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Cycle News 1980 08 06

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E • ·Canada· Northern California-Northern 850 CAFE: 1. Pat Marinacci tHon); 2. Rod Chronister ISu: l: 3. Dan ZIock ISu: ). 600 CAFE: 1. Aoyd Fortin IHorl!: 2. Dale Frankhn (Yaml: 3. J eff Doan lHonl. SUPERBIKE: 1. Joe Da,,;s ISu:1; 2. J ohn Westphalen fTr i); 3. M ont e Phoenix (Hon) . OPEN GP; 1. Randy Skiver (Suz); 2. Bruce li nd (Varni: 3. Bob Loose ISu:!. 250 GP: 1. Bruce Lind (Honl; 2. Brian S utton (Yam.; 3. Daryl Com well IVaml. . 125 GP: 1. Micha el KenyOn IHonl; 2. Peter Jacobsen IHon): 3. Steve Elmo< IHonl. OPEN SINGLE GP: 1. Steve Schaefer IHon): 2. J oe Rodger s ISuzI: 3. Steve Haug IHonl. 250 SINGLE GP: 1. Rhys How ard IHonl: 2. Ralph Javins (Yaml: 3. M iles Andrist CHon). SIDECARS: 1. LindlHart (Yaml: 2. WoldmantWildman (Trit: 3. Wi ldmanlOavjdson rr-n, Northen California Yamaha Dealers Association Presents t ~~~LAGUNASECA TOUR.~~~ Open to all motorcyclists SUNDAY, AUGUST 3,1980 ~. b Watts, Ryan nab ~'dual wins at Ridge RunnersMX By Gerry Reagan .;W AT SO N VIL LE . CA. JULY 13 1<.}eff Watts a nd R ick Ryan, both : riding two classes , went wire to t wire in all fou r motos to pu t to gether a pair of dual victories at :tthe Ridge Runners M .C:s benefit motocross. n The race was held to earn money for J th e California Motorcycle Dealers Association off-road vehicle park program which is helping to bu ild " motorcycle parks in va rious counties throughout California . Wans. on an MX ·Fox sponsored Yamaha . go t a fairly poor start in the first 125cc Expert moto , coming off the first tum in about seventh place. He began to work away at the riders ahead of him and slipped past Ch ip Chapman (H on) on the third lap to gain the lead . From that point on it was his race as he built a la rge lead and ran off with the moto . In the second round Watts followed eventual second p lace finisher Kelly Hardman (Suz) for the first four laps but once again rode to an easy win . Watts has been riding the 125cc National ci rcu it and doing well against the Pros . Since signing with Fox at the beginning of this season his riding has improved quite a bit an d he has become a consistently high fin isher. Wans' experience with the National

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