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, ' (Above) Randy Mamola (26) leads M ike Baldwin (43), Dale Singleton (301 and the field , (Below) Pocono was Mike Baldwin's second National win. (Below) Dale Singleton led Gene Romero (3) th~ough the infield on the last lap, but Romero squeezed by just before the checkere~ flag, " I AMA Grand National Championship/Camel Pro Series 20 Round Baldwin flies at Pocono's CRC Cycle Jam , By Gary Van Voorhis Photos by Henny Ray Abrams and Van Voorhis • LONG POND , PA , AUG , 13 "Now that was fun . In fact, it was just like going out fora Sunday ride," said CRC Cycle Jami Camel Pro Series National 'Road Ra~e winner Mike Baldwin as he prepared to shower everyone and everything in sig ht of the Pocono International Race, way winner's circl e. " I kn ew I had to watch out for Gene Ro- ,lD m ero , Dal e Singl et on and R ich Schl achter , but every t h ing ran so smoot h ly after th e first few laps, it was p retty much m y own ra ce ." Privat eer Bal dw in , who had viciousl y attacked the 2 .8 -mile infiel d superspeed way cou rse fro m the fir st practice session on , fin ished 19 seco nds up on Romero's Don Vesco /Ocean Pacifi c Specia l with Sing leton . aboa rd ' .' the T aylor White Construct ion Special ~~~:~~~f ;~:\o~i~~~e~!:~sfa:i~::r~ it's because that was th e exac t order of fini sh at , the Sears Point Camel Pro Series roa d race four weeks ago. Consp icu ou s by t hei r a bsence for the ac tion wer e Ga ry N ixon and Skip Aksland . N ixon , who acted as co lor com me n tator for th e Nat iona l, a nd tuner Erv Kanem ot o d id no t "ave enoug h mo ney to reb ui ld t he ' bike a fte r it was da maged in a crash a t Sea rs Point. "It would have cost about $3 ,000 to rebuild the b ike ," sa id Ni xon. "We didn't have it. I can tell you th a t it isn' t any fun watching whe n you 're ready to ride ." Aksla nd was at home in Manteca, CA recovering froin injuries sustai ne d in a crash at Sears Point. There is no definite d at e for his return to racing. The ac tion kicked off with a pai r of fi ve -l ap heats to d et e rmin e grid positi on s for the slim 40 -rider field. Sch lach ter led th e first heat until Baldwin came slid in g under him in a lat e brak in g - m ove on lap three . Sing leton cha rg ed to th ird wh ile Ron Mass, runn ing strong. took an easy slide -ou t tha t cost him a top five. fin ish . T he heat was th e faster of th e two and , put Baldwin , Schl a ch ter an d Singleto n a ll on the fro nt row , Randy Mamola ha d thi ngs his wa y on his Jim Doyle Ra cing en try in th e second heat whil e a terrific battle for second d eveloped a m ong Romero , Emde and Long. Romero used a d r"aft and slingshot move to edge Ernde at th e fla g for second by a bikelength ~ A 30 minute downpour halted - II act ivity at the track after only four la ps of th e first fina l of th e day - _t h e Superbike Production even t. Puddles co vered many areas of the tra ck.' A , rid ers' me eting fin a lly settled . upon letting th e rider choose whether to ride with slicks or use intermediate ra in tires when ra cing resumed . But the tr ack d ried by th e time the Nation al was gridded and all machines we re slick-shod . , Randy Mamola p roved to be a drag stri p speci a list as he led th e one-wave . sta rt into ,sweep ing turn one . Bu t, by th e tim e the field had exited ' t he infi eld. it was Mike Baldw in in front , a r '