Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

'0 I~ ...J ~ ~ o u CfJ .>- Cll ,8 o :I: c.. Bobby Schwartz was th e Scratch main winner at IMS. lin ed up for the Scratch ma in, and when the tapes went u p iJ. was Lucero with a wheel len gth on H ousto n at the turn. H o u ston held h is ground keeping the inside line a way Irom Lucero, bu t as they backed th ro u gh th e turn Lucer o was first LO h ook up and left H o ust on behind . By th e next corner i t was a ll Lucero 's race wi th H ou ston ridi ng close in the tu rn s a n d Lucero pull in g a wa y do wn th e stra ig h ts. Roc ky Robinson worked thS o u tside for a lap before falling to fou rt h beh1l1d Rob ert Curry. The first sta rt of th e H andica p ma in en ded q u ickly with H ouston a nd Mik e So lis ge tting ta n gled up. As th e green wen t o n for the seco nd ti me Dave Coupe led th e p ack int o the Iirs t tu rn a n d Steve Martin q uickly slipped ahead o f So lis to chase him. Mike Dela cy was stuc k be hi n d Soli s a n d tried th e o utside on ly to h ave Lucero sh oot th roug h a nd pass So lis [or third. Co upe, aboard hi s Je n sen Faste ner/ Pe tro la ne/Bruce Port er Raci n!? Weslak e, was o ut in front by 20 ya rds . letting th e o thers pl a y ' ca tch up. As the white flag ca me OUl Mar lin w as within strak i ng ran g e wit h Luce ro nipping a t his heels. Coupe kept i t ru n ni ng str on g and d idn't let Martin ~el a whee l in o n h im , taking the ch eckered fir st a la p later. Martin drifted wi de in the la st tu rn but h eld _o ff L uce ro for t he runn er -u p spot, In Di vision II main Mark Sq u adri to worked h is wa y th roug h th e traffic to take th e lea d and vic tory fro m Bob Cc lfier. In Div ision 1II ac tio n Bryan Barret t sl ipped past T ed Scruggs a n d Ro n Cleveng er Ior the trop h y. Results SCRATCH: 1. Stev e l ucero (Gd n); 2. Jo h n Houston J r. (Jaw ); 3. Robert Cur ry (Wes); 4 . Rocky Robi nson (Wes). I HOCP: 1. Dave Coupe (Wes); 2. Steve M art in (Wes ); 3. Mi ke Solis (Wes); 4 . Steve l ucero (Gdn); 5. Mike Delacy (Gdn). 0 · 2: 1. Mark Squadru c (Ja w );' 2. Bob Collie r (J aw ); 3. Tomm y Hedden (W es); 4 . Rory Rundl e (Wes). 0 -3 : 1 . Bry an Barr ett (M or); 2. Ron Clevenger (Ja w ); .3 . Ted Scru ggs (W~s); · 4 . Harlan Bast Sr . (We s). Schwartz sails to victory at IMS By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNA R DI NO , CA , MAY 17 Under new promoters Do n Bro wn a nd Dr. Bud. Feldkamp, Inl a n d Motor Speedway opened its doors for th e 1989 season. Bobby Sch wa rtz, winner a t n ine o f th e 16 even ts staged at th e tra ck in 1988, start ed the n ew season right b y wi nnin~ th e Scratch main. Schwartz droPJ?

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