Handicap Main Goes to Briggs

Tony Briggs of Dana Point, racing for the first time in three years, won the handicap main event of the weekly speedway motorcycle program Friday night in the Orange County fairgrounds at Costa Mesa.

Before a crowd of 7,143, Briggs defeated Mark Dwyer of Riverside and Lance King of Van Nuys. Son of four-time world speedway champion Barry Briggs, Tony Briggs broke his neck in a British Speedway League race three years ago and hadn’t competed since.

In the scratch main even, Mike Faria of Riverside defeated Sam Ermolenko, Kelly Moran and Brad Oxley. Victor Robledo won the second-division main event, and Randy Skinner won the third-division main event.