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L.ange takes A'banySX BOSTON'DAYTQ~A By C la y Lig ht ALBANY, OR, JAN. 26 Doug L ange battled with 1979's top privateer on the AMA National circu it. Mark Gregson. to take the 250cc P ro overall win toda y at round four of the AMA Oregon Winter Series at Albany Speedway. Gregson, who had quit raci ng six years ago, made a comeback from h is days as National number 18, winning the first mot o over Oregon's fastest P ro . Lange. who crashed bu t recovered for second. Lange took the second mot o for the overa ll. I G regson was qu ite su rprise d to find himself in seco nd goi ng into turn o ne beh ind Lange but ahea d o f speeds te rs Larry Visco a n d Ste ve Friesen . bo th on Kawasakis. La nge had Gregson pressure from beh ind a t every op port u ni ty. but held o n unt il lat e in th e race when the MOIO-X Fox -sponsored rider cra sh ed off a jump . Gregson was th ere to sna p up th e lead a nd ca rry it to th e fini sh. Lange remou n ted for seco nd. whi le Visco took thi rd. T he second o u ting saw La nge j u mp in to th e lead an d never look back . Visco held down th e number-two slot in h is firs t ride a t th e facil iti es, while Gregson carn e from la st 10 tak e thi rd in the m ota and second overa ll behi nd Lange's 1-2. In other ra ci ng action. Gary " Bad Bo y" Beyer (Taylor Honda ) nabbed the holeshot in th e 125cc P ro fir st mo to a n d breezed to a win o ver Canadia n Da rrell Marten s (Abbo tsford Kawasaki ). Mart en s had never seen the track before today, but took seco nd in the moto over class domi nators Gra yson H an ( L R D/ Whe elsp o rt l Kaw ) a nd John " Wild ma n " Woodl ey Cream ATAKlKaw ). Beyer appeared in th e lead in th e second rn o t o , but had h is share o f problems ma neuvering in th e m ud and ha nded the lead over 10 Ha rt. H an took it th e rest of th e way fo r a wi n in the m o to a nd the o vera ll a hea d o f Mart en s, who put in two so lids ri des for a 2-2 on the da y. Beyer to ok fo u rt h overa ll behind Woodl l'y ( 1-4). Tony G raves co ntin ues to be the do minat e force in th e 125 an d 250cc B cla sses. a nd toda y G raves gra bbed overa ll win s in both clas ses. Graves led mot o o ne o f th e 250cc B class from sta rt to fini sh to bea t a freight train of riders consisting of Devon O tt , Ro b Annen (both o n Ka w a sa k is ), Yam ah a rid er Da n Mat h is, Suzuki-m oun ted C lay Li ght and Ray Bru in gto n ( Ka w) . Moto two wa s near lv th e same and C rave s took a I-I for top brass ove r Ott (2-2) an d An nen (3-3). Suzuki rider Ed Po rtz won the first 125cc B m o to a head of Graves a nd Dennis McC .onnell (Kaw ) bu t had a ro ugh tim e in th e seco nd mo to a nd co u ld o n ly manag e a fou rth. Craves had th e lead from start 10 fin ish a nd took hi s second o vera ll win bv virt u e o f 2-1 rid es (0 heat Po rtz (1:4) a nd ;\;1cConnd l (3-3). Results OPEN B : 1. Ric k Gun d erson (Yam ); 2. M ike W e st (Han); 3 . Pat J or da n (Ha n ), OPEN 1. A n Tho mpson (Han ); 2. Todd Busce gli s (Han); 3 . Tom Byerl y (Yam )_ 250 PRO : 1. Doug La nge(Yam ); 2. M ar k Gr eg son (Yam ); 3 _Larry viscc (Kaw ). 250 B: 1. To ny Grav es (Han) ; 2. Devon Ott (Kaw ); 3. Rob A n nen (Kaw) . 25 0 C: 1. Ar t Thompson (Han); 2 . Dam on Du n a gan (Kaw); 3 . Mark Du err (Han). 125 PRO: 1. G rayson Hart (Kaw); 2. Darr ell Ma rt en s (Kawl; 3. Gar y Bev er (Han). 12 5 B: 1. Ton v Graves (Han); 2. Ed Port z (Su z); 3. c: Denn is McConneIlIKaw ). 125 c : 1. Lance Rudge IKaw); 2. Sean Risterer (Kaw); 3. Aa ron Boehmer (Han). 30-40 PRO : 1. M ike Holbrook (Hon ); 2. Ray Groi s sa nt (Hon) ; 3. Bob Le ac h (KTMI . 1 -( ,.., I· f I:S ~ I 1- ' \ • (. I t; 6 - '. .. .- ",:. .... . .' ~ .' sc ,. 00 0') . :s - ,....; .' - .. .. ... ...• . Where motorcycling action begins. e Wit h a look at the newest in street, dirt and tou rin g bikes, th e hottest appa rel and accesso ry items, the wildest 3 and 4-wheelers. 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