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'1l1ittill fl:lni'rt. hnOdM 'fio: ~f10nr~· rider parked it in front of Dav~ and his kill switch was tripped in round thr~. Woods and Sims put on th~ bnt show of th~ night in ~v..nt II as th~y battled sid~ by sid~ th~ ~ntir~ four laps with Woods taking on~ of th~ dosest racn of th~ y~r at IMS. For Sims, finishing s«ond was th~ only bright spot of th~ night as h~ was both~red with motor probl~ms through th~ first two rounds. Christian had anoth~r tough match in ~t 14 against Faria, Oxl~ and ~T~pl~. Alan was up to th~ chaUm~ as h~ again ~asily outdistanced tb~ pack. Faria hung on for s«ond and k~pt himsdf in th~ hunt for th~ championship. F~rr~ll took a dose victory o~r Woods in ~mt 15 whil~ Curoso k'9't his hopn a1iv~ by taking th~ win In ~nt 16. Aft~r round four, only fiv~ rid~rs bad a shot at winning th~ Stat~ Cbam~ionship. Christian and F~rr~ll ~r~ ued for th~ I~ad with II points ~ach. Faria and Curoso w~~ ti~d for third with nin~ points ~ach wbiJ~ Woods holding a bunch of ifs had ~ight points. Woods' only ho~ was that h~ could win his h~at ov~r Curoso with Faria finishing out of th~ I~ad spot and F~ll and Christian fmishing d~ad last in th~ir ridn. If Woods got lucky and all this w~r~ to hap~n, h~ would still hav~ to com~ back and win a runoff. It was dmnit~ly a tall ord~r. E~t 18 was a ~ry t~lling ~mt on th~ outcom~ of th~ night. F~~ll d~ th~ number four starting position which is ~xaetly wh~~ h~ didn't want to ~. Wh~n th~ gat~ wmt up, F~rr~ll tried a bold mov~ I~tting Faria. Gagnon and Sims g~t out flTSt. Wh~n th~ w~r~ d~arly by. Dubb ducked to th~ insid~ and started a rid~ that could bav~ httn th~ bet of his car~r. F~~ll got by Gagnon and Sims on th~ back chut~ and ~ his sights on Faria. F~rr~ll got close. but was n~v~r abl~ to challm~ Faria for th~ I~ad. With Dubb finishing second, his only ho~ was if Christian would not win ~vent 20. S~ond plac~ for Alan would ~t up a runoff whjJ~ third would giv~ Dubb a on~· point victory. Christian dr~w th~ numb~r two starting spot for th~ final ~v~nt of th~ night. As th~ rid~rs cam~ to th~ gat~ for th~ start, Christian notic~d that Duan~ Yarrow. who was starting n~xt to him. was conc~ntrating on Christian's r~actions rather than th~ gat~. Alan gav~ it a litd~ throttl~. faking Yarrow who th~n w~nt flying through th~ tape; and took an ~mbarrassingrid~ back to th~ pits. Wh~n th~ gat~ did go up. Py~att was out first followed by Christian, Sandona and r~rv~ rid~r St~rling Cogar. Sandona moved to th~ insid~ coming out of turn two to mov~ into second. but th~n had to watch as Christian bl~w by ~~rybody going down th~ back chut~ on his way to his bi~t win of th~ ~ason. Py~att took him~lf out of th~ baul~ for ~cond with Sandona wh~n he flipped wildly in turn thr~ on lap thr~. Alan took tb~ win by a h~althy margin ov~r Sandona and Cogar and now has his sights ~t for th~ big on~ at Costa Mna on Octob~r 11. Tonight'S program put a lid on the 1980 ~ason at IMS. Promot~r John LaDouc~ur would lik~ to thank all th~ fans for your fin~ support during th~ season and is looking forward to ~ing ~veryon~ again n~xt March. • Wmston Pro Series 16 mg "tarN, 11 mg nlCOllO! av per cigarette bv fTC method e 1980 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. .J. C~_ PhOO41K; 22nd Annual AMA HaIf-Mile National ",.. $25,000 Season Finale Saturday, octaber 4-8:00 p.m. Ascot Park-Gardena, Califomia Also-Honda 500 Invitational ~• Winston ... .~. For tiCker informotlon. conloet AgojOnlon Enterpllses. P.O BaM 98. Gardena. CA 90247 or nckefron (213) 323·1142 Of 321·1100 out-tastes them all. '!?ostOD l. 7' I.: It .... Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. Results FiNAl STANDINGS: 1. AIen Chr_ 114); 2. Oubb _ 1131; 3. Mike FA 1121; 4. mEl Gene Woodai Mitt. C.-ClIO 1111;8. _ 0>deyC81; 7. CTlEI 0... Simal Phil GegnonIDenny f'yeMlIKoilh Chrieco 16~ 11. CTlEI John SenclonWCteig ~ Tomin lSI; 14. 0... DeTemple 141; 15. S _ McConnell 131; 16. !TIEl Duene Y_lTom MorIeyC2!; 18. s..1ing C_ Ill. JR SPEEDWAY: 1. Jim Iluoby; 2. Ronnie COftI\I;.3. Pall Cor_; 4. Scon M..k. 9