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Phil Co llins puts the inside move on Rob Pfrizing during heat race action
at Inland Motorcycl~ Speedway. Collins won the Handicap ma in.
Shipclark tops
Oriskany Falls MX
By Joel Church
ORISKANY FALLS, NY, AP R. 12
Chris Shipclark bagged the win in
the 125cc Expe rt class at Sunday's
O riska ny Falls MX. Sh ipclark came
fro m behi nd to claim second in rnot o
o ne and bac ked it u p wit h a second
in the last moto to ga rner the class'
top honor s.
Shipclark too k a fourth place start
in the firs t 125cc Expert moto a nd
q uickly began his attack o n Rob
Nessel. Shipclark displ aced Nessel
and began to zero in on second p lace
ride r Jim McKeon.
Doug Fleming led the pack, but
could feel th e pressure beh ind hi m
a nd used a long double jump to p ut
so me di stance betw een himself a nd
Shipclark. Shipclark follow ed Flemin g's line over th e double jump, but
co uldn' t close the ga p a nd settled
into second.
McKeon follow ed Fleming a nd
Sh ipcla rk over th e finish lin e jump
while Nessel ended up in seventh
a fter having a bit of tro ub le.
Under threaten in g skies mo to two
blasted off th e line. Fleming too k th e
hol esh ot with Shipcl ark hot o n h is
tail. Nessel sn uc k up and followed
the lead du o, while Sh ipclark too k
control of th e race. Nessel rode hard
o n Fleming's rear fender until lap
three whe n Fleming let hi s guard
do wn a nd Nessel motored by. _
On lap nin e, the battle' between
Nessel a nd Shipclark hea ted u p
wh en Nessel edge d under Shipclark
in a hairpin turn . Shipcla rk tried to
re ta ke th e lead , but w he n th e
chec kers flew it was Nessel wit h the
wi n. Shipclark's efforts paid off with
the overall win.
• The 250cc Amateur ac tio n started
off with Ethan Goodrich taki ng the
holeshot with Ra ndy Gar dn er in
tow . Rich Field held down the th ird
position .wh ile the pack sh uffled
beh ind him.
Good rich held a comfortable lead
to the fin ish wi th Gard ner a nd Field
cruising in behind him.
The second tim e ou t saw Gardner
leadin g Good ri ch wh o was pressing
hard wh en he bobbled over th e fini sh
line jump. Good ri ch go t go ing aga in
in second, but Gardner was long
go ne.
Field had trouble a t the start a nd .
mad e a good charge to six th pl ace
wh ile Steve Lemon put a fifth a nd
thi rd togeth er Iorthird overall.
Results
12 5 EX: 1. Chr is Sh ipclark (Han); 2 . Do ug
Flem ing (Kaw); 3. J im Mc Keon (Han); 4 . Rob Nessel
(Kaw ); 5. St eph ane Alarie (Yam).
SR EX: 1. Jerry Harris (Kawl; 2. Bruce.R. Stran on
(ya m); 3 . Jeff J ohnson (Yam).
SR AM : 1. Chuck Bry ant (Yam); 2. J eff Simmons
(KTM ); 3 . Leon Wh aley (Yam ).
SCHBY; 1. M ike Panko (Kaw ); 2. Scott Eggleto n
(Han); 3 . J ohn Tur k (Kaw ); 4 . Bru ce DeW o lf e (Han);
5. Gary Benincasa (Han ).
OPEN NOV: 1. Richard Bru sh (Han ); 2. Nick
Hathawa y (Han); 3 . Frank Lux (SUl); 4 . John
Cam eron (Han); 5. Doug Dumas (Suz).
12 5 A M : 1. Br uce Stran on (Kaw); 2. Edw in Brill
(Kaw) ; 3 . Greg Dye (Kaw); 4. Carl Hor sford (Kaw );
5. Ken Ham mond (Hon).
OPEN AM ; 1. Tim Ferg uson (Yam); 2. Raymond
Davis (Kaw) ; 3. Shaw n Graham (Kaw); '4 . Bob
Scrant on (Kawl; 5. Larry Loudi s (Honl .
250 EX: 1. Matt Drake (Kaw) ; 2. Scan Pinney
(Han); 3. Stephane A larie (Yam); 4 . Chris Sh ipc lar k
(Han); 5. Dan Field (Kaw ).
VINT: 1. Paul Grimal di (Han); 2. Bob Cleiss (kaw);
3 . Patr ick Bleau (Han ); 4. J oel Churc h (SUl); 5 .
Charles Jacobs (Kaw) .
200 NOV : 1. Robbie Rucker (Kaw); 2. Tom
M eeker (Han); ' 3 . Dan Splane (SUl); 4 . J am i
M cConnen (Yam); 5 . Curt Carter (Kaw) .
OPEN EX: 1. Man Levy (Han); 2. Scott Pinney
(Han); 3 . M ike Hartje (Han); 4. Ron Drake (Kaw);
5. M ike Dougherty IKTM ).
250 AM : 1. Randy Gardner (Han); 2. Eth an
Goodr ich (Hus); 3 . Steven Lemon (Kaw); 4. Rich
Field (Kaw); 5. Shaw n Grah am (Han).
SR M INI: 1. M ike Panko (Kaw ); 2. Scon Eggleto n
(Han ); 3. Bret Leonar d (l:Ion); 4 . Nathan Bartell
(Kaw ); 5. A ndy Brooks (Yam ).
+25: 1. M ike Do ugherty (KTM ); 2. Dan Field
(Kaw); 3. Mike Mu rray(KTM); 4. Randy Stau ff (Han);
5. Scott Ma rks (Kaw) .
JR MIN I: 1. John Blake (Kaw ); 2. Robert Brown
(Yam); 3 . Tom Lake (Kaw); 4. Michael Frisch (Kaw).
SR MI NI NOV: 1. Paul Boyce (Han); 2. Christop her
Green; 3. Bill Sci arabba (Kaw) ; 4. David Sanchez
(Kaw); 5. J ason Gra dy (Han).
Faria captures Orange
County Spdwy win
By Scott Daloisio
CO STA MESA, CA, MAY I
Mike Faria cap tured hi s second Costa
Mesa Scrat ch main even t of the
season much to th e delight of a cro wd
of over 4000 fan s. O n the H and icap
p ortion o f th e pro g ram Scotty
Bro wn , of Massil on, Ohio, ca me
through for his first win of the year
whe n he passed lead er Ma rk Weaver
o n the fin al lap.
Faria ' s fortunes at the famed'
beach -area oval had ch anged drastica lly from the previous week. Seven
days earlier a frea k pit area acci de nt
cost h im all chances of wi nni ng a ny
main events.
Faria and rival Bobby Schwartz
ha d sp li t th e firs t two mee ti ngs
earlie r in th e week. Faria won th e
Scra tch main a t IMS while Schwartz
d id the same a t Asco t So uth Bay
Stadium. On Frida y they faced each
o ther o ne time and that was in the
four-lap main event.
Faria drew th e pole for the ma in
and th a t was goi ng to mak e him ha rd
to beat. " Smilin ' Mike" go t the ga te
ahea d of Bobby Ott, Schwartz and
young Ga ry H icks. Ott tri ed to mak e
the outside work ear ly on and th at
kep t him tight on Fari a's rear tir e
over the fir st two lap s.
On th e third cir cu it Faria began
to o pe n up a lead over Ott and his
smoking Godden. Slowly, bu t surely,
Faria began to ope n a small lead. Ott
kept th e throttle on, but a t race en d
Mike Faia (inside) blasts off the line next to Steve Lucero. Faria won
Scratch mains at IMS. Costa Mesa and Speedway U.S.A. .
that was only able to keep him within
twobike len g ths a t the J erry Kingchec kered flag. Third spo t was tak en
by Hi cks , w ho n a rro wl y ed ge d
Schwart z a t th e line. '
The Ha ndi cap main was a war
once again. Red flags stop ped th e
action twi ce, but wh en it was all over
Brown put th e Shoei /Lou 's Leathers /Circle In d us tries/R K C hain/
Cod y Pro d ucts Jawa into the lead
j ust befor e th e end of th e event .
Randy Bedd ow set the pace in th e
second effort to run the event, but
he los t the lead to Weaver. Beddow
th en took a soi l sa mp le th at caused
several riders to la y it down a nd ou t
ca me a no ther re d. Weav er a n d
Bro wn , since th ey were in th e first
two spots whe n th e red ca rne - ou t,
ca me off the 10 for the third start.
Weaver gated Brown with Sha wn
McConnell running third. Faria ,
starti ng near th e back, immedi atel y
went to the o u tside as they were three
laps down and o nly five rem ainin g
on that third start . Faria wasn 't
finding the needed driv e a nd when
he hoo ked up on lap five he dropped
back to the fifth sp ot and effecti vely
kissed his hopes good bye.
Weaver seemed to have the race in
th e bag and he took the white flag
in th e poi nt position. Coming off
turn · two on th e final revolutio n
Weaver bobb led. Before he could
comp letely recover Brown pounced
o n th e o p portu n ity. Weaver was
h istory a nd he never mad e it past
the line to fin ish th e race. Brown had
it in the ba g wh en McConnell
hooked up a nd wheeli ed o u t of four.
He hit Brown's rear tire, but Brown
was able to hold on to score th e win.
McC onnell bobbed a n d we aved
across th e line for second with Alan
Christian taking third.
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Mike Faria (Jaw ); 2. Bobby On
(Gdn); 3 . Gary Hicks (Wos ).
HDCP: 1. Scon y Brown (Jaw); 2. Shaw n McCan ·
nel l (Wes); 3 . Alan Christia n (We s).
SUP: 1. David Perry (Wes t, 2. Duane Blake (W es);
3 . Randy Skinner (Jaw).
Faria bounces back
for Inland win
By Scott Daloisio
SAN BER NARDINO, CA, APR. 29
On April 24 "Flyin' Mik e" Faria had
10 leave the races at the Orange
Cou nty Fairgrounds d ue to a frea k
injury. On a drizz ly n ight less th an
a week after the incident which cost
Faria five teeth, he dazzled th e fans
a t Inlan d Motorcycle Speedw ay by
winnin g th e Cycl e R ide r , In c.
Scra tch main even t.
.
T he evening wa s ch illy a nd a
steady drizz le, that kept up through
th e first part of th e program , began
. to fall abo u t 6:00 p .m. That failed
to dampen th e spirits of over 2400
fan s wh o came th roug h the ga tes for
a night of wi ld speedway racing.
Wild speedwa y racing ca me to the
front in th e first Support class heat
wh en 19 yea r-o ld Sean Di i ull o
hooked up ou t of turn four a nd did
a wheeli e. With the cras hwa ll fas t
ap proaching, Diiullo d id nothing
bu t ga i n momentum . H e bl ew
th rough th e cras hwa ll a nd hit th e
cha in link fen ce backing . That
stopped h is bike, but Diiullo kept
flyin g a nd came to a rest a t the base
of the gra ndstands. T he youngs ter was
removed via stre tcher, but within
minutes he was up walking abou t
and joking of th e in cident.
Later in the even ing it was time
for the Scratch main event. Surprisingly Bobby Sch wartz didn't mak e it.
The defending Na tional Ch ampion
has domin ated th e co m petitio n early
in 1987, but he placed third to Fari a
and Steve L ucero in their Scratch
sem i a nd he was just a spec ta tor for
the main .
Faria' s Shoei/ Kal-GardiT subaki/
Cody Racing/ Sco tt Goggles factor y
Jawa faced a field of three Weslakes
and it wa s forced to start on the
outs ide. Faria go t th e j ump o ut of
the gate over Lucero a nd Ch ristian
and he was able to drop down 10 the
first bend. Christian got past Lucero
at the end of the firs t revolution for
second, but by the time he was past
" Srnilin' Mik e" was already counting th e cash. Faria continued to open
it up until th e chec kered and he won
by a wid e margin over Christian and
J ohn Sandona.
The H a ndica p main was not quite
as joyful a n event for Faria. He
caused the first red flag wh en he
hooked up o u t of turn four and hit
Brad Oxley abo u t halfway th rough
the event. H e was sent back to the
far reach es of th e pe nalty line for the
restart.
Bill y H amill cras hed o n the second
try to run th e event a nd the referee
sent him back to the pena lty line to
keep Faria company for the th ird
a tte m p t to ru n th e eigh t lapper.
Hi cks a nd England 's P h il Collin s
(Rovezzin i Electric/Elf Oil/D&K
Classics/GTS Weslak e) were off the
l O o n 'the third try. Collins ou th u stled H ick s for th e lead , bu t
Schwartz , who had lowered hi s rear
tire pressure after th e first red, go t
a fantasti c start.
Schwartz quickl y. pu sh ed H icks
back to thi rd and he turned th e .hea t
all th e way up o n Collins. Collins
a nd Schwartz moved ou t from the
pack on la p three while Christia n
found hi s way to third. On lap four,
Collins began to edge a little farther
