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eFLAT.TRACK e B arberville Hall Mile Steve Moreh ead got orr the line first 011 th e restart an d was never headed, Winner Steve Morehead (42), runner-up Will Davis (21) and third pl ace finisher Terry Poovey ( 18) sq uea l tires. (R ig h t to left ) Junior winner james Hart, rU,nner-up Brian Strong , an d th ird place finisher .Mike Butler in winner's circle. Morehead smokeson asphalt By Dave Hoenig BARBERVILLE, FL, MAR. I teve Mor eh ead won th e Expert m ain eve nt a t th e Mo torcycl e Asphalt Racing Seri es-promot ed Barberville H alf Mil e which wa s run on th e paved Volusia County Speedway half mile oval. Although pl easant S 40 weather greeted a large cro wd o n Su nday a ftern oo n, rider turnou t was rather low . Onl y 23 Experts sig ned up , a nd th e small turnout o f Jun ior' and Pro-Am rid er s sa w th ose classes com bined into o ne 12-rider main even t. Texan Terry Poovey prov ed to be the fastest of th e riders who took q uali fying laps, a nd he earned $250 for h is 18.563 seco nd la p time. Morehead was seco n d fas test, posting a 18.668. Larry Pegram had th e fastest cl u tch hand at th e stan of th e first heat and led Poovey a nd Eri k Gray bea l th ro ugh turn one. Pegram bobbled exiting turn four , and th at was a ll th e vetera n Poovev nee ded to stea l th e lead and score i he wi n. Pegram held o n for seco nd a hea d o f Graybeal. Mor ehead stole th e holeshot a nd ran away wi th th e win in heat two. Brian T illiso n , Ran d v T ex ter a nd Dav e Durell e battl ed 'th ro ug ho u t th e race . and fin ish ed in that order. Def en din g MARS ch a m p R u st y Rogers and Will Davis engaged in a ba ttl e in hea t three. After severa l lead cha nges, Roger s eme rged victorious. T ext er ran a way with th e first semi, whil e Graybeal circled th e tra ck a lonely second. Geoff Cl ark took third, th e last transfer position. Durell e ran clea r of th e pack in th e seco nd sem i a fter an early battle with Dan In gram . In gram 'fin ished seco nd, wh ile Mike Sco tt secu red third a fter Steve Aseltin e fell o n th e last lap. Davi s ri pped int o th e lead a t the sta rt of the main even t wi th Rogers in tow. On la p IWO, Rogers got 100 low in turn o ne a nd hi s front wh eel slid o u t from under him . Rogers crashed into th e hay ba les a nd th e red flag WllS brought ou t. Roger s wa s unhurt a nd mad e th e restart , bUI was no t a factor in th e race . Mor eh ead took ad vant age of th e restart and led Davi s, Poov ey and Peg ra m o ff th e lin e. Alt hough the race was close a nd exciring, th ere were n o lead c ha nges. Mor eh ead crossed the finish line in ch es a head of Dav is .a nd Poovey. " My strategy wa s to ge t int o th e co rner har d, gat her it up in th e middle a nd ge t a clean sho t.co m ing o ut," sa id a happy Moreh ead. " If he wo uld have mad e a mistak e I coul d' ve go tten underneath him , bu t he wo u ld pull me so much ," sai d Dav is. " Every tim e I tried an outside line, th e other gu ys would go 'u nder me, so tha t didn 't work. " T ext er rod e a lo ne in fifth , wh ile Durelle got the nod for sixth. Brian Strong led th e Pro-Am/Junior main for one lap unti l J am es Ha rt for ced hi s wa y past. Once into th e lead , Hart pu sh ed hi s Hart Racin g-backed \\'ood-Rot ax a wav to a co m fortable lea d. T ow ards th e ~nd o f th e race . Hart began 10 rela x a nd Strong closed in, but H a rt quickl y tu rn ed up the wick a nd went on to scor e the win. Strong was seco nd, a head o f Mik e Bu tler an d Dall as .Baer, ex Results EX MAIN: I. Sie ve Mo reh ead (H �� D); 2. Wi ll Davi... / J..:T M ): 5. Te-rry Poo vey ( H- D); 4. Larry Pegram (H D); 5. Ran dy T ex ter (H- n); 6. Dave Du rel le (W oR) ; 7. Brian Ti lliso n (W�� R): 8. Dan Ing am (Hon); 9. r J aso n Fletc her (I{��n); 10. Steve Asehi ne (W-R); 11. Geoff Clar k (H�� Il): 12. Erik {;raybeal (II'�� R): 13. Mike Sco tt ( Hc>I1); 11. R UMy Roger s (H�� D). PRO -AM /J R ~tAJ=- : I. Jame, Hart (\V-R): 2. Bria n Strong (W�� R); 3. ~ I i k e Buder (W��R): -toDalla s Bacr (W�� R); 5. Brian G raybea l (W�� R): 6. Ron Forst ne r (H OD); t. Mike Warn er (H -D ); 8. Keith Mill er (W- R); 9. Da vne Pierat on i ( \ , 'oR ); 10. Tim ' Lorge (W �� R).

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