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passed both in turns three and four to
begin his runaway.
Lawson held third until he got
involved in a fight with Joe Wilson and
Corky Keener. First Wilson got past
Lawson, then Keener made a move
around both of them on the-sixth lap.
On the next lap. Terry Dorsch, Lowell
Moural, and Darrell Hendrickson
crashed into the haybales between the
first and second turns, bringing OUI
the red flag . No one was taken 10 the
hospital. The race was called complete
and the enrire, Harley-Davidson
factory learn was into the National in
one fell swoop.
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The third heal saw Gary SCOll and
Randy Goss gelling off the line well.
with Eklund the last man in the front
row to start moving. Mike Kidd ended
up with the lead at the end of one with
Tom Berry. Skip Aksland and Eklund
after him. Kidd made a rnsitake on the'
folloJ¥ing lap and was chasing Berry.
Aksla!1d. Goss and Eklund. Berry
eras ed., on the next time around
through turns three and four when it
app;;:ared that he bumped Aksland.
Gass, meanwhile. took the lead during
the fracas with Aksland and Eklund
behind him .
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Goss held his lead for another lap
and then things got busy , First
Aksland passed Goss, and then Eklund •
did it to Randy on the back straight.
Eklund then got around Aksland in
the third turn and led past the finish
linevAksland made one more move in .
tum lwo but Eklund repassed and took
it to the flag .
Aksland was secure in second. it
appeared . but Gary SCOll (KK Supply
H -D) started putting the moves on
Goss for third, and their batrle '
advanced until it engulfed Aksland.
SCOll passed Goss and then slipped by
Aksland on tum three of the final lap.
Eklund had already moved out into a.
comfortable lead.
IAbove) Springer and Terry Poovey battled for the lead at mid-race. with
Springer in the lead after lap 11. IBelow) Steve Eklund.(11) took his heat
race over Skip Aksland (27) and Gary Scott (5).
Junior Invitational
The Concord Yamaha Junior
Invitational race turned out to be
quite an upset. After time trials, it
looked like it was going to be another
battle between Oregon 's John
Wincewicz and California's Wayne
Rainey, who qualified I -2. But Steve
Monger, from Tulare, CA, pulled the
pack with Wincewicz and Rainey
behind him. Monger held up under
pressure from Wincewicz for two laps
before letting him by. Rainey and
Charlie Summers traded the third spot
between them during the early laps.
On the fourth lap, Wincewicz slid
_ out in the same spot that had earlier
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