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Oxley took seco nd followed by Lucero. By Scott Daloisio HONDA SAN BER:-IARDlNO, CA, SEPT. 2 1 Bobby " Boogaloo" Sch wa m took h is final warm-up at In la nd Mot or Speedway before th e Budweis er Califo rn ia Slate Speedwa y Championship a nd won th e Scratch main event on a co ld Wednesda y ni ght. Schwartz W d S sti ll battered a nd bruised from a tangle the pr evious week 31 the Orange Co unty Fairgrou nd s, but it didn 't bother him wh en the tapes flew up. Maneuv ering th e C.T. I.lBrace/Budwei ser/Qu ick silver/STP / T o ys for Pop s Weslake o ff th e pol e, th e wil y veteran edged yo u n gs ters Gary H icks. Greg Hancock a nd Ban Bast into the first ben d. Bast ca me o rr th e o utside sta rli ng gri d a n d that cos t hi m o n th e sta rt, T he former north ern Ca lifornia number o n e q u ickl y rectified th at situation. H e raced pa st Hancock as th ey power ed dow n th e back ch u te on th e openi ng la p. Tha t ga ve him third but th e seco nd ge neration ri der wa nted mor e. H e set hi s aim at Hicks. H icks was hopinll to ca tch Sch war tz, but before th e o pe n ing Circ u it had co me to an end, he was ho p in g to ca tch both Sch wa rtz and Bast. The rid er with th e fam ous (Ba st) name was o n a roll a nd he motored b y H icks a n d began to sta lk th e lead er. H e had gouen by th e o the r yo u ng rid er s in the field a nd n ow it was tim e ( 0 see if he co u ld chase down veteran Sch wartz, \ Vhen th e la st Iap began, Bast sta rted 10 close in o n Schwartz, bu t he wasn 't go ing to hav e eno u gh ti me. Wh en Paul Neighbors en ded it with h is ch eckered Fl g, Schwa rtz had it b y a two len gths. Bast did finish seco nd foll ow ed by Hi cks a nd H ancock . Don " Too T all " Odo rn , a rid er wh o has vastl y im p ro ved o ver th e £ina l mon th o f th e 1988 season, st\Vk his Weslak e into the lead from the sh ort yardage whe n the eigh t lap Handica p mai n got underway. T ony Bien er t, rid in g a n a ncie n t tw in cam j awa, went by Odom befo re the en d of 'he o pening la p . while J osh La rse n and H an coc k moved up to cha lle ng e 'he lead d uo . La rsen a nd Hancoc k were leaning o n a dorn so he decided to do so me th ing a bo u t it. H e went to th e in sid e a nd took th e lead at th e end of th e th ird revolution. That put Bien ert betw een himself a nd the remaind er of th e screaming pa ck. That did n 't last long. Rien ert wen t "Wide at th e halfwa y po int allowing Larsen and Nationa l Speedway Champ io n "Rad " Brad Oxley to pass. Thi ngs wer e ge tt ing real hot behind adorn a nd a momentary park in tu rn IwO on la p six cos t h im . You ng La rse n, o n th e Vision Stree t Wea r/IMSlTuna EnterpriseslTroy Lee Design/W hite Bro th ers Weslak e, roc keted by. Tha t moved Ox ley and Stev e Lucero di rect ly to Odorn 's rea r lend er . Odom finall y relented to th e p ressure before th e end 01 the lap and went wi de. Oxley a nd Lucero both snuck b y and before Odom could pull it ba ck down , most of th e pa ck had gone by. Oxley n ew over the fina l two laps but h e co u ldn't go fast eno u gh to mak e up th e distance be tween himself and Larsen and for the second time 01 1988, the hi gh sch ool Resulu 500 250 125 80 YOUKNOWWHATI YOU WANT YOU KNOW WHERE!! TO GET-IT TH E BEST IS EVEN BETTER ewes). Level'" CR Support Dealer CR Support Technicians Lucero jams to Ascot <::> ~TAlUMA S.i,.".", Jim ~;~ UPS Daily 1375 Industrial Ave OTORCYC lE Petalum a, CA 94952 ENTER. INC. (7 0 7) 763- 1 161 Speedway win By Scott Daloisio GARDENA. CA. SEPT. 22 Steve Lucero defeated Bobb y Schwam win hi s seco nd Ascot South Ba y Stad iu m Scratch main even t o f th e 1988 season. Lucero . ridi n g th e Sh oer /S'T'P vKal -C ard/ Oilzall / Cirell o Racin g Godden , ca rne fro m gate two a nd bea t National Ch ampion Brad Oxley 10 th e Hrst bend. G ary H ick s a nd Schwaru wer e close behind as they battled Ior thi rd . At the end o f the opening circu it, H ick s att empt ed 10 go aro und Sc h wanz. who protected hi s positio n and pinched Hicks to the wall as th ey crossed over 'he str i pe, Hi ck s fou ght 10 maintain co n tro l but wh en h e rea ched turn o ne on th e next lap, he slammed the wall a nd hi s ni ght ca rne to a ha ll. 4 _ Lucer o had things under co n tro l and h e began to move aw ay from Oxley o n lap three. \Vh en the chec ker ed ca me o u t after four fast laps, it was L ucero with room to spa re ove r Oxley a nd Schwartz. S teve Ru ssell was start ing o n the sho rt yardag e ill the H and icap ma in a nd tha t spelled bad news for th e .co m pe titio n. H e blasted o ff th e 20 ya rd lin e a nd was first in to turn o ne a hea d o f Sco n Brant and Sco uy Brown. The red qu ickl y n ew wh en Dubb Ferrell h igh- sided a nd ca me do wn hard o n th e groove. A st retcher was sum moned for the crafty veteran. but after q ui te some ti me, he got u p , walked to h is bik e a nd a mazi ng ly got back o n for th e res tart. Wh en th e tapes wen t u p for the second tim e. Ru ssell aga in blazed into th e lead o n " e th R u ssell's Gra n dsta n ds / Bo b by Sc hwart zi ST P/ Mom & Dad Wesla ke with Bro wn in seco n d th is time. Brant found traction o n th e o u tside a nd tri ed to go arou nd Bro wn before th e en d o f the seco nd revolution but it didn 't work. Amazingl y, near th e ba ck, Ferrell . aft er being sent to the penalty lin e for ca us ing the red . had ca ugh t 'he pa ck a nd was sta rt in g pass rid ers . Ox ley moved. into fo urt h when the sixth circu it bega n a nd tried to move in on Brant for third. At th e same tim e. R ussell was starti ng to o pe n up a small ma rg in and th e on ly ho pes that a ny rider had to catching him cen tered ar ou nd a mot or failure o r a fall . Oxley got by Bra n t a t the wh ite flag . b ut thar's as C " he ,",01 as Ru ssell defeated Brown ar as . with Oxley thi rd, • '0 '0 Results SCRATCH: t . Steve lucero (Gdn J; 2 . Brad Oxley (Wes) : 3. Bobby Schwanz (Wes ): 4 . Gary ~Ck5 (Wes). HDCP: 1. Stev e Ruuell (We s); 2 . Scotty Brown (.Jaw~ 3 . Brad Oxley (Wes); 4 . Gary Hicks (Wes). 0 -2 : t . Scott Yarborough (Wes~ 2 . Jessie Ochoa (Wesl; 3. Randy Skinner (Wes); 4. Br ian Pappalardo (Wesl. 0 · 3 : 1. .6J Mansfield (Wes ); 2 . G.ry Ackroyd (Gdn); ax 3 . Mark Squadrito (W es): 4 . Bri.n Galvin (Wes). IT'S TIME •• • To take ad vantage o t our Musky sa le Excejlent motcrcvcjes et eJlce ll e n l pr lCM Now Now Now Now 1987 250 Enduro $3030 1987 430 Cron Country $3129 1987 430 Enduro $3163 1987 500 Cross Cou ntry $3229 '9881 81 s im ile' Dving$ Spe elal 19 88 510 Cross Country Can ClMick N t tt.• • • •'Mit, Hat C.tin 12511X •• d 250llXl " .1361 E. W. lnut Sf. P, udl"'. 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