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(CIockwIee from top left) RIIndy Goa 111"'. with Scott P-.on en route to winning the Netionel On the MCOnd Iep Steve Monger atepped off. "moat
Involving Kidd and Scott. The atIIrt of the Netionel fInda Terry Poovey leeding Scott Parker I' 11. Gery Scott 151. Alex Jorgerwen 1441. Gerth Brow 1151 and Mike
Kidd (behind Browl,
sponsored XR750, was the only one to
beat Scott to the first tum, and they in
tum, were followed by Rickey Camp·bell and Steve Morehead. Morehead displaced Campbell on the first lap
and the top three were set, although
not in their final order. Freddie Spencer
also passed Campbell early in the race
to run fourth on the factory Honda.
Jorgy led for six laps before Scott
made his move for the lead. When he
made it, it was successful and he was
still leading at the checkered flag. Jorgy,
Morehead and Spencer followed.
Lance Jones blasted off into the
fourth heat lead with Rich Arnaiz and
Steve Monger following. On the second
lap Monger was out front and Amaiz
was dropping back with a dangling
skid shoe. Willie Crabbe and Steve
Eklund, meanwhile, were advancing
to pressure Jones. By lap four Storme
Winter/CastrollArai-spcmsored Eklund
was up to second; a lap later he was in
the lead for good. Jim King Enterprises/
Keener HarIey-Davidaon/SimpeonlTeam
Jesus-backed Monger stayed in second
to the finish, while Indiana HarleyDavidson of Pennsylvania's Crabbe
took third away from Jones with less
than two laps left.
Junior Invit8tional
Rod Sullivan Ted the fmt five laps
of the ll!-Iap Junior Invitational with
Mike Garriaon occupying second after
the fmt lap. Bill Scott had been up
there on the Dave Bird/Knight Frames
Yamaha V-twin, but dropped back to
an eventual seventh.
On lap six Garriaon took over and
the race evolved into a three- rider duel
involving Garriaon, Sullivan and Chris
Cannon. The trio rode a six-wheeled
freight train for the remainder of the
race with Cannon taking second from
Sullivan on the final lap.
Semis
Scott Pearson got one of his familiar
jump (on the pack) starts to lead the
tint semi laps 1-10 for the sole transfer.
Jeff Haney ran second for much of the
race, but lost it in the late laps, finishing fourth behind Pearson, Rob Crabbe
and Keith Day.
The second semi was also a wire to
wire affair, with Lance Jones leading
all the way on the Daytona International
Speedway/Bill Labrie/Floyd Tapp entry. Ted Boody went by Tim Mertens
for second at the halfway point. Third
was a three-way battle that eventually
- and narrowly - went to Rich Arnaiz
over Freddie Spencer and Mertens.
TrophyRaC8
Jeff Haney and Rich Arnaiz went 1l! into the first comer, but the start was
red flagged and they had to do it again.
On the restart it was Amaiz leading
Keith Day and Ted Boody. Amaiz held
onto the lead while Boody moved up to
second. Day slipped back to fifth on
the fourth go·around as Freddie Speno
cer and Tim Mertens overtook him.
Going into the final two laps Arnaiz
had a secure lead with Spencer pressuring fellow Honda rider Boody. A
near pass beginning the last lap turned
into a completed pass at the line,
where Spencer took over second at the
finish.
National
Before the start of the National the
three title contenders appeared very
calm, considering the amount of pressure. Both Kidd and Goss spent part of
the Trophy Race checking out the first
two comers.
On the line, Terry Poovey had the
pole with Scott and Goss side by side
next to him. Kidd was in the second
TOW.
On the start Poovey got out first
with Scott Parker and Alex Jorgensen
running closest. Gary Scott gated well
and was running near the top into the
first comer, but got shoved nearly to
the haybales and lost about eight positions. One of those who passed him
was Kidd. "Poovey did a high/low
number," said Scott later, "and cut
down a lo~ sooner than 1 thought he
would. 1 almost ran into him and it
really moved me up high."
On the next lap through the same
corner, Steve Monger and Kidd tangled, with Monger lowsiding and
Garth Brow finding no place to go except over Monger's bike. The crash
brought out the red f1aR for a restart.
Monger and Brow walked away from
the incident, but both their bikes were
too tangled to make the restart.
"He (Monger) ran down in front of
me and just stopped," said Kidd. "I
had my momentum set and when 1
went in I was trying to go under him
and he just closed the door on me. I
think he was already on his way down
and I just knicked him and that put
him down. If I had been a foot to the
left I probably would have gone down
with him." (Photos show MongeT well
on his way down before Kidd could
have hit him ... Editor.)
When Monger, Brow and Morehead
(whose bike broke an ignition wire and
would not fire up for the restart) were
unable to make the second start, Goss'
chances for number one ended. The
worst Scott or Kidd could do would be
11 th and four points - out or' Goss'
reach.
On the restart Poovey took the lead
with Parker and Scott breathing heavily
down his back. Goss advanced to
fourth on lap two, then moved to sec·
ond on lap three. Kidd blitzed through
the pack on the opening two laps and
moved Scott back one notch on the
third lap.
Lap four saw Goss take the point
position for the fmt time, followed by
Poovey, Kidd, Parker, Scott and Ricky
Graham, all in a tight pack.
The pack stayed tight through the
next few laps before ParkerJulled off
the track after a rock stru
him on
the knee. Parker would make a few
more laps later in the event before
parking it for good. He would finish
10th, one position ahead of Steve Eklund, who had bike troubles.
On the eighth lap, Poovey regained
the lead, but only temporarily as Goss
was right beside him much of the time.
In third, Kidd had managed to pull a
few bikelengths on Scott as he stayed
with the leaders.
One· lap past the crossed flags
halfway signal, Goss was out front to
stay. Kidd also made a move on
Poovey, but it was temporarily
stymied.
With five laps to go Kidd made a
successful pass on Poovey, although he
almost lost it in tum two. Scott was
back from the leaders, while Scott
Pearson had worked his way from the
third row to run ftfth. Alex Jorgensen
and Ricky Graham had a battle going
for much of the race over sixth, which
would go inJorgy's favor.
The order was the same at the check·
ered flag, with Goss scooting past first
ahead·of Kidd, who took the flag fist
in the air. Going into tum one the new
champ was feet on the pegs, right
hand flailing through the air in ecstacy.
When he rolled to a stop in front of the
grandstand he was engUlfed by his
crew and his friends. Before heading
to the victory podium, he threw his
helmet over the safety fence and into
the crowd. "I don't believe ill" he was
heard to cry several times.
Later in the subdued quiet of the
darkened pits, Goss said, "We gave it
the best try we could. We knew we had
to win it and those guys had to' fmish
last and next to last. We did our share,
but they didn't finish far enough
backwards."
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Results
2O-lAP NATKlNAl.; 1. fW>dy G.- IH-OI; 2. MIke
Kidd (H-O); 3. Torry " - lIHl~ 4. Gory Scon IH-O);
5. Scon - - . IH-Ol; 8. Alex ~ lH-Ol; 7.
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