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. .. • Natienal Papers . (Continued from page 17) Sears Point so Skip could perhaps close ' the gap after missing three events and Eklund could re-gain the point lead. Sears Point also features what many feel will be the best road racer to ever come out of the U .S . , past or present, or future. That's Louisiana's Freddie Spencer who has won everything to date at Daytona and Loudon/Laconia. He ' is undefeated and should stay that way in the heat and final in the Novice class on July 15·16 . If you want to see how fast the new Suzuki GS-I000s really are with racers instead of reporters riding them , then take in the Superbike Production (?) main event , also on Sunday. The third and final event in the seven-day run finds the return of National mile track racing to Sacramento for the first time since 1970. But .this time it is a nigh t mile, which has never been run before in the West. 1I's Satu rday night , Ju ly 22, and it is going to be a fast one it you look back at previous night mile events that ha ve been held at Indianapolis . Or rather , just look at the speed and clos eness of th e day m iles each yea r at San Jose . Aggie is also p laying host for this on e and the bu sinessmen in Sa cram en t o are hap p y. T he Ambassado r Motel , 916/929-5 600, is offering a super discount to ra ce fa ns if they will ca ll a nd make reservations before race week end and id entify themse lves a s ra ce fans for t he Saturday night m ile . Sa n J ose winner Garth Brow will agai n be riding the Mert Lawwill Special. The sa me co m bi na tio n that beat Sk ip Askland and his PJ -l Lubricants Special last Ma y at San Jose. Yes, Aksland will be officially entered to resume the duel. But , look for Springsteen and Eklund to figure in this one , plus Ted Boody. Steve Morehead had twice kept Jay out of third place and the winner's circle at San Jose this season and could be a factor again. Either way , it will be a mob scene (on the track) in the 25-mile final an • in most of the elmination events at the , " new" fairgrounds ca lled Cal-Expo. m Camel cigarettes, the good people