Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Above! Brad Hurst celebrates his trophy race w in. lBelow) Junior Invitational winner Rich Arnaiz Irig ht! with Miss Winston and Dorothy Rowe. IA bo ve) Springer and Bill Werner work on Jay's XR.IBelow) A tight finish between Ted Boody (12). J o e Wilson (51) and Gene Ro m e ro (3). sleeve and moved past down th e back st ra ight for the win. Dorothy Rowe (H . D) , the third fastest qualifier, rode a steady ra ce through the pack to pick up th ird. holding off the last race challen ge of Danny Perkins and Scott Ad ams. 8 Semis Another start line ruckus left Brad Hurst, Tom Berry, Wayne Ra iney, Billy Labrie and Rick Hocking on the penalty line - only Jackie Mitchell remained on the front row . The second attempt was red-flagged but there were no row three additions. Mit chell's starting advantage was negated by bike troubles , and as th ey completed the first lap, Rick Hocking led on his Ra y Beck XR ahead of David Jones . Bubba Shobert and Wayne Rainey . Shobert had the lead briefly in the early going, but the two transfer positions soon settled into tbe grasp of Hocking and Rainey, with the latter dosing the gap right to the finish. Hurst a nd Lab rie led the rest of the pack. The second semi waited on Steve Eklund's crew.who were busy trying to d iagnose an ailment in the bike's electrics, Eklund made the start. but the bike ran poorly an d he pa rked it aft er a la p . Asked what went wrong. he replied , " I do n't know yet. Some sort of electrical problems. We just didn't have enough time:' Without Eklund to worry about, Ricky Graham jetted into the lead, re portedly on Steve Morehead's spare bike and went wire to wire for the win . Gra ham and Billy Sch aeffer moved out to a huge early lead over Ga ry Scott - at least 50 bikelengths. But Scott started wearing dow n that lead until the final lap , when he dived inside to take second away from Schaeffer in tum three and kept it by a half a bike length at the line! Trophy race Brad Hurst and Billy Labrie battled for control of the trophy race until Labrie slipped off the groove in tum four of the fifth lap . Ronnie Jones ran third through mu ch of the ra ce , only to be edged at the line by Bill Schaeffer. Hurst was prepared for th e win and had two curies of his own at th e trophy presentation. National Frantic activity was the name of the game in the Harley-Davidson pits as tuner Bill Werner worked hard to re o place a broken tappet that Springer incurred - but didn't realiz e - in his heat race. The bike 's heads were taken off, new parts borrowed from Ron Wood installed , and the bike put back toge ther, but a gasket wouldn't seal until Springsteen rode the bike and got it hot en ough. The pair was not sure everything would work as they went to the line. Both Springsteen and Parker got outstanding starts from th e second row, and along with Alex J orgensen . were battling for the lead. Parker put a turn th ree move on Springsteen to take th e lead on the second lap as Jorgensen and Randy Goss also went by Springer. Parker led past the finish line on the next four laps, while Goss, Ricky Gra ham and Springsteen traded elbows , paint and placed immediately behind him . On lap seven , Goss took over the lead and Hank Scott started to make his presence known , moving int o sixth. Two laps later, Scott was involved in a three-way battle for the lead with Goss and Springsteen. On the 10th circuit. Scott had the lead. At the halfway point Springsteen roared past Scott in a slingshot go ing into tum one, but Scott returned the favor at th e end of the opposite straight. Not to be lost in the battle, Goss nailed both riders to collect the lap money for the 15th and 16th laps. A lap later. however, he was in third as Scott and Springsteen crossed the line side by side . As this was going on. Jorgensen and Graham were having a fine battle over fourth with Gary Scott trailing them. On la p 19 Graham left the battle for fou rt h and moved up to second. trailing Springsteen with Goss and Hank Scott thi rd and fou rt h . Goss made his final move on laps 21 22, lead ing until Hank Scott "put the hammer down" on the back straight and roared from third to first. In the last two miles ' blur, Sp ringsteen went from fourth to second and Jorgensen from fifth to third . edging Graham from that spo t by half a bikelength. Goss was fifth and followed by Ga ry Scott, Parker. Terry Poovey. Ted Boody and Rick Hocking. Steve Mo rehead , Corky Kee ner and Gene Romero finished in the 11·15 slots , with Mike Kidd motoring around on one cylinde r to pick up one point. J oe Wilson and Wayne Rainey DNF. After the race. Scott said he was "runnin' through the comers as hard as I could without making the wheels spin . I got just enough edge to make the difference. What did I win by? Ten yards? Plus. the Lord was riding with me and I can't lose there." • Results FINAl: 1. Hank Scott IH-OI; 2. Jay Springsteen (HD); 3. Alex Jorgensen (H-D); 4. Ricky Graham IH-O); 5. Randy Goss IH-D); 6. Gary Scott (H-D); 7. Scott Parker lH-D); 8 . T erry Poovey (H-D); 9. Ted Boody (H-Ol; 10. Rick Hockmg (H-D); 11. Steve Md (H-Ol; 12. Coo-ky Keener (H·D); 13. Gene Romero (H-D/; 14. Mike Kidd IH-O); 15 . .Joe Wolson IH-D); 16. Wayne Rainey IH- 0 ). TIME : 15.53.33 AVERAGE SPEED: 94 .406 mph TROPHY RACE: 1. 8rad Hurst (H-D); 2. Bill Labrie (H-OI; 3. Ronn ie Jones lH-Ol ; 4. Bill Schaeffer (H-O); 5. David Jones (H-D); 6. Gene Church IH-D); 7. Scott Drake (H-D); 8. Bubba Rush IH·D); 9 . Bubba Shobert IH0) ; 10 . Keith o.y(H-D). TIME : 7.43.73 AVERAGE SPEED: 93.167 mph JUNIOR INV ITATIONAL: 1. Rd""d Arnaiz (H-O); 2. Steve Dart (H-D); 3. Dorothy ROWtl IH-O); 4. Danny Perkins; 5. Scott Adams IH-Dl ; 6. J eff ery All ison !Yam); 7. W yatt Scrog g ins (H·D); 8. Ar lett e Smith IH-D); 9. Sal Hoffman IH-O); 10 . Brian Haycock !Yam) ; 11. Edward San Roman (H·D ); 12. J im Filice IH·D). TIME: 7.58.57 A V ERAG E SPEED: 90.270 mph A MA GRA NO NATI ONAL CHA M PIDNSHI PI W INSTON PRO SERIES POINT STA NDINGS: 1. (TIEl Hank ScottiAlex Jorgensen 143); 3. (TIEl Mike Kid dl Randy Goss 135) 5. Kenny Roberts 133); 6. Ricky ; Graham 1291; 7. Jay Spri ngst een 1271; 8. Gary Scott (24); 9 . Ronn ia Jones (21); 10. Mickey Fay n 9/; 11. Dale Singleton (161 12. Steve Morehead (5); 13. (TIE) Scott ; Pearson/Corky Keener 114); 15. (TIE) Bruce Hanlonl Scott Parker (13); 17. (TIE) Skip AksI and lRick Hock ing ( 1); 19. John GennaiJFfeddie SpencerIBrad Hurst! Ted Boody n O). me

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