Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

0 Cii i5 -' « 0 I: 0 u ttl >- CD 0 0 I- :r Q" W4IN T Cra ig Dempster and Peter Lewis took another Sidecar win at Ascot So uth Bay Stadium Speedway. England 's Phil Co llins t opped the Sc ratch ma in . Lucer o charges to Costa Mesa Speedway win By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, AUG. 1 National Speedway Champion Steve Lucero defeated two for mer National Champions a nd Amer ica 's brightest youn g star to win th e Scratch m ain a t t h e Ora n g e Cou n ty Fair grounds . Lining up with th e 1988 Na tio nal Champion wa s 1986 Ch ampion .Bobby Sch wa m , 1987 Cha mp io n Brad Oxley and 19 year-o ld Bill y Ham ill . Out of gat e three, Lu cero got an incred ible start and l'umped into the early lead . Ha mill, off the po e. had a good react ion to the tapes, but he immedia tely wheelied. By the tim e he Kat squared away. Sch wa rtz had moved ahea d of him lor second. Sch wartz co uld not gel clo se enoug h to th e high-Fl ying lead er to mak e a strong challenge in th e firs t two laps. On lap three he had to wa tch as Lu cero pulled away lrom h im . Ha m ill a nd Oxl ey were r ight behind Schw artz throug h th e first three circu its. while Hamill wheeli ed away from Oxley. That a llo wed Sch wa nz to ta ke a n uncontested second . but he was far behi nd winner Lu cero. For Lu cero. it was h is th ird Scra tch win at Cost a Mesa as Nat ion al Champion. Northern Ca lifornia Cha mp io n Jim Sisemore go t physical in th e Handicap main and he look hi s seco nd win in 24 hours. Coming h om th e 40 yard- line. Sisemo re had to weave hi. way through th e trallic belo re gett ing hi s shot a t the va nguard position. Res ult s SCRATCH: 1. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 2. Bobby· Schw artz {Wes); 3. Billy Hamill (Wes ); 4 . Brad Oxley (Wes). HDCP: 1. Ji m Sisemore {Wes); 2. Bilty Hamill (Wes); 3. Craig W ilkie (Gdnl; 4 . Al an Christ ian IJa w). 0 -2: 1. Jason Rock (Weal; 2. Pal Hawl ey (Gdnl ; 3. Gary Ackroyd (Gdn); 4 . Ryan Evans (W eal. 0 ·3 : 1. Kevin Rubio IGM ); 2. Robbie Hackman (Jaw ); 3 . Mike Stefan (Wes); 4 . George A rm as IJ aw ). Collins wins Ascot South Bay Stadium Speedway By Scott Dalo isio GARD ENA, CA. AUG . 3 For th e third week in a ro w, 'Engla nd 's Ph il Co llins sho wed everyo ne how to rid e th e o u tside and won the Scratch main a t Ascot South Bay Stadium. Nat ional S peed way Champ ion Stev e Lucero gated pole sitter Co lli ns when the main event left th e line. Earlier in th e meet in g. Collins deleat ed Lu cero in th e first Scra tch heat, In th e ma in . Lu cero had reven ge o n his mind. As th ey exit ed the seco nd turn. Co lli ns got a big d ri ve. II served two purposes , It entre nc hed him firm ly in second and, mor e im portantly, it put him o n the o utside. Co llins was sizing up Lu cero as th ey en tered tum three o n the fint lap. \Vhen th e circuit en ded , Co lli ns sho t arou nd Lucero a nd became the new leader . As is the 'case most of th e time when he ca n make th e d irt wor k. he ran away. By the halfway point in th e race, he was live lengths up on Lu cero. There was no den yin g Co lli ns a nd he took his sixth South Bay Stadium win of th e year. Lucero, Mike Far ia a nd Greg H an co ck rounded o UI the lield . In th e co m panion Handi cap main, Northern California Champion Jim Sisemore took th e lead ea rly and went o n to th e win . Comin g fro m th e 40 yard line, he was second to sophomore rid er Char les Ermolenk o wh en th e race bega n. Brad Oxley sa l in third. Sisemor e mad e his firs t assault on Ermolenk o in turn three o n lap o ne. The yo ung rider met the cha llenge 01SISem or e a nd turned h im away. In tur n , o ne o n the next lap, Er mo len ko laded an d Sisem or e went pa st. At the end 01the lap, Ox ley and Far ia sand wiched the young rid er and th ey' took over second and third. Faria occ upied seco nd and he began to work o n Sisemore o n lap three. Without a main even t win sin ce the middle of J une, Faria was hungry . H e ap plied pres sure o n th e o utside, but Sisemo re wou ld not wilt. On th e sam e lap , Oxley broke a nd coasted to the inlield. The track had a blue gr oov e and was ge tt ing d usty in the-main . Faria had a couple 01ho pes. One was to kn ock Sisemore off th e groove and th e o ther was for Sisemo re 10 break. Conside ri ng th a t he gives u p 10 pou nds to Sisemore, o nly the second hope was viab le. On lap seven Sisemore brok e awa y fro m Faria . He raced a ll lo r a big lead an d the win. Faria sta yed in seco nd with Sco tt Brant th ird . After the fini sh, Sise more rook a victory lap with th e chec kered flag. Wh en he wh eelied o n the back ch ute, he promptly lell o rr bike. Res ults SCRATCH: 1. Phil Collins (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 3. M ike Faria (GM); 4 . Greg Hancock (Wesl . HDCP: 1. Jim Sisemore (Wei); 2. M ike Faria (GM ); 3. Scott Bram (Jaw); 4 . Steve Lucero (Cd n). 0 ·2 : 1. Steve Furman (Wes); 2. Chris Cast,n (Wesl; 3 . Don A mbr ose (We. ); 4 . Gary Ackrovd (Gdn l. [)..3: t . Robbie Hackman (Jaw ); 2. Kevin Rubio (GM!; 3 . Jason Rock (Wes); 4 . Keith Froom ewesl. SDCAR: 1. CraIg Qempster / PetM lewis (Kaw) ; 2. John Thompson/Frank Browell (Kaw l; 3. Kent Bet nander / Carrv Pollard ()(aw); 4 . Steve Hardwd /Jan ine Cummings (Kaw). Sowle sweet at PIR MX By Dan Meeker PO RTLAND, O R. AUG . 10 There was p lenty of good racing actio n a t th e . Thursday ni ght mot ocross at Portland Internat ion al Raceway, but no class was mo re co mpetitive th an the Mini Junior class. The first mot e sa w Salem SIX>TlS Kawasaki rid er Shawn Sowle get th e early lead loll owed clo sely by FMF Honda rider Brandon Lu cas and Suzuki rider Ben St ewart. 'The order of the top three remained th e sam e unti l the fina l lap when Lu cas pushed hi s Ho nda in Iront 01 So wle lor the win. Mea nwhi le. Cyclesport Kawasaki rider Doug McKuhn had moved up fro m an eig hth-p lace start to pass Joe Mu nafo o n th e final la p to fin ish lou rth behind Stewa rt. The second mo te proved to be as entertain in g as the fir st as Sow le o nce aga in took th e earl y lead. Lucas, however, was no wh ere to be fo und a mo ng the front-run ners, fi ndi ng h im self in the 10th position lor the lirst two laps. Up lront, Stewart P.1SSed Munal o on th e second lap to move int o second pl ace beh ind Sowle. While Stewart's pass set up th e second rnoto 's fin alfinish o rder for th e top three. there was plenty of act ion going o n behind th em . l\IcKuhn sta rted in seventh, but moved up steadi ly thro ugh out the mot o, ultimatel y fin ishing founh for th e seco nd lim e th at evening. At th e same tim e, Lucas bauled aggressively 10 move up from hi s 10th p lace · ~ tart . even tua lly fin ishing sixth wh ich was good eno ugh lor th ird overa ll beh ind Stewart and Sowle. • Resu lt s Help Wanted Service Manager Experi enced Yamaha Service M an ager for serv ice specialist dealer. Send res ume or ' call YA MAH A COUNTRY. TI6 N 13th SI. San J ose. CA 9511 2. (234- 35) (408) 287·2946. Race Tech Needs Shipper Position availa ble staning 9/3 / 89. Must have good wr it ing skills and good pho ne manners. Possibl e room for advance ment. (71 4) 594 -7755. CA. (134) SERVICE TECHNICIA N NEEDE D fo r Suzuki Yamaha Polaris dealership in We st ern Colorado. Top pay year 'ro u nd worlt. (3 03 ) 243-9537. CO. (134) Parts Manager & Mechanic Fast growing South ern Flor ida dealersh ip needs two take charge people. Responsib le, dependable, knowledge abl e. Salary plus commission . Send resume to : Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. (234- 37) CA 90801. Dept. B-39. 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