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Ronnie Jones was hot in the Expert( Junior short tracks. co u ld n 't hook up and fell to seventh before co mi ng back to th e groove. T he q uick fire progra m was m oving rig h t a lo ng a nd th e fin al was £lagged off little more th an a n hour after the fir st heat. Poov ey led th e cha rge with Shobert a n d C oss close behind a head o f Bro w and Bradley. The to p trio of Poo vey. Shobert, a nd Coss sp li t qui ckl y from th e rest of th e 12 m an field as Bro w, Brad ley a n d Sco tt Drak e fought for fourth. It loo ked like Poovey a nd Sho ber t were pull ing a little breath ing room o n C oss, but C oss soon reeled th em in a n d went o n th e o u tside p ast both of th em . Back in the pa ck was R onnie J on es, a victim of bad lu ck . " 1 mad e a littl e m istake in tire ch oice an d didn't have the soft on e o n th e back that I sho u ld have had. Pl u s I go t a bad sta rt ," said J on es. O n the tenth lap Coss sw ung past Shobert and Poovey a nd into th e lead as th e cro wd exp loded in u ni son. Sh o ber t h eld off Poovey fo r th ird a nd Brow finis hed fo urth ahead of Dave Bradl ey. ( " T he track seemed faster ton ig ht. It wasn 't that good ea rlier, bu t as th e n igh t wore o n th e riders th rew so me of the loo se stu ff up off th e groove and it made it a little wider ," said Goss, " 1 wa ited u nti l Sh obert and Poov ey to ok eac h other ou t to m ak e my move." " Well at least I wo n the series," Poovey sa id. Poo vey a lso won la st year's series and took h ome 10,000 o f H arley-Davidson 's money. This yea r, in add it io n to the purse m oney, he pock eted a not he r 55,000 a nd did it mostlv o n hi s Shoei /Castro l H o nda . As the racers loaded thei r bikes up and headed orr for th eir va rious destinations, th e m essage was very clear. • Brin g back th e 'TT's. Because they have paid a higher price for their motorcycles, BMW owners invariably have higher expectations of their machine. And of the dealer who sold it to t hem. So if, and only if, you have a well-established service department and the capacity to maintain a suitable parts and accessories inventory, we'd be interested in hearing ~ from you . GERMANY. Oi course, there's also a good reason for you to be mterested io us. By virtue of beiog among the highest-priced motorcycles in the world, BMW's carry ~ a correspondingly high profit margin. For more information contact BMW of North America, Motorcycle Group, Montvale, New Jersey 07645 . & AND IF YOUR DEALERSHIP IS IN ONE OF THESE CITIES,WE SHOULD DEFlNmlY TALK. Dallas/ . Fort Worth ,TX Houston,TX Lebanon, PA Scranton, PA '.£l 1982 BM W 01Nor th Rochester, NY Hartford, CT Utica, NY Waterbury, CT Danbury, CT Binghamton, NY Edison, NJ Charlotte, NC New Brunswick, NJ Towson , MD . Columbus, OH Evansville, IN Fort Wayne, IN Grand Rapids, MI Charleston , WV Amer ICa Inc . The BMW tradema rk and logo are regrstered trademark s of Bevenscre Motoren weoe. A G . Results 1. Randy Goss (H· D); 2. Bubb a Shobert (Kaw ); 3 . Ter ry Poov ey (Yam); 4 . Gar t h Br ow IYam l; 5 . Dave Bradley IKaw) ; 6 . Ronn ie Jone s (Kaw); 7. Scon Drak e (Yam); 8 . Tim M enens (Hon); 9 . Steve Morehead (Han); 10 . Ted Boody (Kaw); 11 . Fran Brown (Vam); 12. Jeff Joiner (Han). Novice Short Track. Hartley's hotin Stadium By Henny Ray Abrams 31