Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

tion for th e Na tional and jo ining h im on the front ro w, in the positio ns th ey got 10 choose in o rde r of th eir h eat race finish es, were J ay Springs teen, Mert en s, Bro w. G oss, Boody. Farris a nd Shobert. The second ro w, readin g fro m th e o u tside pol e 10 th e inside , co nsisted o f Co rnwell. Graha m , Ra usch , Jorgense n, G ary SCOll an d Rozow icz. Parker led the field do wn the back straigh t a nd across the start /fi nish line at the en d of lap one, bu t Sp ri ngsteen took over th e lea d o n the seco nd lap and im m ediat el y began to pull away. Afte r being dropped 10 seco n d, Pa rker held th at p osition for th e rest of th e 20-lap race, but beh ind h im things sh u ffled arou nd a bit. Garth Bro w held third for n in e laps. but on the 10th tour o f th e half-mile ova l G raham and Shobert slip ped by Bro w and pressured Pa rker. T he 14th lap en ded with Springsteen h olding a huge lead. one th at saw him cro ssing th e start / fin ish line a nd d iving into turn o ne as h is p ur suers ex ited turn fou r. T ha t la p a lso marked the en d o f th e race for Shobert, who dropped o u t while running fourth . " I' m not sure wh at broke. but I think th e front pi ston let go ," said Shobert after the ra ce. T he fo llowing lap sa w Eklu nd , wh o had been circu la ting in l Sth position, ret ire fro m th e ra ce. When asked wha t he th o ught had brok en , the former cha m p sai d. " Wha t broke? Wh o said some th ing broke?" H e th en displayed a smile and sai d. " Intern al in juries. Yeah, put that in - internal inj uries." Shobert's retireme nt moved Go ss into fourth an d th e top four spots were set- Sp ri ngsteen, Parker . Graham and Goss. Bro w held down fift h on th e 14th lap , but began to slip towards th e back o f th e pack . droppi n g to n inth on th e 15th lap. and th en ou t of th e ra ce a fter th e 17th la p . The ch eckered fla g gr eet ed Springstee n. who crossed the line nearly a straigh ta way ahead of Parker, Graham a n d Goss, who were fai rl y cl ose togeth er . Finishing fifth. a di sta nce bac k, was Gary SCOll. wi th Mertens , Jorgensen , Far ris, Rausch and Boody rounding o u t the to p 10. Huggin g h is teamm a te Parker . Sp ringsteen said. " J ust like Pabst Blue Ribbo n beer (sponso rs of th e Harley-Da vid son factory tea m and th e Harrin gt on race), we 're Milwaukee's fin est !" While taking a cha m pagne bath co u rtesy o f Sp r in g st een , P arker echoed Spri ngs teen in praisi n g th e track. " It was a good fast track, an d it sure was n ice to h ave good h alf m ile racing two weeks in a ro w." Third place finisher G ra ham said, " I though t I co ul d catch a nd pass SCOll for seco nd, but I didn 't want 10 tak e an y chances . I played it coo l beca use I didn 't wa nt to sli p off th e gr oove. Third beat s fo urt h a nd th ird pays more poi nts th an fourth every time." While th e co mpetitors enj oyed a post-ra ce c h ic ke n b arbecu e and q uenched th eir th irst with co m p limentary Pabst beer , thei r co nversations ce nt er ed a ro u n d the O ortRo berts incident and th e po in ts race, bo th o f which left big quest ion marks hanging in th e air at the end of th e hot, su n ny su m mer da y. • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_. CHAMPION SPARK PLUG 200 TICKETORDER Avorege speed 69.50 MPH. : (SEE " LATEST POOP" FOR POINTSTANDINGS) TOTAL Nam e _ Ad d ress Ad m iss io n $11 2· Day Ad m is sio n 15 Ch il d ren 6· 12 yrs. Event Adm iss ion 4 2·Day Ad m iss ion. Pad do ck Gra ndstand 30 Friday and Satu rday nights 18 CARS 14 BIKES _ C ity VIP. Results Time: 8 min.• 37.833 seconds. NO. Sunday Camping 20-LAP NATIONAL: 1. Jay Springsteen (H-D); 2. Scott Parker (H·D); 3. Ricky Graham (H·D); 4. Randy Goas (H-D); 5. Gary Scott (H-D); 6. Tim Me"ens (H-D); 7. Ale. Jorgensen (H-D); B. Rodney Farr;s (H-D); 9. Eric RaUSCh (H·D); 10. Ted Boody (H·D); I 1. Jon Cornwell (H-D); 12. Mati Rozowicz (H-D); 13. Ga" h Brow (H·D); 14. Bubba Shabo" ( H - D~ 15. Ste. e Eklund (H-D). ADVANCE PRICE Cam ping Sat u rday n ight only State _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ Z ip _ Ma il to: Champion Spa rk Plug 200 P.O . Bo x SC RA M P Monterey, CA 93940 9 " ARS _ _ _ C hec k o r money or der payabl e to SC RA MP. _ _ _ Master Ch a rge No . Exp irat io n Date _ _ _ Visa No . Exp irat ion Date _ _ _ _ 7 BIK ES TOTAL Ch ildren under 6 yra. 01 age Iree w ith parenL Paddock and g randstand ti ck ets available at raceway. DA TS UN Ollie ial Car 01 Lag un a Seea Raceway --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_. 11

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