Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

tire problems and Gary Hicks too k over. Hicks held th e point position until lap four wh en th e Budweiser/ e.T.!. Br ace/Si lkol ene/Tusti ce Brothers/Cirello Racing Weslak e of Schwart z went by. Sch wart z felt he had a poi nt to prove a nd he did just that and wo n by a wide margin over Castro and Brown . Res ults SCRATCH: 1. Steve Lucer o (Gdn); 2. Sccttv Brown (Wes); 3. Loui s Kossuth (Jaw); 4 . Bobby Schwanz (Wes). HDCP; 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wes); 2. Ed Castro (Wes~ 3. SCOllY Brown (Wes). SUP: 1. Jim Gentile (We s~ 2. Brian King (Ja w); 3 . M ike Reed (J aw). o o iii iii ...J « c o 9 « c l= 5 o u en u en > al > al ~ ~ o C :I: :I: a. a. Schwartz scores Ascot Speedway win By Scott Daloisio GARD ENA . CA, AUG. 6 If it is T h ursday eveni ng in so ut he rn California, it is time ' for a no the r Bobb y Schwartz win a t Chris Agajanian 's Ascot South Bay Stadium. This Thursday even ing the defending National Champion laid claim to his 14th Scratch main win in 17 1987 South Bay Stadium outings. Sch wartz had to con tend wi th Alan " Crazy" Christian on the night. Christian has had a tough season but on Thursday, he displayed the form that took him to th e 1985 U.S . National Championship and he.was more than ready to lock horns with the 1986 Champion. Schwartz looked to be in trouble for the start of the main as he drew . gate four. That put him outside of "Rad" Brad Oxley, Christian and Tuff McBride, who made his first ever South Bay Stadium Scratch main. Christian gated th e field and led into turn one but Oxley and Schwartz were snapping at his rear tire. Schwartz, like he did at IMS the previous week, took the Budweiser/ Silkolene/C.T .I. Brace/Malcolm Smith/Oakley Weslake to the outside and with a daring move, he shot between Christian and th e wall and too k over the lead. The battle now switched to the second place as Ox ley tried to power past Christian. The tall b londe moved to the inside on lap two but Christia n proved too hard to move off the po le. At the front of the pack, Schwartz was cruising and rightfully so af ter the ni ce move he used to ta ke the lead o n th e first revolution. The checkered ca me down a nd he had bagged anoth er win by a wide margin over Christian, Oxley and McBride. "Fast " Eddie Castro, STP/Maurice's Used Speedway Bik es/Matt 's Machine/ Arai Wesl ak e-sponsored, won all three of hi s Handicap races including th e eig h t lap main event. Castro ca me from th e 30 on th e start of each event a nd he di spl ayed a mi stake proof form th at none of his co m pe ti to rs co u ld co nq uer. There were five rid ers in th e main who were 30-yard-line rid ers, That was too cro wded for officials so th ey held a d raw a nd the loser would have to move back 10 yards. Doug Nicol, who ch a nged his leath er s a fte r winning hi s sem i, proved to be th e unlucky man and he had an ex tra 10 yards tacked on. The field rocketed away wh en th e tapes wentup and Castro shot to the front ahead of Keith Larsen and Bill y H am ill. Larsen tried to go around Castro as they came off turn two the first time bu t Cas tro blocked h im . T hat left th e ins ide open and Hami ll tried to take that ro ute to get into the lead. It was a fender-to-fender battle until Hamill wheelied near the end of the first circuit and that p ut " Fast " Eddie into the lead for keeps . Even though Castro never trailed again, he still had to work very hard. Former World Finalist Phil Co llins Bobby Schwartz won his 14t h Scratch main at Ascot. took over th e seco nd spot o n lap three a nd he ga ve Castro all he cou ld handle. Collins tried the inside at the halfway point and it didn't work. He then tried to go around the whi te leathered Castro but he still co uld n 't shoot by. Collins went to the extreme outside at th e start of lap five and couldn't find the drive. At th e end of the lap, he swung low and a tough riding Castro wa s still there. Castro opened up a small lead on the final lap and he took a well deserved win. Hard riding Collins took second with Hamill third. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wes~ 2. Alan Christian (Was); 3. Brad Oxley (Wes); 4. .Tuff McBride (Jaw). . HDCP; I . Ed Castro (Wes~ 2. Phil Col lins (Wes); 3. Billy Hamill (Wes). SUP: 1. Tony Bienen (Gdnt 2. John McCaughey (Jawt 3. Kelcey Gordon (Wesl . Ferrell rai's to Costa Mesa Speedway win By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, AUG. 7 Speedwa y veteran " Dangerous " Dubb Ferrell , one of southern California 's most popular riders, stole the show at the Orange County Fairgrounds Friday night when he took the lead with 10 feet to go in the Handicap main event . Coupled with his win in th e Handicap main was a n impressive seco nd place finish in the Scratch main. Coming into Friday's H andicap main, Ferrell had placed second in four of hi s five ra ces o n th e ni ~ht a nd it appeared th at he was go m g to do th e same in th e eigh t lapper. With th e crowd cheering th e wily veteran o n, he ban ged his way into the lead and took o ne of the mos t popu lar Cos ta Mesa wi ns of th e seaso n. Tuff McBride, who had come all th e way from th e Q ual ifyin g hea ts to th e main , sho t his J a wa into th e lead o n th e start a head of T om Burba a nd young Bill y H amill. Ha mill switched positions with Burba befo re th e end of th e first circui t a nd Ferrell , on th e Puente Read y Mix/JR Co ncrete Pumping/Quak er Sta te/ST P/ JT Racing USA Weslake, had mad e hi s wa y to fourth. Fer rell , wh o had started on the 40 yard line, gained one more positi on by pa ssing Shawn McConnell for third on the seco nd circuit. Just before the halfway point, Ferrell took Hamill for second and quickly closed on the rear tire of McBride. ·T ha t marked the start of an elbow throwing battle. Ferrell tried to use th e inside to take the lead on th e back straight on la p five but McBride beat him to the third turn. They came together as they came off turn four on the sam e la o and McBride kicked his foot out Phil Collins won the Scratch main for the second week in a row at Costa Mesa. He was also second in the Handicap main at Ascot. to hold off th e vetera n rider. That move slowed Ferrell down and it also quieted down th e crowd of clo se to 4000 fans. It looked like Ferrell was going to settl e for second but apparently he was just playing possum. With his bod y close to his bike in the familar style th at he has used at the venerable track since 19 70, h e closed on McBride on the final lap. He caught McBride on the final bend and banged his wa y alongside as th ey came out of four and just before th e ch eckered came out, he edged by for th e lead. The fans went crazy and Ferrell was so elated he almost fell wh ile touring the brightly Iii oval o n hi s victory lap. Another one of the crowd favori tes, Phil Collins, em erged victorious for th e seco nd week in a row in the Scratch main event. Collins proved to be the winner of the draw as he pulled the number one spot for the Norco Mitsubishi/ Rovazzini Electri ciSTP/Circello Raci ng/ J T Racing USA Weslake. The English rider used hi s pole start ing position to his adva ntage . and he rock eted into th e lead o ver Ferrell , Steve Lucero and " Showti me" Bobby Ott. The event turned o ut to be a wa lkaway for th e former Cradl ey Hea th en. H e built a small lead o n th e second revolution but o n lap th ree. he ran away fro m th e rema inder of th e field. By th e time th e fin al lap ca me aro u nd, nob ody was goi ng to ca tch Co llins a nd he won by a wide margin over Ferrell. Third spot went to Lucero wi th "S ho wtirne" ro u nd ing OUI the field . Resul ts SCRATCH: 1. PHil Collins (We s); 2. Dubb Ferrell (Wes); 3. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 4. Bobby Oll (Gdn). HDCP: 1. Dubb Ferrell (Wes ); 2. Tuff McBride (Jaw); 3. Bill y Hamill (Jaw). SUP: 1. Shane Di iullo (Wes); 2. M ike Dalbey (Jaw); 3. Mike Bloom (J aw ). Heidenreich tops Westville Hillclimb By Paul Hayes WESTVILLE, IL, AUG. 8 Paul Heidenreich has won the 500cc class in h is last six o utings in D-17 hillclimb action. His latest wins came at the Pleasure Riders M.e.sponsored, AMAlD-17/D-15 sanctioned event in Westville. Honda mounted Heidenreich also contin ued his streak of setting fast times to four in a row. The first h ill clim b in Westville was a rescheduled rain date. The second climb was a regularly scheduled event, Heidenreich needed only his first ride to claim th e overall and fast time. His CR shot him over the top in 3.803 seconds. At th e night climb, on a different portion of the hill, Heidenreich again needed only one climb to win. His time was 3.486. Yamaha -mounted Rick Royce finished the da y climb in second place with a final attempt of 4.093. In th e night climb, Ro yce came in third with a 3.836 run. Ron Todd, riding for Kawtown Kawasaki/Beta, used his first run to finish seco nd in th e later climb. In the 250cc class during the day, Mikel Bonomo took the top honors with a second round climb of 4.662 o n his Yamaha. John Reed, also Yamaha-mounted , used h is firs t climb of 4.989 to tak e the runnerup spot.' Tri-Ciry, Bill Tuman and Kraus Racing-sponso red Brent Stewart climbed his way to third on a Kawasaki. His time was 5.096. Paul Hayes, the D-37 hillclimb director, ea rn ed his first hillclimb trophy via a fourth p lace finish o n a Kawa saki. After th e su n went down , Stewart came alive to cla im th e overall with hi s first run of 4. 145. Bonom o had to settle for the second slo t, h is last run was 4.356. Dave Brown ro unded o ut th e to p th ree wit h a 4.408 on a Yamaha. Lloyd H aas was a dou ble-w inner in the 400cc class. H is Yamaha carried him over th e top during th e da y event in 4.331. Hi s ni ght time was slower but still held for th e overa ll; th e winning time was 3.996. ' The Mini class had two different winners. Indiana's Ra y J ones lik ed the early run, go ing over in 6.374 for th e win. H e was on a Kawasaki. Chad Harbolt took his fir st-ever overall during the n ight climb. Hi s final climb of 6.117 proved to be th e winning time. He was Yamahamounted. Sam Blakeney, riding for Pro Tech and Kawtown Kawasaki/ Beta, and Ed Scott traded wins in the 200cc class. Blak eney wo n th e day even t with h is final try of 4.632. Scott took second with a 5.197 run. In the evening race Scott pulled out the stops to win with a 4.521. The win came over Blakeney's 4.709 climb. Finishing third in both even ts .was Greenwood Honda/ D ia mon d 43 .

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