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n o - Ventura-' A.u b u rn - Na 8 "Pernrl" ene Woods (7-U p/Matrix Godden) nd Dubb Ferrell (Dean's Independent azda/Vera 's/ ST P J awa ). Sh awn cCon ne ll (Va ns /Slim 's Towing awa ) wen t dow n in the first corner, aving the other three warr iors to a m end for the lead. As Faria began to open up a lit tle reath ing roo m , Woods and Ferrell em at it for second. Ferrell ma de an nsi de pass on Woods when the la tter bbled in tu rn four on lap one. hat' s the way the order 'stayed over he final three laps with Ferre ll and oods trying in vain to catch Faria , ho, rumour has it, is on his way to ngland. T o ta lly devasta ting is the on ly way a describe tonigh t' s riding by Pa t awley (Terry's Waterbeds/ MMH L M pea kers Godden ), who not only won is first ever First Division main but Iso swept the H andicap portion of he program . Hawley, off the zero , ed Sterling Cogar (Phil 's Custo m lating/Fa t Performance Jawa ) and n i Faas (King O 'Lawn Weslake) nto the first corn er. Faas and T om urba (Ken ny 's Muffler/Cod y Pro ucts Jawa ) slipped by Cogar for econd and third in turn two . Woods ep t up the passing as he moved in to h ird on lap two when he edged past Faas. McCo nnell, coming from the 40 at IMS for the very first time, p ut th e heat on Woods and went by for th ird coming out of four on lap four. Hawley happily claimed th e chec kered flag after his third perfect ride ah ead of Burba and McCo n nell. Greg Ayers (Wes), riding fro m the 20, narro wly won his first IMS Second Division main of th e season. Mark Gran berg (Frog House Jawa ) too k the initial lead fro m the zero in h is firs t IMS Second Division main over Steve Fla nagan (Jawa ). Ayers, wh o bega n movin g through the pack at the start, took second from Fla naga n at the end of lap two with Ron Blan ton (Cas trollBell Wenn Jawa) getti ng Flanagan for third on la p th ree. lAyers began to reel in Granberg and fin ally caugh t the you ngster when they made contact in turn th ree on the fina l circu it. Coming out of fo ur, it was a drag race with Ayers on the in side bea ting Granberg by one foot at the checkered with Blanton ending up a close th ird. The wi n was the second on the night for Ayers. Sixteen-year-old Jim Busby of Balboa Island made his professional debu t and easi ly won the Third Division main. Busby, after ha ndily winni ng his hea t race , was first out of the ga te over Mike Dwyer (Jawa) and rTrace Will is (Jawa ). Busby im medi a tely opened up a lead and was still expanding it when Willis, Dwyer and Mike Coniglio (Jawa) got toge ther in turn three on the thi rd revolu tion , causing a red flag which ended the race. Foll owing Busb y (Busby Racing Godden ) were Dwyer and Co niglio. Wo ul d you like to see cruel and un usual pun ish ment to a 500cc, 60 horsepower, 185-pound motorcycle wi th 14:1 compression? Be a t IMS July 28 wh en convicted motorcycle ab user Jim "T h e An im al" Fishback makes h is metal crunch ing, cra sh• wall cru shi ng 1982 debu t. Result s SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Mike Faria: 2. Dubb Ferre ll: 3 . Gene W oods (Good): 4. Shaw n McConnell (Jaw ). HANDICAP MA IN: 1. Pat Hawley (Godd): 2. Tom Bur ba (Jaw): 3. Shaw n Mc Connell (Jaw): 4 . Gene W oods (Godd): 5. Sterli ng Cogar (Jaw ): 6. Leni Faas (Jaw ). SECOND DIV: 1. Greg Ayers (Wes): 2. Mark Granberg (Jawl: 3. Ron Blanton (Jaw ): 4. Mark M il · lazzo (Jaw l: 5. Steve Fla nagan (Jaw): 6. Wayne Leutz (Jaw). THIRD DIV: 1. J im Busb y (Good): 2. M ike Dwy er (Jaw ); 3 . Mike Conil! lio (Jaw); 4. Ken Hansen (Godd); 5. Phil Harm atluk; 6. 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