Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ O"l 00 - O"l ....... 0 C'I .... v ..0 s· v ...... 0. v Steve Ru ssell leads Shawn McConnell in speedway action at Costa Mesa . McConnell f inished second to Phil Co llins in the Handicap ma in. by w alker. Wentze! rode co nsis tently [or th ird while Eic ket earned fourth after a dead la st sta rt. Results AUT O: l , Mi cha el Iver s (Yam); 2 . Je ff Gibson (Yam); 3 . J osh ua Long (Yam); 4 . Paul Pet erson (Yam ): S. Corey Arnold • (Yaml. 65: 1. J .D. Colli ns lkaw) : 2. Chris Considine IKaw l; 3. Charl es Dun aw av (Kaw ): 4 . JasonJuskae lKaw l: 5 . DeAndre Brown (Kawl. M INI JR: 1. J .D. Collins IKaw); 2. Chr is Consid in e (Kawl: 3. Ray Oenig (Kaw l: 4. Wilham McCoy (Yam); 5. James Post (Kaw). MINI SR: 1. Greg Rand IYam~ 2. Hayden Ric hards (Kawl; 3 . Robbi e St ur gell IKaw ); 4 . J USlln Phelps (Hon): 5 . Brad (S uz). 250 B: 1. Bill Burba (Kawl ; 2. Bob McPh er son IKawl; 3 . Cobv Robb (Hon); 4 . Brian Hawtt s (Kaw); 5. Georg e Molnar (Kaw) . 250 C: 1. Robert Snave ly (S uz); 2 . Doug Bl ine (Hon); 3 . Eric Leite nber ger (Sud; 4 . John Sowers (Han); 5 . .Jerem y Basham ISuz). OPEN B: [ , M ike Jenkin s (Hon); 2. Ken Fish er (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Gh indea IKaw l; 4 . Eric Hale (Yam); 5 . Scan Steve ns (Hon), 25 +: 1. Brad Wood (Kaw); 2. Dan Gillispie (Han); 3 . Richard Robin son (Han); 4 , Ken Fisher(Kaw); 5. Dean Howard (Hon l. VET: 1. Kenny Reif (Suzl ; 2. Hayes Blainey (Suz): 3. Kevin Cla rk (Kawl: 4 . Paul CUPPISu zl; 5. Vincent Loyola (Hon). S/SR: 1. Henry Gref (Yaml : 2. Dan ie l Post (Kaw); 3. Que nt in lewis (Kaw l; 4 . William Hoover (Hon) . Faria's fairground at OC Speedway By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, AUG. 25 Po p ul a r riders Mik e Faria a nd Alan "Crazy" Christian sp lit a pair of sen sa tio na l Scratch races at th e Orange County Fairgrounds Speedway Friday nigh t. Christian won round ' o ne in their Scratch sem i wh ile Faria stood on top o f the heap in the Iour-lap mai n event, " In th e sem i, Christian edged Faria by a valv e stem a fter a sid e-by -sid e showdown. Christian pulled th e pol e for the main with Faria drawing p osition tw o . As wa s the case throughout rhe sem i, th ey wer e side. by-side at the sta rL Fa ria reacted first to the gate but Christi an . o n th e potent STP j aw a . won the bailie in to tum o ne. Sco tty Brown a nd Bobby Schwa ru we re side-by·side fur thi rd over the fir st ci rcui t. As lap o ne Glme to a n en d, Faria and Ch ristia n were dea d -even in the ba ttle for the lead . Down lh e b.,c k straigh t o n la p two. Faria pu t a wh eel a hea d o f h is vetera n opponen t. a nd stretched 'hat adva mage to a bike len gth. Ch ris ria n wou ld nol 1('1 Faria rest ; tim e a nd limf' agai n h e looked ha rd at the low lin e, but every tim e Faria, nn th e Off Shore/ O ilT.a ll/ Team Scopelitte/ShoeilTsuba ki G odden . had eno ug h to p u ll Christ ia n dow n th e next stra ig ht. For Faria , it was h is seco n d win o f the wttk. Schwa rtz fin ished th ird wi' h Bro wn founh. Don "T ()() Tal l" Od om , finis h ing the best week in hi s care t'r , set th e pace wh en the Hand icap main ro lled off th e line. T he 2 1· year-o ld had a 20·ya rd adva ntage a t ' he sta rt and wa s nol go ing to g ive it up w ithou t a figh t. Shawn Ml·Connell a nd Phil Co llins ga ve < :hase ea rly, but Od orn was o n a perf ecl line. O n the. thi rd lap, Coll ins, in his third season of southern Ca li forn ia racing, rinall y disp()s~d of McConnell and 5;e hi s sigh ts o n t Od orn . ('..olli n s co n tinued to work th r o utsi de and as he went down th e ba rk ch ute o n la p five, he pu t hi s Kell y Micro Systems/ J T R aci n g / Cir ell o Ra c in g/ STP / R o vizzi n i Electr ic:-sponso rl-d \Vesla ke into the ledd . and he q uickl y pnlled away. O dom ran in !Jt"(:om.! unti l l\'IcConnell got by him ncar the end of the six th orbi t. Abou' t ha t tim t', " T oo Tall " gOl too wi de and ). dropped to the back. McCo nnell foug ht nff a la st -la p bid from C hristian to tak e second. Resu lts t-. _ .. SCRATCH: t . M ike Faria (Gdn ); 2 . A lan Chr ist ian (Jawl; 3 . Bobby Schw:artz (VIles); 4 . Scon y Brown IJa w ). HOCP: 1. Phil Colli ns (Wes) ; 2 . Shawn McC onn ell (Gdn); Bud and Kerry Kubena t ook Best of Show honors with t heir 1960 BSA Sp itfir e Sc rambler at the Ohio Vintage Trials Meet in Toronto, Ohio. 3 , Al an Chris tia n (Ja w); 4. Mik e Fan a (Gd n). 0 ·2: 1. M ark Faul lWesl; 2.. A rc hie Perez (Gdn); 3. Jerry Black eWes); 4 , Johnny Wa lker (We s). 0 3: 1. Bobby Campbe ll (Wes) ; 2 . John Kelly IJa w); 3 . Dave We ndlandt (Ja w); 4 . M ar k DeVay IW es). SOCAR : 1. CraIg Dem pster /Peter Lewi s (Kaw); 2. John Thompson/Fra nk Bro~IIIKa wl; 3. Ken

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