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him on was the thought of being one of the stars in the NBC Sportsworld coverage of the event when it airs in the future. Points leader Randy Goss saw his margin shrink by nine points with his eighth-place finish. Coss leads Shobert, 260 points to 2112, w· four Nationals remaining. Sprin~ steen, who finished sixth, retained third in the standings over Grah by a margin of three points, 2211 0 220. Qualifying Harley- Davidson's Springsteen was the quickest of the 511 riders auempting to qualify for the 48 spots in the National program. Springsteen turned in a 1I6.821-second lap of the New York State Fairgrounds eggshaped mile track. Honda's Hank Scott, the second most prolific mile winner behind Springsteen, showed the RS750 had plenty of steam with a 116.824 lap. Fillce and rookie of the year contender Dan Ingram, on a Harley-Davidson XR750 borrowed from rookie Randy Texter, were. tbe only other riders in the 1I6-second bracket. Garth Brow, aboard, the XR750 of injured Bryan Hardin, was fifth quickest at 117.0211. jay Kaip was the 48th and final rider to qualif,Y. His time was, 118.685. Heats (Above) The early pert of the race was a Jim Filice (17), Bubbe Shobert (67), Rodney Farris (92) and Ricky Graham (1) freight train. (Below) Farris, Filice and Shobert in winner's circle. AMA Grand National Championship/Camel Pro Series: Round 30 Filice edges Shobert, Farris in Syracuse Mile By Gary Van Voorhis Photos by Bert Shepard/Silver Shutter SYRACUSE. NY, SEPT. II Jimmy Filice, by a scant one bikelength, topped Bubba Shobert in a duel to the finish in the Shoei Syracuse Mile N ationaI. Rod Farris, in his best ride of the season, finished 10 ., no more than six lengths behind the leaders for third. The dog. fIght the three waged dre,:" t.hem away from fourth-place fImsher Ricky Graham, ,(who ':l held a safe '1.':..,:1, (1I..n,J " J f . I:. ,,)t II I 'lll adv~~ta~e on fifth-place Ted Boody. . Fthce s wm c0f!le~ o~ the heels ~f his second-place ftmsh 10 last week s Hamburg Half Mile National and brightened even the bubbly attitude Filice had carried . , . I ~him when he with ' I r' I I 4 ... .1 "'I 1 ;;oJl,' t I , reached the track. "What a great way to finish up the eastern swing before heading to San jose," said Filice. "I knew we could do it (win) here because Eddie Adkins, jack Sturgis and everyone connected with Bayland Racing has done so much work. It's great to get on the bike and know you've got a potential winnilJgcombination every time."' Shoben's appe.arance in winner's circle marked his 11th of the season. He's gotten to taste the champagne more than any other rider this year. Farris, in his third Expen season, was jazzed about his first trip to winner's circle. Hpwever, Jwhat,re"lIy,I turned I". I 1'( t i.lo J )'. C I G •• J The first of four heats, which would send the top three finishers directly to the National, was led by Brow 'until he was dropped by Springsteen, then Goss, and then Shoben, to fourth-by lap four. Springsteen opened tJrP a slight advantage over a rousin15"';~el between Goss and Shoberl'o r second. The track, which had deY~' oped into a narrow groove, left litde room for error in the turns. Passing, when there was some, was dorle \ria the draft and playing "guts" to'see who could dive deepest into tl1rns one and three without slipping off the groove. Shoben grabbed second on lap seven, moved away from Goss,! and began reeling Springsteen in. Springsteen, having trouble getting a drive off turn two, saw Shoben gobble 'Up his lead and spit him back to second. Springsteen patted Shoben on the butt as the two crossed the stan/finish line to begin the last lap. The final feet saw the same situation with Shoben taking the win by inches. Hank Scott and Farris hooke