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. Laguna 'Seca previe~ ! t King Boss of the superbikes. Reg Pridmore will be out to defend his recent Pocono National win on the Racecrafters Z-,. Class of the Gauloises team is Patrick Pons from France. Gauloises are even stronger cigarettes than Camel Filters. - Leading the world 750 points chase. American Steve Baker can clinch the title at Laguna Seca. By Bobi Scott 12 American Skip Aksland is hot this season. will be pumped to win Laguna Seca on camera for Wide Wo~ld of Sports. to offer - what m ore co u ld you as k fo r? .Lagu na Seca Racewa y, located o n th e Monterey Pen insula , will host th e C ha m pion Spark Plug 200 , th e ninth round in World Championsh ip Formul a 75 0 co m petitio n . T he 1.9 m ile narrow , winding co u rse co nsists of nine m ajor turns a nd fla t-ou t straights on whic h th e to p riders will hit speeds of 160 m p h . Everything you ever wanted -to kn o w a bo u t road racing (and probably more) will be unleashed all too quickl y at Laguna Sec a Racewa y an September 9-10 -11 : Th e wo rl d 's fas t est motorc ycl e r a cers, th e m ost so p h ist ica ted in ternational raci ng eq u ip me nt. so me beaut iful Cal ifornia countryside a nd the ve ry best food and lodging the Go lde n Sta te has Those crazy daisycutters from Europe. the sidecar champions. w ill be racing for the first time in America. . The Venezuelan phenomenon Johnny Cecotto will be at Laguna Seca to learn the intricacies of the infamous " Cork screw" downhill. Frenchman Christian Sarr on got special leave from the draft because he is currently second in World 750 points. Sunday , Septembe r I I , is jam med pa cked wit h act ivity. Pr acti ce sta rts a t 9 a.m . , ope ning ce re monies .corne next , the Vetter Production , Fina l (20 laps), t he first F750 leg (32 laps), a n Air .Show, Vi nt age Exh ib ition , the second F750 leg (3 2 laps) a nd fin all y th e Internation al Sid eca r Fin al ( 15 laps) . Production ra cers will be co mpeti ng fo r real p rize money for the firs t time ever. 5125 per lap leader is being post ed by Vetter Fairing Co . Stunt pilot Art Scholl will be per forming above it all at Laguna Seca. _Three days of ra cing may sound like a long ti me to ha ng around a trac k bu t you don't ha ve to be a die hard pa vemen t picker to rela x a nd e njoy . If you happen to be jus t c ur io us , o r t ired of 15 mph mot ocross berms. m ark Sunda y on your ca lenda r. Discover Laguna Seca 'a lo ng wi th St e ve Bake r , Kenny Robert s, Chr istian Sarro n , Ta kaz umi Kat a ya m a . H u b ert R igal . Phill ip e Co u lon , Giacomo Agosti ni : and find out what th e word "fast" and th e term "get it o n" reall y m eans. •