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00 0') lTopl Mike Kldd l72land GIllY Scott ran 1"2 f~ most of the NIItIoneI with Kidd winning. The petr now I. 1-2 In the poIrita. with Scott leedIng.lAbcmtll.ance Jonea 123l f1nlahed fourth In the Netlonel. Here In hIa hMt. he . . . . Ted Boody 1121. Hank Scott (14lend'T.-ry Poovey. Poovey won the hut Scott DNF. AMA Grand National Championship/Winston Pro Series: Round 17 Kidd collects at DuQuoin Mile· ,By Gary Van Voorhis Photos by Bert Shepard/Silver Shutter DUQUOIN,IL,JULY26 Mike Kidd led the way to victory in the DuQuoin Mile Winston Pro Series National followed by Gary Scott and Randy Goss. The win marked the 12th National career victory for Kidd who moved to second in the point standings via his top 'h 1 'd' fiIn15. K'dd ,n Ing h' R 0 b ertsl 15 Lawwill Racing Harley-Davidson, 10 had what he termed a "trouble free day," ftl'm working on them, trying to keep the preuure on," said current points leader Gary Scott of his second pla~e finish, "Up until I lost my brakes - with about 10 laps to _go - 1 thought 1 had a very good chance to in " w Third place in the winner's circle champagne party went to defending Grand Nati!lnal Champion Randy Goes. "It was one of thOR races where . it always seemed I could get cIOR, but not cIOR enough to do any business," said Goes. ''just keep plugging away, that's the formula to keep the tide." 1978 ~ookie of the Year Lance Jones posted a fourth place finish, the best of his career in WJDlton Pro Series racing, Rounding out the top five was Billy Schaeffer. ,The event, scheduled to run Saturday, was postponed to Sunday after a day-long session of track grooming failed to ,tum the track into a raceable one. Unfortunately, in the practice session before the decision was made, three riders were injured, Steve EIr.lund, in a horrifying crash which snapped his bike in half, sustained a badly twisted neck and was badly shaken. ~n a separate incident Peter Hook and Scott Adams trashed their machines with Hook breaking his low~r left ieg while Adams was bruised and batteted. A week of rain 'left the track a soggy mess. Grooming began as soon as the sun came out on Saturday. The AMA suggested the track people blade off the top layer of mud and then wheelpack the surface. The track crew said It would take too long and opted to roll and wheel-pack the track which left the surface rutted and spongy. At 6 p.m. the program was called - over the protests of some riden. The Winston Pro Series point stand· ings were shuffied with KK Motorcycle Supply/Jack Sisemore sponsored Gary Scott padding his lead as Kidd moved into second. Scott leads Kidd by nine points - 125 to 116. With both FJdund and Springsteen on the sidelines, Goes moved his Harley-Davidson factory mount into third with 106 points while E1dund slipped back a notch, holding fourth at 105. Springsteen. witb 95 points, and Hank Scott, witb 95, are the only other riden still in the ball game with nine Nationals to run. Sunday'S track turned out to be in decent shape for both groove and cushion track riden despite a.slick spot or two and a couple of depressions which developed in the turns - most notably smack in the middle of the fast line coming off tum four. Time Tria's The closest anyone could come to Hank Scott's 1978 track _record of 55.969 seconds was Scott himself although he was over a ha,lf second away at 56.617. Scott was still a half second quicker than anyone else. Kidd, Gary Scott, Scott Parker and LanCe Jones ftlled the top five. Of the 64 t'iden on hand on Saturday. 55 came back for Sunday's program. Heats Two laps into the fint heat Hank Scott's day came to an end when he blew his transmission. Freddie Spencer than dropped out with apparent overheating problems on his Honda; Chas Roberts holed a piston soon after and Bubba Shobert hit the eits with a misfiring engine. Meanwhile. Terry Poovey, riding his penonal bike after his EGF Racing/Doug Sehl mount broke a rocker arm, took the win after a drawn-out battle with Lance Jones, Jones, riding tbe Gary Peel built and tuned bike which Hank Scott used' til win last year's Duq.uoin· Mile., led mOl't of the way, but finished 1ecOIld. A Iut