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..-4 00 0') ..-4 WInner Mickey Fey end Mia W1rwton Lynn Grtffta . . flenked by Scott Pu..-on end Steve Eklund, who'. being Interviewed by Dave O.....ln. AMA Grand National Championshipl Winston Pro Series: Rounds 13-14 Fay, Hank Scott dominate double header By Gary Van Voorhis Photos by Bert Shepard/Silver Shutter HINSDALE, IL, JUNE 26 MARYSVILLE, TN, JUNE 28 The champagne flowed for Mickey Fay and Hank Scott over the weekend. Fay took his tum with the bubbly with a command performance in the Santa Fe TT National. Fay thus became the 12th different winner in 13 Nationals this season. Scott collected his second National win of the year in the inaugural run- 6 ning of the Smokey Mountain Half Mile. Bad luck, in the form of a broken collarbone, sidelined Jay Spri~teen and when the weekend was over Steve EItIund had dilplaced Springer as the Winston Pro series points leader. The already tight chase now becomes even tighter. EItIund holds a slim two point edge over Springsteen at 97 to 95 points with defending champ Randy Goss in at 9:'1 points. Gary Scott, with 89, and Mike Kidd, with 80, make up the top five. Ricky Graham, with a sixth at Santa Fe and a second at Smokey Mountain, led the weekend in collecting points. His 25 point burst lifted him uom 15th to 10th in the standin~. Gary Scott added 2:'1 points to his total with fifth and third place finishes, respectively. Santa Fe Mickey Fay, who had said that he "needed to do good, real good:' at Santa Fe before the Winston Pro Series National was starred, did just that. Fay, with a blistering drag-strip style start, gave everyone one close look at the rear tire of his 500cc Honda in the first turn and then headed for a 25-lap flight to the checke~ flag. "We've been planning on this race for a long lime," said sponsor/tuner/builder R~ Stanley. "We were robbed at Ascot earlier this year and thit should make up for it somewhat." Yamaha 750cc twin-mounted Scott Pearson was elated with his second place finish after holding at bay the "Master of Santa Fe" Steve EItIund from lap seven to the finilh. Pearson came from the third row to third halfway through the first lap, using a style he described as "high, wide and wide open. I knew I had to be in that first group of riders into tum one or I'd be playing catch-up all race. "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Harry Lillie and 8olI5 Frames. BOIS did a last minute rush job for US and built my frame from scratch in leu than two days. Harry didn't trust the airlines to ship the bike here so he dismantled it and put it in the back of his Datsun 260Z and drove here." EItIund, who has five National wins at Santa Fe, was happy and dilappointed at the same time. "Scott rode a good race and I tried a lot of thi~ to spook him and make him bobble," said EItIund. "He wouldn't. It was a good race." However, in the back of EItIund's mind lurked the fact that if he had taken second he would have gotten $10,000 for top spot in the first round Winston Pro Series payoff. As it was, he finished one point shy of Jay Sprin~teen. That point meant only a $6,000 payoff. Tuner Storme Winter could onlv shake hit head. Defending Grand National Champion Randy Goes and Gary Scott rounded out the top five. One SOUT note clouded the National as Jay Sp~teen crashed on the flTSt lap, sustaining a broken collarbone. TIme Trials Scott Pearson dropped his previously held track record from 41.591 seconds to a quick 59.149. Jay Sp~teen, Bubba Shobert, Scott Parker and Randy Goes rounded out the top five, Interestingly, the top 10 qua1ifiers were on five different brands of machiDery: Yamaha, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Suzuki and Can-Am. Dave Knapp wu the 48th qualifier in the nearly 60 rider field.