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i Local hotline ~ t ~ 00 N ~ V ..0 o .... u o Cycle World's Randy Riggs, aboard a Can-Am TN'T,leads a competitor out of Turn Six in the 250 Production race. Rocket Rex is now flying high on a Yamaha. Still can't get rid of the Maico forks, eh Rex? Someth ing about that number makes a guy fee l good. Rudy Galindo gets to wear it again next year. AFM RR: Galindo wins championship By John Ulrich RIVERSIDE, CAL. , OCT. 19 Posa Enterprises' Rudy Galindo won his second AFM Championship today. Combined with a points lead coming into today '5 racing, Galindo's finishes in four GP classes put him well ahead o f you n g challenger H arry Klinzmann. Galindo won 125 GP (and $25 posted by Pearce ' of L.A.), while Klinzmann was too far back to receive any points. Galindo took second in 50 GP, and Klinzmann dropped out while running buried in the pack. Klinzmann won 350 GP, and Galindo was third on -his home-built Yamaha , but the championship was already out of KIinzmann '5 reach. The last showdown, 250 GP , wo u ld have n o bearing on the title. Riding a TZ250 that 100 ked to have been attacked by a wrecking crew armed with sledge hammers and rasps, Galindo met a field of immaculate race bikes. His machine did not even have a fairing bubble, the result of a crash at the AMA National two weeks earlier. "The pressure off," said Galindo before the race. "Co nsistency doesn't count anymore. Now that I've got it clinched, I want to show them how well I can ride. '0" Following those words, Galindo rocketed off the line in to a five-way battle wi th Klinz mann, Mike Baeder , John Gidney, and DaVid Emde, Baeder led o ff the line, Galindo and Klinzmann behind. Klinzmann soon took second. But Galindo just 'd ro ve around the outside of the leaders in treacherous Turn Nine. "They seemed to be going fast ," Galindo said later, "but I knew I could just get around those guys on the is 24 outside." Rudy led for five laps, until a radiator fitting blew out, forcing him to retire. Pat Evans ran away from Open GP, " with Phil McDonald trailing. Can-Am s planned to sweep small-bore production, but managed o nly a first , a second, and a fourth in three different classes. Randy Riggs, Senior Editor of Cycle World, was gridded last in a packed 250 Production class. Swooping around slower riders, he battled into fourth on . a stock T 'NT 250. Later, in 200 Production, Riggs holeshot from the back of the grid into first place, leading John Chermak (Ya m ) by 20 yards. A fuel line obstruction . slowed Riggs' Can -Am ' a few laps from the finish, and Chermak won. Art Friedman of Cycle Guide won 125 Production . Dale McCreary came from behind to beat both. Bob Tigert and Scott Clough in 350 Production, establishing himself and his Fairway Yamaha as the ones to beat in the class. Results when the AFM ยท gets its act ' together. Hannah wins double share of CMC's $1000 purse By Joel Jamieson IRVINE, CAL., OCT. 19 A well prepared track and a $1009 purse brought the Pros out in force to CMC Saddleback. Everyone knew the ' 500 Pro race was going to be a wild con test be tween Bob Hannah , aboard a facto ry Suzuki, and Rex Staten on his DG/Bassett Yamaha, and what " race it was. Rex got out in front of the big-bores in both motos, only to have Hannah zap him about halfway through each moto. Hannah held it wide open do wn Banzai Hill and flew past Rex for