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Locl18d 50 miles west of Deytone on 1-4 Exit 32 MARCH 4-6, 9~ 11 Stop By end See Your Future Sam Ermolenko gets the jump at the start of Saturday'. main. Next to him i. Scotty Brown (left to right), Steve Martin and George Lazor. More than 63,000 fan. attended the Cow Palace two-day event. Information 800-342-9253 Nat'l 305-423-1514 Fla. Cycle News readers - me Milo know! • Experience American Motorcyclist Magazine every month: Touring, Racing, Technical .Join and understand the fight to protect your motorcycling rights; Road and Off· Road .Plus; Insurance, Discounts, Trip Routing, Free Rule Books and Law Charts Call today to join or request information kit. Winner of Friday'. races was Scotty Brown who rode f1awleaty. On Saturday, though, Brown lost a tough one to Ermolenko. AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION ::. ::--.:c 2Cl:: . ~-=:; A;"':A ~5b7 GDUNE HONDA PARTS AS CLOSE AS YOUR &aE AllY rAft ... AllY rru "DIIIIIl1Pll Sf Ermolenko, Brown super on Cow Palace ice By Bill Spencer SAN FRANCISCO, CA, FEB. 20-21 Like combining the right ingredients for the finest shaved ice daiquiri, Sam Ermolenko got the right st~rt to win Saturday night's Budweiser International Speedway Ice Championship at the Cow Palace in fron t of more than 10 000 . f Th d 'bl screamIng ans. e ou eheader feature saw former champion Scolly Brown perfect in Friday night's scratch program and then lose to Ermolenko by just inches Saturday. It was the first ever FIM intemationally sanctioned ice speedway race in the United States and for the 51100 w~o attended Friday night's show! it might well have ~en the last. With no rule book, per se, to dictate policy, referee Hank Gendusa decided in the interest of safely and fair play, 'if anyone fell, there would be a red flag. Now that's like telling the fox to not disturb the chicken's feathers. The 16 heat, all scratch program brought out Canadian John Kehoe for the first round against Billy "Bud" Gray, and Randy Lamiranda. The hockey rink inside the Cow Palace is real small and so the normal I IJo.th mile track is about Ihoth of a mile, £rozen and slippery. To get the ice worked up, Suzuki Quads from SuBay Suzuki were brought in and Chris Terry became an instant bero with his 1160" spins. Kehoe and Faria gated well for the first start but Lamiranda tagged the wall hard and called ita night quickly, bringing in first reserve Jeff Kniss who had set the record for most crashes during press day. Kehoe easily won the first round over Gray and Faria for those valuable points that get you into the main event. Colorado's Scott Ormiston won the second round but not before some restarts that had Sam Bast leading as well as Ermolenko. Ormiston won out over Ermolenko and Bast with Brit Paul Evits the first of many zeros. Kid Curry and his Skoal Bandit/ B & W Machine Shop special led for two starts but it was the "Laserbeam," George Lazor, first at the checkers with Steve Martin second. Scott Brown was the winner in round four while Bart Bast rode around Dane Jon Steachman for second. In the second round Kehoe con· tinued his winning ways as did Lazor. this time over Bart Bast while Brown downed Martin. Round eight saw Mike Jaudon get knocked down and run over and four restarts ensued before a checkered was shown with only two riders up. Ermolenko was the winner with only Curry staying up (or the duration. . Martin and the MPE/Martin & Son Paving special got in a slice and dice with Sam Bast wbich allowed Sam a rematch which Martin lost. The Bast Bros. Welding machine then got the third start and win but only after Jeff Kniss led the first three laps in great style. Joe Streachman had never ridden the ice before but being Ermolenko's British Le.ague teammate made it easy to come to the States and ride some of this fun stuff and after clearing Gray off the track with gigantic scratch marks on his neck, the STP-sponsored rider won his first event over Curry and Evits got his first point for the night. Tony Briggs and Bart Bast had a strange meeting at the start of round I I and in the restart, the son of the four-time World Champion, Barry Briggs, got the start with Bast in tow. Bast put together a great charge and passed for the lead on the third go-