(Above) Garth Brow (15) .. Randy Goss (1) and Scott Parker battle in their
semi. (Below) Junior winner Chris Carr and tuner Ron Wood.
Bubba Shobert recovered from a crash the previous night to finish third for
Team Honda.
Alex jorgensen were 1-2 on the restart,
with Gilkey close behind. The big
news, though, was who wasn't among
the leaders. Harley-Davidson star and
crowd favorite jay Springsteen was at
the rear of the pack and dropping
back quickly. The 38-time National
winner completed half a lap, then
putted off towards the pits for the
evening,. the victim of suspected
clutch trouble.
.
The finishing order for heat three
read the arne as the start order:
Hames, jorgensen, Gilkey.
Houston '84 was not kind to 1979
Astrodome TT winner Mickey Fay.
Not only did he crash heavily during
the short track, but he managed to
unload twice in the fourth TT heat.
The first get-off occurred in the first
turn when Fay tried to get around
leader Bubba Shobert. Fay's front tire
appeared to skate for a moment, Fay
went down and Jimmy Filice, follow-
ingon the inside, was presented with
a bike and a body in his path and
nowhere to go but down. Filice was
up quickly, and to everyone's surprise
so was Fay. Shobert hammered into
the lead again on the restart, with
Filice. last season's Rookie of the
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