Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Juni or Winki e Fre itas wo n h is fourth National of the year. Steve Morehead leads Ted Boody (1 2 ) and Scotty Parker into tu rn one at Hamburg. (Below) Chris Carr (4 Y I. Rodney Farris (9 2) and Parker (11 ) trail Morehead in the main. AMA Grand National Championship/ Camel Pro Series: Round 22 Hungry Morehead devours Hamburg Half Mile By Gary Van Voorhis H AM BUR G , N Y, AU G . 16 Steve Morehead made a meal of th e com petition in the opening four laps of th e $28,000 Camel Pro Series Hamburg Half Mile an d then spent the remaining 16 laps digesting what was left for hi s seco nd Nation al victory of th e seaso n . Run ner -u p T ed Boody gave Morehead a bad case o f in d i- 18 ges rio n o n th e Eri c COUlHY Fa irgrou n ds o va l after h e mo ved in to secon d, but that ca me to a n end on lap 18. Bo od y put a ha rd run o n 1\I ore!l e~d t!' ;? !.! I? I~ turns o ne a nd two, gOI closer th a n h e wa n ted to a nd bac ked off fo r a spli t second rather th an risk an accid ent th a t m ig ht have ta ken both dow n . It was a ll Mo reh ~ad need ed to open a n eig h t- 10 10bikel en g th lead. Mo reh ead a nd Co llege Bik e Shop of L an si n g , Mi c h igan-spo usorcd Bo od y grabbed the same finishi ng positio ns in the Lima H alf Mi le • •• I • National. j o ining th em in winner 's circle th is tim e was H arl ey-Da vid son 's SCOlt P a rk er a fter a strong r ide w h ich sa w h im cha ll enge for seco n d a t midrace a nd th en hav e to tu rn hi s auention to keep in g SCOlt P earson . Rodney Farri s a n d Bu b ba Shobert a t ba y in a ba lt ic for th ird which went rig h t to the finish - in th e a bo ve o rde r. " I' m hu ng ry," sa id Mo reh ead after his vict o ry, " Befo re H ambu rg I had o nly two finishes in N a tional s thi s year a n d th at was m y L ima H alf M ile w in a nd a n inth in th e Ascot H a lf Mil e. Th is isn 't m y usu al season. " Morehead cred i ted a n engi ne bu ilt by Tex Peel m a ted u p with h is persona l chassis/suspens io n co mbina tion as the w inn ing fo rmu la o n hi s KK Mo torcycle Supplv/La ube's Cycl e City of Findla y. Oh io / lo rz/Drag o o / D's-sponsored m o unt. Shobert , via hi s six th p lace fin ish . en larged h is poin t sta nd ings lead to 21 poi nts ove r 13th p lace fi nisher Doug C ha n d ler. 181 to 160 po ints . Bood y. in thi rd a t 152 poi n ts, has th e hea l o n C ha ndl er. On ly th ree poi nts separa te Pearson , in fo urt h a t 129 po i ill S, fro m Parker a nd h is 126poi n t ta lly . Time T r ia ls O n ly 45 Experts were o n hand so a ll a utomatica lly q uali fied for wha t is supposed 10 be a -l8-rider program . Among tho se a bsen t was 1982 H a m - burg w in ner Gary SCOlt . wh~ is sti ll su fferi ng from lo wer back pain ca used b y in juries sus ta ined in a crash a t th e Lima N at ion al a t th e en d o f june. Randy G oss elected 10 miss H amburg to co ncen tra te o n g iving th e still heal in g bon es in hi s low er left leg an a d di tio n a l wee k o ff. j a y Sp r i ngstee n rem ained a t horne due to hi s recurrin g stomac h ai lm en t, whil e Sa m m y Sw ee t, w ho s us tained a co ncus sio n in a cras h last week at th e Peo ria TT, was a lso horne heal in g. Bo o d y, wit h a 25.899-seco nd , o ne la p trip arou nd th e fai rgro unds o va l. p u t him self a t th e top o f th e list of program qual ifi er s. C hris Ca rr, o n th e R &B H a rl ey-Da vidso n XRi50, sped hi s wa y to second -q u ic kes t time with Pa r ker, Do n H o wa rd a nd hi s Foster' s Trucking / Mo nte' s Mo to rcycles / Howard Bod y Shop-backed XR ea rni ng the pole fo r th e fourth hea t. GF Racin g / G ill /M eg acycl clShoei/ Kn ig h t- s p o n so r ed R onn ie j o nes ro u n ded o ut the top five qualifiers. Heats By g r id tim e for th e first o f fo ur hea ts w hi ch wo u ld tra nsfer the top three finish ers direct ly to th e Na tio nal , the tr ack had beco m e a rel a tivel y na rro w g ro ov e a llo w ing ca lc u la ted passing en ter ing tu rns o ne a nd three. T h e track hadn 't co m p le tely d r ied from p rep arat ion p ri or to th e h eats as heat o ne lead er Bo od y found o u t o n lap IWO, wh en he hit a slick spot, shot o ff th e groo ve, a n d by th e tim e he ga thered thi ngs G ardn er /G ri sw old/ Bo ard R a cin g ' s P et e H am es was seco nd wh ile Doug Chandl er a nd hi s Freddi e Spen cer /SuperTrapp Racing H onda h ad th e lead . Boody p ressured C han d ler 10 the fini sh a fter takin g tw o laps to di sp ose o f H ames, b u t co u ld n' t di slodge him from th e lead. " It' s hard to keep yo ur pa tien ce o u t th ere: ' sa id C han d ler. " Yo u ha ve to co ncen tra te very hard o n stayi ng o n th e g roove a nd going fa st , but no t too fast. " "The H ond as rea lly co rne o ff the turn s strong, " sa id H a m es. " 1\Iy H a rley a nd p robabl y every o the r o ne here ca n 't rea lly ma tch th at stre ngth:' Ca rr 's ru n o u t front in heat tw o lasted six laps before he m ade a slig h t bobb le co m ing off turn fou r whi ch a llowed Fa rr is. o n th e Duva ll Racing / BV R / C ycl e Experts/Ga ry Ni xon / 1\l.j. Spo nse ller-spons ored Ha rley to close a nd pa ss Ca rr as t hey went into turn o ne on la p seven . " C h r is m ade a m istake a nd I took a cha nce that ' co u ld m a ke the pass wo rk ," sa id Farris. " T here was a littl e co ntact in tu rn o ne: Con ICNlk the sceni c ro ut e u p nea r th e h .rvh n h -s in tu rn s o ne a nd t wo a n d li,'l'l l !-\O , back o n th e g ro o ve w it h o ut lo ving positi on. Ga n h Brow , o n a P ic Man ufa ctu rin g / Cumm in gs H a r lev- DOl vid so n / Da r r v I \\' a t tsoacketl X R , hel d o ff H o nd i.'s Shobert for third a nd sen t Shobe rt to th e semi. '" had a problem with th e rea r en d . I • t I I I

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