Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Scott Parker (left) and Jay Springsteen rode Team Harley XR750s to ninth and third, respectively, in the 25-lap main. Card-sponsored Bri an Athe rton wo n the openi ng heat race in th e Junior class over T im Sko v (W-R) . Ca li for n ia rider Curtis Cannon was thi rd . In the seco n d and fin al six- lap hea t, Aaron Hill (C hampion Fr am es/ H iP o i n tiS h o e i/ N D / Ca s tra l/ M a tco Too ls / Da eco ) rode his restric ted H arl ey to the win a fter a race-l on g battl e wi th Win kie Freitas. T ed T a ylor (Rtx ) was th ird. After a restart , Freitas, Athert on and Hill led th e pack of Juniors in the ma in event. Athert on co u ld ge t up a lo ng side Freitas o n the stra ig h taw ays, but it too k five o f th e 12 la p s, before Atherton co uld get a wh eel undern eath a nd gr ab the lead. T hen , in tu rn two ; Frei tas went by Ath er- : to n , a nd Athert on bobbled , a llowin g H ill to also pass. At th e start of la p seven , H ill passed Freitas . For th e nex t four laps, th e top th ree riders di ce fiercely, o ften ti mes goi ng into the tu rns thre e abreast; eac h rider took hi s turn leading as they pu lled away fro m fourth-place rider Cannon. H ill had been rid ing with a bad cl u tch , mid near the end of th e ra ce, bega n slowing with cl u tch problems; he finished 10th . T hat left Freitas an d Ath erton to duel it o ut for th e win. It looked like Fre itas migh t win hi s fo urth straigh t National , bu t Ath erton used h is Wood-R otax horsepow er to tak e th e win by a wheel in a d rag race to the che ckers . Ca nnon wou nd up th ird. National" · Springsteen was force d h igh goi ng .in ro the first tu rn a t th e start of th e . 25-lap Na tional , a nd crashed , bri nging o u t the red flag . T he fans ha d j ust a bou t writt en off the former th reetime Camel P ro Seri es C hampion , bu t Springer ma de the restart. Fi lice ho lesh o t the restart , fo llowed by Boo dy, Springer a nd C handl er. Shobert a n d Poovev were n ot far beh in d. Mo reh ead became th e first casua lt y as h e dropped 'o u t wit h mechani ca l tro u bles o n the first la p . Ch andl er sn uck u nder Springs teen a t th e sta rt of the seco nd la p , bu t th at didn 't las t lo ng as the H arley rider nab bed th e spo t in tu rn th ree. Sh obert moved up a nd int o thi rd during lap th ree, ah ead o f C ha ndler, Sp ringsteen ..Poovey and Carr., Fi lice and Bood y ra n o ut front , tryin g to ex tend their margi n over the pa ck. Chan d ler p a ssed S ho be rt momentari ly o n lap fou r, but Shobert rega in ed th e spot. O n the sixth lap , Boody passed Filice go in g in to tu rn o ne . Sho bert was still runn ing in third ahead o f Chandl er , Sp ri ngsteen, Poovey, Carr and Ma itland. C h and ler ma de a run a t Shobert to begin lap seven , a nd mad e a pa ss in turn o ne ; Poovey passed Springsteen fo r fifth. Shobert passed aga in fo r ' thi rd as the lead ers ro unded the north turns thre e/ fo ur. N ear la p 10, P oov ey (G a rd ne r Ra cin g/ Sh oei/Lilli e/H. J ones) tri ed to get a ro u nd Ch and ler on th e o u tside. The ga m ble cost h im , as Sp ringer was abl e to get u nder Poov ey for fifth p lace. A lap la ter , Filice regained the lead wi th a turn -th ree pass. Fi lice th en bobbled eno ug h for Boody to pa ss, but Shobert co uldn 't close th e gap an y mo re from his th ird p lace. Filice quickly reg ained hi s com posure a n d took the poin t position from Bo od y o nce aga in - th en Bood y passed half-lap la ter. It was Fi lice's turn to lead another half-lap into the race, as he passed Boody. Sp ringsteen a nd Poovey drafted thei r way past Cha ndler to land the fourth a nd fift h slo ts. On the 15th la p , Filice's Ha rley quit. It ap parently bro ke a va lve in the front cylinder. T his left Bood y a lone in fro nt , with no o ne to dra ft wit h to keep ahead of Shobert and hi s high-ou tp ut H onda RS750. The order read Boody, Shobert, Springsteen , Poovey, C ha nd ler, a nd a distance . back , Ma it land and Ca rr. J orgensen a lso re tired o n the 16th lap . T h ings began to happen as Springsteen passed Shobert exit in g turn four, o n ly to be repassed a t th e en d o f the stra ig h t. Nea r lap 19, Sho bert o verca me a· large d isadvan tage a bo u t eigh t bikelen g th s - to ca tc h and ,pass Bood y on the back stre tch. H e got a bett er drive o ff tu rn two a n d sim p ly drov e by Boody. C ha ndler began to slow and dropped ba ck to run a lo ne in fifth. A half-la p a fter ta kin g the lead , Shobe rt was dropped to th ird. Springsteen tr ied to pass both leaders on the o u tside, an d ma naged to get by Sh obert , but Bood y Was th eone \ 0 get. the . . a (Above) Junior winner Brian Atherton and M iss Camel Pro Vivian Chadbourne . (Below) J immy Filice (17) and Ted Boody running close in the main, lead. Sh ob ert got the lead one more time a lap la ter as they top ru n ner s handed the lead back and forth . T here wer e fo ur more lead cha n ges in the next two laps, th en Springer and Poovey ma de an a tta ck on Boody Sp ri ngs teen on the outside an d Poovey o n th e ins ide . Nei th er rid er co u ld overtake secon d p lace, but P oo vey ma naged to wrestl e th ird p lace fro m Sp ri nger. Shobert mainta in ed a com fort a ble (by m ile racing standards) lead to th e checkered flag , whi le the dash to the Ilag behin d h im was intense. Co llege Bike Shop / Arai / Megacycle/Fox/Visa Filt er-ba cked Boo d y came o ut in seco n d , wi th T ea m H a rl ey rider Springsteen - who was rid in g wit h a very pai n fu l leg a fter th e fir t turn in ciden t - th ird. Poo vey ro unded th e close-kn it to p four. " Wh en Filice and I were ru nning tog ether, I fig u red we co u ld maybe pull away fro m everybody, " Boody sa id lat er. " We set a pretty good pace, a nd I tho ugh t there wo u ld be no problem. being in th e lead a t th e end . T hen hi s ma lar brok e a nd I wa s o u t there by myself. It was ge tt ing ncar the end of the race. My mu ffle r was ma de o u t o f th e wro n g ma ter ia l a nd it brok e o ff, so the power o n th e bik e went down a li tt le bit. Bub ba ca ug h t up to me and passed me, a nd I guess I tri eda Jitrl e.too. hardarrd en ded up losin g the draft for the finisb, so I sq ueeked by in second." Sho bert sai d, " I was ma king a few mistak es a nd wa sn 't tak in g the right lin e com ing o u t of turn four. It took me lo nger th an it should have to figure out.tha t I wasn' t rid in g th e ri ght lin e. I fig ured it out and things started com in g togethe r and it worked rea l well . I was a littl e wo rr ied there fo r a wh ile, it was a clos e race." • Results 25 -LAP NATIONAL: I. Bubba Shober t (Han); 2. Ted Boody (Han ); 3. Jay Spring steen (H-D); 4. Terry Poovey(H ·D ); 5. Doug Chandler (Han); 6. Tom Met iland (H·D ); 7. Chris Carr (H-D); B. Rod Farris (H-D); 9. Scan Parker (H-D); \ 0 . Ronnie Jones (Han); 1 t . Keith Day (H-D); \ 2. Randy Goss (Han); \ 3. Pete Hames (H· D); 14 . J immy Filice (H-D); \ 5. Alex Jor gen sen (Han); 16. Garth Brow (H-D); \ 7. Steve Morehead (H-D). AMA GRAND NAT IONAL CHAMPIONSH IP/ CAMEL PRO SERIES POINTS STAND INGS : \ . Bubba Shoba rt (5 11 2. Scan Parker (43); 3. Doug ; Chandl er(36); 4 . Si eve Eklund 135); 5. Terry Poovey (33); 6. A lex J orgensen 1 321; 7. (TIEl Randy Goss/ Scon Pear son (30); 9 . Ronnie Jon es 126); 10 . Pete Hames (221 11 . Freddie Spencer (20); 12. Ted ; Boody (19); 13. Mi ke Baldwin (16 1 14. Chr is Carr ; (141; 15 . J ay Springsteen 113); 16. Tim Mert ens 112); 17. Randy Renf row (11); 18. Rich Schl acht er 1 10); 19. (TIEl Mi ckey FaylTom Mai t land 191 . 12- LA P JU NIOR NATIONAL: 1. Br ian Athe rton IW · R); 2 . W inkie Freitas (Han); 3 . Curtis Cann on (Yam); 4. Adam Sabedra (Han); 5. Tim Skov (W-R); 6. Phill ip Theroux (Rtx); 7. Ted Taylor (Rt x); 8. Robart McDonn ell (H-D); 9. Don M yers (H-D); 10 . Aaron Hi ll (H-D); 11 . Rand y Roose IC-A ); 12. Don Robert s (H-D). JUN IOR NATIONA L CHAMPIONS HIP POINTS STANDINGS: 1. Winkie Freita s (76); 2. Brian At herto n 1 49); 3 . Curtis Cannon (391 4 . Aa ron Hi1l 1 1 5. ; 31 ; (TIEl Keit h Gregoire / Randy Roose (271 7. Frank ; Garcia (24 ); 8. (TIEl Tim SkovlTed Taylo r (16); 10. (TIEl Rusty Rogers Ada m Sabedra (14): - - 9

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