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Bill y Ham ill (Wes); 4 . Gary Hicks (Wes). 0 / A : 1. Bobby Schwartz (36 pt s); 2. Sam Ermolenko (32); 3 . Gary Hicks (30); 4 . Billy Hami ll (25); 5. Steve Lucero (25) . . j)~ Reserve your tickets for all the fun and excitement of World Class Roadracing. Schw a rt z colle cts his rewa rds following the Costa Mesa ma in. his ear ly problems prevented him from q ualifying for the main . J i m Sise more, in a m ust-win situatio n, too k event 19, giving him nine points. H icks took last in the same race and also had nine points, as d id Lucero and Bro wn. They were all tied for th e final spot in th e main. Schwartz, McConnell and Hamill were alrea dy locked in to the mai n . There would be a t least a four -rider runoff for th e fin al spo t in th e main and it turned to five wh en Schwartz too k even t 20. Oxley p laced second and that ga ve him nine po ints. In th e ru noff Hi cks and Brown got the best start s. Hi cks asserted himself in turn two in th e winner-take-all fo ur lapper. Brown, on a j a wa , fo ugh t off th e ea rly adv ances of Lucero a nd then held off Sisemore. He turned in a good effor t, but" it was onl y worth a pat on the back since winner H icks was th e o nly rider to transfer. For a ll intents a nd p u rposes , 'Sch wartz wrapped up th e wi n as soon as the tapes went u p for the main. Wh ile th e ot he r riders tried to harness th eir horsepower off th e lin e, Sch wartz made a smooth drive into th e fi r s t turn 'a n d imm ediat ely ins talled a comfortab le lead. Wh ile he was cr ui sin g a t the fron t, McCon. nell locked up in a war for second wit h Ha m il l. McConnell took th e low line with H ami ll o ut side, a nd the y thrilled th e crowd with a n in tense side -by-si de struggle th at lasted u nti l the final tu rn wh en Hamill parked. Schwartz took the win with room to spare over'McConnel l. H amill reco vered to beat H icks across the line. As Schwartz made his way to th e a wards ceremony, a boy of abou t th ree-years-old called ou t his name. Schwa rtz promptly cha nged directions, shook the little guy's hand and posed for a pi cture taken by the youngster's mother. A littl e whi le later , he ca lm ly chattered abou t the mai n . " It was a go od start. Of co urse I had the best po sit ion (ga te one), but I had to mak e the most po ints to be in that po sitio n. The track suited me tonight. I had the probl em in the o ne race with Ermolenko a nd Hi cks. I almos t mad e th e sta rt but almost doesn 't co unt. " Much to the relief of sou th ern California fan s, Schwartz reveal ed h is 1989 int entions. " I a m going to stay here and do the best I can . I had a couple offers to go to Englan d. I am not th at interested a ny more. I a m not that keen o n going to Engla nd.'. J\r/) At Distributors or Dealers Call for product . 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