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Ascot Handicap main winner Tuff McBride gets squeezed between Gary
Hicks and louis Kossuth. McBride also finished th ird in the Scratch main .
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tracker was unstoppable in the first
heat, earning a wire-to-wire win over
Ko pp and Troy Rose. The thir d and
fina l 600cc hea t placed local favo rite
Arney Wick, Ca nada's Paul Lavo ie
an d Ken ny Duncan into th e main
event.
When you thin k of the 30 a nd Up
class, one wo uld ten d to pict ure a '
bunch of slower " old guys ", which
wasn 't th e case a t aIL Adderson
motored into th e lead in the main
even t, and just like in his heat ra ce
win, mo tored away fro m th e com petiti on. H is mai n competitio n came
from fell ow AMA Experts Wi ck,
Hammond and Washington's Pa u l
Peiroli (Yamaha) .
.
Ni ckerson was the winner of a n
eq ua lly fast 39 a nd Up main in
whi ch Roger Stanley and Ga ry H ite
were rel egated to second and th ird
in t he fi na l tall ies. N ick e rson
brought hi s BSA-tanked/Triumph
pow ered sled back to wi n th e 750cc
Pro Twin heat race, but could n' t
repeat in the main, losin g to Greg
Triber (T riI.
.
Fay was unstoppable in th e 12
rid er 250cc P ro A main event. In hi s
first ride in the northwest since the
Peoria 1'1' Nat ional, Fay ca me to the
potato sta te to sh ow the local s just
how fast he really is. The com pe tition go t a go od view of Fay's rear
wheela s he slid to victory over Yamamoto and J oey Kopp.
T he best was saved for last in the
form of the m ost talented field of
r iders si nce last yea r 's ha lf m il e.
Seven of the riders in th e main were
AMA Exper ts, who were on hand for
the ne xt da y's Coor s Classic H alf
Mil e. Fay prevailed in this race too .
The former Team H o nd a member.
bea t u nranked Ya ma moto to th e
checkered flag wit h Adderson , Lav oie a nd J urkovich ro undi ng o ut the
top five.
Results
750 PRO TWIN: 1. Greg Triber; 2. Glen Nickerson; 3. Ross Robens.
600 PRO A: 1. Mi ckey Fay; 2. Russ Yamamoto;
3. Royal Adderson; 4 . Paul Lavoie; 5 . Corky
J urkovich.
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250 PRO A: 1. M ickey Fay; 2. Russ Yamamoto; .
3. Joey Kopp.
39 -UP: 1. Glen Nickerson; 2. Roger Stanley; 3.
Gary Hite.
30-UP: 1. Royal Adderson; 2. Paul Peiroli; 3. Mike
Ha mmond.
80 : 1. M ark Steeve; 2 . M ickey Lvson ,
60: 1. Kasey Copher ; 2. St evie Smith.
600 PRO B: 1. Paul Peiroli; 2. Pat Stul ts; 3. Ken
Duncan.
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250 PRO B: 1. Jeff Seldon; 2. M ike All en; 3.
M ike Ham mond.
Blaha blasts
lake Geneva MX
By Jack Biddison
LAKE G EN EVA, WI, AU G 21
Jeff Blaha had no tro uble in handling th e 125cc Ama teur class to
score top point honors in th e Su zuki
Motocross Championship Race Series ill Lake Geneva Raceway. Blaha
finis hed seco nd in the heat and won
the feature, win ning a single overall
point battle wi th J eff Melc her who '
won the heat a ndfi nished second in
the fea tu re. Blah a a lso won ' th e
feat ure in the Semi Pro I25cc class ..
Point lead er Don Gray j um ped
into the lead a t the sta rt of the 125cc
Amateur fea tu re and ha d a good lead
o ver Bl ah a , Melc h er and L yle
Wh eeler. G ray slipped a nd fell after
th e firs t lap , ga thered it u p a nd
co nt in ued but also wen t down on th e
third lap: H e recovered to finish six th
beh ind J eff Michaud a nd J eff Way.
Bob Nebel won th e semi pro heat
a nd ·finished third in th e fea ture
which was won by Blaha. Nebel had
engine problems wi th th ree differe nt
bikes.
Jim H eyden swe pt the Ama teur
Mini Cycles.and the n rode hi s mini
in th e 125cc Amateu r class whe re he
finished eighth in both th e hea t and
feature. This will be H eyden 's final
year in the Min i class a nd he is
already pl an ning a n ent ry in th e
I25cc class.
Results
0 1 A: J eff Blaha (Hon).
MINI AM : 1. Ji m Heyden (Kaw ); 2. Eron Eeertns
(Kaw); 3. SCOll Seymou r (Hon).
250 AM : 1. Eriks Ezerins (Suz); 2. Bill Menz el
(Kaw); 3. Robert Speiss (Yam).
125 AM : 1. J eff Blah a (Hon); 2. Jeff Melcher
(SUl); 3. J eff M ichaud (Hon).
.
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. OPEN AM : 1. Chuck M elcher (Hon); 2. Eriks
ezerins (Hon); 3. Terry Hahn (Kaw ).
SEMI PRO 125 : 1. J eff Blaha (Hon); 2. Darr in
Hill (SUl ); 3. Bob Nebel (Hon).
Schwartz rolls to
Ascot Speedway win
By Scott Daloisio
GARD EN A, CA, AU G. 20
T he Bobb y Schwartz show cont in ued
to ro ll along at Chris Agajania n' s
Ascot So ut h Bay Stadium , wh en he
won his fourth Scra tch main in a row
a t the tra ck.
Schwartz o u tdista nced the pack in
hi s hea t race but came hom e second
in the sem i to Mike Faria. Bo th riders
earn ed bert hs in the four lap main
event.
In the main, Schwartz and Faria
were join ed by Ga ry H icks and Tuff
McBride and af ter the start, th ey
found themse lves ru nning third and
four th . H icks a nd McBride ga ted
from th e two inside slo ts a nd they
took full adva nt age of the sit uation.
The action hea ted up as th e field
exited turn two o n the first circuit
wh en H icks and McBride almost
ca me toge ther a nd almos t collected
Schwartz. Schwartz backed off to .
avo id the problem a nd everyo ne got
through.
Sch wartz becam e tired of third a nd
weaved pas t McBride and H icks on
la p two. Faria wanted to go af ter th e
leader but it took him a no ther lap
to get past McBride. Faria didn 't have
enough time left a nd he had to wa tch
from seco nd as Sch wartz collected
another South Bay Stadi um checke red fl ag. T h ird spot w ent to
McBride.
Mike Faria goes to the inside of Bobby Schwartz during a heat in the
7 -Up Challenge at Inland Motorcycle Speedway.
McBride o nly ga rnered third in
the Scra tch mai n bu t he p u t it all
together in the eigh t lap H andica p
main. Off the 30, McBride overhauled J ay Gi an etti . Fro m that poin t
on it was just a matter of how far
he was go ing to win by.
Bill y 'H am il! and Keith Larsen
a lso m ov ed by Gian etti o n th e
open ing circui t for the second and
third spots. Lou is Kossu th to o k
Larsen for th ird on lap three with
Faria getting by Larsen for third a t
the ha lfwa y point. Faria kep t his
cha rge up a nd went ou tsid e Kossu th
a t th e end of the fifth lap for third,
th en closed in o n H a m ill. The white
ca me ou t and McBride ha d a fo ur
len gth lead that he carr ied to the
chec kered flag. Faria kept th e hea t
o n Hamill but H amill kept th e
throttle o n a nd ed ged Faria for
seco nd by a half a bike.
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz (We sl; 2. M ike
Faria (Jaw); 3. Tuff McBr ide (J aw ); 4. Gary Hicks
(Wes).
HDCP: 1. Tuff M cBri de (J aw); 2. Billy Ham ill
(J aw); 3. M ike Far ia (Jaw ).
SUP: 1. Randy Beddow (Wesl; 2. Scott Clark
(Jaw ); 3. M ike Bloom (Jaw ).
Schwartz swoops IMS
Speedway victory
By Scott D aloisio
SAN BER NARDI NO, CA, AUG. 19
The Seven-Up Bottling Co mpany
put up a n ex tra $1000 to the win ner
of the 7-Up Chall enge at J o h n
La Dou ceur' s In land Motorcyc le
Speedway and Bobb y Schwartz deposi ted the che ck in hi s pocket a t th e
end of th e racing ni ght.
Things didn't start out so well for
Schwartz on th e c ha m p io n sh i p
format program. In even t one , Mike
Fari a go t the ga te over Schwartz a nd
held him back for the duratio n.
" Show time" Bobby Ott gated fro m
the pole and wo n event two by seven
lengths o ver John Saridona. Phil
Co llins a nd Steve Lucero ledal l th e
way to win events th ree a nd four at
th e end of the first ro und.
Ott stayed perfect when he won
th e sixth hea t of the eveni ng. Event
eight match ed Fari a, Lucero a nd
Collins, a ll firs t round win ners,
aga inst Billy H a mil l. Lucero and
Co ll ins stag ed a fan tastic race as they
traded th e lead back and forth until
the fin al bend. Lucero got the dr ive
and mov ed a way an d Faria drove
under Collins a n d took seco nd.
Sch wartz ended the second ro und'
with a wire-to-wire win over Gary
H icks.
Lucero a nd Ott were -the o n ly
rid ers wh o were pe rfect afte r two
ro unds and th ey met in event 12 bu t
they were upstaged by Hicks. The
youngs ter took a big win foll owed
.by O tt a nd L ucero. Faria go t back
o n th e winning track by edging
Louis Kossu th in event 13 while
Schwartz wa ltzed to his second wi n
in a ro w in event 14.
After three ro unds Faria, Sch wartz
and O tt were all level on eig h t poin ts.
Ro und four feat ured Far ia and Ott
tanglin g in event 17. Brad Oxley a nd
Faria flew off th e line out O tt swep t
past both of th em in turn two on
th e ope ning lap. O tt rod e away while
Oxley held Faria at bay all th e way,
putting Faria ou t of the h unt. Wh en
Sch wartz took event )8, it set up a
last race showdown wit h Ott for the .
title and ex tra $1000.
Ott go t the ga te in th e final and
Sch wartz was r ight behind him.
Sch wartz contin ually tried to sweep
by o n the outside but Ott held him
off. On th e la st la p Sch wart z go t a
drive and went between Ott and the
cras h wall a nd emerged with the lead
as they h it turn one for th e fina l time.
Sch wart z th en held Ott off to the
chec kere d flag a nd earned the $1000
bonus.
Results
FtNAL: 1. Bobby Schw artz (Wes); 2. Bobby Oil
(13); 3. M ike Far ia (12); 4 (TIE) Brad Oxleyl Steve
Lucero (11).
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SUP: 1. M ike Bloom (Jaw); 2. Wayn e Ma nch ester
(Wes); 3. SCOll Thurlow (Jaw ).
MillardjErnshaw win
Shannonville Sidecar
By Paul Knoll
SHANNONV ILLE, ONTARIO ,
CANA DA, AUG. 16
J eff Millard a nd Steve Ernshaw of
Mich igan , on their -O n tario Cyclesp onsor ed Yam ah a TZ7 50 powered
rig won over a field of 17 sid ecars
from the U.S. a nd Can ad a for th eir
third victor y in three sidecar racin g
actio n series events .
Their win s a t Mosp ort, On tar io,
and San Air , Q ueb ec, mak e them the
team to bea t ' with three ro unds
remain ing and a 20-point lead. Their
only close call was on the last corner
of the first lap when Millard misj udged and cu t in' too soon, almost
flipping th e ri g. They surv ived and
wo n by four seconds.
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Seco nd p lace went to th e curre nt
nu m ber one p late holders J oh n a nd
Art Dailey from T oronto , Canada ,
o n th eir Motorcycle City Suzukisponsored Yamaha TZ7 50.
They were swa pping p la ces
throughout the race with the Vancouver, B.C., team of Phil Rooney
and J erry Alley on th eir 11 50 Suzuki.
T he Dail ey brothers made a great
pass on th e last lap a nd held on to
the flag.
Bob Lovick a nd N ick FaIcos also
of Vancouve r, pu t in an excep tio na l
ride to fin ish fourth after breaking
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