Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

he returned to the p its with a flat rear tir e. Schwartz took control of hi s fo urth victory in five outings in event 29. T he 1984 Ca lifornia State Ch ampi o n assured himself of at least a tie for second with the win. Wh ile event 29 was going o n , Faria stood alone in the pit lane, helmet on and goggles in hand. H e would be o n th e track next and co u ld sew up the titl e with only a second pl ace fin ish . When announcer Terr y Clan ton anno unced Faria for the heat , the fans roared. Wh en Faria burst off th e lin e from gate three and strea ked away, they all stood and hollered in the even ing air. T hey stayed on their feet and gr ew louder as the race went on. The local hero was about to po st a very impor . tant victory. Far ia took the whi te with a bi g lead and the crowd really bega n to celebrate. . Simul taneously, Lucero pulled away from Pfetzing. H e had to beat Pfetzing so he co uld face him again in a runoff for second. The chec kered cam e down and Faria pumped the n ig ht air with his fist. Lucero took second and go t rea dy for th e ru no ff. ) After Far ia too k a victory la p to a standing ovatio n, the riders swept him off h is motor cycle and tossed h im into th e air. Ch ris tia n and Manchester closed the regular pro gram wi th wins in heat 31 and 32. In the runoff, Pfetzin g had a sma ll park off tum two forcing Lucero , on o ne of Faria's mo torcycles, to tak e evasive acti on to avoid hi tting h im. T hat gave Pfetzing control. Lucero went to th e outside on th e las t lap , but cou ld not find the necessary tra ction. Pfetzing beat him by two lengths for th ird overa ll. T he new Ch ampion did h is best Scott y Park er i m i ta tio n o n th e podium, sucked down some champai gne and talked abou t wh y he won. " With Warren (R ussell) beh ind me, th ings j ust fell into place. Befor e th ey would no t hav e, bu t now they are falling into place. Things are going to happen for me right now. I can see it coming. T his is the 1990s. N ine ty begins with th e number nine and I have always been number n ine. It is n um ber n in e's time." Sidecar Kawasaki riding Steve Sta nton and Tom Tufts defeated defending cha mpi ons Craig Dempster and Peter Lewis, . an d Randy McIntyre and Rob ert Fox Sta te Si decar to wi n th e Championship. McIntyre and Fox won th ree of their four rides o n the nig h t, but wh en their wheel disk came off in round two , they were not allowed to restart and scored zero points. T ha t cost them the title. They ended up tied with Dempster and Lewis for second with nin e points each. McIntyre and Fox and Dem pster and Lewis were slated to come back for a runoff for second, but a fight in the pits between a sid eca r ri de r a n d ano ther team 's mechanic resu lted in a postponement of th e runoff. I:N Results POINT STANDINGS: I. Mike Faria (15); 2. Bobby Schwam (13); 3. (T IE) Rob Pfemn g/ Sreve Lucero (10); 5. (T IE) Bart Bast/J osh Larsen (10): 7. SCO Il Brant (9): 8. (TI E) Brad Ox ley/Ch ris Manchester (8); 10. Alan Christian (7); II. Char lie Venegas (6); 12. Brent Wern er (4); is. S teve Mart in (3); H . Bob Bech told (2): 15. (T IE) Steve Furman / Chris Castin /Gary Ackroyd (I ): 18. Don adorn (0). SDCAR POINT STANDINGS: I. Steve Stant on / T om Tu fts (10): 2. (T IE) Craig Dempst er-Peter Lew is/Randy Mcintyre/Ro bert Fox (9); 4. Dean Steele/Dwayne King (8); 5. (TIE) J oe Petrgal ovicErn st Kuen g/Ken Mci nt yre/M ickey Fau st (7): 7. Ken O hn /Doug Whi tson /Al an Bilger (5): 8. (T IE) Ross Millar·Dale Leeder /S teve Harwi ck-Vern Eade/John Beyer-Park e Weaver (4); I I. Don Part ain/Tim Champlin (3); 12. John Simmons/ Ro bert McGath (2): 13. Kent Benand er/ Cary Pollard (0). /111111111111111/ THANKSGIVING IS FOR RACING! 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