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Coen and Bowen tied, Barr next and
Pitts and Feist tied for sixth, but only
ten points out of first. Announcer Vic
Krause said it best. "This will be like
throwing raw meat to a bunch of junkyard dogs. and the junkyard dogs are
on the starting line right now!"
LOP's Veugeler stormed into the
lead of the last moto, out of the points
lead but cranking away from the pack.
Barr worked into second and looked to
have the title in hand in the early laps
before being zapped by Feist. who took
second and the title with that. position.
At the halfway mark Veugeler and
Feist were still leading the pack, but
Liles and Bowen were charging to the
from. Liles was out of the standings.
although Bowen was in the hunt.
With five minutes and two laps to go
Feist and Liles began to move on
Veugeler,
Feist
having exhaust
problems. Bowen moved into fourth
and had a chance to win the
championship if he could catch Feist's
ailingYZ.
Liles took the lead from Veugeler
and Bowen was 14 seconds short of
breaking his points tie with Feist, who
was riding one position up with the
championship in hand. Feist, who was
listed as first alternate in the program,
crossed the finish as the 1981 125cc
Champion.
"I don't know that we really came
out here to win this thing." said Feist,
who fmished thinking Bowen had
won. "I wanted to come here and give
it my best to see what we could come
away with - things worked out real
well."
Bowen was not as happy. "I'd rather
lose by SO points. than to tie and take
second," said the dejected 15-year·old,
who finished with a 52-1-1-4 score,
another first moto mud casualty.
Milr.e Roth sealed his championship
bid in l00cc racing with a 1-2 day.
Keith Hall got on the gas in moto two,
winning the final race as Roth cruised
to the prestigious Number One plate.
:'I've been working for this all year.
RPM built me a bike and Brian. my
mechanic, kep~ me going. 1 never
could have done it without him," said
Roth who found the track and competition equally rough. "There were a lot
of 100's stuck out there. Sometimes 1
don't know what kept me going. but 1
never got stuck - things were really
tough."
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1981 Grand National Champion.
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Grand National Point Final· 5th Place.
Results
l00<:c: 1. Mike Roth (Voml 2-1-1-2; 2. Troy GI""","
ISuzl 445-7; 3. Greg C~ ISuzl &-21-3-4; 4.
Robert Vonpelt (Yoml 6-8-6-6; 5. John S i _ (Yom!
1-7-4-24; 6. Kei1h HoII (Yarnl DNF-5-2-1; 7. _
MclMon (Yom!7-3-DNF-3; 8. Jon SChmitz (Suzl *326; 9. Mike PIrl<. (Yoml 19-1~; 10. T.J. _
(Yomll9-1~; 11. Don _lSuzll3-12-9-17; 12.
LiD Akin (Yom) DNF-21-e-li; 13. _
Millo CSuzll&32-20-11; 14. Bruce~(Yom) 18-14-12-13; 15. Todd
Schroyer lSuzll'-'3-2&-I9; 16. Todd T _ CSuzl1228-17-12; 17. _ _ (Yom) IIH&-1-oNF; 18.
MIle av--. lSuzI 8-17-21-28; 19. IIIywot Hunt
(Yom) 23-21·11-23; 20. M"~ lSuzIl&-I&-20-28.
125= 1. CclnnIe _(Yom) ~1-3; 2. Keilh _
(Yom) 32-1-1~; 3. IlIIy U. ue-t 29-2-5-1: 4. Deve·
HInd ue-t 1-5-14-9; 5. Jim Veugolor lSuzI4-1&-9-2; 6.
Rad a.. (Yoml 11-10-2-6; 1. Carlo Coen lSuzll&-4-3-6;
8. Jim e-(YomI2-7-12-2O; 9. AI _
lSuzl2O-&&-15; 10. Rad SmiIh lSuzl 19-13-4-13; 11. _
RobbinolSuzl 12-8-20-7; 12. Aoran Pitta 1K.w! 3-12-832; 13. Bruce _
(Yoml 7·14-28-12; 14. ~
IIry.m lSuzl8-"-24-14; 15. IIiII _
lSuzllo-2&-l&18; 16. ~ C1oillophor (Yoml 21-17-17-14; 17.
MitI:h Mayor (Yom) 23-22-11-16; 16. 8