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Western hotline Shoemaker breaks, lIThe Crow" flies atSRAGP By Sue Senn RIVERSIDE, CA, MA Y 15 , An exuberant Dave Crowfoot fought against what 'm ust have seemed like ' insu rmo u nta b le odds to claim the overall win in th e senior di vision at SRA'; RiversideGrand Prix . . La rry Shoemaker's appearance had obviou sly m ade an im p re ssio n on sen ior ex pe rts Gary Aub erlin , C rowfoo t a nd Gary Sigman , who were resigning th em sel ves to the fac t th at th ey m ight only be racing to see whi ch o f them came in second . . What's happeni rig? CALlIDAIJ NHRA SANCTIONED AND CER TIFIED. THE OFFICIAL MEET FOR ESTABLISHING RECORDS . 8TH AnnUAL nHRA nATiOnAl _. ".oc,."oop I.; mOTORCYCL~ R~CORD (1IAmPIO StllPS M~~~~lcJj:~~~G Friday. June 17 A ll Day- Qualifyi ng. Time Trials, Record Runs All Day-:- Qualilying, Time Trials. Record Runs, . Saturday.• June18 Class El iminations. Sunday. June19 9M·2 PM- Time Trials. Record Runs. Qualifying. 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AMA c::tubsl . .• plan a spec ial caravan! Awar d s for la rges t cl ub attendin g and large st to tal mile s travele d. Discoun ts. other spec ials . Coordination and inf o . w rite or call Jim Harris. Harper Valley . #18. Columbia. Ky. 42728. Phone (5021 384-5192. after 4 PM. Auberli n co m m e nted before the ra ce , " I enjoy riding against Cr owfoot a nd Sigma n , but where in th e hell did Shoemak er come from ?" As th e sen iors left th e sta rt ing line, a lon e rid er jumped out front and sho uts of "Shoem aker h as the lead!" m oved through th e cro wd like a rumble . He definitely had the lead and at th e end of th e first lap it was !l5 seconds over .Sigrn a n 'who had Abberlin and Crowfoot chewing on his rear knobby. As spectators waited for the leaders to hit th e asphalt , a new rumble stirred th ro ugh th e cro wd but this tim e th ey were asking "W h at happened to 'The Shoe'?" Sigman now had th e lead and Auberl in was right with him just wa iti ng for a chance to move in. His chance came when Sigman's mach ine developed spark plug problems and a fte r he pushed it into th e pits , his crew informed him his extra plu g was in his pocket. Now it was Auberl in who had the lead with Cr owfoot hot in pursuit. When Auberlin m ade a pit stop . "T he Crow" took over a nd was sm iling and waving at everyone for th e next two laps. Just as he was given the white n ag , letting him kn ow it was the last la p , his Suzu ki bega n ,to sp utter fro m t he la ck o f gas . Crowfoot 's fa ce exp ressed pure pani c as he pulled into t h e pits wi t h one h and o n the h andlebars and one unscrewing his gas ca p. As he was scr ewing t he cap ba ck o n t he t ank , he ' spo tted A u berl in ent ering th e far tu rn . He gassed it ou t of the pits and re-en tered j ust in front of Au berl in who had tried des pe rately to ma ke th e cu rve first. They dim e ac ross the fin ish j ust a few feet apart a nd Cro wfoot wa s a b so lu te ly exu be ra nt as he shook Aube rlin 's hand after one of the toughes t ra ces ei ther of th em will ever run . In th e meantim e , Shoem ak er , who had thrown a ro d in his Yamaha , was preparin g for th e team race with th e winner of th! 250 cla ss. Lance T u bbs. Auberlin was team ing with Andrea th alman a nd Crowfoot with Sigman. At th e start, Dennis Greene j um ped out front on a 900 cc Harley-Davidson with Shoemaker hot on his tail on th e 250 Yamaha . Greene and Lee Sch e.ffers held the lead for two laps before th e Harley threw a chain. Then it was Shoemaker and Tubbs all the way . Don Mill er and Dave Carsonclaimed , sec ond and Auberlin and Thalman took third. • Results in Results Section . Scott Davis 1521 leads Steve Postelwaite in the NMA G-83 Modified class. McWhorter brothers battle at Corona halt-mile T By Elaine Jones CORONA , CA , MAY II . T he McWhorter brothers tooR each other on in the Money half mile at Corona Wednesday rught, If that race was any indica tion of things to come, big brother haa better watch out for little brother. In fact little brother Tim, did beat Dan in the semi, passing him on the third lap and bringing it on home. In the main it was Dan McWhorter off fim with Hannon, Tim McWhorter and Mike Minnig close behind. By lap two Tim McWh0:ter had moved past Hannon and was in pursuit of his brother. On the fourth lap Hannort lost another spot when Minnig got , underneath him coming out of tum four. The next lap. Minnig got out of shape and it cost him as Hannon and Perkins were right there, saw the chance and took it . It took Perkins one more lap to take Hannon and try to catch the McWhorters, who were putting a fa ir piece of daylight between themselves and the rest of the field. In spite of Tim's attempts he was still unable to get around Dan who was sitting very securely in the number one spot. Minnig started moving again on the seventh lap as he went by Hannon and after Perkins. T ime was running out and as the laps dwindled down it was Dan and Tim McWhorter in first and second with Perkins third and Minnig fourth . Perkins had the Money short track in his hip pocket as he came flying off the line with a hungry Mike Minnig behind , him . Everybody was really. m~ving so consequently it ended up being follow the leader with Perkins leading the wa y, Minnig second and Terry Singleton holding off Randy Roderick for third. Dave Peters came back after recovering from some sore muscles incurred' in another- race. He mixed very well as he came up with two , winning the Open Amateur/Expert short track and the Open Expert half mile. The short track saw Dave Johnson jumping into the lead, but it was short lived as Peters was knocking on his door and it opened on the second lap. Johnson held on until the sixth lap and then his bike went sour and he was out. Pat Dobbins moved into second and Greg Ward took over the third spot. . Peters took no chances on the half mile, especially with Danny Hockie in the line up. Peters got his big Triumph