Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

o iii 9 ~ § U l/l > Ul o b x lL Inland Motorcycle Speedway Scratch main winner "Rad Brad" Oxley leads Ronnie Correy and Mike Mazzacane. who finished third in the main. 3. John Ayscue (Honl. SUP SR: 1. George Tipping (Vam); 2. Joe Haley (Kewl; 3. Jerry Nuccio (Mai). WOMEN: 1. Beth Rewis (Hon); 2. Gina Perry (Hon); 3. Laurie Hempshire (Kawl. Wageknecht wai's in HenryHM By A.J. Sumner HENRY, IL, MAY 5 In the second Pro race of the season for the upper-Midwest, Greg Wagenknecht, Tim Farrell and Tim Pratt repeated their 56 performances from last week's Knoxville Half Mile by once again winning their respective Expert Junior and Pro-Am classes in Lhe Henry Half Mile. Although the riders had to battle rough and dusty conditions all day, the action on the track was very competitive. Rookie Expert Wade Camlin led the 25 Experts with a 27.17-second spin around the half mile in time trials. Wisconsin State Champion Marty Bushman tripped the clocks next at 27.26, followed closely by Illinois State Champion Mike Farley at 27.27. Wagenknecht's qualifying time of 27.87 was eighth fastest while Mike Ragan, who would finish second in the final, skipped qualifying due to a practice crash. Recil Hart qualified fastest of the 35 Juniors by posting 28.55 lap on his Hart Can-Am sponsored Rotax. Dallas Meyer's 28.57 was good enough for second fastest followed by Ron Williams' 28.59 lap on his HarleyDavidson XR750. Farrell and Jim Faulkner both qualified at 28.77, but Farrell's earlier run gave him fourth (astest. Dave Camlin, Pratt and Tom Stroudt won the Lhree Pro-Am heats, wiLh Camlin's being the fastest. Hart, Bob BuHington, Bill Shoemake and Farrell won the four Junior heats, with Buffington earning the pole (or the final. Wagenknecht, Ragan and Farley won the three Expert heats, with Ragan's win the (astest. . John Champlain, Bushman, and Charles Braasch earned main event berths by virtue o( their semi(inal performances. The Pro-Am final was a PrattCamlin race right from the start, as the two pulled away from the pack and staged a 10-lap battle which Pratt won with Camlin second over Thrune, Van Holten and Stroudt. In typical fashion, Farrell grabbed the holeshot in the Juniorfinal and was never headed to the finish. After only four laps, Farrell had built up a straightaway lead while Foxall, Shoemake, Hart and Hauptman fough.t over the next four positions. In the end, Farrell took an easy win over Hart, Shoemake., Hauptman and Foxall. Wagenknecht grabbed the holeshot in the Expert (inal and never looked back. Ragan, Durelle, Farley, Champlain and Busham fought over the next (ive spots all the way to the finish. In the end, Wagenknecht scored his second Expert win of the year over Ragan, Durelle, and Farley. Results PRO-AM: 1. Tim Prett; 2. Dew l:amlin; 3. Jerry ThrUM. JR: 1. Tim Farrell; 2. Recil HIort; 3. Bill Shoemake. EX: 1. Greg Wegenltnecht; 2. Mike Regen; 3. Oew Durelle. O,,'ey wins IMS Speedway war By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDI 0, CA, MAY 7 The event was billed as a war between current number three in the world Sam Ermolenko and "Flyin' Mike" Faria and each of them won an early battle, but by the time the dust cleared Brad Oxley had won the war in the Cycle Rider, Inc. Scratch main at InlandMotorcycle Speedway. Faria came into the event undefeated in Scratch main competition at IMS in 1986 while Ermolenko, who now rides for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the British League, was the big IMS winner in 1985. Each captured their respective heat races and Errnolenko then won the semi over John Sandona while Faria could only muster third and was out of the main event. At the same time as Ermolenko was winning his.semi, Oxley, who finished second to Faria in their heat, scored a convincing win over Mike Mazzacane and Ronnie Correy to earn his ticket to the main event. Oxley and his Coors/KNAC FM/ Cirello Racing/Hallman/Silkolenel Simpson/Scott Goggles-sponsored Weslake got the drop from the pole on the start and he paced Sandona, Mazzacane and Ermolenko into the first bend. Ermolenko desperately went to the outside in search of traction and couldn't find i·t. Sandona had the unenviable task of trying to catch Oxley but all he could do was watch the number on Oxley's back [or all four laps. On the last lap Ermolenko switched to tbe inside and was going past Mazzacane in the final corner when they made contact and Mazzacane hit the dirt. Ermolenko, even though he pleaded innocent, was deemed the cause of the inci

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