Costa Mesa Speedway Results April 19, 1996

Scratch Main

1. Brad Oxley
2. Don Odom
3. Rob Pfetzing
4. Gary Hicks
5. Steve Lucero

Support Main

1. Mike Reed
2. Richard Jones
3. Steve Donovan
4. Bill Green
5. John DeVries
6. Rick Pearce

Handicap Main, handicap shown in brackets

1. Steve Lucero  (50)
2. Paul Colston  (10)
3. Gary Hicks    (40)
4. Greg Hancock  (50)
5. Don Odom      (40)
6. Walt Farnum   (30)
7. Ronny Kemp   (20)
8. Jessee Finch  (30)

The crowd was down from last week but nevertheless, well attended. The 
track looked in excellent shape throughout the evening. Greg Hancock, 
out national champion gave a better showing than the results suggest, 
being one of the few who tried the outside of the track. But this was 
not enough for him to qualify for the scratch Main. He won his heat, 
but faied to qualify in the semi-final. In the last chance qualifier, 
he worked his way to the lead, only to be overtaken in the last few 
yards by Gary Hicks. One of several extremely close races. This left 
the scratch main a bit empty, from where it rather continued downhill. 
Steve Lucero was disqualified for touching the tapes and Gary Hicks's 
engine gave out when he was holding a commanding lead. 
The handicap main was another close race. Paul Colston, who has 
normally been competing in support class at Costa Mesa, demonstrated 
true division one skills winning his heat and his semi final. He lead 
the main until about 5 yards before the tapes when Lucero caught him. 
Another great evenings racing.

Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org

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