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Brad Oxley. shown here lead ing Tony Bienert and Andy Northrup in heat
ra ce action. won t he S c ra tch main a t Speedway US A.
King snatches
'MS victory
By Scott Daloisio
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JUNE 29
A crowd of nearly 4000 fans jammed
the Inland Motor Speedway, and
watched Lance King go home with
the Firecracker Derby crown.
Sixteen riders battled through 20
heats to see who would make it to
the main. Bobby Schwarttz took his
opening ride over Eddie Castro and
Brad Oxley.
'
The opening round ended with
Dubb Ferrell and King posting wins.
Schwartz easily powered his Weslake
to a second round win while Ferrell
won in round two when Oxley, who
had a huge lead, broke just before
the white flag. King, on his Gold's
Gym/C.T.I. Brace/Daytona/Silkolene GM, also won in the second
round.
Ferrell, King a n d Schwartz were all
tied with six points but Ferrell was
the first to slip in round three. King
aced him on the opening lap of event
nine and Castro also "goi by.
Steve Lucero handled Schwartz
and took a win , but Schwartz came
right back and won his round-four
ride whi le Ferrell again finished
third.
.
Oxley got things dialed and beat
King in event 17, while, Lucero
bl?Ok~d his ticket to the main by
wmrung event 20.
Schwartz met King in event 21 and
knocked King down another peg and
took the three points.
t
Schwartz blasted from the line and
took the lead in the main, but King
cut to the inside of tum one and
caught Schwartz off guard. He cut
directly in front of the startled leader
and raced away. Schwartz almost fell
in the next bend but h e managed to
save it before Lucero or Castro co u ld
get past, King had a half-straigh t
lead on the final lap, which was a
good thing because his primary
chain derailed and slowed him to a
crawl. He still managed to coast
across the line with room to spare.
.Schwartz, who took second, came
around and gave King a ride around
the track for his victory lap.
Results
.
MA IN: 1. Lance King (GM); 2. Bobby Schwanz
(Wes); 3 . Steve Lucero (Gdn); 4. Ed Castro (Wes) .
SUP: 1. J osh Larsen '(W es); 2. Randy Beddow
(Wesl ; 3 . Bern ie Tusko (Jaw); 4 . Kelly In man (Wes) .
Oxley wins at
Speedway USA
By Scott Da loisio
VICTORVILLE, CA, J U LY 4
Spee dway a nd fireworks combined
for a crowd pl easin g show at Vic torvi lle , Califo rn ia 's Speedway USA
on Independence Da 1988. The man
who had th e m ost to cele bra te wa s
Brad Oxley as he ca p tured the
Scratch main and placed second in
the Handicap main.
Oxley came from the outside at the
start of the Scratch main and commandeered th e point position a s
soon as the tapes went up, but the
race was red -fla gged when Keith
Larsen, Scotty Brown and Andy
Northrup went down.
On the restart Oxley once again
got traction and powered the Coors/
KLOS/ /STP!In tern a tio nal Speedwa y/Cirello Racing Weslake into th e
lead.. Larsen edged Brown through
~he first bend WIth Northrup bringmg up the rear.
Oxley began to move aw ay o n lap
two while Brown tried to forge a trail
by Larsen on the inside. When Don
Robinson unfurled the checkered
f1~g, it was Oxley by five lengths for
hIS second Speedway USA win of
1988. Larsen, Brown and Northrup
rounded out the field.
The Handicap main took 0(( with
Greg Hancock setting the early pace
over Bart Bast. Jessee Finch was third
on th e start with Louis Kossuth
fourth. Oxley, looking to make it two
wins on the night, moved by Kossuth
and then Finch before th e end of lap
three for third place. Brown also go t
past Kossuth a n d moved up to
ch allenge Finch, who stuck his left
foot out in front of Brown at th e end
of lap three.
At the head of the pack, Bast on
th e T eam Trim/Bast Bros. Welding/
Oakley Weslake, was looking every ~here for a way past Hancock. He
finally found a lane on lap five when
he took the lead by using the inside.
Oxley also got by. An unthinking
fan tossed a lit firecracker onto th e
track, but that failed to slo w Bast
who won it by a length ov er Oxley
with Hancock third and Brown
fourth.
Results
SCRATCH: 1. Brad Oxley (Wes) ; 2. Keith Larsen
(Wes) ; 3 . Scotty Brown (J aw ); 4 . Andy Northrup
(Wes) .
HDCP: 1. Bart Bast (Was); 2. Brad Oxley (Wes );
3. Greg Hancock (Wes); 4 . Scotty Brown (Jawl.
0 -2 :,1 . J osh Larsen (Wes); 2. Bobby Cody (Jaw);
3 . DaVId Perry (Wes) .
0 ·3: 1. Charles Ermolenko (Wes) .
JR 0 -1 : 1. Brent Werner (Wes) .
JR D-2: 1. Fred Timbe rlake (Tri).
Turner triumphs
atAscotMX
By Ken Faught
GARDEN A, CA, J ULY 8
" I goua do . good tonight, Mom's
here," sai d Ron Turner sho rt ly before ta king hi s O 'Nea llCablesa ver/
Q u ickstrap/Varner R a cin g -sp o n sored Yamaha to a n overa ll wi n in
bo th th e 250cc a nd Vet Pro classes
at Ascot Park .
When the gate dropped at th e start
Ku~ Metcalf (12M) holeshots Gary Wagner (10W) in the first 250cc
JUnior moto at Ascot. Wagner won overall while Metcalf was third.
of the first 250cc Pro moto Bobby
Kline led Turner, Bryan Paquette,
Marc Peters and John Posca around
the first turn. Turner quickly found
his way around Kline, but couldn't
seem to pull away from the Honda
rider. Turner and Kline soon pulled
away while Posca tightened up th e
battle for third when he caught up
to Peters and Paquette. On the last
lap Posca finally picked up a posiuon as Peters stuffed Paquette in a
comer, causing the Suzuki-pilot to
go down. Peters was forced 0(( the
track when his bike tangled with
Paquette's and nearly took out Posca
as he reentered the course.
" I didn 't mean it ," said Peters.
" We just went into the corner too
fast and I could barely stop. At least
I got him. "
Turner cruised to an easy win over
Kline with Peters narrowly edging
out Posca for fourth.
Paquett came ba ck to holeshot
Kline, Turner, Peters and Posca in
the second moto. On the first lap
Turner got a good drive coming out
of an S turn and flew past Kline and
Paquette over a jump to take over
the lead. As Turner took the inside
line to pass the leaders, Kline railed
the outside and dove underneath
Paquette in the following turn for
second. Paqu ette tried to repass Kline
in the following corner, but couldn't
find traction on the slippery track.
As the race continued Peters and
Posca again drew closer to Paquette,
o n ly Peters fell two laps from the
finish when. h e tried to slingshot
around Posca in a flat comer and
slid out. As Turner took the win over
Kline, Posca edged up alongside of
Paquette down the final stra igh t, but
Paquette held on the gas in the last
turn and for ced Po sca into the
banners, but somehow Posca shot
around the outside to steal third.
Results
125 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Bernard Miller (Hon); 2. Sean
Randle (Kaw ); 3 . J im Rice (Yam); 4 . Devi n Susel!
(S-W); 5 . Kipp M cGow an (Kaw).
125 BEG 0 - 2: 1. Tim Valdez (Hon); 2. Bobb V
Graham (Han); 3 . Roderick Rim mer (Cag); 4. Skip
Early (Hon); 5. Steve Trijuillo (Yam).
125 JR : 1. Bryan Holdren (Hon); 2. Taka
Yamamoto (Vam); 3 . Lanc e Tucker (Yam); 4 . Tony
Barmanti (Hon); 5. Mike Ulrich (Kaw).
1251NT: 1. Hire Yamamoto (Yam); 2. Daniel Bush
(Han); 3. Maneo Coestino (Han); 4 . Scon Bristo l
.(Han ).
250 BEG 0 -1: 1. Tim Silliam s (Kaw) ; 2. Kel sey
Marka (Hon); 3 . Romy Ratliff (Hon); 4. Cory Hudson
. .
(Hont 5 . Tom Cavallo (Vam).
2 50 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Joh n Hamach er (Kaw); 2. Chr is
W ali ace ISuz): 3 . Gilbert Vill ia (Suz); 4. Tom Seulke
(Han); 5. St eve Poll ack (Kaw).
250 J R: 1. Gary W agn er (Yam); 2. Eric Samson
IKaw ); 3 . Kurt M etca ~ (Vam); 4 . Chr is Parks (Han);
.
5 . Art Custer (Yam).
25 0 IN T: 1. Ke ven Lopa (Hon); 2. J am es
W h itehead (Hon); 3 . J im Dominici (Han),
250 PRO: .1. Ron Turner (yam): 2. Bob Kline
(Han); 3 . John Posca (Kaw); 4 . Bryan Paquett e
(Suz); 5 . Rick Johnson (Hon) .
500 BEG: 1. Gregeory Davis (Han); 2. Chuck
Boeck man (Hon); 3 . Francis Ganance (Mai); 4.
Ward Thomas (Honl 5 . Jeff Lussiek (Hon).
500 JR : 1. Brian Anderson (Yam).
500 PRO: 1. Sean Con leu (Kaw ); 2. Marc Peters
(yam); 3 . Tom Webb (Hon).
VETJR: 1. Jack tanders (Hon); 2. Tom Williams
(Kaw); 3. J im Stentz (Yam); 4. Jeff Salmen (yam)'
5. Tony GiamBerdino (Kaw)
•
VET INT: 1. Mark Heller (Hon).
VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Yaml 2. Rick Johnson
(Hon l 3. Carl Gazafy (Hon t 4 . David Maas (Yam).
Lozano lands Little
OkieMXwin
By Mark Staab
MADERA, CA, JUNE 18
Mik e Lozano came from behind in
~oto two to tak~ th e overall victory
tn the 125cc JUnior class at the Little
Okie.
In moto one, Kevin Jones got one
of his best starts o f th e season.
Following close behind wer e Jason
McCullough and Lozano with Dan
McCann in fourth. J ones looked like
a sure winner with most of th e actio n
going on behind him. On lap four,
McCu llough went down and
McCann passed Lozano. On th e next
lap Lozano repassed McCann, which
gave Lozano second place. The stage
looked set for the finish until a
mistake by Jones gave Lozano the
win with McCann taking second.
The start of the second moto saw
McCann get the holeshot with
Randy R i tc h ie , Mike McCloud,
Jones and Lozano close behind him.
Before the end of th e first lap Lozano
attempted to pass Jones but went
down, almost taking Jones with him.
McCann and Ritch ie were battling
hard for the lead while Jones had
gotten by McCloud and was going
after Ritchie. Lozano was back as far
as ninth place and was cutting
through riders every lap. On lap five ,
Jones attempted to pass both Ritchie
and McCann but went down hard.
Then McCann dropped to fourth
place when he was run 0(( the track
by a la p p ed rider. Ritchi e and
McCloud were first and second wh en
out of nowhere came Lozano, who
finished in third place and took th e
overall victory. Ri tchie was seco nd
overall.
Resu lts
125 JR : 1. Mike Lozano (Vam); 2. Randy Ritc hi e
(Kaw); 3 . Mike McCloud (Han ).
125 BEG: 1. Marc Wemyss (Kaw); 2. Skip Gu;n n
(Hon ); 3 . Peter Gunter (Yam) .
500 BEG: 1. Rick Holl enbeck (Hon); 2. M ark
Simmons (Kaw); 3 . Bryan Bergen (Hon ).
500 JR : 1. Richard Presley(Kaw); 2. Danny Jones
.
(Kaw) ; 3. Curtis Suderman (Kaw).
BO BEG 0 -1 : 1. Scott Bennett (Hon); 2. Natha n
Wood s (Kaw ); 3 . Chr is Cake (Kaw) .
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