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Roberts took the checkers ito a roar
"of crowd approval as Caves, Hocking,
Hansen, and Rawls followed. Kenny's
17th career National victory put him
right back into the thick of things just
shy of Rick Hocking in the National
'po in t standings.
"Finally," said l\like Caves in the
winner's circle, "it's finally coming
together. I feet good, but you better
watch for me at the Peoria 11 later in
"th e season, 'cause that's where I'm
're ally going to get everybody."
,"ro Rick Hocking was very satisfied with
ch is third place finish. "I tried early to
zch alten ge Mike, but then got to thinking
.th at I didn't want to risk falling or
losing a position . I wanted to keep my
points lead and th at's just what I did. I
would have liked to race, but the way
the track was it just wasn't the 'sm art
thing to do in my situation."
Jl If the informed sources are right,
.Dallas will be just another memory next
year. The weather (Who eve r heard of
building a ne w stadium with a hole in
the roof?), Texas clay and very poor
spectator attendance added up to a
~on ·retum engagement.
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Results
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L AP N AT ION AL: 1. Ken ny Roberts
2. Mike Caves (B u l) . 3. R ick Hock in g
( Yam . 4 . D ave H an sen ( H us) . 5. J im Ra w ls
(K aw ). 6. Terry Po o ve y ( B ul ). 7 . M i k e Ge ra l d
(Yam). 8. , C h u c k Pa lmgren ( Y am ). 9 . B il ly
Labr ie (Yam). 10. Mark Smith (Bu!). 1l.
Hank Sco tt (Yam). 12. Da ve Alda n a (Yam) .
13. La r r y Cooper (Bul). 14. S t ev e E:k l u nd
t'va m ).
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U N O F F ICIAL CAMEL PRO ST AN DINGS
A FT ER DA L LAS SHO RT T RA C K, 1. R ic k
Hocking 49. 2. K e n Roberts 44.
H ansen 2 0 ; B ubba R u sh 2 0 (tie) .
H an l on 17; Ran d y Cleek 17 (tie ).
Caves 16 ; Gary Nixon 16 (tie).
·E k l u n d 15; H an k Scott 15 (t ie) .
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5.
7.
9.
D av e
Mike
Mike
Steve
Despite pain in his wrist. Gary Scott (1) worked hard for a no-transfer heat race fourth .
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Hank Scott (14) with Phil McDonald in a close heat race.
Bubba Rush looks downright apprehensive, retre iving his Bul with an eye to ·t raffic.
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Mot qualifier Steve Eklund. But for crash damage, the results might have beendifferent.
The top three chase through the narrow groove
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