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Cycle News 1981 02 18

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h a 2: If> lap tim~ on th~ National iber traclt. glund and Grossi l1~w past luti and began a rac~ long duel for number two fmishing position and overall win. Th~ two ridas trad~d es sev~ral times throughout th~ o and with on~ lap rnnaining, pund ma~ his try from third. "I th~ track becaUJe it was kinda ky so whm I kn~ I had to pass . for tbe win I thought to myself, is it! and I just ~t for it!" und's des~ration pass clinch~ overall victory for th~ young rid~r Colorado. Statm wmt hom~ s«ond plac~ follow~ by Grossi, mna and Hi~~r. ~ 00 0') ~ ~ 00 ~ Pro rid~r Jon Nelson nail~ first 12f>cc moto holeshot h Honda t~amst~r Johnny O'Mara dwich~d bttw~ th~ Yamahas of il Larson and Erik K~h~. N~lson dn't hold th~ pac~ and O'Mara t into th~ l~ad tail~d by Larson. nny Chandl~r mov~ his support ~ Suzuki Float~r into third on lap amaha th~ 'Mara put a saf~ distanc~ bttw~n self and Larson befor~ Chandl~r abl~ to mov~ into second on lap . Action was fast and furious h~r downfield as Suzuki's Ron tt and Honda's Jim Gibson tl~ whil~ working up from poor ns. Halfway through th~ moto Tum~r v~ into fourth with Gibson fifth. dltt began to clO8t' on O'Mara, ining two seconds a lap and moving o striking distanc~ with two laps aining. Tum~r and Gibson finally rit~ past a stubborn Larson just as dl~r bail~. agoo r~ount~ JUSt as Tum~r past and Chandl~ wmt ~ k to r~ain second som~wh~u in final four turns but ov~rshot th~ uh com~r and I~t Gibson slip into rd. Nelson prov~ the first moto was no ~ as be again I~d th~ pack through first tum. By lap two, how~v~r, lson was fading and Gibson had ~n ov~r th~ I~ad follow~ by andl~r, Scott Burnworth and rson. Gibson ~m~ to hav~ th~ ~ w~lI in hand until losing his front ~I traction in th~ tum on~ sw~e~r Chandl~r danc~ past whil~ son rnnount~. Magno w~nt on to ~ the chKk~rs and th~ top points th~ day. urn~r work~ up to fourth plac~ ~ a bad first lap and ~nd~ th~ day third ov~rall behind Gibson. aha's Scott Burnworth pic~ up nh ah~ad of Larson and O'Mara, could only work up to 10th in th~ and moto aft~r bailing in th~ early ng. hhough Glov~r has clinch~ th~ cc titl~, th~ f>OO and 12f>cc clasae still undKi~ as th~ 1981 DG dm Stat~ Smes h~ads for th~ fmal nd n~xt w~k at Saddl~back Park._ suits JR: 1. Dully Mitchell ISuzl; 2. _ M_ ,3. Greg G<-.Iaw. INT: 1. Ed Slirbr caw: 2. 1: 3. Ed Smith lMell MASTER: 1. AlIn 0II0n lMoi); 2. Rocl

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