(Top) Wes Cooley (3 4 ) and Baldwin were close on the first lap. (A bove)
N ick Richichi (25) placed his TZ750 in third. (Below) Jay Springsteen gave
Harley-Davidson their first road race points since the glory days of the
early'70s.
into the top ten with a seventh.
Springsteen's patience paid off as
did his never-say-die attitude. He finished up l Sth toadd twoAMA G ra nd
Nationa l Championship points to
his Camel Pro Series standings. They
were the first points scored by a H-D
rider in a road race National since the
early 1970's.
"MentalIy and physicalIy it was a
rough race, " said a sweating Mike
Ba ld win. "The track is tight and
doesn ' t alIow you any time to rest.
Once I established a good lead I
began to take it easy because I was
a lmost always in traffic. It would
have been easier if I was racing with
someone because in that situation
you have to be a lert all the time. If
there's no pressure, you cou ld take it
too easy and get into tro ub le."
Mi les Ba ldwin , resp lendent in yellow leat hers with Cam 2 emblazoned
on them , joked that his new leathers
were responsible for his good ride. " I
had a good ride, bu t Mi ke ha d a better
one. Next week a t Pocono it's my
turn to win again. Mike and I have a
go,O? ~attle goi.1'!~}n t~e F?~rpula_
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