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Jay Gainetti led from start to f inish to win the Costa Mesa Handicap
main for the second t ime in three weeks.
vicious battle with a number of riders
for second, was the first to get past
Gra y.
Farnum, jockeying the J R Concrete Pumping/Justice Brothers/
Cod y Racing Jawa, got by Gray just
in time. A huge five rider knot,
including Gray, Oxley, Jessee Finch,
Louis Kossuth and Scotty Brown,
circled the track in an incredibly
tight formation. Finch was the first
to go when hIS rear ure went flat on
lap five.
O xley and Brown finally broke
from the pack on lap six but they
had years of territory to make up if
they were to' challenge Farnum, but
they only had two laps left and
Farnum wouldn't budge as he set the
pace the rest of the way to score his
first win of the year in convincing
style. Oxley and Brown, both coming
from the back of the pack, took the
next two spots.
Wayne Manchester won a highlycompetitive Second Division main
while Tim Gewecke, a former Junior
star, easily outdistanced the pack in
Third Division. Kevin Nicklas took
J unior honors over Danny Wright
an d Chris Werner.
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wesl; 2. Bobby
On (Wesl; 3. Oubb Ferrell (Wes) .
HOCP: 1. Walt Farnum (Jaw); 2. Brad Oxley
(Jaw); 3. Scotty Brown (Jaw) .
0 · 2; 1. Wayne Ma nchester (Wesl; 2. David Perry
.
(Wes); 3. Tony Bienon (Gdn).
.0·3 ; 1. TIm Gewedte (Wes); 2. Br ian Pappalardo
.
(Wesl; 3. Erich Firtschneider (Jawl.
JR; 1. Kevin Nicklas; 2. Dan ny Wright; 3. ChriS
Werner.
Schwartz streaks at
Costa Mesa Spdwy
By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, MAY 6
Kawasaki Night at the Orange
County Fairgrounds provided a
number of surprises for the crowd
of nearly 6000. Free Kawasaki posters
and caps were given away as factory
motocross riders Jeff Ward, Ron
Lechien and Jeff Matiasevich were
on hand to chat with fans and sign
autographs. O n the track, there were
. no surprises, however, as Bobby
Schwartz walked home with most of
the loot after winning the Scratch
main for the third consecutive week.
It was Schwartz on his Budweiser/
T oys for Pops/ Oakley/ Bell/e.T .!.
Brace Weslake who led the four-ri der
parade into the first turn. Steve
Lucero came off the pole for second
on the start but he ended up in a
thrilling war with arch rival Bobby
O tt. Ott continually tried to pull
along the outside of Lucero but he
couldn't find the dri ve over the first
couple of circuits.
The front of the pack was all
Schwartz, who left the others behirid
as he worked his way closer to a
sweeping Scratch competition. Ott's
persistence finally paid off at the end
of the third trip around the track.
He viciously threw his bike to the
wall as he came off turn four and
in spectacular fashion found the
drive and blazed ahead of Lucero for
second. That was as far as he got
though as Schwartz won it by 20 feet.
Jay Gianetti seemed to come off
the line slow when the starting gate
was activated to begin the eight-lap
Handicap main, but by the time he
'came off of turn two , he and the EI
Ranchito/Visions In GraphicslTroy
Lee Design/R&S Tire ServicelTeam
Crusher Weslake had commandeered
the lead from Trinon Cirello. Greg
Hancock was just behind the early
pace setters. .
,
Gianetti was advancing his lead
while Scotty Brown, who was com ing through the pack, bit the dirt
when he tried to avoid a slower rider
before the halfway p oi n t. Billy
Hamill forced his way past Hancock
at the end of the third circui t, and
one lap later, Hancock fell and was
out of contention. Alan "Crazy"
Christian came on to challenge
Hamill for third on lap five until
Hamill ducked inside Cirello and
took second. Christian followed
Hamill by Cirecllo but that was as
far as he could get.
Gianetti had been oblivious to all
of th e action behind him and
could've coasted across the line.
Instead he pulled a massive wheelie
(or the fans . Hamill grabbed second
with Christian third.
Results
SCRATCH; 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wes~ 2. Bobby
(Wes~ 3. Steve Lucero (Gdnl .
HOCP: 1. Jay Gianetti (Wes~ 2. Bill y Hamill
(Wesl; 3. A lan Christian (Jaw).
0·2; 1. Marl