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Scott Brelsford won his fourth National as a Junior. The alloy Harley helps.
Story and Photos by
Gary Van Voorhis
HOMEWOOD, ILL., Aug. 5, 1972 Dick Mann set his sights on the
Washington Mile by turning third fastest
time on the sandy cushion track. Bugs
, then ran away with his heat winning in
record time with a thirteen second
margin over Chuck Palmgren. The
pattern was almost the same as in the
Do you think he saw the photographer,
pastnineteenseasons...Mann the favorite,
the fastest, but never, until now, the
victor.
On the line, Gary Scott (Tri) and
Gary Fisher (N or) were doing last
minu te adjustmen Is to their machines.
Fisher had heen plagued earlier in the
day by plug problems with his Ron
Wood N orton. Scott recovering from a
bruised shoulder, had his machine back
together showing no bad effects from
his fall.
Mann put his BSA on the outside
pole for the final giving him a better
shot at turn one when the green flag fell
to the twenty riders. It proved to be an
advantage, but with the way Mann rode
he could have started in the pits. Bugs
took the lead at turn one opened it up
coming
out of turn
two, and
After you qualify, this is where you try for the Main, Not everybody will make it,
Mark looks happy he doesn't have to wear the
wreath.
immediately stre.tched it to a ten length
lead over Larry Darr (H-D), with Mark
Brelsford (H-D), Gary Scott (Tri), and
Rex Beauchamp (H-D) following closely
and the rest of the field beginning to
stretch out in a long line.
Scott dropped back on lap two
allowing Beauchamp to move in to
fourth while Darr and Brelsford dueled
it out for second a hundred yards ahead.
. Brelsford picked off Darr on lap four
to move into a distant second as Mann
continued to open up a commanding
lead. Beauchamp moved by Darr o'n lap
five and Dave Sehl (H-D) moved into
position to pressure I,)arr for his fourth
place spot. Darr and Sehl carried on
their duel until lap eleven when Sehl
squeeked by and held on.
By lap ten the field was so strung out
that it becar,ne nearly impossible to
figure out what was happening in the
