After the earlier rai n out, this t ime only champagne poured f rom the sk ies . (Left to right) Gary Peel. M ike Kidd, Lynn Griffis, Hank Scott and Ricky Graham.
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entered th e third turn on th e fin al la p
for his spo t in the Na tio nal.
Hank Scott sho wed everyone th e
power of his T om Cummings-bu ilt
J engi ne as he hauled in the lead after
an eight·lap confrontation with Army's
Mike Kidd and put his Ga ry Peel owned XR on the po le for t he
Natio nal with the fastest heat win .
Kid was onl y fee t behind in second
ahead of a battle for third decided at
th e lin e with R icky Graham over Billy
Labrie and his Daytona International
Speedway/Fletcher's H -D Harley by
half a wheel.
" I enjoyed that ," sai d Gary Scott of
his win in the fourth heat. It was th e
Scott of old who wheeled his KK Motor• cycle Suppl y/Sisemore T r a ve la n d
Harley to th e win , fighting a goo d distance of the wa y. Alex Jorgensen put
his Ron Wood Harley int o th ird three
laps from th e end a nd th en int o second
on the final la p as he broke from a
