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order in trying to ca tch Schwartz. The diminutive Castro stay ed within striking distance until th e third la p - wh en Schwartz pegged the throttle r- and ope ned it up. When th e checkered flag ca me down it was Sch wartz by seven len gths over Cas tro, Kossu th a nd Oxley. T he win by "Captain Ameri ca" was his th ird in three ni gh ts. J essee Finch , th e 1983 Juni o r Speedw ay Nat ional Ch ampion, bor rowed Bernie Tusko 's PPT 500 a nd won the Su pport class ma in even t. Ton y Bi en ert, makin g h is firs t appearance since being involved in a spectacu la r cras h a co up le o f weeks ea rl ier, took seco nd with Jon Bo yer third. Results SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz(Wes); 2. Ed Castro (Wes); 3. Louis Kossuth (Wes). HDCP: 1. Scotty Brow n (Ja w ); 2. Scott Brant (Wes); 3. Greg Hancock (Wes) . SUP: 1. J essee Finch (PPT); 2. Tony Bienert (Gdn); 3 . Jon Boyer (Wes). . West wails at Richmond ST By Joe Kelly RICHMOND , VA, MAY 6 Defending tra ck cha m p io n, R a y West topped th e 250cc class at th e ' Vir gin ia Stat e Fairgrounds Wednesda y. The quarter mil e cla y o val was in perfect cond itio n , a nd pa ssing could be don e anywhe re a ri der had th e hors epow erand skill to mak e it work. West ca p tu re d th e first 250 cc qualifying heat aboa rd hi s Kawa saki, but he had a race-long co ntes t with Rob ert Lewis. West tried to ge t by Lewi s on both sides a nd fin all y got by o n the whi te £l ag lap. Rusty Rogers foll owed West th ro ugh, to take seco nd. Rogers came back to wi n the seco nd heat. Again , it was Lewi s in the co n tenders spo t, with West a close third. As th ey ca me to th e fini sh line, West sq ueezed by to tak e seco nd position. The main event had Rogers in th e lead wh en th e green light flash ed . West and Lewi s were all over his rear wh eel. The threesom e rod e as o ne; tied together, until th e eigh th circu it, whe n Rogers bobbled in th e th ird turn. T hat was a ll West needed to ge t to the ' front. Rogers narrowly he ld on for second, with Lewis a half wheel leng th behind. The 500cc riders were a ll set 10 giv e G lenn Baar a rea l workout. Clayton Ol iver put hi s H onda out front in the first qua lifi er a nd held th e lead until 50 feet from the chec kered flag. Baa r mad e an o u tside pass work to get by with just in ch es to spar e. Baar settled for second and held o ff th e repeated cha llenges o f Oliver a nd Rickman to get set up for th e feature. Baar got the lead o ff the line as th e light turned g reen in the fin al a nd he kept h is Yamaha in front the full di stan ce. The race for seco nd was a good one. Lew is a nd Oliver staye d close until the halfwa y mark. Oliver . had pulled even with Lewi s a nd look ed to be in good sha pe whe n he bobbled , putting him do wn on th e tra ck. Oli ver go t back ' up, bu t lost a lap in th e process, giving Chris Ri ckman a third p lace finish . J ohn Ni cken s rod e hi s Suzuki to victory a gai n in th e 50cc main. Nickens closest com pe tition. Chris Copley was a quarter o f a lap back . Brian Strong proved strong riding his Yamaha to victor y in the 60cc class. Nickens, o n a Suzuki, a nd Mike Hacker, riding a Hon da . rounded o u t th e top three slots at th e flag. Results 250: 1. Ray W est (Kaw) ; 2. Rusty Rogers (Suz); 3. Robert Lewi s (Hon). 500 : 1. Gle nn Baar (Yam); 2. Robert Lewis (Rtx); 3. Chris Rickman (Han). 50 : 1. John Nickens (Suz); 2. Chris Copley (Yam); 3 . Ben Walters (Suz). 60: 1. Brian Stro ng (Yam); 2. Joh n Nickens (Suz); 3. M ike Hecker (Hon). II.-__LOOKING FOR:A GOOD DEAL? READ THE CYCLE NEWS WANT ADS! ~__-----------';"'----- Husqvarna HUSKY - GET YOURSELF A BOX STOCK WINNER I.S.D.E. 6 DAY WINNER BECOME A PART OF HUSKrS RICH RACING HERITAGE! HUSQVARNA BAJA 1000 WINNER • TIRES. APPAREL. HELMETS YOUR HUSQVARNA • ENDURO. MOTOCROSS. CROSS COUNTRY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _HEADQUARTERS_ IDAHO WASHINGTON OREGON Caldwell L&M HUSQVARNA Albany East 5300 Cleveland Blvd. Caldwell. 10 83605 (208) 459-0233 G&GCYCLE 2809 Pacific Blvd. S.W . Albany. OR 97321 (5 0 3) 926-9320 Lynnwood GRAND PRIX MOTORCYCLES 19926 B Highway 99 lynnwood. WA 98036 (2 0 6) 771 -2661 NEVADA . Reno KAWASAKI·HUSQVARNA RENO 1090 Kietzke Lane Reno. NV 89502 (7021 782-8696 Aloha D&S CYCLE SUPPLY 17050 S.W. Shaw Aloha. OR 97007 (5 0 3) 649-1926 Spokane SPOKANE KAWASAKI-HUSQVARNA East 1418 Trent Spokane. WA 99202 (5 0 9) 535-0239 Read Cycle News Want Ads! We are Now CAG...VA . • Po rt ing - S uspen sio n. r~) H~~~~;;~~leJ (818) 449·ERIC 1361 E Welnut SI . Pasadena. CA 91106 . ~) 1987's ARE HERE! . UPS PARTS DAI LY M-STAR/MAICO ~p. ~> ERIC'S MOTORCYCLE CO . ~q ,,1 e534