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~----------------------~_~ -~-. . - - --- .- ' Springsteen held a stra ightaway length lead on the field at the fin ish. Rex Beauchamp rode the limestone to second place. ------------------------, THE "IN THING" past Scott and in to third by the sixth lap, b ut two laps later he was righ t back in the tail enders starting all over agai n after taking evasive action to avo id a fal len rider (either Freeman or Eves since b oth fell in the early lap s). With the starter giving the crossed halfway flag to everyone on lap 10, Springsteen had half a straightaway lead on Beauchamp and was stretching it out a lit tle each lap. Scott was in third followed by Doug Sehl, Lowe and Palmgre n . Roberts, at this point was mired back in about ninth with a lot of traffic in front and nowhere to go. Or so m ost people thought. The Champ had different ideas and. two laps later. crossed over the berm, past the cushion (that was a good four to six inches deep in the comers) and out so close to the waIl that the hay bales rustled as he blasted by with a rooster tail spewing forth. It had to be the. most bitchin ' ride seen in quite a while. The gamble paid off and Ro berts picked up spot after spot until he was fifth and then by passed Do ug Sehl into fourth . Mid pack positions in th e race changed often with riders slipping off the gro ove and then fighting bac k to reclaim th eir SP Olt or in some instan ces, be tt er it . In t he clouds o f dust an d the excite me n t it was hard to keep trac k. Springsteen, by virtue of "having t he track wired" as Rex Beauchamp wo uld la ter say. had almost a full straighaway lead at th e chec kers. Beauchamp took an easy second. although as the track got slick in the closing laps the option of setting up his chassis for traction so tha t it pushed the front wheel out may have seemed a little scary . Scott, in PACKAGE th ird . was being b reathed on by Roberts who, t hrough sheer "cajones " had closed a gap that see med safe a few lap s earlier. Doug Sehl picked up fift h place points with Bre n t Lowe ga thering in h is first National points in sixth pl ace . To Kenny Roberts, tha t high line ride was th e thinking man's way to get as close to th e leaders as po ssible. "It was tacky eno ugh up there to where I knew I co uld do it. My new engine and chassis are working good an d I'm glad these two races are over since this type track is the worst for me. Now it's down to business. " SPICIAL OFFIRI. * BRACELET CHAIN * POSnR Full Color 30"X4O" ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.$1.00 * DECAL Color NEW .50 * "MOLLYBLUE"..•.....•...•...••...••....•. $3.95 '-SHIRT Springsteen's tuner Jimmy Clarke was o penly candid abo ut the ela tion of Jay winning his second Natio nal in a row, " I wasn't quite as sure to night of a win as I was at Louisville . We' re n umber three (in the point standings) no w and we're definitely going to try harder. Hey, next week we could be number one," With enthusiasm like that bubbling from everyone on the Vista Sheen crew it could be a helluva show at Colu mb us. • Full "00 IT'N THE DIIT" •••••••••• ,$ $,_....;6,. r:.. $I M, LI XL ~..,M£e: FROM HRL'S .9.45YALUI LlMITID TIMI ONLy•••••• AD AGENCY SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO: Official Results ILC C YCLE C LASSIC - HALF . MI L E N ATIO N A L : 1. J ay Spring ste en (H-D). 2 . Rex Beauchamp ( H eO) . 3. Gary Scott (H.D ). 4. K en Roberts (Yam) . S. D o u g se n t ( H · D) . 6 . Brent Lowe (H·D). 7 . G reg Sassaman (H.D) . 8. Ste ve Droste (H·D). 9 . Dav e 5ehl (H-D) . 1 0 . J o h n H at el ey (NO r). 1 1. B i ll Eves ( Tr l) . 12. D en n i s Pal mgren (H-D) . 13. St eve Freem an ( H -D) . 14. Co r ky Ke ene r ( H- D ) . E XPERT T R OPHY RACE : 1. M ike Jo h n son ( H · O) . 2. M ert La w w l lI (H ·D) . 3 . Frank G ille sp ie (H· D). 4 . R ic k Hock i ng (Yam). 5. Donald Oou t re (Yam ). 6. George ~ltchmeyer (H·D). UNOFFICI AL AM A GRAND N ATIONAL CAMEL PRO SE RIES POINT ST AND INGS (InCluding Harrington): 1. Gary SCott 482.2. Kenny Robe rts 477. 3. Jay Sp r i n g st een 332. 4. Greg Sassaman 262. 5. Re x Beauchamg 252. 6. Mark Wil liams 252. 7. Randy Cleek 247. 8. Gene Rome ro 240. 9. Han k SCott 199.10. Dave Hansen 182. Lustre C..rolll.,••••••••••••••••••••$4.00 Specify Siz.: $ (, als) L (,.,ys) CR EATIVE IM A G ES L I . Callf.r••ld.n', 1559E .ST .GERTRUD EPL. SANT A ANA. CA. 92705 I add6 ".a/., 'ax SPECTRO OILS .. California & Nevada call 714·887·1490 P.E.P. Distributing Co. POBox 5455.S~n Bernardjno, CA 92412 _ ' . _ ..J ~~ ~a~l 11 1352 Centinela, W.L.A. 213-826-7856 -- _ '\.~~;,,' ~/ t ; '~/ ~ . . _- .