An early-race dogfight between Steve Eklund (11), Garth Brow (15), Ted Bood
Hank Scott scooted his Patrick Racing H-D to his second Camel Pro mile
w in, which boosted him to third in the points.
Hank Scott
makes it two
with DuQuoin
•
· ile win
M
By Gary Van Voorhis
DuQUO IN . IL . JULY 30
IA bove) Gary Scott (51and Steve Morehead (42) battled. w ith Steve finishing
121lost secon d place to Springe r
fourth and Gary sixth. (Below) Ted Boody 1
in the final corner.
Hank Scott put on his second show of mile-track
supremacy in nine days with a win in the rainshortened AMA Grand National Championship/
Camel Pro Series DuQuoin Mile at Hayes Fair
Acres. A last la p battle be tween
H a rley-Davidson tea msters went
righ t to the flag with Ja y Springsteen edging Ted Boody for second . Steve Mo rehead hel d off last lap
c h a rges by Steve Ekl u n d to t a ke
fourth . R ain stopped the event on lap
20 of 25.
Scott credi ted work d one by Ca rl
Pa trick and Jerry Branch (of Branch
Flowrnetrics) for putti ng the fire in his
Pa trick Ra cing/ Sure -Fir e Distri but ing
H arl ey, "T hose guys dial in the power.
and 1 d ial it on ." sa id a ju bilant Scott
aft er th e race . " I'm pumped. Hey,
"," umbe r One isn 't that fa r ou t of
reac h ."
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Tragedy on ce aga in overshadowed
th e racing at DuQ uoin . Mike Escue . in
an accident sim ila r to the one th at
too k the life of J ay Rid gewa y last year, '
was fata lly inju red durin g th e .Trophy
Ra ce . Escue and Brett Bradd y went
down in t urn three wit h Br a d d y
a
sust ai ning
broken leg a nd Escu e
sufferi ng fa tal head . neck and interna l
inj uries aft er be ing st ru ck by one of
the bikes involved in th e cras h .Medical
assistance was on th e scene quickly.
and it was the op in ion of A M A
officials th at every effort was mad e. II
was a lso the opin ion of those on the
scene th at even the p romised Med Evac helicopt er wou ld ha ve made no
difference in the outcome. Acc ordi ng
to trac k owne r Jim H a yes. " T he
helicopter was d iverted to assist in an
emergenc y situ at ion wh ile on its way to
th e track th is m orning." How ever . it
should be noted t hat t he Escu e
ac cid en t took place five hours after th e
program began .
The ch ampions hip c hase has
beco me a sha d ow a ff ai r aga in .
Springer . via his secon d pl ace fin i sh~
now tra ils Ekl und by on ly t hree points.
194 -191. Scott's win co nti nue d his rise
toward the to p a nd put him into th ird
