/Cirello/
Hi·Point/ K&N/Mikun i/ P ro Design/
Pro R id er / Sm i th Goggles /Terry Ca ble/Tsubaki Weslake into th e lea d
i n th e m a in whe n he powered by
M ike Faria a nd Mike C uroso o n th e
back ch u te o n th e fir st lap. Faria th en
got by C uroso for second a t th e end of ·
. th e second circ u i t and set his sights
o n th e new National Champion , bu t
i t was Christ ian 's fir st nigh t in co m p etit ion since winning th e crown
and h e wo u ld not be denied. Faria
remained close a ll th e wa y, but was
for ced to sett le for seco nd behind th e
rider th at he almost had a run-off
M ike Curoso (near), Alan C h ristian and Tim M c Casla nd in Scrat ch racing
at Ascot South Bay Stadiu m ; Christian won the main,
with for th e National crown. Curoso
took third not far behind Faria with
J ohn Sandona taking fourth .
Current number three in th e world
" Sudden Sam " Errnolenko (P ick Your
P art Auto Salvage /Pacifi c Coast
L aminating/Arai/Jones / American
Mikuni/STP/ R K Ra ci n g Chain/AI
Reed 's Polishing/Frame Shop/Car
Tunes/Kal -Gard Weslake) ca me a ll
the wa y from the 40-yard line and
won a hard- fought battle with risin g
star R o n n ie Correy to wi n th e H and ica p main event. Correy got the ga te
from the 20 over Ga ry Hicks , bu t it
was Ermole n ko who wa s ca tch in g
every o ne 's eye a s h e wa s blazing
through th e pack. On th e second circu it, Ermolenko m oved into seco nd
in turn two a nd th en took seco nd
from Hick s with a n o u tside p ass a t
th e en d of th e la p . H e th en began to
stal k Correy . E rmo le n ko, r id i ng
through the cu sh io n , p u t th e huge
cro wd o n their feet wh en he raced into
the lead in tu rn o ne on th e fourth la p .
Us ua lly o nce Errnolenko gets o ut
front, he m ov es a way, but not o n thi s
even ing as Correy sta yed o n h is ta il
a nd fi n ished th ree lengths back when
the R o y Ke ll ing checkered flag fell.
T h ird spot went to Kei th Larsen,
w ho passed Gary H icks on th e fina l
revol ution .
Randy Ski n ne r (Ha ll ma n / Wa rren
Reid Racing /Randy Sk in ncr Costruc tion Com pany Wesl ak e) received a
break o n th e fourth la p wh en lead er
Bern ie Tusco slo wed a nd d ropped off
th e pa ce a llowing Skin ne r to take the
lead a nd eventua l win over L ou Kreisberg and Mark Brooks.
Wayn e Manch ester (Bla ir Paving
Co, Jawa) won his firs t South Ba y
S ta d i u m main event wh en h e o u t-:
distanced R ichard Perkins a nd Du ane
" Pi n ky" Blak e in th e Third Division
showcas e,
Re sults
SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Ala n Ch ristian(Wes); 2. M ike
Faria (Ja w) ; 3 . M ike Curoso (Wes) ; 4 . Joh n 58 OOon8
(Wes).
HANDICAP: 1. Sam Ermolenko (We sl; 2 Ronn ie
Correy (We sl; 3. Keith Larse n (Wesl; 4. Gary Hicks
(Ja w); 5 . M ike Faria (J aw ); 6. Andy Northrup (Wes).
SECOND DIV; 1. Randy Skinner (Was); 2. Lou
Krei_rg (J aw) ; 3. M ark Brooks (Ja w); 4 . Bryce
Eikelberg er (Gd nl ; 5. Bern ie Tusco (J aw l; 6. Steve
Donovan (Wes).
THIRD DIV: 1. W ayne M anchester (Ja w); 2.
Richard Perk ins (Ja w); 3 . Duane B lake (Gdnl; 4 .
Kent Bowser (Gdn) ; 5. Steve Lyon s (Jaw); 6 . A ndy
Johnson (Jaw).
Correy one more
time at Speedway
USA
By Scott Daloisio
VICTO RV ILLE, CA, OCT, 19
It was business as ' us ual for
Ronn ie "T he Kid" Coney at
Speedway USA in Victorville
Saturday night. Once again the
d im inut iv e supers tar swep t th e
Scra tch side of th e program and raced
to another co n vincing win in the
main event.
C orrey (Ticke t M an ia / Fish i n g
Boa ts U n limitedl Wright Fra mers /
R o la nd L a Ma rch e, Inc./ G rin P roducts/Mo m & Dad Weslak e) has been
the to p rider at the new speed plant
since it opened in late August, and
Sa turday n ig ht was no different. H e
easily o utdista nced the pack in both
h is hea t and semi before entering the
mam .
Co rrey wa s to face stiff o pposition
in th e m ain as he wa s set to sq ua re off
against 1985 Sou th ern Ca lifo rn ia
Rookie o f th e Year J eff J ohns o n , Jeff
Spri ngman a nd Mark Brooks. johnso n got th e ga te from position two .
but Co rrey quickl y shoved h is fro nt
tire a he ad in th e fi rst bend . H e th en
sh ov ed h is front tire ahead in th e first
bend. H e th en sho wed th e o p position
his back a nd o pe ne d up a lead .
Whi le Correy was ha ving it a ll hi s
o wn way a t th e h ead o f the pa ck ,
Johnson was fighting o ff th e deter mined charges o f Sp ringma n for
second. Springman had the heat turned up all the wa y, but Johnson held
h im back a ll the wa y to the checkers.
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