Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

0 in 5 ...J G « c ~ e 0 >0 ~ C1. 0 o en >en '" J: 00 ~ ....... '" ~ ....... >..~ ~ Bobby Schwartz. the Inland Motor Speedway and Ascot Scatch main w inner, goes ins ide National Champion Steve Lucero at Ascot. Hicks hot at Costa Mesa Speedway By Scott Daloisio Phil Collins pu lls on a tear-off while lead ing the Handicap main at Inland Motor Speedway. He won the race over Josh Larsen and Jim Sisemore. Gran t. In the Division Three ma in Rich Baker he ld o n for the wi n o ver Shane Loes sber g. Results SCRATCH : 1. Rober1 Curry (Wes); 2. Si eve M artin (We s); sl 3 . Mike Parsons (VII'e ; 4 . Rocky Robi n son ewe s) HDCP: 1. Mike Parsons (West 2. Bob Hick' (Wes); 3. Shawn Reppert ew es); 4 . Mark Oay(Wes!; 5. M ark Squadrito ewes). 0 -2: 1. Bill Zirk le (Wesl; 2. John Grant ewes); 3. Dan Wagn er (Jaw) ; 4 . Sieve Martynse (Jaw) . 0 -3 : 1. Rick Baker (Jaw) ; 2. Shane L.oessberg (Jaw); 3 . John Pierc e (J aw) ; 4 . Rich Mignano (Jaw). Collins convincing at 'MS Speedway By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO, CA, J UN E 2 1 After spending a month m En gland. Phil Co lli ns made hi s return trip to Inl and Mo tor Speedway a nd scored a co n vincing wi n in th e ' Ha nd ica p main o n KCAL 96.7 FM Night. Collins had to bring the Kell y Micro/j T Raci n glTro y Lee Design / Cirell o Racing/ Rovazzin i Electr ic Weslak e fro m th e 4Q-yard lin e to the fro n t. Kevin Jorda n led at the start with J os h Larsen seco nd off th e line. Before the race was o ne lap o ld , Co ll ins shot Larsen clo wn and loo k over the nu mber two spot. As J o rdan h it tu m th ree on the first lap. Collins came ins ide o f him. and by the tim e th ey exited tu rn four Co ll ins was buildi ng h is advantage. La rsen took second from J o rdan at th e end of the second circu it . but by that ti me; Co llins was lon g go ne. Co lli ns took the chec kered more than a half-straighta head of La rsen. jim Sisemore cha llen ged Larsen on the Iinal' lap, but had to settl e for th ird. Bobby Schwartz o nce again too k home the trophy for win ni n g the Scra tch ma in . As usu al , Sch wartz go t a bea uti ful sta rt fro m gat e two. and by tu rn o ne he had a two- lengt h lead for h is C.T.I. Brace/Budw eiser/ ST P/ Promot io n Pr oducts/Toys For Pops G M. Steve L ucero tri ed to cu t undern eath Schwa rtz o n th e ba ck ch u te on lap o ne. but by the end o f the first lap. Co llins went a rou nd hi m and Bill y H amill for second. Collins th en mo ved up to Sch wartz' rear halfway throu gh the th ird circuit. but Sch wa rtz wa s o n the good lin e and th ere wasn 't eno ug h room for . both o f them. At the finish Schwartz pock eted hi s third IMS triumph of th e seaso n. Collins was a cl os e second followed by H amill a nd Godden rid in g Lu cero. Result s SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Scwartz (GMI; 2. Phil CoJlins (Wes); 3. BiliV Hamill (Wes ); 4. Steve l ucero (Gdn) . HOCP: 1. Phil Collin s (Wes); 2. Jo sh larsen (Wes ); 3. Jim Sisemore (Wesl; 4 . M ike Faria lGdnl. 28 0 -2: 1. Craig Wilkie lGetn); 2. M ike Buff (Jaw ); 3 . J esi Ochoa (Wesl; 4 . Ken Hansen (Gdn). 0 -3: t . Mark. Faul (Wes); 2. Dave Reep (Wes); 3. Kevin Rubio (GM); 4 . Ben Mears (Jawl. . SDCR: 1. Cliff Tolley/Steve Hardwick (Kaw); 2. Steve StanlonlTom Tufts (Kaw); 3. Randy M cintyre/Ken Mc;lnlyr e (Kaw l; 4 . J eff lerch/Ken Ohn (H-D ). Brown, Schwartz tame Ascot Speedway By Scott Da loisio GARDENA. CA. J UNE 22 Sco tty Brown won th e eig h t-la p Handicap main at Chris Agajanian 's Ascot South Bay Stad iu m . while o n the Scratch side o f th e p rogram, Bobb y Sch wartz ga rnered h is second win in 24 hours. I • Rand y Beddow beat Cra ig Wi lki e o ff th e lin e when the Handicap main began, but fell in front o f th e pack. All b u t Bill y H amill went aro u nd Bedd ow without h itt in g him. Hamill laid it down to avo id Bedd o w. and mo st figu red there wo uld be a red Ilag bu t it never ca me out. Beddow go t back up and took o ff, while a n irate Ha mill rode h is bi ke to th e infield and took a sea t on the gra ss. Wilkie had tak en th e lead with' Brow n look in g for a way by. Bro wn ha d to gua rd h is rea r , th o ugh , a s S Iev e Ru ssell . J im Sisemore. Ph il Co lli ns a nd Schwartz had dosed in o n him.As therace wo re o n, \ Vilkie seemed lO ti re o ut as he began to d ri ft wider in every ben d, Bro wn charged him a nd every tim e there was mo re room. Brown , o n the Shoei /Oury G rips/ Justice Bro th ers/D&E Dash ugg er/ J T Racing Jawa. inched ahead a t th e end o f lap five. \Vil kie bea t h im to the next turn . bill he aga in wen t wide. Bro wn passed hi m for goo d l WO tu rn s la ter. Wilk ie event ua lly dropped all the way to fourth. Bro wn thu nd ered across the line for the wi n. whi le Russell a nd Sisemore occu p ied the next two spo ts. Sch wan z roc keted in to th e lead as soo n as the Scratch ma in began. SIeve L ucero cha sed Schwartz in to th e first turn, while Co lli ns rod e the in a n a ttempt to tak e first. Schwartz moved into Co lli ns ' line and Co llins a lmost fell. Hamill a nd Lu cero then we-n t OI L it for second with Ham ill wi n n ing th e fierce du el. Hamill cau gh t up to the leader o n th e final lap and go t the dr ive, but Schwartz. o n the Promotion Products/ST/Ma lcolm Smit h / c.T.1. Brace/Answer Product s Weslak e, had him covered and won by a half len gth. Resu lts rim SCRATCH: t . Bobby 5 chwartz (Wes); 2. Billy Hamill (Wes); 3 . Sieve Lucero lGdn); 4 . Phil Collins (W es), HDCP: t . Scotty Brown (Jawt 2. Steve Russell (Wes); 3. Ji m Sisemore (Wes); 4. Phil Collin. (Wes). 0 ·2: 1. Ken Hansen (Gdn); 2. Mike Buff lJ aw ); 3. Tony GomezlJaw); 4 . AVan Evans (Wes) . 0 ·3 : t . Chri SCastin (We s); 2. Man,. W ell s (Wes); 3. Mark OeV.v (Wes); 4. Tom Norr iS IGdnI. SOCR: 1. Randy MClntre/Ken Mc intyre (Ka w); 2. Jeff Lerch/Ken Ohn (H -O ); . CraIG Oe.mpSier/ Peter lewis (Kawt 4. Chff Tolley/Steve HardWick lKaw); 5. Sieve StamonJTom Tufts (K.aw~ CO ST A MESA. CA. J UN E 23 O n o nly h is seco nd night aboa rd th e Don Russell j aw a, Gary H ick s won th e Scratch ma in even t at Orange (' >UnlY Fairgrounds. A Off the sta rt, H icks was th e first racer in to tum o ne as Phil .Co llins o u t-ba tt led Bill y H ami ll for seco nd with Sco tt Brant in fourth. H amill fo ught h is wa y past Co lli ns o n lap 1w 0 . shook h im o rr a lap later a nd moved right in o n leader Hi ck s. Ham ill th en tried to get insi de Hi cks and the Don Russell Racin g/Modular Casework Systems/ O ury G ri p /Cody Racin g/Cham pi on Spar k Plu ~ j awa . but Hicks sla m med th e door. H a mill stayed dose to Hi cks o n the final lap, but th ere was no way by. Brant, o n th e other Don Russell j a wa , finished th ird . Arch ie Perez paced Wah Farnum when th e eig h t-la p Handicap main left th e line. Charging from th e ba ck , Collins and Hamill immedi at ely got into a no ther war for th ird . By th e end o f the first cir cuit. Hamill had beat en Co lli ns again a nd he went after Farnum. _ Farnum, riding th e inside to block Hamill. was right behind lead er Perez. wh o went wid e in tum o ne o n th e lo urth circuit. Farnum. o n th e Jr. Co ncre te Pumpi ng /H and y's Co ncrete Pumpingvj usti ce Brothers /Cod y Racing/P rest o Custom \ Vi ndo w Tinting j awa. qu ickl y went by o n the inside. By the end o f th e lap. Hamill had a lso ta ken Perez. Farn um continually held o ff th e pr essing Hamill. As the y ca me o ff turn four o n la p si x. H amill almost p ulled even with Farnum. and co ming across th e stripe to end the lap. th ey mad e co nta ct a nd sla m med to th e track . Perez. with nowhere to go. ra n o ver H amill a nd fell. 11,,· red ca me ou t a nd th e race Slopped. In a true sho w o f sportsma ns h ip. Farnum 's cre w wen t to th e p its look in g for a bike for Ha m il l. They came back with Sco tty Brown 's J a wa and the ran' restarted with th ree laps [el i. H a mill . u n familiar w ith Brown 's eq ui pmen lo quickly fell beh in d Farn u m . w ho r-oasted across th e lin e for the wi n. Bra nt moved up to take seco nd wi th Ham ill getti ng th ird . Result s SCRATCH ~ 1. Gary Hicks (Jaw); 2. Bil ly Ham ill (Wes); 3. Scott Brant (Ja w ); 4 . Ph il Collins (Wes). HOCPA : 1. W all Farnum (Jaw); 2. Soon Bram (Jaw); 3. Billy Ham ill (Jawl ; 4 . Gary Hicks (J aw). 0 -2: 1. M ike Buff rtJ ); 2. George Armas (Jawt 3 . Craig aw W ilkie lGdn); 4 . Jason Chi sm (Jawl 0 -3 : 1. Ma rk. Faul (Wes); 2. Dave W endlandt (Jaw); 3. Tom Norr is (Gdn); 4 . Mark DeVay fW esl . Sisemore super at Speedway USA By Scott Daloisio VICTORVILLE. CA, J UNE 24 Jim Sisemore sho wed up a t Speedway USA feeling ill, but his weak ened Ieelings didn't slo !, hi!TI d~)wn a nd h~ captured ll~e Scrat ch main w in . Sisemore trai led I nt o t he first corner at the start as Bobb y Schwartz had th e lead with Billy Hamill in second. H amill parked it in turn three, and th at slo wed Sisemo re and Faria down, giving Sch wa rt z a co mma nd ing advaruage, Sise more di sposed o f H amill and Faria and . looked to Sch wa rt z. As th e lead er ca me o ff t u rn t wo o n th e sec o nd rev oluti on, h e wh eelied near thecr3shwa ll. Sisemore jumped at th e o pport u n ity, but Sch wa rtz beat him to the next turn. As th ey went d own the back stra igh t o n lap three. Fari a went by Hamill for seco nd , a nd S isemore blasted by Sch wa m for fir st. Sch wa rtz wh eeli ed agai n o n lap three a nd that a llo wed Faria into second. With only o ne lap to go. Faria had no tim e to catch Sise more a nd the Vik in g: Co mp u ter Pr oducts/ Ara i/O ilzalt/Jmerl ink Weslake. The H andicap main had Kevin J ordan sett ing th e ear ly pace over Ste-ve Russell and Cha r les Ermolen ko. J ordan and Russell began to move away fro m the field. while Sisemore turned up th e heal o n Ermolen ko, However, Sise more was co n tin ua lly stymied as Errnolenk o blocked h im o n th e ins ide. Russell gui ded th e Russell 's Grandstands/ Petrochem /Bobby Schwartz/ Bell/ Elite Auto Bod y/Na Na Wesl ak e to th e pol e a nd took th e lead, th en ran away. He wa s nearly a halfstraig h t ahead when Don Robinson ga ve him th e chec kered flag. jordan hung o n for second and Erm ol enko finished third. In a wild. side-by-side finish. Jeff Lerch and Ken Ohrt g ui ded th eir H arl ey-Davidson to the S idecar main even t win. Their unhappy victims were Randy and Ken In tyre. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. J im Sisemore (Wes); 2. Mike Faria IGdn~ 3. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 4 . Billy Hamill ~esl. HOCP: t . Steve Russell (Wes); 2. Kev," J ordan (West 3. Charles Ermolenko (Wes); 4. Ji m Sisemore (Wesl . 0 -2: 1. Jesi Ochoa (Wes); 2. Ryan Evans ewes); 3. Charlie Veneg as (Gdn); 4 . Jerry Btadt (Wes) . 0 -3: 1. Jeff Hoyt (Jaw); 2. Scott Pr im rose (Wes); 3. Ben Mears (Jaw) ; 4 . Richard Sadler (Ma il. J R 0 · 1: 1. Denn y Wright; 2. Kevin Nick la s; 3. Brent Wer ner; 4 . Chr is Werner. J R 0 -2: 1. Heal n Hammonds; 2. Randy Evans; 3. Ryan Matteson; 4 . Aa ron M att eson . SDeR : t . Jeff l erch /Ken Ohn lH- D); 2. Randy Mcintyre/ Ken Mcintyre (Kaw ); 3. Craig Dempster/Peter lewis (Kawl Si'vero'e roosts to Knobby Hill MX win By Susan Willian HORTONVILLE. IN . J UNE .17-18 Bill y Sil vero le won nine o u t of 10 motos, taking overa ll wi ns in th e 125 a nd 250cc B Stoc k a nd Mod ified classes at the AMA /MX Sports R'1tiona l Qualifier a t Knobby Hills MX. Miclup'n's JeU Cu rry wa s th e o n ly rid er to defeat Si lverole in mot a two o f th e 125cc B Modified class . With so man y riders ad vanci ng in to th is region fro m area quali fiers, qua lifying rac es were held in th e 125cc B Modified class. Cu rry won his q ualifier. while Silvero le ea rn ed. a fir st in h is. The fina l round o f ac tio n sa w th e overall at sta ke. as C urry went into it w ith a I-I score a nd Silvero le had a 1-2. But S ilvero le ca me o u t sme ll ing lik e a rose as he glided to th e mot a win for first o vera ll. wh ile Cu rry took fourth in th e rnoto for runneru p honor s. . Greg Bowen won th e o vera lls in th e 125 and 250cc A Modified cla sses with perfect mota scores . The first 125cc A Modified moto saw John Sier with th e ea rly lead followed by jeff Beckington, James Eickel and Bowen. Bowen slipped by Eickel for thi rd. By lap two, a battle for (irst start ed between leader Beckington and Bowen . The lead swapped back and forth until lap five when Bowen p ut a little distance betw een himself and Beckington. Beckington had some problem s a nd dr opped to third as Sier moved to seco nd. Bowen took the wi n as Beckington managed to get by Sie r for second. In moto two, Missouri's Travis Kobush led the pa ck on lap one. Bowen, with a fourth place start. worked hi s way into th e number one spot by the end o f lap one. as Beckington was clos e at hand. The pair opened the throttle and left the pack. Beckington was unsuccess·

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