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Dirt track (Co ntinued from page 23) nippin g Steve Moreh ead a t th e lin e for seco nd. T he po le po sition wen t to J ones. but he went down in th e first co rner bringing o u t th e red flag. " Poovey pulled down o n m e an d took m y front wh eel out. I must have smac ked mv knee because it reall y hurl. I just sat th ere a minute to cl ear m y head," J on es sai d. . Poovey led o cr th e restart wi th J on es seco n d, H ames th ird a nd Carr fourth. Merten s a nd Brown foll ow ed with Brown ge tt ing by Mert en s o n th e seco nd lap. Poovey and H ames both m oved into th e looser lim estone a nd wh en th ey did j ones scooted by on the groove. Chris Carr m oved up to cha llenge Poovey. Hames was go ing deep er in to th e corners, sq ua rin g th em ocr o n th e higher lin e and heading for th e groo ve a t th e co rner's ex its. H e tri ed the o u tsid eof j o nes, but was shut down . On the same lap Mertens fell, givi ng sixth to Rod ney Farris behind Fran Brown. On th e white flag lap H a m es wa s on Jon es' rear wh eel a n d tr ied sh ootin g under him exi ting th e fin al corn er but fin ish ed seco nd , a len gth behind. Poovey was sa fe in third as was Carr in fourth a nd Fa rr is in fifth . "To co m pe nsa te for wh ere m v bike was working I h ad to take so megea ring o cr. I was go ing to ge t him o n th e last lap," H ames said, " But he na iled it. " With h is seco n d, H ames m oved in th e series p o int lead w it h 53 to Poo vey's 50. Bood y, wh o fai led to qual if y for th e main , stay ed in third with 46 an d j on es' second win in a row gave h im 40. Chris Carr was a point back w ith 39. " Yea h , I stayed low ," Ca rr began. "T he most co nsistent lines were th ere. You hav e to do a lot to compensate here. It seem s different every night. You h ave to adj ust. "Basicall y, a ll ni ght long th ey wer efaster. I had th e fourth fast est heat and sem i a n d kn ew they wou ld be ahead o f m e. T hey're heavi er and they get better tractio n ," Ro n Woodsponsored Carr added. "It was a li tt le sl icker ton ight," Jo nes said. " I stayed rig ht with th e same li ne. Righ t before the main we put a new edge o n the tire a nd scu ffed it in right. Right now we'r e taking it on e race a t a tim e." SANCTIONED 24th. annual 25-lap NATIONAL TT SATURDAY MARCH 30 7:30 pm ~ scon PARKER RANDY GOSS BUBBA SHOBERT RICKY GRAHAM 13th. annual _ Gardena Chamber of Commerce Gold Cup (EXPERTS, JUNIORS, NOVICES ON HALF-MILE FLAT TRACK) SANCTI ONED blltl 1U1ional TT MARCH 3D - .... .......... ......... 516.00 AdmisSi n o MARCH 29 AVAllABlf AT 58.D0 514.00 Geneo. Glrdel\ll Gold Cup RESalVED SEATS 0"" 77~i:'~- 57.00 OR CIIARGE BY PItOIlE 57.50 53.75 (213) 480 -3232 (714) 740-2000 (All children 8 Ind undrr admined 1m! 10 general ,dmlss ion only.) GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ON SALE AT ASCOT ON RACE DAY ONLY - - MAIL ORDER TICKET FORM -Enclosed ISmy check tor . TlCkets @ $ each - Total $ p tease enc lose a .ell addressed stamped enve lope along with check order payable 10 - AGAJANIAN ENT ERPR ISES P . O. Bo. 98 Gardena . Ca tu . 90247 PHONE Saturday Jones ca me ba ck on Saturday , th e final night of racing, a nd opened th e program with th e fast h eat win. Riders wh o won th e following seven h eats were T erry Poovey, T ed Boody, P ete Ham es , Tim Mertens , Eri c Ra usch , Chris Carr and Sammy Sweet. Pete Hames sa w his ch a nces lor the seri es titl e go so u r when he gat ed poorl y in th e first semi. Hames, creep ing at th e time, double-clutched when th e green light flashed and Jones, Scott Adams and Da n Ingram sh ot past. H ames was back in th e hunt when he sl id under Maitland. but was in too hot a n d ocr th e groove mov in g back to fifth when Doug Ch andler passed . 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