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Schwartz,
Oxley take
Costa
Mesa wins
By Elaine Jones
Photos by Bob Jones
COSTA MESA, CA, JUNE 21
eteran riders Bobby Schwartz and
Brad Oxley took the kids to school
Saturda y night o n the lege nd ary
speed way tra ck at th e Orange Co unty
Fairgrou nds, as they won
the Scratch and Ha ndicap main events, r~s ~·
tively.
Mike Faria d rew the
pole for the Scratch main ,
wi th John Ade n in tw o
and Shawn McCon nell in
thr ee . Sc hwartz ha d
pulled the three spot, an d
on the far outs ide was
rei gn ing U .S. Natio nal
Champion Steve Lucero.
Whe n the tape came up,
it w as the master,
Schwartz , who go t th e
holeshot. He hit tu rn o ne
i n fro n t, w ith Fa ria
putting th e pres su re o n
i n second a nd Lu cero
third. Schwartz settled
int o hi s fa mo us rou nd tra ck line and b ecam e
to ug h to pa ss, asFarta
found out. Lucero wen t
to work o n th e outside,
but it turned against him ,
and he found himself in the fifth spo t
w he n th e w hite fla g ca me out. Ad en
moved int o thi rd, but he w ould go no
highe r. McConnell, working the insi de,
was a close four th , bu t he too could go
no h igh e r . It wa s a s w ee t wi n fo r
Schwartz, w ho ran second to Fari a the
week before at the American Spee dway
Final.
As in'the Scrat ch raci ng , in o rder to
mak e the Handicap Mai n, yo u hav e to
m o ve u p the program . Th e Semi saw
Charlie Coo ley on the IO-ya rd line all by
himself. Jason Chism had th e 30-ya rd
line to himself, with Schwa rtz, Northrup
and Oxley on the 40. Pfetzing was sole
owner of the 50. It too k Northrup three
lap s to move Cooley off the groove but,
once he did, the win was his. Oxley also
had no tro uble ge tti ng und er Cool ey,
and he moved to the second spot, with
Chism getting by on the wh ite-fla g lap
fo r the third . Th e Fin al spot went to
Schwartz, and th ese four w ould meet
again in the Main.
Rand y DiFr ances co was the o n ly
low-ya rd age rid er to make th e Handicap Main , and he had the lQ-ya rd line
all to himself. Jaso n Chism was a lso
alone o n the 30. The 4Q-yard line held
Northrup, Oxley, Fari a , Schwartz a nd
McCo nnell. Luce ro wa s sole occu pant of
the 50.
At the star t, it wa s DiFrancesco o ut
front with a good lead that took the
field fou r laps to close up. Ox ley took
charge on th e fifth lap, after C hism
we n t o ut a n d len t he d oor open .
McConnell w as agai n d o wn lo w and
moved into seco nd . No r th r u p w a s
knocking on DiFran cesco's d oor, an d he
go t by on the whit e-flag lap. Schwartz
V
(Right) Bill Gree n
survived one restart and
then went on to earn h is
first Support main-event
Victory at the Orange
County Fairgrounds In
Co sta Mesa, Califo rn ia,
on June 21.
(Below) Th e team of
Peter Lewis and Jamie
Macy (right) were
credlled wllh the
Sidecar ma ln-event
victory after a roughri d ing call wen t aga inst
the team of Bob Brayton
and Parke Weaver (left ).
was right there as DiFran cesco go t high ,
and the Scratc h win ner was q uic kly int o
fourth. Faria pulled out on the sixth lap,
leaving Lucero as the final rider to cross
the line.
The Sideca r main had a very unusual
twist. O n the pole we re Bob Brayt on and
Pa rke Weav er, a nd next to th em were
Peter Lewis and Jam ie Macy. Steve Mor~
row an d Chris Chapman on the Suzuki
we re in th ree, wi th Rand y Mclntyr e and
Jeff Medb er ry on the far outside. Lewis
and Macy go t 10 the co rn er firs t, but
Brayton and Wea ver were han ging right
w ith them and co nti n ue d to put the
p ressure o n. O n th e wh ite -flag lap, it
loo ked as if Lewis and Macv had overturned coming out of two, and Brayton
and Weaver hit th em br oad sid e. This let
Morrow / Chap man and Mclntyre/Medbe rry get by. The w in was given to Mor row and Chapman, a nd they took the
chec kered flag for the victory lap . Meanw hile, Lewis and Macy wer e pl ead in g
their case to th e referee, and the ca ll
came down: dan gerou s driving by Brayton and W ~a ver . Th e race was back ed
up a lap, and th e wi n we nt to Lewis an d
Macy, with Morrow / Chapman second .
Mcintyre and M ed b err y w e re third ,
with Brayton and Weaver given fourth.
Morrow and C ha p ma n th en pl eaded
their case, but the referee held firm.
Bill Green was on th e zer o-yard line
in the Support main. The 10 had Carlos
Ca rdona and Kon Baur, with Paul Binnquis t, Randy Skinner and Ric ha rd
Jones on the 20.·The red flag came out in
les s th an o ne lap, w hen Bi nnq uist
par ked it in one and went down, and
Skinner laid it down to kee p from hi tting him.
O n th e re s ta r t, G reen led i t all th e
way for his first Suppo rt main win . Cardona was seco nd, with Binnqu ist third.
Baur, Jones an d Ski n ner rounded out
the field .
."
Orange County Fairg ro u nd s
Co sta Mes a, Califo rn ia
Resu lts : J une 21,1997
S CRATCH ~ I. Bobby Schwart z (G M); 2. Mike Faria
(GM); 3. Joh n Ad c-n 0.1\\,); 4. Shaw n McCon nell (GM); 5.
St..ve LU Cl'fO (GJ n).
HO Cr~ 1. Brad Oek-y (Wt~); 2. Shawn McConnell
(C M ); 3. And y Northrup (jaw); 4. Bobb y Schw art z
(CM); 5. Randy
DiFra n~o
(Jaw ).
SD CAR: 1. r . Ll·w is / J. M.l('y (Y.l m); 2. S.
Mo r ro w / C. C ha pma n (Suz) ; 3. R. Mcln tyre/J .
M ~ bt.-rry (Hu n); 4. B. Brayton/P. weaver (Ho n).
SUP: 1. Bill Creen (Wt!!»; 2. C a r los Ca rd ona (Wes);
3, Pau l Binnqubt (W~ ); 4. Ken a ,tU r O.lw). 5. Rlchard
[ones (GM).
Renker runs away
with Pueblo MX
By St acy Je nsen
PUEBW.CO.Ju I
'),iE
Fay Meyer'sl AXO /FMF-b.1C
ked Broo kie Renker
put on ,J no- hot .. s -ba rr ed pe rforma nce to win
I
the women's Ama teur cia.... at the Spo rts Riders
of Colorado-sa nctioned even t held at the Pueblo
Motor Sports complex.
Renk cr pu t tog ethe r back-to-beck win s with
holesbot honors in both mot es , where she merely ran away for the win a nd never looked back
at her competition . Rcnkcr was voted the Spo rts
..ociatiun of Colorado's Woman Rider
Riders A~
of the Year for the l lJlH:J season, an d sh e is a lso
lead ing th e poin ts ch ase by 30 p oints for th e
Wo men's tit le this yeM. Coming in second for
t he da y was Bou lder Yama ha 's Cheryl Pace,
while Dawn Winczew sld of Dale's Cycle Repai rs
go t third, a nd All Spo rts Honda rider Laura Uttic took home fourth place.
Th e Vet Pro-cl ass action sa w Bryon Curtis
battle ha rd for th e c1as.~ wi n. Du ring the firs t
m o to, Brent Smith too k th e holesh ot a nd the
lead for the first four laps, while Stacy Sr:nith
a nd Cu rtis we re hot on his heels, ap plying pressure .11 a ll po ints on the trac k. Cu rt is moved by
Smith for first place in fro nt of the crowd in an
5-tum before the finish line. Cur tis would ho ld
that position for the' remaining three laps of the
moto. John Me rw in, wh o ca me around on the
first lap in seve-nth, s low ly reeled in rid er aft er
rid er on a har d-charging rid e to finish second.
Mark FeH'\c1 finished th ird , and Bent Smit h held
on for fourth.
The st art o f the seco rrd mo to sa w Fe lisa ,
Brent Smi th. Curtis, Stacy Smith, and Da vi d
Clabaugh sn.ag the top five spots. Curti s moved
into seco nd during the nex t lap a nd battled hand lebar to handleba r with Felisa until taking the
lead in a ngbt-ha nded sweoeper tum at the south
en d of th e tr ack. Merw in, who ha d sta rt ed in
si xth, wo uld again advance, but a sm ooth-riding
Fel lsa sto pped his tr acks in th ird place at th e
checkers. Brent Smi th took fourth, an d Da rrell
Mill er s na gged fif th . The overa ll win went to
Vickery Mo tors pcrts' C urtis; Roc ky Mount a in
Cycle Pla7.a's Felisa , Maverick Cycle's Merwin,
Gra nd Pri x's Brent Sm ith, a nd Vickery Mot orsports' Miller closed ou t the top five overall.
Results
rr« NOV: 1. Cod y Rivl"I"oJ (K.tw), 2. o.sw';('IIl o..-Vrit"lo (""\00'1;
J. Ridw,rd E.lh.... (K.tw); -t. An ,Jr C'w B;,kC'r ( K.ow); S. M.1Uh rw
[)atm~", (Kawl.
'f'/W AM I. M,lI1 Burri~ (K.1o wl; 2. AJam Harv ey O<"w l; J.
Tre vor \4 .. "I. ~ ("," wl; 4 . Br.. J A I.. ri .l l K.. w ); 5. Zack.-ry 7..utnff
(!<.awl.
MI:"JI NOV: 1. la m cs Ku lZ (lion ); 2. H.uu.. Kt:ndolll ( Kolw); J ..
Tr,lvito B.lmll~h... (";lorn); of Kv~1'I Ct"Vl"lt.. (Hon); S, Tn ...·..... Mon ks
.
.
Oc., w l
.
MINI A M . I. Ior on D.-lrtingl... n t" n l; 2. Jo N"riqj<1 (Suzl; 3.
d
·if
Brody !:lha.rp IKllw) : 4. Cody kn. ...n (Kaw ); S. Nat h.Jn Shnrp (Kawl.
. ·
MIN I EX: 1. Clift" n Stnmd (Yam); 1. Moltt Wh,mloll'8h (Hon);
:t C h,ul R"j<;J;lp.. (l tnn ): 4. M<1tt Aurr i.. (Kawl: S. Adam Burri s
(l io n).
O l' l:f',; M IN I: I. Chl\,J R u~g lc~ ( Hun); 2. ~btt W h itm llr~ h
(Hon); J. C liflon Str oud (Ya m); of Adam Rums (Hon ): 5. Brad
.
AI.lri d (S UI )
125 NO V; 1. K.-Ilcn Tanuer (Stu ); 2. Ch ri. Mt"'...·r (H u n); J .
,
Kt. ... n Franlthn ( Y~lIn); of r Aul COrdOVA (YA m); 5. Mid l,wl Nd",,'n
. i
.
( H om ).
125 A M: t. Bn.an Iid wan:b Itk,n ); 2. Mik... Hill (~Ul ); J. Rvan
N..I""," (H . ,n ); " ("l1n 'y Fdmis tnn (f--f<,n ); S. Ryan Lucero (Ki!wl ·
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125 SM'SMN: I. 'imm y Rrimo fYolrn 2. Billy
Dot,,.,,, CYolm );
J . Mike'RomtTO (yAm).
125 PRO: I. Klr ~ndrll (Y.am); 2. J.ared Cul..on (K.aW); 3.
' (Il>h KO'l~ (SUI ); " Andy Alkinl. ( K,. w ); 5. 5.:uttFul td...... (Yam )
2Sll NOV ; I. Tim D.llllli......,.CYolml. 2. Rolymo,,1t.I Frt-.-..- (K.i w);
.
3. Bri.tn Rector ( Han>; of R.y B.trT\