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IOpp . page) Springsteen leads the pack early in the race.lInset) Another .
National Championship for Springer?IAbove) Rook ie Garth Brow finished
second. (Top right! Palmgren and Roberts duel. (Middle right) Gary Scott
finished third after winni~g .A scot 's TT. (Bottom right! Ted Boody's " too
slow" engine is exchanged fo r Doug Sehl's. (Below) Keener leads his heat.
"
By la p five, the tally read Springer ,
;Keener~ Brow. Ga ry Scott, Sch aeffer ,
.Boo d y , Ulicki , . Mo rehead, Eves,
Eklund,
Rom ero . Hank ' SCO tt
(sufferi ng fro m a slowin g engine
ca used by over revving wh en he m issed
a sh ift ' at the st a n) . R o b e r t s .
Beauchamp and D rake.
Keener was being pressu red by Brow
and the Rookie made his presence felt
by challenging Cork y around the
ent ire track. Scott was lea di ng "
freig ht train wit h Bood y right beh ind .
Brow took seco nd from Keener o n a
fi rst tu rn pas; on lap nin as the field
strunK o ut into races within race s.
Scott , Bood v, Ulicki, Schaeffer and
Morehead rr:ade it a 10·wheel freigh't
train , but Bood y's lap we re numbered .
Boody's pits were a fra nt ic scene
after his hea t race . "T he engine's j us t
too slow," sai d mechanic Steve Storm.
" We're swapping Dou g Seh l's m o to r
into our fra me . W e want to win , yo u
kn ew how it is." On the l l th lap a
pisto n b ro ke a nd Boo d y's ride wa s
o\' er.
Lap 11 was a lso t he end for Kenny
Ro berts as he pulled in the pits a
vict im of th e hea t and fr us tra tio n at
fight ing t he d ust back in 13th pl a ce .
. _With Boody out , Sco tt began to
clos e on K een e r a s U lic ki and
Sch aeffer entered into a b attle th a t
would go do wn to the fla g fo r fift h .
Moreh ead and Eklund' also had their
own little figh t brewing.
• Scott and Keener ra n wheel -towheel and handl ebar-to-handlebar
through lap 16 when Scott finall y got
(Contin ued on pag e 38)
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