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but was far behind. "I think if I could have staned with them I could have caught them." Goss said. "It·s hard to pass if you're on the same line." It was a popular win for Springsteen as he had the crowd awed with his classic charge that dropped Scott to second. • Results Nov: 1. Dovid ._(Hon); 2. rom HoughuJn lV..,'; 3. Man Rozowicz lV..,'; 4. llelben !leek lHon); 5. Robert Ely lV..,l; 6. Don KruoinIki (C-A); 7. Kevin CIoik (v..,,; 8. Ton Swwloon (SuzJ; 9. Dew _ lVam!; 10. Jeff S _ e (v..,); 11. Jeff Joiner (Honl; 12. Dole Gingrich lV..,l. Jr: 1. Mike Hilley (H-O): 2. Mike Gorrioon (H-O); 3. Chris Cannon (V..,); 4. Tammy Kirk ~I; 5. Rodney Sullivan (V..,); 6. Midtey Conle (H-D); 7. Chris Evono (Honl; 8. Ervin Smith IT,il; 9. Don Ilork", (H-DI; 10. Ken Houston (H·DI; 11. S,""" S'eele (H-DI; 12. Jeff H. Johnson (H·DI. Gary Scott's lSI consistency put him on top of the series point standings. Mickey Fay 1591 tries an outside line as three others bunch up behind. Exp: 1. Jay Springsteen (H-DI; 2. Gery Scon IH·DI; 3. Randy Goos (H·DI; 4. T",ry Poovey (H-DI: 5. Hri Scon (H·D); 6. Tim Merten. IH·D); 7. Garth Brow (H-DI; 8. 5'""" MOfohead (H·DI; 9. Bubba Shobert (H-D): 10. Rickey Ferrington (H-DI: 11. Scon Drake (H-DI; 12. Scon Adams (H·DI. Thursday Harley'-Davidson Dirt Track Series: Rounds J.-2 Springsteen, Goss split at lax HM By Henny Ray Abrams JACKSONVILLE, FL, FEB. 25·26 The $72,000 Harley-Davidson Dirt Track Series got underway at Jax Raceway with the first two rounds faJling to Harley factory riders Jay Springsteen and Randy Goss. Springsteen took the Wednesday win with teammate Goss winning on Thursday night. Gary Scott carded second and third place finishes, respectively, to take a slim points lead in the series. Both Springsteen and Goss are ineligible for series points and the $ IO,000 top prize in the nine event series. Florida's Mike Hilley made his big bike debut a success by taking a Junior win Wednesday with Tom Maitland, of Michigan, winning Thursday. It was David Mueller's two nights in the Novice ranks as he earned a win, and a third to winner Pete Hames the second night. Wednesday " 34 For most of the 96 Novices the 12 elimination heats and two semis were their first taste of pro racing. David Mueller and Jeff Joiner seemed to like the taste as they took their respective semis. As the 12-man final took off, it was Tim Houghton bridly in front, but Mueller and Joiner quickly passed him and staned a race· long battle. Mueller held offJoiner until the white flag lap when Joiner sped by. His lead was shon·bved, however, as he crashed in tum three on the finallap. "I should have won," Joiner said afterwards. "In that tum I never let off . " "I was sliding in three and four and I knew he was catching me," Mueller said. "I got underneath him and hi tried to stay down low and nipped a haybale," For the Casey Cycle City mounted Mueller it was a win in his first pro race. Tim Houghton took over second when Joiner fell and Matt Rozowicz finished third. Florida's own Mike Hilley led the Junior charge by winning the first elimination heat while Georgia's "Racy Lady"' Tammy Kirk finished them up by taking the final heat. In between, California's Mike Garrison posted the fast heat race time among the 90 Juniors. Hilley and Garrison were joined by Chris Cannon as the second· year pros hit the first tum in the final. They swapped the lead back and forth until the eighth lap. "He (Garrison) just went high one time." Hilley explained. "It looked like he gOt a little off his line and I got a good drive out of tum three. We met halfway down the straight-away and I kept ahead." This is Hilley's first-year on the WKR/Yamaha of Brandon/SureFire/H·D of Daytona P-3 Racing Harley-Davidson which Woody Kyle built. Garrison held off fellow Californian Cannon for second. Only 24 of the 55 Experts who timetrialed qualified for the two twelveman heats leavina: a few of those who didn't make it upset. Gary Scott led every inch of the first heat for a rapid win. Terry Poovey held second early, but slipped to fourth behind Garth Brow and fast qualifier Randy Coss. Goss's teammate Jay Springsteen chose the outside pole in his heat and he too was never headed. Steve Morehead, Bubba Shobert. and Hank Scott followed. Springer chose the outside pole again in the final, but found a little too much traction and wheelied at the start. "I got a pretty good start at first then the front wheel came up." he said. While Jay was working out his problem, Gary Scott was smoking with brother Hank shadowing him until his braltes went out and he slid back to fifth. Scott, Gary that is, was flying out of tum four, but Springer was dialing it in and took over the lead on the white flag lap.· "I knew I'd catch him," Springsteen said. ''I'd get going then mess up. Finally I just calmed down. " Scott had another view of the race. "The last couple of laps I just fizzled out," the KK Motorcycle Supply/Jack Sisemore Traveland sponsored Scott said. "I didn't look back until the eighth lap and when I looked back I knew he was coming up on me." Randy Goss had taken over third and was going as fast as the leaden, Wednesday's Novice winner David Mueller had the fastest heat race time until the 12th and final heal. California's Pete Hames beat Mueller's time by over a second in winning that one. Hames, who fell while leading his heat on Wednesday, went on to the fast semi victory with Mueller taking the second semi. As starter Poochie Cox flashed the green light for the final it was Mueller and Hames one-two with Jeff Joiner and Bob Ely chasing. Hames was making up for last night's error by easily outdistancing the field. Matt Rozowicz took second from a persistent Mueller who got a third to go with his previous night's win. What was the difference in Hames between the two nights? "I just settled down. That was my first pro race and I was nervous," Hames said. Bill's Pipes and Corona Raceway keep his show on the road with help from tuner Jack Dannenberg and his fathe.r Don. The field of 79 Juniors was reduced to two 12 rider semis through the elimination heats. Mike Garrison led a . California sweep of the top three places in the first semi while Michigan's John Cooper topped the second one. Il was Chris Cannon on the Shell Racing/Sandak Sandals Yamaha who broke out ahead in the main with Tommy Maitland and Garrison a few feet back. Micky Cole dropped Garrison back and joined Cannon and Maitland up front. It was vinually a six-wheeled machine as the top three ran grip to grip until Cannon tapped Maitland in tum three. "He passed me going down the back straightaway. I tapped his back wheel in tum three and almost high-sided," Cannon said. "He hit my pipes." Maitland said. "I could gas up and stay ahead of him. 1 slowed down to go through the tum three bumps when he hit me." Maitland went on to the win, but Cannon dropped to founh giving Cole second and Ken Houston third. Bubba Shobert collected a $100 bonus from Cycle Accessories for fast qualifying time while last night's winner Jay Springsteen didn't get past qualifying. Both Springsteen and Ronnie Jones damaged their bikes while they crashed into a hole in turn three. Springsteen headed back to Michigan after the race. "He's got a pretty good strawberry on his hip," Harley racing team manager Dick O'Brien said. "He went back to Michigan to recuperate. Nothing serious. Just scrapes and bruises." . Seventh·fastest qualifier Gary Scott wired the first heat with a determined Terry Poovey winning a race-long battle lor second from H·D teamster RandyGoss. Scott Drake turned his holeshot into a big lead in the second heat, but the runner-up in last year's series, Billy Labrie, reeled him in for the win. Gary Scott dove into turn one from the outside pole position to start the final with Poovey behind and Coss charging hard. First it was Scott and Poovey leading. then Goss moved up as Scott moved back. Once out front Goss made the win look easy giving him a 3-1 scorecard for the Jacksonville races. "I knew he was going to win." Coss' tuner Brent Thompson said. "He just got ~. better start. Last night he staned last. "We had to get out hot in the front four or five," Goss added. "I didn't figure once I got by Poovey it would be hard, but I made a couple of mistakes down there." Poovey's 4-2 finishes on the Widman's H-D/Shoei/Bel-Ray/Babe DeMay Harley put him just behind Scott in the points chase. Poovey summed up the night in one sentence. "Randy was just going good." • Results Nov: 1. Pete Hames (Kaw): 2. Man Rozowice (Vam); 3. Dave Mueller (Hon); 4. Bob Ely (V..,I: 5. Jeff Joiner (Hanl; 6. Delbert Beck (Honl; 7. J....- Kuh< (V..,); 8. Tim Hough'on (Varni; 9. Dave Rolla lV..,l; 10. Jimmy Rosa IVaml: 11. Charlie Orr IHan); 12. Kevin ~is (Honl. Jr: 1. Tom Mai~and (H-DI; 2. Midtey Cole (H-D): 3. Ken Houston (H-D); 4. Chris Cannon lV..,); 5. Mike Hillev IH-DI; 6. Rodney Sullivan lVarnI; 7. Mike Garrison (H-O); 8. Billy Herndon lHonl; 9. Charlie Freeman CH-DI; 10. Randy Text'" IH·D); 11. John Cooper (H-DI; 12. Fran Brown (H-D). Exp: 1. Randy Goos (H-OI; 2. Terry Poovey (H·D); 3. Gery Scon IH-D); 4. Scott Drake (H-O); 5. Bubbe Shobert (H-DI; 6. Ricky CampbeIIIH-OI; 7. MerUlnI (H-OI; 8. Scott Adorno IH-OI; 9. S CH-DI; 10. Todd Smith (H-DI; 11. Shande Parrish IH-D); 12. Billy Labrie (H-DI. rom Harley-Davldson Dirt Track Series: Round 3 Drake holds ott Labrieaf Vo/usiaHM By Henny Ray Abrams BARBERVILLE, FL, FEB. 27 Scott Drake, the "Xenia Zephyr," held off a determined Billy Labrie to win the CocaCola Half Mile, the third round of the H-D Dirt Track Series, at Volusia County Speedway. The Southeast H-D/Jack Sisemore Traveland/KK Motorcycle Supply mounted Drake got the critical holeshot and never looked back. "I knew somebody was back there. I could hear him," Drake said of second place Labrie. A consistent Gary Scott took a solid third to increase his series points lead. For the third time in three nights a new face showed up in the junior's winner's circle with Randy Texter providing the fresh look on the Eastern H-D Dealer's Association/H-D Motor Co.lRay Texter machine. There were no surprises in the Novice class as Pete Hames won his consecutive main on the Bill's Pipes/Corona Raceway Kawasaki. Hames jumped out front' in the main and seemed to glide aroun!! the narrow groove clay track enroute 'to an uncontested win. "I like this track better (than Jacksonville). It's faster,'''he said. Jeff Joiner, Matt Rozowicz, and David Mueller. all enjoying good series',. filled out the top four. , The Junior chua continued to be the

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