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If . Christian' finished - s«ond, they
would run-off with him off for first.
H he finished third or fourth, they
would run-off against each other for
the title.
But, Christian beld off a determined Sandona to take the title for
the third consecutive year.
Oxley then claimed second when
he beat Hicks in a run-off.
Christian was elated with his win.
He beamed while doing a television
interview and said, "I won it the first
year, but last year I got lucky. This
year I wanted it again, plus they told
me I could keep the trophy (a huge
perpetual trophy) if I won it this
year." He then went on, like many of
the competitors, to praise Hicks for
his sterling performance on the night.
Results
POINTS: 1. AIen ChriMlan (Weal 13; 2. IlrMl
Oxley (Weal 12; 3. Gery Hicb IWesI 12; 4. me)
John ~ tGMVS- ~ lWeaIlSheMI
McConneIllWeallO; 7. _ _ DwyeI' (Weal I; a
Ricll~IWesI8; I. GelW WoodIIGMj 8; 10.
mel Ed
(Wea~ ........ lWeaI/Ronnia
Correy lWesllllab 011 tGdnlli.
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Meeting winner Alan Christien goes outside runner-up Bred Oxley in event
five of the Speedwey Megazine Cup et Inlend Motorcycle Speedway.
Bobby "BOOgeloo" Schwenz won
the Scratch mein et Venture.
Christian tab at
'MS Speedway
By Scott Daloisio
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JUNE II
The Third Annual Speedway
Magazine Cup took place before
a sizeable crowd at john LaDouceur's Inland Motorcycle
46-
Speedway Wednesday night, and for
the third consecutive year, Alan
"Crazy" Ouistian took home the
coveted crown.
Two of Christian's main competilOrs for the title met in the first event
of the meetin~. Brad Oxley easily
cruised to the Win while "F1yin' Mike"
Faria failed to finish. Before the start
of the race Faria had clutch problems
and he borrowed Ronnie Correy's
bike. Unfortunately, Correy's bike
also let him down and Faria's title
hopes were pretty dim:
Christian (STP/Valvoline/CalFab/BeIi/Smith/Brant Eng.!Advantage Boats/Mikuni/Hi-PointlTerrycable/Tsubaki/Barnett Weslake)
waltzed to a win in event two. Another
of tltt' f'aWltites, St~·hacero:~lI·itr
the race and scored zero. In event
three John Sandona, who a few wee~s
earlier won the Bruce Penhall Dasslc
at IMS, knocked down leader Gene
Woods and was kicked out of the [irst
race. After three races, three of the
major competitors had failed to score.
The final event of the first round
looked like it was going to be a win
for Doug Nicol, but he had the box
come unplugged and he coasted
silently to the infield, allowing Shawn
McConnell to win.
Oxley then pushed his Weslake to
an important win when he edged
Christian in event five. That gave
Oxley a one-point lead. Lucero got
on the winning track by taking event
six, but Faria had more problems
with his own bike and dropped out of
the meeting. A wild crash in turn one
of event seven featured Gary Hicks,
Keith Larsen and Nicol. All restarted
and Hicks took third giving him
three points from two outings. McConnell stayed abreast of Oxley when
he edged Dwyer to close out the
second round.
McConnell and Oxley met in event
nine and they faced Lucero and Sandona. when the dust had settled, the
win went to Lucero, trailed by Sandona, McConnell and Oxley. That
sent the point standings into a mad
scramble. Christian made it two wins
on the night with an impressive victory over reserve Jeff Johnson while
Hicks won a thrilling was over
Sweaney in event II.
Oxley was third out of the gate in
event 13, but by the end of lap one, he
was in command for another win giving him nine points.
Event 15 was a pivotal race as il
matched McConnell, Christian, Hicks
and Woods. McConnell got the gate
and seemingly had the win tucked
away when his rear tire went flat near
the end of lap three. That gave the
lead to Hicks and the youngster turned
back the determined ef[orts of Christian. If McConnell had not suffered
tbe flat, he would have won the meeting as he took his last ride.
Oxley won his fourth ride of the
night when he edged Sweaney. Now
all he could do was sit back and
watch, hoping that Christian finished
no better than second in his final
ride.
The despondant McConnell 'won
his last ridle but it was too little, too
late. Hicks, who by now had the
crowd on his side, scored a very popular and decisive win over Lucero in
event 19. That incredibly put the
• . ~tmn 'lh~ sameiJoat as OXley.
PInney sweeps
8roome-no•• MX
By Joel Church
CENTER LISLE, NY,.JUNE 8
Rick Pinney rode his Hondas
to perfect moto scores in the
125 and 250cc Pro classes on a
rain-soaked Broome-Tioga MX
track.
Pinney took the early lead over
brother ScOll when the duo slogged
through the mud in the first 250cc
Pro moto. Ricky pulled away from
ScOll, and cruised to an easy win. Bill
Denman chased the Pinneys until
about the fourth lap, then retired for
the day due to problems. Gary Malyszek took over third, but was never
close enough to challenge the Pinney
brothers.
Moto two saw Rick Pinney holeshot the field on the fast-drying track.
Bob Cuddeback followed on his Kawasaki, but couldn't gain any ground
on Pinney. SCOll Pinney had trouble
and dropped out of the race on the
fifth lap after holding down fourth.
David Phelan had thid place secure
near the mow's end, and he went to
work on Cuddeback. Phelan made
his move and got by with just a lap
remaining. Ricky Pinney opened a
large lead and was never challenged.
Jerry Harris was first out of the
gate in Senior class moto one. Following right behind was Ed Downing and Paul Harvey. Harris held a
Io-second lead over Downing by lap
three, with Harvey closing on second
place. Bruce Strallon was on the
move and pushing Harvey with one
lap to go. Harvey was unable to catch
Downing, but he did capture third
place. Stratton andJim Smith rounded
out the top five.
Downing stole the lead in the second
moto with Harris following right on
his rear fender. On lap three Harris
made his move on Downing. Although Harris had the lead, Downing stuck with him until the last lap,
when Harris fell and Downing motored by. Harris remounted in second.
Results
OPEN EX: 1. Ron Dr_ (K_t 2. Scon Pinney
(Honl; 3. Mike Dougherty (KTM).
250 AM: 1. M8tt Dr.e (Kewt 2. Bernie Kohler
(SuZ\; 3. Petrick A_len CHon~
JR MINI: 1. Zye Breun (Kawt 2. J ••on Steiner
(Kawl; 3. Sh.... Upe (Yem~
125 EX: 1. Rick Pinney (Hont 2. Bob C _
(K.wl; 3. St_ N_I (K_I.
VINT: 1. Jim Tholen (Hont, 2. Leo SwenzJr. (Honl;
3. Tho..... Se... (SuI).
SR EX: 1. Ed Downing lHont, 2. Jerry H.".I. IHuel;
3. Br.... Stretton (Y.m).
SR AM: 1. Jim Smith (y.mt 2. EN Br.un (KTM);
3. Leon Whaley (Y.ml.
SUPER SR: 1. Bernie Koh", (sull.
SCHBV: 1. Le