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Cycle News 1981 10 07

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Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-ldaho-Utah-A1aska-' THE LOWEST PRICES!! THE HIGHEST QUALITY!! THE FASTEST SERVICE!! AI the gate was dropped signalling the start of the 125cc Pro race, it was Kal-GarcllO'Neal-spoDIOred RuSl Wagauan jumping into the lead followed by Yamaha support rider Steve Schmitz and Baken6eld Suzuki-mounted Gary Curtis. Wageman moved his way around the track to take the first motowin. Round two saw Curtis pulling into the lead followed by Wageman and Schmitz. Wageman put up quite a strong charge but there was no stopping Curtis who took the second moto win. Wageman was able to take the overall for the night with Curtis finishing in second and third going to Schmitz. In the 250cc race, it was Kern Sport Cycle KTM-mounted Greg Torgenon taking the lead as the gate drop~ followed cIoeely by Bakersfield Yamahasponsored Darin Oliver with third being filled by Manima Hondamounted Darin Layton. Torgenon was able to hold off the strong charging Oliver to take the first moto win. Round two saw Oliver pull out all the stops as he took the lead from the start to take the second moto win and the overall for the night with TmgeiilOtl finishing in second and Layton in third. . Torgerson was back again in the Open Pro claa to take back-to-back W1DI for the night with 71's/Suzuki of Ventura-sponsored BrandJohnson fmiahing in second. R....1ts PEEWEE: 1. Doman _lilli. 11 lIT: 1. _ o.noIDrd IV~; 2. ~ ~ IVsmI; 1 S->KolIjoM IV". 11 JIl: 1........... 1Ver*. 2. AlIIIl " - " lVomI; 3. _lUX: 1.. . . IV". lVomI. 0... _ _ 13 lIT: 1. ~~ lSuzI; 2. Jim '-lVomI. 13 JIl: 1........... 1Ver*. 2. . . , ........ IV~; 11CM1111rton oc-t. 13 BEG: 1. "-y Ek lYemI; 2. lYomI; 3. _""'-lY~. 1211 lEG: 1. ~ Mondoy lVomI; 2. . . . an.:o lYer*.11lobbot _lSuzI. 100 JR: 1. _ I.Ja¥d lSuzI; 2. SCott Wit........... lSuzI; 1 CIwd ,,*,-_lVomI. 100 lIT: 1. _ Hu!II* lSuzl; 2. Jim Spotla lSuzl. VET JR: 1. 0Ivlcl -.ev lHuol; 2. S _ HomiIlDn lVomI; 1 _ ~lVomI. VET EX: 1. 0Ivlcl Rogorw lHuoI. 125 JR: 1. John Devlo lY_~ 2. IItuce DeIgedo lSuzl; 1 0Ivlcl HonIlln lY_I. 2IiO JR: 1. Doug HuIoev lY...u; 2. J..,., WoIIio lSuzl; 3. Gfwg GIggy lYomI. 500 JR: 1. Don HapIdno lY_); 2, Tim Conner lYom); 3._Spri_lYomI. ' 2IiO BEG: 1. IWph a-lSuzI. Colllne CHonl; 2. R8ndy 500 BEG: 1. 0Ivlcl Solder-. lY_); 2. Tim KlI..... lHuIl. 125 lIT: 1. _ M......... lYMll; 2. BII DeIgedo lSuzI; 3. Tim _lSuzI. 2&0 lIT: 1. _ ffedy lYemI; 2. ..... ~ (Han); 3. Brien . . . . . lHonl. 500 lIT: 1. Derne StubbWleId lSuzl. 125 PRO: 1. _ W_lSuzl; 2. ~ Curlio lSuzI; 1 S - SchmIlz lY". ' 2IiO PRO: 1. Denw> a--lVsmI; 2. Gfwg T _ IKlMl; 1 DenIn Ulyan 1Hanl. 500 PRO: 1. Gfwg T_lHuel; 2. _ ~ lSuzI. Superstreet victory to Gray at AFM Sears Point In the Open GP contest, Kerry Bryant showed off his new immaculate fullysponsored bike, Red Landis' Warland Engineering Kawasaki KZl000. He responded by jetting to the win, followed by Rich Oliver, on Kerry's old Z-l. and Mike Summen on his TZ750. The AFM number one plate is still in doubt, and today's results didn't clarify anything. BoPt points leader Louis Vallerga (Palo Alto Yam-lightweight Superstreet) and Kirk Graves (Palo Alto Yam/Radasich Racing-45Occ Prod) won their classes, with Wayne Montoya, John Glover, Frank Mazur and Howard Monise all within striking distance. 600cc Box Stock had Frank Mazur maximizing points at the expense of Tom Chew. Chew led the fust two laps, only to be passed by Mazur. "A dog ran mto me, and I broke my foot two weeks ago," said Frank, obviously uncomfortable after his victory but with humor intact and tongue still firmly implanted in cheek, as usual. Joe Montoya (Yam) held off John Glover (Yam) for third. An interesting phenomenon is occurring in the AFM. 125 and 250cc GP, once two of the largest classes in the club, are suffering from poor particiP!ltion. Reason? The numher one through nine plates will be awarded to the top nine points-getten regardless of c1ass. Formerly, numben one through five were reserved for the top five GP riden, with the rest going to the top four Production riden. Not considering the presence of AMA pilots out for a little club practice, the GP classes are too expensive .for the rest of the club, the maintenance too costly and timecOlllUJDing, and the gasoline to get to the races far too pricey. But the straw that broke the camel's back was the lack of recognition in the form of a single-digit plate. More than a few people have expressed their concerns about the dog-eat-dog nature of professional racing and its influence on AFM racing, which is amateur in nature and friendly and congenial in spirit. A quick look at the points standings shows that nine out of the top 10 poinu leader are in street-based daMes; only one, Danny Coe, is a GPer, and it appean that he has withdrawn from com~ition. 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