(Clockwise fro m above·left) Springsteen over the Ascot j um p; Don Carlyle
(BOY) topped Wa lt Foster (84) in the second semi; Scott leads Jorgenson;
Jorgenson leads Roberts and Springsteen in the early laps; Roberts gets an
$8.000 check from Lynn Griffis for being the leader at the midway point of
the Camel Pro series,
Hou se H-D ) were past him in a hurry .
Five laps lat er , Sco tt was on his way to
th e win , wh ile Bost rom pulled into
seco nd . Goss a nd Genna i p laye d pass
and repass. with Goss getting the fin al
t ra nsfer at th e n ag .
Semis
Mi ke Kid d jumped into t he lead -a t
th e sta rt of the first sem i a nd held on
to win . After some early position
swa ppi ng, Pat McCau l (No r) held
second, but he dropped ou t with a
broken primary cha in . Skip Aksland
( PJ ) Lubri cants/Don Dart Yam )
moved int o second and m ade the
mam.
The second semi was plagued first
.with starter jumping, and then with
th e drop outs. Gennai was sent to the
penalty line after the second start was
red -nagged; his engine overheated
and he was never in the hunt. John
Allison (Shell Racing Yam) and Brad
Hurst swapped the lead a few times,
then Hurst pulled off the tra ck .
Allison looked like he had the win ,
until he too coasted off the track, with
busted rear sprocket bolts. Carlyle
picked up the lead and held it to the
finish over Walt Foster (T&D Racing
Engines 500 Yam).
Trophy Main
Terry Dorsch (Love Bros. Tri) led
. the trophy main from on e end to th e
ot he r. Keener t rai led him through
every lap , pull in g close , but never
close enough to c ha,lle nge . Mik e
Sull ivan (Dinosau r Ra cing/Jim McK ee
BSA) finished th ird .
25- lap National .
. "This th ing's paid for itself a few
times ," Ga ry Scott wou ld say of the
Triumph he rode to victory ove r Alex
J or genson in the National.
Scott immedia tely jum ped into th e
lead at the start of the race , followed
b y Jorgenson , Hateley , . Rob erts .
Bostrom and Springsteen . '
On the third lap . Dave Aldana got
into a tank sla p pe r going down a short
straight in t he in field and was pitched
off the bike. Kidd was also involved.
The ambulance attendants looked at
Aldana , who shook it off and walked
ba ckto the pits . through for the night.
Kidd rejoined the race.
Scott and Jorgenson again shot into
the lead on the single-file restart.
Roberts passed Hateley and moved up'
on J orgenson's tail. Hateley was also
passed by Springsteen and Bostrom ;
the three of them were a scrapping
pack slightly back fro m the leaders.
Eklund , Hocking and Kidd completed
(Cont inued on page IJ)
