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Latest Poop (Continued from page 4) Announced An April 27 wedding date in Stockton, Califor- nia, for tuner and engine builder T erry Sage and fiance Nancy Juba. Re-named Hy-Tech Lubri- ca nts, owned by Randy Blevins, to be now called Blevins Factory Design (BFD); company presently manufac- turing high-performance exha ust systems; address and phon e number is 170 North Arrowhead Ave., Rialto, CA 92376, 714/875-8012. Elected Former Speedway World Champion Bruce Penhall to manage the United States team for th e World T eam Cup Finals; th e Finals are scheduled for August 10at Long Beach Veterans Stadium, Lon g Beach, California. Scheduled On ABC's Wid e World of Sports, parts two and three Mike Faria gets inside John Sandona and Brad Oxley in Costa Mesa 's Scratch main. Sterling Cogar trails. Hancock handy at Ascot Junior Speedway By Scott Daloisio GARDENA. CA, MAR. 23 Young Greg Hancock rode 20 perfect laps to score an impec- cable IS-point maximum to win th e Junior Speedway Spr- ing Fling a t the Agaja nians ' new Ascot South Bay Stadium. T he race was the first offi cia l event staged at the ult ra-mod ern speedway venue. Hancock 's first test of th e day came in event one and it was 10 be a major test. He had 10 face defending Nat ion- al Champion Trinon Cirel !o, Bobby Cody and Marshall T opping. Han - cock (Bruce Pcnhall/Valvol in e/Bell / Oakl ey/Mal colm Smi th/ Road & T ra ck/ Pasadena Honda/F,O.M .I CareCUllers ) pro ved hewas ready [or the challenge as he dus ted off th e competition and picked up his first three points of the day over Cirello and Cody. Hancock's second ride ended with three more Points when he headed other first -ro und vic tors Tim Gew- ecke and Josh Lar sen . T he 1983 Nat- ional Champion Jessee Finch also cap tured his first two races in con- vincing style - that set-up a round- threeshowdown between himselfand Hancock. On the first attempt to get the pivo- tal race for th e lead underway, th e right side of th e gate failed 10 rise, forcin g a res ta rt . On th e second try Hancock sat motionless at th e line while th e other three competitors rocketed tow ards turn one. Hancock didn't move because of a faulty stag- ing light - that brought a bout an- other restart and this time Han cock was not 10 be denied. Hejumped int o th e lead with Finch hot on hi s heels. Finch chased him and tr ied 10 get by for the entire di stance; but was un- a ble 10 fin d a hole and was force to sett le for second, Hancock ro unded out his day with _22 • .. two impressive wins and he crossed the line in th e second one with a vic- to ry whee lie, Finch picked up five points from his last two rid es 10 fin - ish seco nd on th e da , with Gewecke .. .. .. a. • ... • .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. :' : ~ ~ : = .. .. Faria flies at season opener By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, MAR. 29 Seventy-five riders jammed th e pits and a crowd of close to 7000 fill ed the grandstands for th e Coors Speedway Season Opener at th e Orange County Fai r- grounds. At th e end of th e eveni ng, " Flyin" Mik e Faria and hi s new single-overhead-camJawa stood head and shoulders over th e- pack after winning the in itial Scratch main of th e season. In 1984 Far ia won over 25 mains on th e southern Ca lifo rnia circuit, bu t only two a t Costa Mesa. Tonight " Flyin' Mik e" (ShoeilTorcolTsuba- ki/Trakrnaster T ires/Scotty's Muf- fler/ ST P/ OakIcy/ Ka I-Gard/ Wacy Armstrong Jawa ) changed all that s he simp ly sizzled in th e main. Faria flew out of th e number one hole in the main, chased by Keith Chrisco, Mike Curosoand Brad Oxlev.Chrisco immediately put th e heat on Faria . T ha t in itself was a miracle as Chrisco was ru nni ng with only four bolts in hi s clutch after shearing off th e other two in his semi. Oxley moved into thi rd on th e second circuit wh en Curoso went wide, but th e ac tion was at th e point position as Chrisco con- tunally tri ed to jam his Weslak e by adva ntage of the situa tion," sa id Jim Lawson (Grea t Ga tsby Pizza/Arai / - "He tir ed in th e last corner. Jco uld see it happen ing and I just rook Access Da ta/D.J. 's Ticket Service/'- Oakley j awa ) after he defeated Den- lIlS n ggs III an incredi ble photo fin ish in th e Handicap main. Briggs . B ' . gap drarna tical lv on the final lap and . ~ .. _ ' had led th e entiredistance (including two resta rts) but Lawson closed th e "': ~ Faria on th e in side. Faria was eq ua l to all cha llenges as it was clearly hi s night. Faria crossed th e lin e first, wi th Chrisco glued 10 hi s rear tire. winning hi s fin al race 10 finish third with 12. Results OVERALL: 1. Greg Hancock(15 1; 2.Je ssee Finch (131; 3. Tim Gewecke ( 1 2~ 4. (TIEl Trinon Cirello / - Bill y Felts (11 ); 6. Josh Larsen (10). snuck bv on th e insid e at th e fl icker of the Jen-)' Kin g chec kered £lag. Num- ber three in th e world Lance King survived an elbowing in cid ent with John Sandona 10 take th ird. King and Sandona began trading elbows on lap two and th e situa tion esca l- a ted when King pinch ed Sandona off on lap th ree.On th e next circu it San- dona attempted to pay King back when he backed it in too hard and fell down. Don But ler (Dic k's GaragelJ&M Trophy &Silk Screen/Mike Sulli van Racing Associat es Weslake) opened the season with a bang when he won the Second Division main [rom the zero-yard line. Butler was by himself unr il th e fin al two laps when reserve rider Pat Cai n turned up th e heat and chased him across th e lin e. Rich Swea ney turned in an impressive per- Iormance after a lap-one shunt to fin- ish third . On T hursda yafternoon. Doug Ni - col severley cut th e index finger on his clutch hand in an ind us trial acc i- dent. After spendi ng co nsi dera ble hosp ita l time, he made it to Costa Mesa Friday night , mounted hisWes- lake and blew the compet ition into the weeds 10 win the openi ng night Third Div ision main. Andy Johnson finished second wit h Jimmy Gentile third. Jessee Fin ch (SpeedwayMagazine!- Ami/ Oakley/Sam Ermolenko) took advantage of a Dave Busby bobble to race home firs t in the exci ting J unior Speedway main event.Greg Hancock took second with Busby third. T o- night's first Junior Speedway heat "ICe was marred by a crash th at saw young sta r Bobby Cody go over th e turn-one cra shwall, Cody was taken byambulance to th e hospital where it was learned that he suffered a brok en femur. Results (W~l'lijQICAP: 1. Jim Lawson (Jaw); 2. Dennis Briggs (GM); 3. Lance King {Wes!; 4.John Sandona SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Mik e Faria (Jaw); 2. Keith Chrisco (Wes!; 3. Brad Oxley (Wes); 4. Mike Curosa (Wesl; 5. Wayne Leutz {West; 6. Brad Oxley (Wes!. SECOND DIV; 1. Don Butler (Wes!; 2. Pat Cain (Jowl; 3. Rich Sweaney (Wes); 4. Rendy Beddow (Jowl 5. Jeff Jones (Wesl; 6. Rick Vanderham (Mae). THIRDDIV: 1. Doug NicolIWesl; 2.Andy Johnsan (Gdn); 3. Jimmy Gentile (Jaw); 4. Kevin Krugh l~~';:::; 5. Randy Skinn er (Jowl; 6. Jordan Duncan JR: Jessee Finch; 2. Greg Hancock; 3. Dave Busby: 4. Tim Gewecke; 5. Billy Felts; 6. Brent '6'erne r. . . . _ . . • of the Superbikers held-far-television motorcycle race; pan two is sche- duled to air Saturday, April 6; part three will beSaturday, April 13; check local listings for exact times. Married Doug Ch andler, of Freddie Spen cer/SuperTrapp Rac- ing's Camel Pro Seri es team, and Sherrie Griffith, daughter of team manager Jerry Griffith, at the Grif- fith family home in Oakdal e. Cali- fornia, March 23. Born T o Camel Pro Series com- petitor Alex Jorgensen and wife Von. a boy, A.J., March 29 in Stockton, Californ ia . Cancelled T he April 13-14 ro und of th e AMA Supercross Seri es a t Pontiac, Mich igan, due to repairs on th e roof of th e Silverdorne which colla psed from excessive snowfall ; th e Iacility is expec ted to re-open. Lawson angry with 1985 deal KYLAMI, SA, MAR. 23 Reigning SOOcc Road Racing World Champion Eddie Law- son described hi s deal for this year as "a slap in th e face" and said he signed hi s cont rac t to ride th e works Yamaha as pa rt of th e Gia- comoAgostini-runMarlboro Yamaha team only a week. before flying 10 So uth Afri ca for th e season' s first race. lJ nder th e terms of the contract Lawson gets less money than he did last year and has to pay half his sta rt money to Agostini. The cont rac t covers 12Grands Prix and one International event, the Imola 200. "I didn't want to do that race," sa id Lawson about Irnol a, "but it 's in th e con trac t and Ago gets half th e sta rt monev." Because of th e cont ract terms th ere seems to be little chance that Lawson will race at Laguna Seca and he is definitely not pan of the Easter Transatlantic Challenge at Dennington Park in England. Despite hi s dis -sari sfacrion with his cont ra ct, Lawson sa id he is very impressed with th e new YZR500 Yamaha and th at he has a first-class relat ionship with hi s new teammate, Raymond Roche.Super-mechanicKel Carruthers is sti ll look ing after Law- son's bike and Lawson told th e press ' 'I'm even more motivated 10 win thanJ, ~va~ last year ." •

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