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c..t. Mesa - San Bernardino - V.ntar. - Aa"arn - N.... - Coda . . . . - san ....nardlno - V.ntar. - Aa..arn - N.... - Coda . . . . - - SPEEDWAY'WEEK RESERVES : 1. Craig Elstins (2); 2. Dave Norman (0) . - JR CHAMPIONSHIP: t , Bart Bast; 2. Scott Brant ; 3. John Houston Jr . Bast bests IMS contenders By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 15 Michael Bast ended a fourmonth dry spell by capturing his fourth Scratch main of the season before a fine crowd on a (Above) Dubb Ferrell leads Scratch winner Mike Bast at San Bernardino. (Below) Paul Orlandi leads Bob Holmes and Ron Sweeton at Auburn. Orlandi takes 'Auburn Fair Championship By Jann Houston AUBURN, CA, SEPT. 10 The northern California 1982 . Speedway season came to a close tonight in Auburn with a close, " fu ll of surprises" champion- -24 ship, which ended the season in style. Pat Linn, who had been on the injured list with a broken collarbone since the Aug. 10 qualifying round in Ventura, somehow managed to get his doctor's signature on a medical release form just hours prio r to the I race, en abling him to fill the spot vaca ted by Da vid Fa ria Jr. , who took th e night off to get married. After two completed rounds of competition, there was only one perfect score and it belonged to Pat Linn! Dennis Robinson took a second to Linn in his first round heat. In the first heat of round two, Orlandi took a second to Dennis Robinson, while Linn again took the checkered flag in his round two heat. In the third round, Robinson and Orlandi won their respective heats, while Linn took a surprise second to Bob Holmes, who turned on everything he had to "spoil" Linn's perfect score, forcing Orlandi, Robinson and Linn into a three-way tie for first. . In round four, Linn again settled for a second place finish, as Orlandi got the gate for th e win. Dennis Robinson won his fou rth round heat as well , and presto, O rlandi a n d Robinson had a -tie for firs t, with Linn o ne point o u t. T h e tense exci tement continued to mount. It was going all the way to the wire, an ything cou ld happen in roun d five. Li nn took a not h er win in his heat, as did O rla nd i. In heat 19, Ro bin son had to win to tie Orlandi for first and force a run off. It wasn't to be. This timeit was Andy Gilbertson who took the role of " spoiler," as he shot into the lead off the pole, never giving Robinson a chance for the lead. Paul Orlandi was the Gold Country . Fair Champion! Den n is Robinso n found himself in a tie for second with th e "shock of th e eveni ng" Pa t L inn. In the four la p tie breake r which followed event 20, it was a very determined Dennis Robinson who took the lead out of th e ga te a nd held it for th e win , as Linn applied th e pressure on every turn. Thrills to the very end, the finish : Orlandi, Robinson, and Linn, 1-2-3. In the Auburn Fair Junior Championship, Bart Bast was riding his last race at Auburn on a Junior bike and took the win. Scott Brant and John Houston Jr., who both fell victim to mechanical problems earlier in the race, found themselves in a four lap runoff of their own. Brant emerged victorious, forcing Houston to settle for third. Auburn SPeedway returns May 13, 1'983, see you then. _ Results 1. Paul Orlandi (141; 2. (TIE) Dennis Robinson/Pat Linn (13); 3. Harlan BastJr.(10:·4.(TIEISteve Crawford/Robert Curry/Steve Eistins/Andy Gilbert· son (BI; 5. (TIEl Bobby Holmes/Ron McGill (71; 6. (TIEl Ron S_ton/John Volk (6); 7 . Marc Prince ; (51;8 . Joe Leduc (41 9 . Gary Stewart (11; 10 . Kevin French/Ol. ch illy night a t John LaDouceur's Inland Motorcycle Speedway. Bast (J usrice Brothers/Knobby Shop Jaw) drew th e pole and was th e first to leave th e gate over Mike Faria (Shoe ilHi-Point/Cod y Products Jaw), Rick Miller (Eclipse/Bel-Ray Wes ) and Alan Christian (STP/HiPoint Godd)..Bast, Faria and Miller stayed to the inside while Christian tried to make the outside work. He threw it away coming out of turn four on lap three. Bast took the checkered five bikelengths ahead of Faria and second ' yea r sensation Miller, who was competing in his first IMS Scratch main. Bast's first victory in such a long time may be serving notice to everyone that he is now ready for the'Sept. 29 California SJate Championship. 1981 Rookie of the Year, Rob "Five Flavors" Pfetzing pushed the Valvoline/Foster Jawa to his first IMS triumph of the year in the Handicap main. Coming from the 20, as he had in winning his other two races of the _ evening, Pfetzing took the lead at the outset over Denny Scopellite (Hot Moves Wes).Jim Lawson (D.J. Tickets Service/Roaring 20's Pizza Jaw) and Scopellite traded the number two spot back and forth several times until Lawson laid permanent claim to it on lap two. Da ve Si ms (Michaels Lapidary Good) slipped into third on th e fourth circu it . Lawson tried to ca tch th e ex-class C 'racer, but Pfetzin g had h is mi n d set on a clean sweep and the big pa ycheck that awaited h im at th e chec kere d, Following the lead duo were Sims and Bas t. T om Conrad (Ca p tured .Sea J a w) won h is first IMS -main in over two years when he easily outdistanced the field in the Second Division showcase : Conrad started on the 10 and was the original leader over Robin Bourgeous (Wes) and Kenny Bencheck (Wes) . Conrad immediately bega n to put some distance between h imself and the rest of the field tha t was dicin g it o ut for second. Conrad led the remain ing way to wi n by a half straightaway wi th Chris Reichardt (G e n e Plu es MC Godd ) edging Bourgeous for second by inches. Mark Dwyer (Jaw) again looked impressive as he won his second IMS Third Division main of the season. Dwyer took the lead from Tommy Walton (Walton Racing Ent. Jaw ) at the end of lap two and led the final two laps for the victory. Jimmy Busby (Busby Racing Good) took Walton in turn four, for second on the final circuit. Ronnie Corey (D & F Cycle) waited until the final corner to make his move on the cushion, and the defending National Junior Champion edged Greg Hancock (Penhall Racing) in a photo finish for his sixth IMS main of the year. Dave Busby (Schwartz/ Busby) notched the third .spo r in the final regularly scheduled IMS Junior main of the year. Sept 29 will be the date of the premier race of the year at IMS, the California State Championship. -All of