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0 ~ ~ iii 0 .... « 0 ~ u Ul > 0 '" 0 Ul ..... 0 (,0 J: , 00 0.. Ci') ..... ~ ..... ~ >- ('j ~ tapes o n the start. He backed o u t o f them , a nd lx-io re he co u ld gel reS1agl'd, the ra pes wen t up a nd \ Vood s was left behind 'If tel" tr yin g to a n tic'ipate th e sta n . Faria was int o th e lead O\'lT Mark Dwver and Steve Lucero. \\'hile Fari a W o pe n ing u p a lead , ;IS Lucero moved up to cha lleugl' DWY lT o n lap tw o, but by th e end of lap th ree , Dw yer ha d padded hi s adva n tage O \'lT th e th ird-plure ride!". Dwyer's "'l'slak l' had lx-cn sp u ueri ug a ll ni g ht long so no o ne was expecting' h im to cha llenge Far ia , but hecauglu up to th e leader as th ey en u-red turn th ree fo r th e fina l riuu-, Dwvrr rook to th e o u ts ide and was ill th e 'p rocess of goi ng, in to 11ll' lead o n the fina l stra ig h ta way wh en he wh l'died , That lcr Faria rak e rhe win in an incredibl« phot o finish , If Dwyer had n ot wheelied , the main woul d have been hi s. Results Ascot Sout h Bay St adium Scratch main winner Alan Christian (1 ) squeezes between Tim McCasland (left) and Keith Chrisco at Costa Mesa. SCRAT CH : 1. MI ke Faria (Ja w l; 2. Mark Dwyer (Wes); 3. Steve Lucero (Wes). HANDICAP: 1. Mike Faria (We s); 2. Lou is Kossu th (J aw); 3. Walt Farnum (Ja wl. SECOND DIV: I , Bobby S imons (Wes); 2, Rand y Ski nner (Jaw); 3 . Ken Sid ney (Jawl. TH IRD DIV: I , Jon Boyer (W es); 2, Scott We lt e (Wes); 3. Bria n King (Jaw). • Faria earns Costa Mesa double By Scott Daloisio CO STA MESA, CA, APR , 18 Mike Faria a nd Keith Chrisco posted a pair of 1-2 fini sh es in th e two First Division main events before a large a nd enth u- Perhaps the winningest rider on the southern Cal ifornia speedway circuit right now. Mike Faria leads Jeff Jones and Mark Dwyer at Costa Mesa. T he cro wd serenaded th e place wi th a p a st ure cheer. Fa ri a a nd Schwartz later had somewha t th e same opi nion of wha t hap pened. Faria said. "He beat me o ut of th e ga te and wh en we got to the corner he was wa y sidewa ys, I was going to try to cu t underneath him a nd h e ca me down, I had no where to go." Schwartz had thi s to sa v a bo u t the cra sh : " I wa s in th e lead: so I co ntrolled th e race. When you 're leading, you ca n do what yo u want, it's yo u r ra ce tra ck . I d id n' t th ink I shou ld've been th rown o ut. Oh well , th ere 's tomorrow ni ght a t Ascot." On th e restart it -was a ll Faria a nd th e Shoei /J /O.ikley /OilzaI IlHi Po in t/Kal-G ard /Cod y P rodu ct s/ Geo rge \\' enn / T subak ilCarl isl e J awa . Lucero gave chase, but cou ld never mount a full cha lle nge fo r th e lead, a nd in th e end , was three length s back . R ich Swea ne y (J oel Guth Con structio n / Bill Gill en Ra cing /Zcc 's Ra cing/Gene Woods Ra cing Produ ct s/ Scott Goggles Weslak e) cla wed h is way to a hard -fought win in th e Handicap main from th e 20-ya rd lin e. Sw eanev took th e lead from race-lon g leader Walt Farnum ncar th e end of th e fourth tour o f th e o val. Lucero a lso mad e h is wa y th rough a nd actually gave Sweaney a nudge o n lap four, but Sw eaney foug ht off th e ad va nces a nd recordlxl his fir st . IMS win o f 1986. Lucero was 'a close seco nd with Gen e Woods third, Results 34 ., " SCRATCH : 1. M ike Far ia (Jaw); 2. Steve Luce ro (Wes ); 3 . John Sandona (Wes) . HAN DICAP : 1. Rich Sw eaney (Wes): 2. Steve Lucero (Wes); 3. Gene Woods (GM) . SECON D DIV; 1. Ken Berry (Wesl; 2. Don But ler (Wes) ; 3. Steve Donovan (Wes) . THI RD DIV: 1. Jon Boyer (W es); 2. Mark Coker (Wesl: 3. Chris Land (Wes) . Speedway USA to Faria By Scott Daloisio VlcrO RV ILLE, CA , AP R , 19 Super h o t " Flyiri' Mike" Faria got the largest crowd of the season at Speedway USA going, by taking both th e Scratch and H andicap main l'\'ents o n th e warm desert n igh t. T he H andi cap ma in saw Fari a (Shoei. j . Oilzail , OakleyiH i-P oil1l/ Kal -G ardzCodv P roducts /'Tsubaki/ Geo rge \\'eun : Ca rlis le jawa ) co me all the wav from 1I11' 50 to score a \\'l'lI -dl'Sl'l"\'~-U w in, Lo u is Kossu th was th e in itia l leader fro m th e zero-ya rd lim-over Walt Farnum . Rock v Robinso n wa s third , hu t he wavquirklv .p icked o ff hy 198,) TI~Kk Cha m pion Ronnie COITl'y. Fa ria got Co rrev for thi rd o n the bac k ch u te o n lap three. On Ih l' next ci rc u it. he rode arou nd Farnum for secoud in th l' pla ce. Faria pull ed up 10 Kossulh 's rear ti n ' aud rode around th e yo u ngs ter as th ey ca me off turu two for the fin al time, The cr owd roared th eir a ppro \'a l at Fa ria's pl'rfonnalln' and he had hi s firS! maill ,l'\Tlll will o f Ihl' ui ght ullder his bd L Kossuth lOok Ih l' Sl'co ud spot with Farn u m gl' u ill14 third . For thn't' a nd a ha lf laps, Ihl' S("I~llch main was a litll e l'asi l'r for Faria , blll whl'n Ih l' dll'ckl'rl'd fl'll he o n l\' had 1I1l' win by a spoke', Gml' W;xxls, s(;lI'ling o UI of gatt' four, push t'lllhe siastic crowd a t th e Oran ge Cou n ty Fa irgrounds o n th e fo urt h week o f " ,cing in the 1986 seas on. Veterans Steve Lu cero, Gen e Woods a nd An d y Northrup were suspended fo r a week due ID a n in cident th e preek here, so so me tal ented vious w e yo u ngs ters got a cha nce to show th ei r stu ff in Costa Mesa Division One act io n fo r the first tim e. Wall Farnum a nd jdf j ohn son seized th e o p port u n ity and made it a ll till' way to th e Handicap main , As the two yo ungsters roared out of th e gate in th e feature even t, they were even into th e first bend, but johnson too k Farnum 10 the wall in tur n two. I t wa s a good 1110\'e except that it Idt th e inside wide open a nd Faria, who got a n a mazi ng start fro m the ,10, led the rest of Ihl' Iield th ro ugh the ho le and johnson and Farnum fou nd themselves at the back of the pa ck , Ed Ca stro was in second unt il the end of the second revolution when he was fenced by Chrisco. That left Chrisco with a clear sh ot at Faria and h e d os ed in on th e leader but run o u t of time before the checkered nag unfurled, Following th e lead duo ac ross th e lin e were Sh awn ;\IcConnell, johnson, Farnum and Castro. Out o f posiri on two , Faria g-ot th e ga te over Ch risco , but Ch risco wa s runn in g heavy [lywheel s. a nd by th e time th e y go t to th e fi rst bend , Chrisco's machine sla nu ned him into Fa ria , Faria bobbled but maintained h is bal ance wh ile Ch ri sco tri ed to go arou nd the o u tside . U n for tu na tely. Ill' didn 't gl'l fa r en ough o u tside and cu uglu Faria 's reartirl', sen di ng Faria o \'l'r th e hi gh side a n d himsel f into th e dust. That broug ht o u t a red nag a nd a tUm p letl' restart. On the restart , Faria again gOI the ga te and lean ed in o n Chrisco as they Wl'llI in lOturn o ne. Chr isco 's machiul' gai ned moml'nlU lll a nd he a lm ost lagged Faria again , Fari a wlll'i-lil'd o u t of Iwo and just as Chrisco was a ho u t 10 go by, Faria ga thlTl'd it in and 1 6uml'd his 1l'ad , wilh Chrisco in hot pursui t. Chrisco sta yed dose hut cou ld not find th e slX'l'd 10 get by a llll sl·ttled for second, three Ienglhs ba ck , Brad Ox ley lOok third with Tim ;\kCasland fourth , AftlT Ihl' event both Chrisco and Faria laug hed o ver th e inridcu rs a nd shook han ds. Results _ SCRATCH : I , M ike Faria (Jaw); 2, Ke ith Ch risco (W es); 3 , Brad Oxley (Wes ). HANDICAP: I , M,ke Faria (Jawl; 2, Keith Chris co (W e s); 3 . Shawn McConnell (We s). SECOND DIV : 1. Pat Hawley (Gd n); 2. Tod Ber tr and (Gdn); 3 . Mike Dwyer (W es), THIRD DIV; 1. Bobby Simon s (W es); 2. Kurt Markham (J aw) ; 3 . Steve Furman (J aw l. Christian , leans-up c at Ascot By Scott Daloisio GARDE:'I::\, CA , APR. 17 Alan "Crazy" Christian scored a clean sweep tonight o n th e Scratch portion o f th e p rogram at Ascot South Ba y Stadium 's speedway even t. Ch risti an , th e defendin g National Champion , didn 't make it as far as th e Handi cap main . hut he domi nated th e Sc ra tch side of the meeting. In the Scratch main, he had to baule wit h Brad O xle y. Ronn ie Correy and Gene Woods. Woods, like Christian , entered th e mai n even t u nd efeat ed . Chr istian (ST P / Ca l- Fa b! Bra n t [ ilgi neeri ng-! BcII/ SllI ith / Va I\'01ine/ Advantage Boats/Mikuni/Hi -Po in t/ T er rvcab lc/T' subaki / Barnett Wes lak ejblasred Irom the ga te and headed fo r th e first co rner, taking a n ea rly adva n tage. Corn-y qui ckl y reiega It'd Woods to -third a nd took up tilt' cha se o f C h ris tia n , It wa s a David and Goliath affair as th e si x-foot, 170po und Christian wa s bei ng closel y pursui ed byCorn'y , wh o studs a bo u t Iive-Ioot -oneuud weights abo ut 108 pounds. Surprising ly, Correv sta ved riglu a ll Christian 's tail, forcing th e veteran to m ak e a perfect ri de, Wh en th e checkered flag dropped, Christian won lh e main by th e narrowest of margin s o ver Correy, Oxley took th ird , with Woods , who had no tir e left , gelling th e wrap up. . Keith Chrisco (C ulha ne 's Mobile Fleet Wash!Windlord Performa nce/ Bill & Greg Hancock Weslake) turned in a verv determined ride from the 30-ya rd 'line to wi n the H a nd ica p main even t. You ng Wa lt Farnum joined Bill y G ruv o n the 10 for the start, but when he dropped th e clutch, his drive ch ain bro ke, a nd Farnum had to p ull 10 the infield. Gray had the lead over northern Ca lifornia 's Jim Sizemore. Chrisco en tered thepicture at th e end of the first circu it wh en he moved in to third , He then app lied th e pressure to Sizemore and he finall y go t by th e st u bbo rn you ngster o n lap three. Chrisco at e up till' ga p between h imself a nd G I<' y and turned up th e h eat on lap four. Gruv fought him o ff un til Chrisco g-ot in side o f h im lioing down th e back ch u te on tilt' last lap when he moved Grav ou t o f the wa v for th e lead . Chr isco rode th e rema in in g half a lap to th e win with Oxley a lso taking G rav for seco nd at th e fin ish. j iill Peery (Atlas Pool Su pp ly j awa ) started on the zero-yard line and won his second Divisi on Two main event in less th an a week . Peery had hi s hands full in the en d wh en Tuff McBrid e , wh o wea ved hi s wa y through the tra ffic from Ih e 30, closed th e gap a nd fell just inches sha n a t th e chec kl'l"ed cloth, T h ird spo t wa s ta ken by " Kille r" Kell y Inman. Rooki e rider Bobby S imons (Do n & Lori Fau lkner/100%P roducts/ Sco tt Goggles Wl's lake ) won the Third Division main by a wide margin over Ken Theibauld and C1~lig Furman, Results SCRATCH : 1. Alan ChristIan (W esl; 2. Ronn ie Correy (We s); 3 . Brad Oxley (Wes). HANDICAP : 1. Keith Ch ri sco (Wes) ; 2 . Gen e Woods (GM) ; 3, Billy Gray (GM ). SECOND DIV ; 1. Jim Peery (Jawl; 2. Tuff Mc Bride (J aw l; 3. Kelly Inman (Gdn). THI RD DIV: 1. Bobb y Sim ons (Wes) ; 2. Ken Thei · ba ud (Jaw); 3. Craig Furman (Jaw).

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