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I th e final six laps. H e inc reased his lead to more th an ten secon ds ove r Renfrow wh o was n ea rl y 20 seconds ahead o f Humble. Th ere was a fou rseco n d ga p back to Paquette an d a n eq ua l space to th e Baron/Sommer s co nfronta tio n for fifth. Baron pulled o u t a ll the sto ps in th e fina l two laps dr aw away from Sommers and rapidly close on Paquett e. In th e fina l lap, Baron nipped Paquett e for fourth. Howa rd , Renfrow and Humbl e eac h waved to th e cro wd as th ey took th e checkered flag. " T he plan wa s to gas it from th e sta rt and that's what I did," sa id Howard. " T h is wa s my firs t time a t Bryar and it's a great feeling to win." "Rhys had a faster line around th e track. Once h e got past, I couldn't catch h im ," said Renfrow. " I thought I could wait for traffi c to slo w h im down, but tha t pl an didn 't work. " "I h ad some ear ly problems wi th traffic," said Humble. " I sett led in fourth a n d th en saw Paquette wa s slo wi ng a bit on h is braking. I p ick ed a spot, got by an d wa ited to see if ei the r of th e front runners would have problem s." Results FORMULA TWO: 1. Rhys Howard (Yam); 2. Randy Renf row (Yam); 3. Hugh Humble (Yam); 4. Steve Baron (Yaml; 5. Bryan paquene (Yam); 6. Joe Sommers (Yam); 7. Andrew Collazzo (Yam); B. Jell Umrysz (Yam); 9. Alan Ward (Yam); 10. Tad Uzzla (Yam); 11. Carl Mullley (Yam); 12. Tom Pedlewick (Yam); 13 . Dave Old (Yam); 14. Roland Riedman (Yam); 15. Gaorge Wallace (Yaml; 16 . Dan Geiger (Yam); 17. Mike Landrum (Yam); lB. J oe Lachn iet (Yam); 19. Robert Dewitt (Yam); 20 . Steve Paters (Yaml. Time: 38 m in.• 15.092 sees. Average speed: BO .311 mph . FORMULA TWO CHAMPIONSHIP POINTSTAND· INGS: 1. Rhys Howard (77): 2. Randy Renfrow (741 ; 3. Hugh Humble (62); 4. Dave Emde (53); 5. Dave Busby (35); 6. Rusty Sharp (2B); 7. Steve Baron (27); 8. [TIE) Dan iel Coe/Russell Paulk (26); 10 . Don Greene (181. Battle 0' the Twins Adamo strolls to easy win LOUDON, NH, J UNE 19 Jimmy Adamo look a very easy victory in th e 25-lap, 40-mile Battle of th e Twins final. Adamo, th e defending series a n d GP class champion, had no p roblems a nd led sta rt to finis h. He wa s followed by a race long fight over seco nd between Dave Emde an d Mal colme Tunstall wh ich was decided in Emde's favor wh en h e repassed Tunstall for second on the last lap aft er Tunstall had ta ken it awa y from Emde one lap ea rlie r. "My stra tegy was sim p le," sa id Adamo in winner 's ci rcle . " I wanted th e lead right from th e sta rt a nd to run m y own race. Ever ything went acco rdi ng to plan." The top three were Ducati mounted with Adamo an d Tunstall aboard smaller Pantah TT600-based bikes. Adamo h ad a three second lead a t th e en d of lap one over Tunstall with Ernde in third. Win ifred Hopp a nd G ene Church follow ed . Chuck Quenzler was leading th e Amateur Modified ra nks wit h Dav e McClure a n d h is Harley-Davidson su p port ed XRlOOO at the front ofthe Stock class. By th e fifth lap, Adamo's margin was ten seconds on th e Ernd e/Tunstall fight for second. Church , on th e Harley-Da vidson su pported XRIOOO, was fourth ov er Hopp wi th Joey Mills j ust ah ead o f Ron Sbordone, Devin Battley and Bill Atkinson. A good battle at mid-pack was shaping up between Quenzler and McClure. Steve Fahey had ta ken th e Am at eu r Modified class lead from Quenzl er. By th e tenth lap, li tt le had changed excep t Adam o wa s cutting a swa th th ro ugh the field an d had a lready la p pe d through th e l l th pl ace rid er. EmAe, l#lT_~@lJ..jflrJ$f.PpP. tv~th (Continued to page 21) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_. CHAMPION SPARK PLUG 200 TICKET OIlDER NO. Sunday Adm ission $11 2·Day Adm ission 15 Children 6-12 yrs. Event Adm iss ion 4 2-Day VIP Adm ission, Paddock Grandstand Camp ing Friday and Saturday nights Camp ing Saturday night only TOTAL Name _ Addr ess ADVANCE PRICE _ City State Zip _ Mail to : Champion Spark Plug 200 P.O. Bo x SCRAMP Monterey, CA 93940 30 18 CARS 14 BIKES 9 CARS 7 BIKES TOTAL _ _ _ Check or money order payab le to SCRAMP. _ _ _ Master Charge No . Expiration Date _ _ _ Visa No . Expirat ion Date _ _ _ _ Children under 6 yr• • 01 age Iree with parent. Paddock and grandatand tickets available at raceway . DATSUN Official Car 01 Laguna Seca Raceway _____ ~_.- •• -_~~~---~~~~-~-------.~-----~~--~~~.~ •• ----~---~~~~•••••• _~~~•••-••_l~~