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" National u, Fo urtee n Harley -Davidsons and three H ondas were ro lled up to th e stariing li nes for the start of the Na tional. O f the 17 riders nervous ly gunning their engines, 14 were previo us National winners. :II/O ff the start, Springsteen took the lead with Jorgensen tucked in behind. On i he start o f th e th ird lap, however, B-cid Fa rris and Ste p he n H all got together in tu rn one; th e end resu lt b~ing two battered bik es, two bruised bpdies and a red flag. lo~ pri ngs teen kep t h is lead on the restart, but Jorgy lost out to the quick n,U ~xes of G raham, who jumped in !o second. For the next 23 lap s ' Springsteen and Graham pushed and p'p')led e'!'ch other a,,:ay from the 11}~] ee going on for th ird p lace and s.I;H1~d into high-speed motorized ga me o f chess . Eac h rider seemed to b' able to draft by the other at will and' passes became so commonplace tliat Springsteen sta rted to p layfu lly wave at Graham going down the straigh ts. In the co rn ers, at 100 miles an hour, they appeared to actually touch a few times, and la ter both riderh ma tter-o f-factly confirmed th a t they did "rub elbows. " A good distance back.uhird place was up for grabs. At one point an eight-rider freight train for mation queued u p . In the latter stages of the race, though, Jorgensen, Shobert, Parker and Goss werethe major contenders for the pos ition. 'Mean w h ile, u p fro n t, thin gs were cna ng in g from a ca t a nd mouse ga me to ser io us last-la p stra tegy . In the end it was Graham 's "go-for-it" attitude tha t carr ied him to th e vic tory. " If I try to pla y the dra ftin g game on the las t'lap, it neve r works for me," G raham said. "So I just go as hard as I can around the las t two corners and if it works, it works. If it doesn ' t well, it does n 't. T ha t' s ho w I have m y best lu ck - j ust go in g instead of p layin g a game." Springsteen la ter explained why Graha m was able to pull slig h tly ahead o n the last la p wh en th e two had been so evenly matched for th e ffi'tire race. " R icky made a little ti me on me coming off o f turn two , but I caugh t h im going down th e back straigh taway . T hen, rig h t at th e ape x ofItu rns th ree and four, I got o n the gas a little too hard - it was prett y sJlck out there - a nd go t side ways. H e'put a bo ut th ree feet o n me a n d I jtisl co ul dn ' t get it back," Sp ri ngsteen sai d. n Sho bert was a ble to take third wh en Parker a lso got sideways in the fin al turn . Parker took fo urt h, Jorgensen fifth an d Goss sixt h. As th e Ca mel Pro Ser ies heads bac k east for th e su mmer , G oss leads th e poi n ts, with Graha m and Sh obert tied for seco nd II points behi n d. J orgensen moved u p to fourth a nd Harley teamma tes Springsteen and Parker ar e in a tie for fifth. • Results 25 -MILE NATIONAL: 1. Ricky Graham (H-D); 2. JaV Spr ingsteen (H-D ); 3. Bubba Shobert (H-D); 4. Scott Parker (H-D); 5. Ala x Jorgansen (H-D); 6. RandyGoss(H·D); 7. Gary Scott (H-D); 8. Ted Boody (H-D); 9. Hank Scott (Han); 10. J im Filice (H-D); 11 . Terry Poovey (Han); 12. Rod Sullivan (H-D); 13. M ike Kidd (Han); 14 . Garth Brow (H·D); 15. Steve Eklund (H-D); 16. Rod Far ris (H-D); 17. Staphen Hall (H-D). NO TIME - red lIag AMA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP/ CAMEL PRO SERIESPOINTSTANDINGS': 1. Randy Goes 198); 2. (TIE) Ricky Graham/Bubba Shobert (87); 4 . Ale x. Jorgensen (76); 5. mE) Jav Springsteen/Scott Parker (60); 7. Tarry Poovey (54); 8. Steve Eklund (48); 9. Gary Scott (39); 10. Mickey Fav (37); 11. Ted 800dy 1 35); 12. Steve W ise (30); 13 . Hank Scott (29); 14. Eddie Lawson (25); 15. Randy Green (24); 16. mE) Kennv Roberts /Mike 8aldwin (20); 18 . Ronnie Jane. (19); 19. Peta Hama. (18); 20. Scan Pearson (16). • - Unofficial pend ing protest. JR INVITATIONAL: 1. Bud Carroll (H-D); 2. Robert Land (H·D); 3. Ro•• Klan (H-D); 4 . Jim Taves (C-A); 5. M ika Kirby (Tri); 6. Dan Bannan (Han);? Edward SanRoman (C-A); 8. Wi lliam McConnell (H-D); 9. Larry Earhart; 10. David Caballero (C-A); 11. Joel Green (H-D); 12. Mearl Barnen (Vam). . ..... " " • • , . .. . . • I .. - .. MICHEUN PERFORMANCE ELIVERS AGAIN. Congratulations to Jimmy Adamo. who won the Battle of the Tw ins o n Mich eli n Tires. at Mid-Ohio on a Ducati . Proving again t hat w hen you m at c h a good bike . a good rider and a good tire. . you've got an unbeat able combination. See the difference Michelin can make on your bike. Ask your dealer about the .winning Michelin A48/M48 combination for your needs. When You're Good and Tough, You Get Attention! P81 Sprockets and Ron Ribolzi are both. In a three-day I.S.D.E. qualifier, Ribolzi was good and his P81 Sprockets were tough. While rivals were changing front and rear sprockets , sometimes twice, Ribolz i kept pouring it on . Finally, other contenders asked why he didn't have to change sprockets. " P8 1Sprockets;' thundered Ribolzi , "they're great:' ASK FOR THEM BY NAME.