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two. Castro soon had the lead as Gary
Scott, Frenchie LeBlanc, and Ken
Roberts followed him around Bailey. At
the flag it was Roberts, Castro, Scott
and Al Kenyon
The Main Mama. Reading from the
outside pole: Rice, Lawwill, Burres,
Aldana, Mann, and Markel. In row two:
Gillespie, Brelsford, Romero, Rail, Mike
Haney, and Jim Jones. Back row:
Roberts, Castro, Scott, and Kenyon.
The en tire fron t row wen t in to
number one side by each. Coming out it
was Lawwill, Burres, and Rice in a
bunch; but Rice's motor did a LeBlanc
off the jump, touching down with no
spark. Jim ripped off the 'kill button
lead in disgust.
Burres took the front -spot, with
Lawwill and Mann right behir!d and
Brelsford in fourth. Castro, riding a K &
N Yamaha, had another swift back row
start and movea through traffic and by
Breslford after two laps. Lawwill and
Mann were both moving on Burres, and
Mert got early traction in tum two to
pass Sonny on the fourth lap. Mann
breathed on Burres for three laps, then
passed him at the jump to take over
EXPERT MAIN
Dick Mann
Sonny Burres
Mert Lawwlll
Mike Haney
Mark Brelsford
Don Castro
Ronnie Rail
James Jones
Gary Scott
Bart Markel
Gene Romero
Frank Gillespie
Dave Aldana
Ken Roberts
AI Kenyon
Jim Rice
second. Brelsford had regained fourth
spot, and Aldana moved by Castro in to
f"tfth_
TJie three front runners·had opened a
wide lead on the field, with Lawwill and
Mann heef and toe and Burres righ t
behind. On the ninth lap, Mann pulled
along side Lawwill on the front straight
and dove inside to take the lead.
Once in front, Mann seemed even
faster. Mike Haney moved by Castro
into sixth behind Aldana. Ken Roberts
was hit with mechanical troubles and
dropped OU l.
Lawwill's Harley got, starch in the
throttle
somewhere,
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Peoria marks the 24th National
victory for Dick Mann, and moved him
i')to sixth place in the point standings,
just four points behind Jim Rice.
SANTA
FE
POSTPONED
NATIONAL
The Santa Fe lational Short Track
original scheduled to be won by Robert
E. Lee (on an Ossa, not a fluke) last
Friday was postponed due to rain.
Barring further heavenly intervention
the race will be run on this Friday,
August 18.
NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS
Unofficial
1. Mark Brelsford
2. Gary Scott
3. Gene Romero
4. Kenny Roberts
5. Jim Rice
6. Dick Mann
7. Chuck Palmgren
8. Cal Rayborn
9. Mert Lawwlll
10. John Hateley
11. Gary Fisher
12. Eddie Mulder
13. Dave Sehl
14. Rex Beauchamp
15. Yvon DuHamel
16. Mike Kldd
17. Mark Williams
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increasingly hard to twist. By the
halfway point his hand was beginning to
cramp. Burres caught and passed
Lawwill at the .end of the straigh t. Mert
held on in third, well ahead of
Brelsford, Aldana and Haney.
Bugs was still smokin'. He had lapped
Gillespie, Romero,' and Scott. The
crowd shouted him by on every lap,
giving him the big number one with
obvious approval. He lapped Bart
Markel with five laps to go.
Aldana had dropped out and Haney
moved up to challenge Brelsford for
fourth spot. Haney got by in the dosing
laps and held on for fourth, pu tring
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Frank Gillespie
Kel Carruthers
Don Castro
Larry Darr
Dave Hansen
Dave Aldana
Ray Hempstead
Dave Smith
Keith Mashburn
Sonny Burres
Terry Dorsch
Fred Guttner
Mike Haney
Doug Seh I
Chuck Joyner
Bart Markel
Ronnie Rail
Gary Nixon
Jimmy Odom
M~ke Lane
Ron Pierce
JIm Jones
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Jim Einarsson ate the Junior competition.
Start of'the Junior Main: Scott Brelsford (84Y) takes the outside line as Joseph Brown (192) leads Jim Einarsson, Mike Caves (2P).Tom White 42R)
and Ted Poovey (42M) into turn one.
V had a few glorious moments.
By Gary Van Voorhis
Jim Einarsson (H.D) led a flag-to-f1ag
sweep of the Junior IT at Peoria, but
not
without
competition.
Peoria
favorite Mike Caves (Tri) chased
Einarsson for the last eigh t laps but
found his motor no match for the
Harley on the long fron t straigh 1. Caves
co.ntinual1y closed on the tight back
section, over the jump, and through the
curving right-left esses only to have
Einarsson tum on the ,!,ick every time
the start finish line came in to view.
Off the line in the fmal it loooked as
if top Junior Scott Brelsford might be
out to pick up another win, but his lead
out of turn two lasted only until the
jump when the private Harley blasted
the factory one for the lead.
,Brc;l$fof(! stayed close- for two laps
bu t then began to lose ground and
found himself challenged by Caves.
On lap four Berlsford shut off Caves'
bid for second coming out of tum three
and pulled him down the straight. Caves
didn't learn a thing as he pulled the
same attack again on the next lap and
moved into second place, setting his
sights on Einarsson.
The partisan crowd began to come
alive as Gaves moved within striking
distance of Einarsson's Harley. Caves
closed the gap with aggressive, hard
riding - flying over the jump and diving
into the comers as deeply as possible.
He made. up ground on the tigh t
sections, only to lose it on the power
straight. Brelsford motored on in third a
safe distance from Joe Brown (Yam),
and Tom White (Tn), 'who were havinll' '
tight contestior fourth position.
Einarsson set fast Junior time to take
the pole, only to find himself starting
from the penalty line after a little too
much pre-flag creeping. It took only a
lap and a half for Einarsson to put
himself safely in the lead ..
JUNIOR MAIN:
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James Einarsson
Mike Caves
Scott Brelsford
Joe Brown
Tom White
Tom Horton
Ted Poovey
Jim Crenshaw
Tom Myers
Mike Johnson
Scott Evans
Gene Campbell
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