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with Robinson and Curoso at the end
of two rounds.
Bast's luck changed in race nine as
he broke the tapes and was excluded.
Curoso stayed perfect as he defeated
Chris Reichardt (Gene Plues Godd)
after an early duel in race 10.
Mike Faria (Shoei/Hi-Point Jaw)
had seemingly put the first chink in
Robinson's armor in race 11 when he
led from the gate until turn four on
ttte final lap, when he flew through
the bales and let Robinson record his
third win.
"Dangerous" Dubb Ferrell (Arai/
Vera's Jaw), the pre-race favorite,
finally put a halt to Robinson's win
skeen by holding off the Salinas rider
over the first two laps and winning
by a half straightaway in race 13. Bast
trailed his house guest, Reichardt, for
two laps in race 14, but he slipped by
at the first corner on lap three and
went on to record his third victory of
the evening.
Curoso took a lucky second behind
Gene Woods (7 Up/Marushin Godd)
in race 15 after leaders Ayers and
Sandona tangled and went down on
the final circuit. Faria took his first
win of the evening in event 16 when
apparent winner Cook was disqualified for losing his oil catch tank. It
was an especially crushing blow for
Cook as the three points he lost
would have given him 12 points and
put him into the final.
Sandona sealed his spot in the final
when he won over King in race 17.
King passed Steve Lucero (Seer/ STP
Wes) when the latter bobbled on lap
two. The bobble proved costly as the
one point Lucero lost knocked him
out of a runoff for the last spot in the
final with Sandona.
Reichardt received an early
Christmas gift from Faria in race 18.
In a replay of race 11, Faria again led
from the gate to turn four on the final
lap when he again went sailing
through the bales, giving the win to
the Denver native. Robinson closed
out the qualifying round in race 20
by giving a preview of things to come
when he defeated Bast after a lap-one
battle. Curoso had fuel tap problems
on lap one and ended up coming
home in fourth.
The main-event pitted the top four
scorers from the preliminary round
with Robinson choosing the number
two starting slot with Bast on the
pole, Curoso in three and Sandona
coming from the outside. Bast was
first into the first corner with Robinson pulling even on the backchute,
only to have the master forge ahead
in turn three. Robinson went hard
into the corner and made contact
which sent Bast tumbling to the floor
and brought out the red flag. Bast
was excluded from the restart.
On the second try Sandona got the
gate, but it was the night of the "BudMan" as he passed Sandona on the
backchute and went the remainder of
the race unchallenged. Sandona was
counting the second place money on
lap three when he cramped up (a
condition that was described by a few
other riders to be caused by riding in
the same position on the bike for four
laps) and laid it down in turn three.
Curoso ended up second to Robinson.
After the race Robinson said, "It
was something new for almost every
rider here and I figured I had just as
good of a chance as anyone else. It
looks like I was right."
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