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1996 Costa Mesa Speedway
August 2, 1996 Costa Mesa Speedway
From: Tom Simrak
Speedway returns after a two week layoff. The fair has left and
now the real fun begins. I stopped by the track on Tuesday just
to see how it looked. It was a mess. During the fair, OUR speedway
track is converted to a bull ring, This is where they have a rodeo
for almost two weeks. "Rad" Brad Oxley had 5 days to go from stable to
race track. Needless to say, He did a great job. The track is
always fast after the fair. Tonight we were treated to "The
wheelie king" Doug Domokos. As per normal, the fans loved it.
On with racing...
Handicap Semi #1
1st Lance King
2nd Brian Pappalardo
3rd Bobby"Boogaloo" Schwartz
4th Jason Chism
5th thru 8th not in order
Jake Zemke
David Taylor
"Rad" Brad Oxley
Lynch
Handicap Semi #2
1st Eddie Castro
2nd Steve"bad boy" Lucero
3rd Rick Pierce
4th Donny"Too Tall" Odom
5th -8th
Jerry Black
Steve Furman
Andy "the Enforcer" Northrup
Gary Hicks
1st four transfer to the main.
Handicap Main
1st Steve"bad boy" Lucero
2nd Bobby"Boogaloo" Schwartz
3rd Pappalardo
4th Pierce
5th Donny"Too Tall" Odom
6th Chism
7th Castro (blown motor)
8th King(dns)
Scratch Semi #1
1st Bobby"Boogaloo" Schwartz
2nd Andy "the Enforcer" Northrup
3rd "Rad" Brad Oxley
4th Castro
Scratch Semi #2
1st Steve"bad boy" Lucero
2nd Gary Hicks
3rd "Mr Excitement" John Aden
4th Donny"Too Tall" Odom
1st two in each to main, 2nd two in each to last chance
Last Chance
1st "Rad" Brad Oxley
2nd Donny"Too Tall" Odom
3rd "Mr Excitement" John Aden
4th Castro
Scratch Main
1st "Rad" Brad Oxley
2nd Steve"bad boy" Lucero
3rd Bobby"Boogaloo" Schwartz
4th Gary Hicks
5th Andy "the Enforcer" Northrup (dns after restart, broken clutch lever)
Sidecar Consi
1st Dan Lamoureux/sorry don't have the co-pilots name.
Sidecar Main
1st Glass/McDonnell
2nd Lewis/Macy
3rd our own sidecar Bob Brayton/Parke Weaver
4th Carmont/Talling
5th Matherson/Cole
It was another great night of racing. Saturday is Bakersfield.
I hope to make it. After tonights racing I talked to "Mr Excitement" John Aden,
He told me he will be going to England in September. He plans on
going with Greg Hancock when Greg returns from running our nationals.
John will stay with Greg for awhile then stay with Chris Manchester.
After seeing John on our long tracks( Bakersfield, Paris and Ascot)
he has shown himself to be the cream of the crop on long tracks. It
will be interesting to see how he does with some of the world class
riders over there. Some say, world champ by the year 2000. I'm one
of them. stay tuned...
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