Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

. . .... .. '1 (Kaw) ; 3. Hall /Pa~ (KAw) ; c. Ed w ards/ Brown (BMW) ; S. Ptotnglovic/ Alvord (Ka w) . jR: 1. Steovm Downing (Wn); 2. Md\ad Hull (Wes );3. Jimmy ~ (Wes); 4. Pet.!of'eraha (Wes ). Faria doublesat Perris Speedway By Elaine Jones Photo by Jim Thorn (Above) Mike · Faria racked up both main-event wins at Lake Perris Speedway. (Below) Bobby Schwartz went on a tear at Glen Helen Speedway, scoring both mal n-event victori es. PERRIS, CA. MAY19 Harl ey nigh t and Mike Faria on the track made for a good evening's worth of en tertaimen t a t Lake Perris Speedway, as Fa ria swep t to ma in event wins on bo th sid es of the p rogram. Prior to the Scra tch main, odd s we re that Bobby Schwartz, who wa s loo king very strong all nig ht, would contin ue where he had left off the night before, with tw o more wins. As they lined up it was Fa ria on the po le with Schwartz on the outs ide, Gary Ackroyd and Mike Mazzacane in gates two and th ree . Faria, aboard h is Shoei /Oilzall /Scott USA/Terry Cable [a we , got ou t of th e s ta rt .o n top, a n d e ve n th ough Schwart z too k the low line, Faria appeared to ha ve a little extra horsepowe r. Mazzacane had lad y luck rid ing with him as he lost his primary cha in on the front straight; in the co mer it could have meant a serious accide n t. Ackroyd roun ded o u t th e fie ld in th ird place as Sch wa rtz chased Fa ria home . In the Handicap ma in, Faria a nd Schwartz worked the ir wa y throug h the field to take first and second with tw o laps to go in the Ha nd icap main. Jim Tuner had led from the beginning b ut could n' t hold off the a ttack of the aweso me tw oso me. Rand y Ski n n er, on h is new [awa, got thro ugh for third wi th Jeremy Ade n fourth. Beca use o f b ro ken eq ui pmen t t here were only two sidecars able to answer the call for the main. and that was almost too man y. Mar k Patterson and Alan Hall kind of got out of contro l, missing the starting ga te but almos t striking a Harley Davidson par ked on the infield . On the restart, a more subd ued Pa tterson /Ha ll tea m was con tent to follow w inners Dirk Ga rdner and Bob Dent to the finish. Res ults SUP B: 1. John OrFries (We5); 2. Jim SulUViln; 3. DilMY JUI'ft (\Ves) . SDCAR.: 1. K. Mdn~/J lm Dumu.n; 2. John Mathn'son / o..le Leeder (Ya m); 3. Don Hon ley / Je ff MedlHorry; 4. ~e Ed wards/ Dave Bro w n (BMW); 5. Mark Pa tterson / ALi n H.lU (yilm). MathersonlLeeder take Mayor's Cup at Speedway USA By M. Sober VIcroRVIllE, CA, MAY 21 John Math erson and Dale Leeder combined their talents in the Speedway Sidecar Victorville Mayors Cup , takin g the Scratch racing victory before a sellout crowd of 4100 a t Gene Wood s' impressive high dese rt oval. A new a d d itio n to Speedway USA's 1994 fo r mat is th e four·la p Sideca r Victorville Mayor 's Cup. The six best scratch-race finishers line up in two row s, the front row being comprised of the 3 hea t winners and the second row containing the second pla ce leams. The first row proved to be the ho t ticket as the three fron t-row leams ended up finishing 1-2-3. Matherson and Leeder piloted their Mission Yamaha rig to the fro nt- ru n n ing spo t a n d held off th e st rong advances of second-place finishers Dirk Ga rdner and Doug Lynch, who were lookin g to sweep the Sidecar mains after winning the Handicap portion just flfteen min utes earlier. Don Horsley an d Jeff Medberry put up a fight, but had to settle for third place ahead of top second -row fmishers Mcin tyre and Ketcham . Bentley Barrell top ped the motorcycle Handicap main. Bob Marshall took the top spot in the Speedway Support Beginner ma in eve nt, while the Junior Speedway win we nt to Northern California 's Travis McDonald . Results SOC AR HOCP:1. Dirk Gardner/Doug Lynch (K.w); 2. Mot k r Pa uel'llOn/ Alii" H" U (Ya m) ; 3 . Jo hn Ma th~rson /D.llt' ~der (Yam); 4. Ken ny Mcln ty re / l.es Ketch.1m; S. Gerrie Edward s/Dave Brown (BM W) . 46 SDCAR SC RATCH: I. lC ny Md nt yre / Ln Ketcham ; 2en Dave Step hens / lby St''P~ (K.;aw); 3. Mark Patter»on / Alan H.lJ (Yam ). H DCP: 1. Bentley 8.lmtt; 2. Jim Turner OilW); 3. Chris H", ,... rington Oaw); 4. Cary Ackroyd (Wes ); 5. IUndy Skinner Oaw ). SUP:1. Rodney Shemw\ (\Ves ); 2. Mark Ilesse (Wt.'S J. Buck ); BLair OilW); 4. Ron Bobick.. SUP BEG: 1. Bob ~ll; 2. o..vr Brrry; 3. Itkhoard s.dlrr. ... Dilnny Holt. JR: 1. Tnvis McOonAk2 (We ); 2. Mich.ad Hull (Wcs); 3. Br_ don Mitchell (We5). Schwartz triumphs over Glen Helen Speedway SCRATCH: 1. M ike Faria OilW); 2. Bobby Schwartz (We5); 3. Cary Ackroyd (We); 4. M ikr MaZDCilnl' (eM). HOCP MAIN: 1. M ik Fan. Oaw>;2. Bobb Schwartz (Wes ); y 3. IUndy Skinnn (Jaw); 4. )enomy Adt."n Oaw). SOCAR.: 1. Gard nn '/Omr (K.w); 2. r~ttrnon /1tall (Ka w) . SUP:1. Dustin Eval1ll (}.Iw ); 2. Bill Ewin g UdW); 3. Jnry eoop.. er (Wes) ; 4. Doug Ubie O.lw). Gunn steals big bucks at Firebird Road Race SAN BERNARDINO, CA, MAY 18 It may ha ve bee n cold at Glen Helen Speedway toni ght, bu t Bob b y Sch wa rtz w as ho t, as he ended the n igh t winning bo th the Scratch and Hand icap ma in events. After the fou r rounds of Scratch racing, the top fou r po ints-getters were John Aden with 14; followed by Schwartz, Edd ie Castro and Mike Faria with 12 each. Faria loaded into the nu mber one ga te with Aden next to him. Castro had the th ir d slo t and Sch wartz w as on th e o u tsi de. When the ga te went up , Schwartz, on his Jack Jarboe / Bell H elm e ts / Westech Bod y Wo rks/ Cfi/Oakley / Quicks ilver Clo thing-backed GM, put the hammer d own and made a n excelle nt first com er; it was all the edge he needed. Faria wa s right beh in d Schwartz with Aden th ird . Castro went to wo rk on the outs ide and got by Aden onl y to slide out in tum three. Aden got close to Faria and lost the battl e for second a t the checkered by the width of a tire. Fa ria a nd Schwartz. by virtue of their finish in the Scratch main. earned the right to run the Handicap main. As Bruce Flanders so aptly pu t it, they were co ming fro m downtown Devore. Schwartz bid ed his time after the start and wai ted for the lead ers ' mi sta kes be for e com in g th rough traffic to take the win. Greg Ayers ran seco nd w ith Brian Pappalardo third and Steve Furman fourth. Faria kept Schwartz from a hat trick when he wo n the Gay Hood Pontiac-spo nso red Dash for C ash Ch all en ge . It too k th e sid eca r team of Horsley and Med berr y one lap to get around Partain and Albri ght for the Sideca.r mai n win. Junior N a tional Champion Ste ven Do w ni n g saved his bes t for the last race of the night, as the yo ungs ter from Riverside, California, we nt wire to wire in the ma in, topp ing Micha el Hull, Jimm y Fishbac k and Pete Pera lta. By Naomi Bourne SCRATOI: 1. BobbySchwutz (Wes ); 2. Mlk Fan. UolW); 1 Jonh Aden Oaw) ; 4. Eddie- c.mo (JiIw ). HDCP: 1. Bobby Sch w artz (Wes) ; 2. Cn-g Ayrn (Wea) ; 3 . Bria n Pa~l.udo ew n ); 4. Strvr Fumwn UilW); 5. M ikr Filri a OilW). SOCAR: 1. HocsJry / MedbftTy (Hon ); 2. PatUlin / Albri ght Results M/W GP EX: 1. Mlrk Fo.b.-r(Va m); 1. Oak- IGdfrr (Hon); 3. M acharl Nosch~ ( lCaw ); 4. MiI",""s Hub~rd (S"z); s . Jdf Leonard (ya m). M/W C P AM: I. Martin Ed",," (lion); 2. Chris Ta ylor (Y.am); 3. John uble (Yam); 4. Todd Bu»"c y (Suz); 5. And rew Shaft'T (y.am). U/L 55: 1. Kye CUM (Hon): 2. Dale Kk*ffet' n lan ); 3. Dav\d Roy (Ka w) ; 4. Art h ur Amll\il nn (Yilm); 5. Greg I't.orry (K.Iw). l / W S/ BK EX: I, Dale Kldfer (Yam); 2. JOIWph Shelton (Yam); 3 . Jeff Leo n a rd (Ya m ); 4. Craig Ar c u ri (Ya m ); 5 . S.am Wagt"RliCllt'T(Hun). L/ W S/ BK AM: 1. Midwill Hoppe (Yilm); 2. o.ar~ Mitche ll (Hon ); 3. Do ug Ca m .,. (Yam); 4. Mich.td Mirand il (Yam); S. D.1vid 1 Park (K.Iw). YAMA HA SECA Il l . Kt>vl Mcl.lughlin; 2. Beee Carder . n M /W S/ BIC EX: 1. ~r H~rgl"n (H on); 2. Tom Hull (Due); 3. D.J Kkffer (Hon); 4. Midwcl N~ (Ka w.; 5. Jad: 1e Pfrikt' (Hon). M /W S/ B ~ AM : 1, Martin Eden (Hon); 2. Chris Tilyl o r (Yilm ); 3. John Ublr (Yam ); .. I~h Dnn.k.o (H on) ; 5. MId\iIl.. l SnyO with no jet kit an d no sus pension mod s to ea rn 520 00 in Ya maha co n ting e ncies. Th e Tucson res ident won bo th the Hea vyw eight Supersport and Superbike events, a nd took $500 in Honda money for his Unlimi ted Supersport win on a CBR900RR. "I wen t ou t in practice and realized this ain 't the same body'" Gunn said . " It was so easy to tum and ride the motorcycle. I did the 31-lapper with no problem. I could have ridden twice tha t far." Cunn's do minati ng victories included a half· minute lead in the Solo era on the YZF and a 15-seco nd lead in th e Un li mited Su pe rs port event on the CBR. Another racer once aga in serio us abo u t competition is Dale Kieffer. The Las Vegas racer has decided he wants to wear the number--one plate for 1995, and his assa ult on the region consisted of entering 12 races ove r the weekend, includi ng bac k-to-back Solo End urance events. He scored thir d or belle r in the eight races that he managed to start. In the seven th race on Sunday (Heavyweight Supersport ), Kieffer was invo lved in a last-lap accid ent . He was in thir d place when ama teu r Eric Wilson crashed in front of him and Kieffer ran over the d owned rider, cras hing and putting his CBR600F2 out of commission. The incid en t occurred near the en trance to the Carousel. After a delay of about an hou r, the un concious Wilson L/W 55 EX: I. Jeff lA'ONrd (Ya m ); 2. Cnig Arcuri (Yam ). L/W 55 AM: 1. Mdwel Hoppe (Yam); 2. Doug Carter (y a m); ) 3. Tl.'"YHmkls CHon); 4. Kevin Mcl..lu Khlin (Yam ). L/W S / TW EX: 1. Rog er H ~e m . ber ger (Ho n); 2. Sa m ..dd Wagt"R selier (Hon ); 3. F ieo Wrigh t (K.1w ); 4. Jim Col( (Han ); 5. .., RotisStaffeldt (Due ). l / W S/ TW AM: 1. Ch.tr~ Mitd wll (Hon); 2. Je-ph Miaduszewsld (K. w l. U! L C P: 1. John Butgoynl" CHon); 2. Mlt" Fasll." (Yam ); 3. Stu Morriso n (H on ); 4. M lil.r Mcl nt yr r (lion); 5. Bill Borse lli (Yilm ). SO lD GTU EX: 1. o.le Kir H..., (lion); 2. J o Pfeilrr (HM); 3Mik.cWatrm (Hon ); 4. JMf Lro n.lrd (Yam ); 5. Ed die Wrigh t (lC.tw ). SOW GTU AM: I. Mutin Ed,,," (H on) ; 2. Todd Bushey (Suz); 3. lCl."Vin Md ....ughlln (K..a w); 4. Rkk Stra tton n lon ); S. Chris Taylor (Yam ). SOW GTO EX: 1. Kye Gunn (Yam); 2. Dole JGeofm- (Hon); 3. l Tom Hull (Ouc ); 5. Lnm y 8«km.ln (Su1). SOW cro AM : 1. Ja son Collins (lC.1 w) ; 2. And~ Lull. (Suz); 3. , , "in Mc l..lu ghl ln (Kaw); 4. Scott Bur.. (Hon); 5. Fred MihoMd~(l-lon );4 . Sche ll {):.aw l. Tretera peaks Bear Creek Speedway opener By Kevin George S.CAN1ON,Oli.MAY14 Jeff Tretera opened up the 1994 Bear Creek flat trac k and.speedway cha mpi ons h ip series with Scratch and Hand ica p mai n even t speedway wi ns . Tretera, sponso re d by Bell Helme ts / K&N/ S-loo/ Justice Broth ers /Magnum Levers" mounted up his backyard rear tire to handle the , new track su rface. "After practice, I decided to run the first hea wit h a sma ller tire with a few racing miles on it," said Tretera. " It worked so good , I wen t with i for the night. " Tretera d iced w ith Mark M.1urer, but man aged to lead the Scra tch main wire to wire. I Han dicap action , Trctera ha d to start at the yard line and alm ost ran ou t of time. Flat-track . ra ce r Jack Bartr am ru ns a limi ted spee d way; sched ule and was the sleepe r of the bunch; starlin g fro m the 40, he took the lead a t the start. j Once Tretera got around Maure r, he took a COU~ pie of lap s to size up some roo kies, as well as Shan e Good night, who separated him from Barl! tram. Once Good night had passed first-year ride ers Rick Merry and John Busler, Trel era starte4. p ickin g o ff the ride rs one a t a tim e. Bartra.m t;, wh o had visibly improved through the evenin g., .

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