Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

OPEN INT: 1. Steve Mlregli a (Han). . VET JR: 1. Bill M aloney (Han); 2. Steve Cameron (Veml; 3. Kenny Egers (Han); 4. Rich Kroske (Vam); 5. Randy Schofi eld (Han). VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hugh es (Han); 2. J erry Caton (Han); 3. Randy Dent on (Han); 4. Larry Baker (Han) . . OTJR: 1. EdJa rdine (Han); 2. David Kopels (Kaw). PRO: 1. Cra ig Pon e r (Hon); 2. Fab ricio Ciancaglin i (Kaw). Keens clean up at Wolverine HS By Kevin S . M itchell ROSE CITY. MI, SEPT. 20 The Keen brothers once again domin at ed a t th e Rose City round of th e Michigan Har e cra mbles Seri es. Ed a nd Eld on Keen smoked th e Heavy T eam cla ss on their Goldwin Cycle Husqvarna. Mike Keen took overall Solo as well as first Open on hi s Husky. The Bent Wheels M.C.' s course consisted of 4.5 miles of ribboned grass fields, with a very small amount of woods. Traction was excellent for the parade lap a nd the firs t two la ps of the race. Un fortu na tely it started rai ni ng for a short time. Since the 'soi l was cla y it became very slick, an d go t even worse wh en the sun came back out. Severa l hills becam e near im passible with riders resorting to cutting off the co urse jus t to survive. One Open solo rider commented, " I was torquing al ong in third gear down a straigh t, and tri ed to roll the throttl e on and th e bike went co m pletely si dew ays and I ended up goi ng i n the wro ng direction." The Ben t Wheels M.e. shortened the event to two ho ur s. Results SOLO B5- I 25 : 1. Bert Donald son (K a w~ 2. Robert Lucas; 3. Blede Grabe . SOLO 126·200: 1. John vee te (C-A); 2. Willard Root Jr. (C·AI; 3. Roger Stevens (Yam). . SOLO 20 1-250: 1. M ike Lamb (C·AI; 2. Dave Stry ler (VarnI; 3. Curt is Stepert (Vam). SOLO 25 1-OPEN: 1. M ike Keen (Hus); 2. M ike Cribb s (C·A); 3. Jer ry Huver (Hus). . SOLO SR; 1. J ohn Hoff man (Hu sl; 2. Ken 'Johnson (Hus); 3. Ron Maximo ff (Husl. SOLO SR 45 . : I . W ill ard Rcot Sr. (C·A); 2. Ron Sape (KtM I. LT TEAM 0-200: 1. Jeff Hunt / Greg Schiable; 2. Bill Catro n/Noel Peters (Han). HVY TEAM 20 1/0PEN: 1. Ed Keen/ Eldon Keen (Hus); 2. Dan Reed/Rod Benj am in (Han). SOLOR 4 -STRK loo/0PEN : 1. Robert Roy (Han); 2. Bert Calk in s (Han); 3. Tim J ohnson. SOLO NOV: 1. Dan Dehat e; 2. Dennis Chest er; 3 . Dean Coat s. Crowley, Kamm win at Paso Robles ST By Mike Vancil PASO ROBLES, CA, SEPT . 19 Kevin Crowley go t a wheel under you ng Danny Ritch ie in turn three in the J unior O pen class to fin d his way to the checkers first d uring the R&D Enterprises-promoted short track at Mid-State Fairgrounds. Crowley won the battle but lost th e war. Top Junior honors were bestow ed upon local rid er Ga ry Ferravanti and his Ro tax for having the top point total in the six-ra ce H iPoint Series. A rid er who won both th e war and th e battle was J oe Kamm , a board a four-str oke Yamah a th at carries that pr esti gious number o ne pl ate. Kamm ma y have been co mfortable with h is overa ll point tally going into th e fin al ro und of th e Hi- Point Seri es, but he co uld not have been all that p leased with his start in th e Vet class final. At th e gr een light he was ba ck about fourth, but lap after lap Kam m kep t findi ng ways to get around his nex t cha llenge. He kept hacking away un til , o n la p eigh t, he was ab le to lay claim to the lead in the 10-ride r final. . .. Rick Long on a H onda, was the only close threa t a nd at the checkers hi s th reat had fallen to about six lengths back. Kamm not only won the feature, he wa ltzed away from his riva ls in th e race for th e H i-Point Series Vet tit les. Third in ton ight's race was Mel Bru ce, o n a Kawasaki , a nd fourth wen t to ear ly leader Tom DiSalvo. Resu lts PIW: 1. A.J . Herrera (Yam); 2. M ichael Hannas (Sull; 3. Ryan Zeuln er (SUl); 4 . Kurt Long (Honl. 60 MINI : 1. Gary Ferravanti. Jr . (Kaw ); 2. Johnny Murphree (Kaw); 3. Man Willard (KawO; 4. Br ian Sgheiza (Kawl; 5. Jason Osborn (Vam). 60 MINI : 1. Johnny Murphee (Kaw); 2. Man Willard (Kawl; 3. Jas on Stra eck (VarnI; 4. Jerome Law(Yam). 125 NOV/ JR: 1. Pat McDaniel (Kawl; 2. Greg Sow le (SOlI; 3. Jo hn Buchanan (Han). 250 NOV 0 ·1 : 1. Bob Pack (VarnI; 2. Scan Graham (KTM); 3. M ich elle DiSalvo (Yam); 4. Bill McNamara (Bul); 5. Greg Taylor (Vam). 25 0 NOV 0 -2: 1. Greg Sowle (Han); 2. Barry Drake (Hon); 3. Nor man Nesbit (Yam); 4 . Dan Argano (Hon); S. Anthon y Castro (Yam). 500 NOV 0 ·1 ; 1. Tony Alexander (Han); 2. Robert Atkins (Vam); 3. Steve n Drake (Han); 4. Robert Van DerVant er (Yam); 5. Mark Bales (SUl). 500 NOV 0 -2: 1. Rick Coleman (VarnI; 2. Tony Herrera (Yam); 3. Dan Ar gano (Hon); 4. Barry Drak e (Honl; 5. A llan McClellan (C-A). OPEN NOV: 1. Steven Drake (Han); 2. Tony A lexander (Hon); 3. Dan Arg ano (Hon ); 4 . Rick Coleman (Yam); 5. Robert Atkins (VarnI. 250 JR: 1. Gary Ritchie (Vam); 2. David Furr er (Varni; 3. Pat McD aniel (Yam); 4 . Clay Chambers (Han). 500 JR : 1. An thony Giammanco (Yam); 2. Kevin Crow ley (Vam); 3. Bryan Duniven (Varni; 4. Gary Ritch ie (Yam); 5. David Fu rrer (Yaml. OPEN JR: 1. Kevin Crowley (Yam); 2. Dan Rit ch ie (Vam); 3. Anthony Giammanco (Vam): 4 . J ohn Pack (Vam). • VET: 1. Joe Kamm (ya m); 2. Rick Long (Han); 3. M el Bruce (Kaw); 4. Tom DiSalvo (Tri); 5. Denn is Law (Vam). DFC NOV: 1. Danny Ritchie (Vam); 2. Randy Bereman (Yam); 3. Bryan Dunnivan (Vam). HI· POINT SERIES P/w; 1. A.J. Herrer.IVam). MINI : 1. Gery Ferraven ti (Kaw). NOV: 1. Tony Herre ra (Yaml. JR: 1. G. Ferravan ti Sr. (RIx) . EX: 1. Randy Bereman (Yam). VET: 1. Joe Kamm (Yam). Faria flys in Ascot Speedway C'ship By Scott Daloisio GAR DE NA. CA, SEPT. 20 For th e second consecutive seaso n, " Flyin ' Mi ke" Faria too k the win in th e Coca- Cola Speed way Track Championship at Ch ris Agajanian's Asco t Sout h Bay Stadium. A large cro wd gathered a t the brightl y-lit facility and most of them figu red th a t th e wi n ner 's trophy wou ld go h ome wit h Bo bb y Schwartz. T he defending National Champion had an incredible year in Gardena , winni ng 17 of th e 33 shows held there in 1987. U nfortunatel y for Schwartz, it wasn' t his nig ht . Crowd favor i te " Sh o w t i m e" Bobby Ott delayed th e sta rt of the first heat a nd used up most of his two minutes but when he ca me o n to th e track, he was sensationa l and scored th e win over Robert Pfetzing des pi te the fact that hi s rear fender ca me loose lat e in th e event. Schwartz started hot enoug h by winning heat two while England's Phil Co lli ns came fro m third to first to wi n event th ree. Faria ended th e firs t ro u nd with a win over Ban Bast. The trac k was watered between th e first and secon d ro unds and that cost Schwartz. H e was coming from th e alwa ys-slick gate thr ee, and it was slicker than usual du e to the wat erin g. He was fourth off the line a nd never adva nced. Co llins took th e win ahead of Pfetzing and McBrid e. Ott had to work hard to get aro und Bast in event six and he did lat e in th e race. Ott's throttle th en stuck wid e ope n as he too k the checkered nag and he crashed hard in turn o ne. The popular star was shaken bu t he did man age to wa lk off under hi s own pow er. Oxl ey th en handed a loss to Faria in event seven . O tt a nd Collins were tied for th e lead after two rounds with six points whi le Ox ley a nd Faria were o ne poi nt back. Pfetzing was leading even t nine wh en hi s drive cha in snap ped on the second lap. That gave th e lead, eventual win and thre e poi nts to Oxley. Event 10 was to be a showdown between Faria and Ou bu t the latter had carbur etor prob lems and did n 't make the sta rt. It was ........ C'J .... V ..0 o .... u o Ed Castro won t his battle over Mike Faria at Ascot. but Faria won the war. t aking the track championship for the second year in a row. Faria, co mi ng from th ird to first , winn in g o ver Kei th Larse n a n d Schwartz. Co lli ns also won in ro und th ree and he was clearly the fastest rid er o n th e trac k. Ott had his problem s solved and came back to win heat 14 over T uff McBride a nd Oxley. That left Ott fans wo ndering what wo u ld have happened had he not had mechanica l ill s. Co llins drew sta rti ng posi tion I I. That meant he sta rted in gates three, four and two in h is first th ree rides. H is fina l two sta rts wo u ld come from the pole and with a perfec t score after th ree ro u nds. he was lookin g like the new champion. Collins had Ed Cast ro, Lo u is Kossuth and Faria outside of h im in . event II. The Englis h rider ga ted the field but his motor immediately began to misfire. Faria and Cas tro went by and Cas tro the n turned in an aggressive ride. He pinched Faria off aga inst th e walls and sla mmed the door o n h im o n the inside. Faria got the drive ou t of the fin al bend bu t it wasn't eno ug h. The aggressive rid e by Ca stro gave h im the win. Coll in s co llected zero . Faria came right back in even t 20 and all he had to do was post a win a nd the crown would be his for th e seco nd co nsecut ive year. H e got a miserable ga te but he shot insi de of Scotty Brown and Pfetzing as th ey ca me off tu rn two the first tim e and that was all she wrote. Faria a nd th e STP/Shoei lTsubaki/ Hi- Point/ Oi l. zall Jawa led the remainder of th e way for th e cham pionship . Ott won the next even t to wrap up seco nd with Collins, who looked to be th e winner less than a half hour before, scoring another zero and finishing co mp le te ly ou t of th e picture. Schwartz wo n o ver O xley in even t 20 but it was still enough to put Oxl ey in third for th e night. Result s TOP 10: 1. Mike Faria (131 2. Bobby Ott (12); ; 3. Brad Oxley (I 1); 4 . Bobby Schw artz (10; 5. (TIE) Phil Coll in slTuff McBride (9); 7. Alan Christian / Roben Pfetzing / Ed Castro (8); 10 . St eve Lucero (7 ). SUP: 1. Tri non Cirello (GM ))II2. Wal t Farnum 3. Don Odom (We s~ 4. Jay Gianen i (Wes). (Jaw~ Faria, Larsen win big at Speedway USA By Scott Da lo isio VICT OR VIL L E, CA, SEPT. 19 " Flyi n'" Mik e Faria and Jos h Larsen were th e bi g win ners o n th e' fina l night of th e 1987 seaso n at Speedway USA. Fari a took first place o n th e n ight and in the overall standi ngs of th e $10,000 Budweiser Series. Mean while, Larsen became the first rid er since Ron ni e Correy in 198 1 and 1982 to win th e Jun ior Natio na'l Championship two years in a row. Faria came into a nig h t with a three point lead over Bobby Schwartz in th e series. The best way for Faria, o n th e STPI Shoei/ O ilzalllTsubaki-1 Scott Goggles J awa , to sew up the crown would be to win all five of his races. H e did just tha t. Schwartz saw his hopes of winning th e cro wn slow ly sli p pi ng away in even t two. Faria easi ly wo n the first race of th e night and Schwartz was up in event two. Among the defending cham pion competi tors in tha t event was Alan "Crazy" Christian , who was onl y o ne poi nt beh ind Schwartz in th e overall standings. When the gate was tripped for the start of the event, o ne rider bro ke the tapes. Christian, Louis Kossu th a nd Do ug Bowers ra ced away whi le Schwartz, noticing th e broken tapes, d id n ' t m ove, T h e refer ee did n't notice the in fraction until the end of th e four lapper wh en Schwartz pointed it o ut. The refer e called for the race to be rerun after the end of th e first round. Chris tia n and Kossu th protested but it did no good. The race was reru n and it di d n 't do Schwartz any good ei ther. H e finis hed last while Kossu th , who finis hed seco nd to Christia n in th e origina l, defeated him o n the reru n. From th at poi nt on it was all Faria and he easily raced to h is maximum. After taking his fina l ch eckered of the night over Christian, the 30 yearold rider received a standing o vation. . The overa ll standings showed Faria o n th e top with Christian pa ssing Schwartz on the fin al night of the seri es for second. The Junior Nati onal featured 10 rid ers and each of th em go t two rides . The event was expected to be settled in a showdown betw een Lar sen and T im Gewecke. They eac h won th eir first rides and th ey met in th e fin al heat of th e ni ght. Gewecke was off the pole with Larsen o ut of two. Gew ecke pushed th e tapes a bou t as far as yo u ca n push th em but they did n ' t br eak . H e p ull ed back to the lin e and whe n th e gate was fin all y tripped, he miss ed the sta rt and the event look ed lik e a benefit for Lar sen a nd his Vision Street Wear /Tripp Electric/ Cirello Racing/ T una Ent .lBell Weslake , H e led all four la ps and too k ho me the cro wn in his final race as a J unior. Kev in Ni ckla s defeated Brent Werner in a runoff for th e second spot in the Junior Nat ion a l. Resu lts 1. M ike Far ia (Jaw); 2. A lan Chr istian (Wes); 3. Bobby Schwartz (Wes).! JR NAT'L; 1. Jo sh Larsen; 2. Kevi n Nicklas; 3. Brent Werner. 41

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