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• 36 Br ow m ade the rest ar t , bu t tha t was (Continued from page 14) red flagged as a bad start by Central On the restart, Mike Kidd, on the Regi on starter Ph il Dyson after Bill Mert Lawwill Racing Products Harley -' Schaeffer got a little more than a fair and Garth Brow took oyer where they jump on the light. had left off and sped to the flag The third complete restart found leaving .J oh n Johnson and Ted Gary Scott, Kidd , Keener , Schaeffer, Davidson to battle to the flag for third . Roberts, Johnson , Brow , Hank Scott, Johnson , on the Sisemore Aksland , Eklund , Poovey , Romero , Traveland/Washingron (D .C .) Harley Goss and Morehead going at it wheel XR took the final transfer. to wheel. Schaeffer and Keener traded Gary Scott and Corky Keener played places on the next two laps as Eklund swap with the lead in heat two . Scott charged through the pack . Then led where it counted for the first nine Randy Goss crashed in turns 1·2 and laps with Keener making his move ' his bike caught on fire . Red flag . coming out of turn four for the win The restart this time was single file and a standing ovation by the crowd. with five laps completed and 15 to go . Hank Scott tailed the action a short Gary Scott and Kidd again led the distance behind. pack off the line. On lap six a!' Ted Boody led the pack out of turn unexplained engine problem dropped two in heat · t h ree with Springer Kidd to last and then clea red up following . Springer tried a high line allowing him to begin his charge back. move in turn three and lost the front Two laps later the front five had end , sending him sliding to the settled down with Gary Scott leading haybales unhurt. He pushed back to Keener , Eklund, Schaeffer and the pits . . Steve Eklund pulled in one R o be rts (who was experiencing a lap later with a broken coil wire . reoccurring high R PM miss in his On lap three Boody crashed in the "slower" engine). The front four same spot as . Zu m b r u n . ("It would remain the same to the red flag happened so quick that there wasn 't while Hank Scott wou ld come up to anything I could do.") Springer (2 laps challenge Roberts a nd the n drop him down), Ek lund ( I lap d own) and to sixth on lap 13. . , Boody a ll made the restart. Then on Charging into the 17t h la p , Kidd the opening lap, Billy Bu rba nk, .T ed and Mo rehead both went down with Boody and AI Grande went down in Terry Poovey (having lost his brakes 'tu rn four bringing -ou t another red after the first restart) going down also. flag . The riders were bruised and ("It was either lay it down ," said battered , but none went to the Poovey, "or hit the wall. That's like hospital. This time Eklund led Skip having no choice at all .") Aksland (A. R .T. R a cing / P -J I It was decided to call the National Lubricants) to the flag with Springer, complete after discussion with some of Gene Romero's Ocea n Pacific Specia l the riders since 60% of th e event had XR and the Vista Sheerie/Bel been completed fulfilling AMA rules . Ray /Full Ho~ Harley of Don Goss to The winner's circle ceremonies were the flag . However, it was Aksland , somber. Too many accidents had Romero and Goss who transferred to taken the fun away . The opnion the National since Eklund and among the riders in post race Springer were riding one and two laps conversations boiled down to : " It was a down , respectively. helluva day . . . You couldn't really race .Heat- four was a Billy Schaeffer here . . . 1 was glad to see it called , how runaway . Schaeffer, on the Bel many riders did they want to hurt Ray/Tex Peel / Schaeffer's H -D X R before they stopped it ?" . sped away from Yamaha's Kenny Skip Aksland then cast a bit of Roberts with a fierce ba ttle for third . humor into the chatter. "Heck, the going down to the wire . Terry Poovey only problem I had was hanging on ." moved his Be l-R a y/ T e d d y Poovey Due to the condition of the track it Harley to third at the flag after slicing was decided to cancel the Trophy through traffic fro m seventh. Poovey R ace and payoff the riders on how edged Rick Hocking on the final lap they qualified for the event . The for the placing. money for first and second p lace was Semis combined and then divided among T he racing in semi one, even though the top two quali fiers. This 'wa s delayed by the lap three accident of repeated down in pairs through 10th Canadian competitor Norm Carr. was place. spectacular. Steve Morehead took the ABC TV's Wide World of Sports' win on his K&K Insurance/KK Supply crew was on hand to film th e event for Harley from H -D of Warren (O hio) showing August 20. Check you r local mounted Scott Drake, but not before listings for time and channel. • the crowd had had 10 laps to cheer . The duo , with Drake riding a high line Terre Hauteresults high and Morehead low, put on quite a show . Results FIRST HEAT: 1. Mike Kidd . 2. Ganh Brow. 3. J oh n Semi two was Springer's last chance Johnson. 4 . Ted Davidson. 5. Scott Drake. 6. Frank to make the National. " It's a long way W",d. 7. KOrth Hawley. 8. Tony St oughton . 9. Bill to go . You can't really pass 'in many Crabbe: 10. larry Zumbrun . 11. John Evers. 12. Terrv Ilfow. spots," said Springsteen as he readied SECOND HEAT: 1. COKkv Keeoee . 2. Gar( Scott. 3. himself for the race. Eklund charged Hank Scon. 4. James M"'.... ead. 5. ROckey Campbel l. 6. Steve Freeman. 7. John Hatelev . 8. Rory S immons. to the victory with David Aldana and 9. Alan loghhead . 10. Norman Carr. 11. Alex Billy Eves trailing. Springer finished Jorgensen. 12. Ken McOonald. THIRD HEAT: 1. Sk;p Aksland . 2. Gene Ro"""o. 3. sixth. _ Donald Goss. 4 . Chuck Palmgren . 5. Dewayne Howton. 6. Ken Hapke . 7. Steve Eklund . 8. Jav Sprmg steen. National 9. Rockey Myall. 10. Alben Grande. 11. Bill Burbank . Due to lighting conditions , it was 12. Ted Boody. FOURTH HEAT: 1. Bill Schaeffer. 2. Ken Roben . 3. jointly decided by ABC Wide World of Terry Poovey. 4. Rfck Hock ing. 5. Bill Eves. 6. Brad Sports and the AMA to reverse ' the HlM'st. 7. Dave Aldana . 8. Darryl Hurst . 9. ReM Beauchamp. 10. Diane Cox. 11. Teny P1etch. 12. Ron program and run the National before Widman. the Trophy Race. The change meant a FIRST SEM I:-1. Mor.... ead. 2. Drake. 3. Freeman. 4. lot of feverish work by semi winners Campbell. 5. Hateley. 6. Simmons. 7. Word. 8. COlit. 9. . Loghhead . 10. Hawley. 11. Davidson . 12. Ca" . Morehead and Ekl und . SECOND SEMI : t . Eklund . 2. Aldan a. 3. Eves. 4. Corky Keener found that the pole Hocking. 5. Palmgren . 6. Springsteen . 7. Darryl Hurst . 8. Brad Hurst. 9. Howton. 10. Hapk e. 11. Grande. 12. position was no t t he most Myall . advantageous spot on the track as he NATIONAL: 1. Gary Scott (H-Dl . 2. Corky Keen.. (H· lit up his tire in the loose dirt when the 01.3. Steve Eklund IH-DI. 4. Bill Sehaef . (H·DI. 5. Hank . Scon (H·DI. 6. Kenny Roberts (Yaml. 1 . John Johnson green light flashed . Gary Scott and (H-DI. 8. Skip Aksland (H-Dl. 9. Garth Brow IH·Dl. 1D. Mike Kidd were the first a-.:ay with Gene Romero (H-DI. 11. Terry Poovey IH-DI. 12. Mik e . Kidd IH·DI. 13. James MOOKhead (H·DI. 14. Don Go.. Roberts hooked on . (H-DI. As the leaders crossed the finish POINTS : 1. Jay Spr ingsteen 159. 2. Kenny Roberts 156. 3. Ted Bood y 151. 4. G",y Scon 139. 5. St eve line. . Garth Brow exploded the hay Eklund 133. 6. Corky Keener 94 . 7. M ike Kidd 79 . 8. bales in turn four to bring out the red Skip Aksland rz. 8. Steve Moorhead 72. 10. Alex flag. JOKgensen 56. "'S....· s s s s · " S S S A S S S S · s s . Cea~a1 PlpeUa. IAbove) Wyman Priddy is the same age as Roger DeCoster. and like Roger. is always in the money.IBelow) Clark Willey and his Suzuki are major threats in the Mosier Valle)l125 Expert class . . Martin and Batson lead Rio Bravo mercenaries By L. J. Duplichan HOUSTON , TX , AUG . 7 The official temperature reached 97 degrees and the humidity was almost as high on Sunday afternoon as the Rio Bravo expert and amateur race card got underway . David Martin and Bart Batson took home most of the money as each won a professional class and took runner up cash in another. In a wild and wooly start in the 250cc competition, a four bike pi le-up in the first turn scrambled the riders. Glen J oh nso n went out with minor . inj uries and Mickey Pizzitola went on to take the lead and win the first moto, In the second moto , Pizzitola was running well when swingarrn problems forced h im off the- track. Batson grabbed the opportunity and claimed first overall in a well-run race . David Martin was standing at the pay window for second place in . the 250