HLOCAL EVENTS
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Shawn McCon nell won Thursday night's Handicap main at Asco t, th en backed
that up with a seco n d in Friday ni ght 's Handicap main at Cost a Mesa.
Gary Stoffer (near lane) won his second-ever race in the 9.20-Index Pro Stoc k
class by defeating Dave Earll in the final round at Los Angeles County Racewa y.
th e second ti me . Sch wart z, kee pi ng hi s
Weslake to th e outside, go t the dri ve and had
an edge on Christian o n the back straig h t.
En tering tu rn three. Sch wa rtz had th e ad vantage, pull ing it down o n Christian a nd taking
the lead . At the end o f th e second lap, Sch wartz
had a o ne-length ad van tage.
Christia n kept h is j awa dose to Sch wartz
u ntil the last lap. 111e leader 's Prom oti on
Pr od ucts/ KN AC/R u sse ll ' s Grandstands/
K&:\'lTroy Lee-sponsor ed Weslak e go t a big
d rive off t urn two a nd coasted pas t the
checkered. Christia n fin ish ed seco nd. Far ia
third and O xley fourth.
Faria and Shawn i\IcConnell led the ei~hl
rider field into turn o ne whe n th e Hand ica p
main roared ac ross th e lin e. ~Ic Conn ell ,
a no the r rider pas t birt hday number 30. was
fresh off a Handica p ma in win the pr evio us
ni ght at Ascot. He had th e lead a nd fou ght
Faria back over the first two laps.
Louis Kossu th, winner o f the H and icap
main th e pr eviou s week a t Costa Mesa. d osed
ill . H e .....as on the lead d uo 's tail by the end
o f lap two . Faria got seri o us on lap th ree.
going to work o n th e ins ide o f McConnell.
The former Brit ish Leaguer was up to the
challe nge a nd he fou ght olf Faria.
As they entered tu rn one o n lap fou r, Faria
b ulled h is way in side the leader, a nd it looked
lik e he was going to sna tch the lead . As they
ca me o fC tu rn two. McConnell got a trem endo us driv e and staved next lO Fari a. Co mi ng
o ff turn fo ur . McCo n ne ll ~Ol anot her big dri ve
a nd had the lea d o nce aga lll. Fa ria pulled ba ck
a lon gside a t th e ha lfway point and th e crowd
o r nearly 4000 spe ctators went wild.
Fin a lly, on lap five, Faria go t hi s Ru ssell
Raci n g/ O ff-S h o re/ T eam Scope li n e/ T 'subakizScon USA-backed Weslak e firtn ly in
first. Staying o n th e q uick. ins ide groove,
Faria o pe ned some breathing room and raced
to hi s second Co sta Mesa H an dica p main wi n
of 1990. i\kCon ne ll sta yed in seco nd with
Ko ssu th right behi nd.
Resu lts
SCRATCH : I. Robby Schwa m (Win); 2. ALin aUl~liol n
Ua w); 3. Br.ad Oxl e) (WC"'50): i , Mikr Far ia (Wn).
H OCP: I. Mik(" Far ia (Wno); 2. Sha wn McCo n nr ll ( G M~
3. Louis Kou uth (G M); i . J O!I.h Lar sen (Wo).
0-2 : 1. Tony Gomn Uitw ): 2. Jrrry Bbel (\ v "~ 3. J ohn n y
W'io us event whe re
he lost in the ea rly ro unds.
Some o f th e to ug hest qua lifying took place
at thi s even t as Mar k Mansfield was number
o ne with a gA O-second run, wh il e T om
Erickson was second (9.4 1), Dave Earll th ird
(9.42) and Don Earll fourth (9.43 ).
Don and Elva Earll, eac h win ners o f o ne
o f the p revious two even ts, were upset in th e
Hrst round of elimina tio ns, o pe n ing the door
to a new face in th e WP GA win ner 's ci rcle.
T he second ro u nd began with Mansfield
defeatinl1: Steve H o lder : Dave Earll ra n a 9.42
to defe-dl j oe Sav atgy at 9.54; Stofler went to
me semi as he beat Chris Wilc ox ' and T om
Erick son , a not her gradua te o f th e 'Su pe r Ga s
class, adva nced with a " bye" run.
In th e sem i fin al , Dave Ear ll ra n a 9.45 as
Mansfield dre w a .005 reac tio n tim e and a
subS<:<\ uem red light wi th his T rac Dynam ics
Suzuki. Stoffer needed o nly a 9.49 to win a s
T o m Eri ckson suffered hi gh -gear sh ifti ng
p roblems wi th h is 1990 Suzuk i.
Stoffer a nd Ear l ma de up the final rou nd,
wit h Sto ffer getti ng the bette r reac tio n ti me,
.035 to .070, a nd th e win at 9.45/134.00 mph
with hi s G&K Raci ng lTrac Dynamics/M &M
Auto Arts-sponsored Suzuki. Earll tried to
mak e up h is sta rtin g lin e disad\'3n t.a~ and
broke out with a 9.36/ 138.50 o n hIS RC
Componentsrrrac Dynamics '87 Kawa sak i.
As t he \ VP G A sea son a p p ro ac hes ·i ts
ha lfway mark, Don Earll leads th e ser ies with
594 po ints fo llo wed by j oe Savatgy (571), Elva
Ear ll (562) a nd Dave Ear ll (53 1).
Schwartz, Faria top Costa Mesa
Speedway
By Sco tt Daloisio
COSTA MESA, CA, MAY II
Bobby Sch wa rtz debu,ed a st u n n inl1: p., ir o f
new leathers a l th e O range Co ullly Fa ir·
grou nd s Friday ni ght. By the time th e n ig ht
was o ver. th ey took a trip to vic lOry circle aft er
he won lhe Scrat ch mai n. Joinin g h im a he r
a lhrilling win in lhe H an d icap mai n was
veteran " Flyin'" Mike Faria.
All .fOUT riders in th e Scratch main had
a lready passed th eir 30th birthdays. Alan
" Crazy" C hristian , IOy ears after h is amazin g
slreak of 13 Scra tch main wins in a row a l
Costa Mesa . beat Schwaru off th e line on the
Slart. Sch wa rt z im metiia lely weill lo lh e dirt
;lIld pu lled. even with lhe leader as they exited
lu rn lwo th e. fir st tim e. At lhe end o f th e
open ing revolu tio n, th e two warriors were
de- d even .
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Ch ris tia n. th e sen io r in lh e race a t age 34,
dr ifted a lillie as th ey slid th ro ugh turn two
Results
;15 : 1. lWnjam in ~ li ll("f (Yitm ): 2. S.H)lI ~fllrri'l(JIl (Yam ): ! .
TrIm Ornrl: l'" IYaml : 't. Er ic H ad . m..n (V..II1 ).
65; I. J o hn Win§,("II IKaw ): 2. Mikr Me"' ", (Ka wl: 3. Sc '31l
Sln.,ar l t KdW):-I. Torn Skl"'lhw (Ho lI).
ay
X5: J. T ndd Wi m r ll C on ); 2. P;1U1 L) m h (H u n l; 3. J(lI~n
H
Win~lI (Yam) : 'I. J ('rry AIl"'x,mdl"'r lK.Jw): !J. J.. m~~ Con&dm
( ~ w).
II
:'J()O: I. Robert Milln (Yitrn); 2. Rim d,. Shank (KOlIw); 3.
Rick Win!>t'(1 (SUi): h Steele (li o n): 2. Brad Strun k (KTM ): 3.
Ch ad Rur {Hon ]; 1. Tom Pugh (He n): 5. SI(" \'~n Richards
(S UI.).
I:B B: I. Travis ~k(".rary (I-Ion ); 2. Rr.ltllt")' Strunk (KT M);
3. Bria n WhtTlrr [Ho n ]: i . Phill ip Si/nnorC' (Kaw); 5. Sid
T routman (H o n j.
250 8 : I. Mik(' Rus-e-ll (Sur): 2. MikC' welsh ( Ka w ): 3. J im
Pe- n ingrc n (K.,w ); i . l'i ick T ro uunan {Hou]: 5. Jo h n.
n
~ alonry (Raw).
OPE:" R/ C: I. Rand v Thibaur (Ho n ); 2. Rusl)' Guy {.H.~
3. Ron Ry.an {Ho n ]: i . JdlrC'YGhinde.i (K.itwl: 5. J ohn Winkk
(Kaw).
AUTO: I. Jd f Gi bYln (Yam) : 2. Corl"1' Arnold (Ya m ) ~ 3.
Ju!\(in Brrwilngl"'f (V
