Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ ...... .... I ~I n,'!"'•••• &. Rlll'A'kQ USA "THE CHOICEOF CHAMPIONS" ,......; .... V .0 ... u 0 0 is ..J « 0 r: 0 t;: 0 u en >- INSIST ON HI-POINT ENDURO. 'MOTOCROSS BOOTS u en >- ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... ... :I: 00 O'l (jj 0 <.0 ,......; 0 0' ~ :I: CCJNGRA11JLATJOHS= CHANDLER DOUG se"J"to .. ",8\ ~~\e~,n"e, ED LOJAK ""'\lv;"e. ~,nn.'·\ ~ 0'1.'.". ~~SC18 "",....-- NTON JEFF STA""C,.","o-c.:: <0 IN"'" C patke sOO~su"""~p,,,,,,,,, ""lle V>ftt'rtt 2501'<0 Billy Hamill leads Tom Burba during the Handicap main at Speedway USA. in Victorville. California. See your Hi·Point Racing Products dealer today and check out the complete line-up of Hi-Point Boots for '86. From MX to dirt track to trail. he has quality Hi-Point boots to fit your needs. HI·POINT RACING PRODUCTS 1115 Milan Avenue. Amherst. OH 44001 (216)988-4474 2650H Mercantile Dr.. Rancho Cordova. CA95670 - (916) 635-2141 mentum, inside the pylons lining the course and .off course he went! Whether the officials saw it or it was reponed with sufficient witnesses later, the end result was that the victory was awarded to George even though he was second to cross the finish line at the checkered flag. It wasn't.a very happy Milewski that finally agreed that it was a racing error, but on the other side of the issue it wasn't an all-that-happy George that gained the victory through an infraction of rules, albeit an unintentional mistake by a cOJOpetitor. Results - MARVIC E'EE WEE 50: 1. Jeff Gabhart (Yam). MINI 60: 1. Man Wilalrd (Kaw). ' MINI 80: 1. Jake Zemke (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Man Lorenzo (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Amhony Mitchell (Han): 2. Mike Brumit (Han); 3. Bill Fagundes (Kaw). 250JR: 1. Kerry Puccio (Han); 2.·James Higuera (Han). ' 500 NOV: 1. Steve Sullenger (Yam); 2. Melvin Elias (Yam); 3. John Pack (Han). 500 JA: 1. Kerry Puccio (Han); 2. Anthony Giam· manco (Yam); 3. Gary Milewski (Han). VET: 1. Lynn George (Han). SERIES CHAMPIONS PEE WEE:·l. Curtis Peeples (Yam). MINI 80: 1. Man Willard (Kaw). NOV: 1. Steve Sullenger (Yam). JR: 1 Kerry Puccio (Hon). EX: 1. Brad Spencer (C-A). < usia, "Hav. JOU noticfHI wllich wheels tile World Class teams are '! Faria, Hamill win Speedway USA By Scott Daloisio Faria (Shoei/Tsubaki/Oilzall/ George Wenn/Cody Products Jawa) had just a regular night winning four of his six rides including all three in Scratch format. ]n the main he was third out of the gate behind Sieve Lucero and Ronnie Correy, but as they blasted down the back chute on the first circuit Faria shot past Lucero and was in the-lead. Correy then got the second spot from Lucero on lap two, but by that time Faria was gone_ Correy bobbred out of the final corner, but he did manage to get corrected before Lucero could take advantage of the situation. By that time Faria had bagged another impressive win. Popular "Too Tall" Don Odom (Redondo Motor Cars/Galletti's Classy Meats/Don Faulkner/Doug Nicol/Smith Goggles Godden) won the red-flag shortened Second Division main while' David Perry (Weslake) won his second Third Division main of the week. Results SCRATCH: 1. Mike Faria (Jaw); 2. Ronnie Correy (Wes): 3. Steve Lucero (Wes). HANDICAP: 1. Billy Hamill (Wes); 2. Bart Bast (Wes); 3. Jeff Johnso" (Wes). 0-2: 1. Don Odom (Gdn): 2. Jim Ragin (Gdn); 3. Scott Welte (Jaw). 0·3: 1. David Perry (Wes): 2. Tony Bienert (Jaw); 3. Gary Dudley (Jaw). Faria, Weaver on top at O.C. $pdwy VICTORVILLE, CA, SEPT. 6 Support the dealers who support your newspaper. ~ **PARTS** From '69 to Current LARGEST STOCK IN THE EAST UPS DAILY By Scott Daloisio Another week ended on the. southern California speedway circuit at Speedway USA on Saturday night and like most COSTA MESA, CA, SEPT. 5 weeks Mike Faria had again collected the most wins including the four lap Scratch main at the Hi-Desert track. While the 29-year-old veteran was winning the Saatch main young Billy Hamill won I he Handicap main off the 10-yard line. Hamill (FOM/Sunshine Oil Co.! J&J/Team Swollen/STWeslake) has been competing on the Pro circuit less than three months and he has already. made it to First Division at some of the southern California tracks. Hamill came off the 10 and blasted into the main event lead after winning in both his heat and semi. He was chased into the first corner by Kevin Krugh and former Camel Pro Series rider Jeff 'johson. Johnson moved up to the second spot on lap two. At the same time there was a midpack shuffle going down the back chute with Faria gelling pinched off. Faria eventually dropped out two laps later. Bart Bast came charging through the field and took second' from Johnson on lap three_ That is as far as anybody was gelling as Hamill had the win under lock and key. The southern California speedway tour made its weekly stop at America's most famous speedway venueon Friday night and a famous rider rode away with the IiOIl's share of the purse,The veil ue was the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa and the rider was "Flyin'" Mike Faria of Colton, California. . Fresh off wins in both mains on Thursday evening at Ascot South Bay Stadium, Faria (Shoei/Tsub:lki/ Oilzall/Hi-Point/]awa) was hooked up again on Friday as he swept the Scratch side of the program including a win from gate four over Bart Bast, John Sandona and Shawn McConnell in his semi. The main reflected the continuing changing of. the guard in American speedway as veterans Faria and Rob ·Pfetzing had to_compete with talented teenagers Bast and Gary Hicks. Faria drew gate two and rocketed into the lead over Hicks and Bast. Pfetzing went about 10 feet and t!len his kill switch failed as he coasted silently to center green. The two rising stars in the sport gave chase but the cagey veteran was too much on the night and by the time the Jerry King check- Mike Faria claimed the Scratch main win in Costa Mesa. ered ended the festivities, Faria had a bulging half straightaway lead over Hicks. For the second time in 48 hours Mark Weaver (Kal-Gard/K&N/Simpson/Pro Fuels Godden) laid claim to a victory in a Handicap main: Weaver was off the 20 and he turned three snappy wins_ ]n the main he led the entire distance while a war raged on behind him for second. Louis Kossuth was second at the outset but "Fast" Eddie Castro pushed him back to third before the end of the first go 'round. Bast worked his way up to third and then took Castro for second in turn three on the second lap_ Keith Chrisco then got both of them and found himself in second at the end of the second circuit. The "Chrisco Kid" was slowly closing on Weaver, but time ran out before be could get to the lead. The win was Weaver's by three lengths over Chrisco with Bast third. Jay Gianelli, sporting a pair of Shawn McConnell's used leathers, came from the zero to win the Division Two main by a narrow margin over Jon Boyer and Billy Hamill. David Perry won the Division Three four lapper over Dana Dumond and Gary . Dudley. Results SCRATCH: 1. Mike Faria (Jaw); 2. Keith Chrisco (Weo): 3. Bart Bast (Wes). HANDICAP: 1. Mark Weever (Gd"); 2. Keith Chrisco (Wes); 3. Bart Bast (Wes). 0-2: 1. Jay Gianelli (Wes): 2. Jo" Boyer (Weo): 3. Billy Hemill (Wes). 0-3: 1. David Perry (Wesl; 2. Dana Dumond (Jaw); 3. Gary Dudley (Jaw). Weiss smokes 'em atModenaMX By John Spear MODENA, NY, AUG. 31 Bob Weiss wound up hisAmateur career with a perfect 1-1 afternoon in the Open class as he bested 32 other riders in the first half of a Labor Day weekend doubleheader. His points from that victory, coupled with his third overall in the 250cc Amateur class (via a 1-3 afternoon) gave Weiss the points he needed to turn Expert. [n the Open class, Weiss turned back the challenge of MiKeSambuco, who finished right behind him both motos. Glenn Cooper's 5-4 was good enough for third. ]n the 250cc class, Weiss won one of the two qualifying motos, but slipped to sixth in the final moto. Scott Spano, making use of his holeshot, captured the second moto to take the overall with a 2-1 day. Pete Hogan, who won the other qualifying moto, finished second in the final moto for second overall while Martin Griff, who managed only a sixth in his qualifier, jumped to third

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