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trophy In victory circle. Goa
l72I raced Ike 1hls in the main. (Abov e left) Hank Scott hoists ttlauntil a velve spring broke.
rropl Scott Peerso n 1951! Steve Moreh Md 1421 and Mike Kidd
first pert of the main
presen t. (Above rightl Terry Poove y led the
lbehin d Lynn Griffls land Gary Scott (hidde n on left) are also
were also having their own little race.
engine was rapidly going sour.
Troph y Race
Iy, yet Spence r was always there in the
On the final lap Hank Scott led
pumpe d for the Nation al,"
"1 was
Billy Schaeff er's glory time lasted
draft and hung in to the end.
across the start/fi nish line with Goss
said Filice. "Unfor tunatel y, the engine
The fourth heat should have shaped
two laps in the Trophy Race. Alex
taking the lead in turn one, and Scott
began to vibrate badly and make funny
teen and
and
up as a fight betwee n Springs
Jorgens en took over on lap three
getting it back. It was Goss over Scott
it
noises. I pulled in rather than run
Eklund , but Springe r scratch ed from
ran in front for the remain der of the
into turn three off the back straigh t.
until it blew."
the race and Eklund had a bad start.
12 lap event. Schaeff er challen ged and
Coming out of turn four Scott drafted
On lap three Cornwe ll hit the bales
Terry Poovey, Steve Morehe ad and
waited for Jorgy to make a mistake ,
past and held on to the flag.
in turn three. "I got sucked in a bit too
in the
in
Willie Crabbe had their spots
but he didn't. Steve Monge r lurked
"When I made my move," said an
g
deep in the turn while I was draftin
Nation al sewn up pretty much from
third a majorit y of the way, also w.aitelated Hank Scott, "I though t I might
't save it," said Cornwe ll.
and couldn
the start. Eklund inched closer and
ing for the leaders to make a mistake .
have gone too soon. I wasn't holding
Kidd and Morehead, as well as Pearcloser to Crabbe in third, but couldn 't
"It was a good race," said Jorgens en.
back anywhe re on the track. I was
were up and down through the
son,
get a draft when he needed it..
"I wish it was the Nationa l, but I'm
going for it all the time. When I saw
top six places.
pleased . I was doing all my own work
the checke red flag I knew I had it. I
Scott .appear ed to be mired
Gary
today and when you do that and race
Semis
put the pressur e on Randy and it
he was
back in the pac~. In reality
you can't be good at both."
worked ."
"We've got a shot at it, even from
dealing with a surging engine that
"I did exactly what I wanted to do,"
Nation al
the back row," said Scott Parker's tuner
didn't always want to slow down when
said Goa. "I didn't think Hank could
The pits were surprisi ngly quiet beTel< Peel about the chance s of Parker
th~ throttle was backed off. "I can t~1I
beat me to the finish. I guessed wrong,
fore the Nation al. There was no elecbeing one of the two transfer s from
you it's really fun when you draft somebut not by much. Unfortu nately, it
tricity in the air, no anxious anticip asemi one. Peel and Bill Werner had efbody and th~n back off going into a .
was the differen ce betwee n winnin g
tion. It was almost "ho-hu m, let's get it
. It scared
an engine swap for Parker befected
tum and the engine doesn't
•
over with."
and second place. ':
tween the heat and semi. Parker hung
the hell out of me a couple of rimes.
for
Terry Poovey had his formula
cleared up."
in, but it was Scott Pearson and Ted
Fortuna tely, the problem
Results
getting it over with - start like a rocket
Boody with the tickets and Parker a
2!H.AP NATIONAL: 1. ""'* SccIlt lIHll; 2. Rondy
Steve Eklund was back in traffic
for
Gaol IKOI; 3. Gory SccIlt lIHl); 4. S - ~ (If.
and don't look back. It worked
half bikelen gth short.
01; 6. __ Kldd tH-OI; e. SccIlt _ _ IH-OI; 7. Gorth
also. "I started slow and sat back and
Poovey and for four laps things looked
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