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(Above) Saturday night's winner Ricky Graham (1) , Ted Boody (1 2 ), Hank 'Scott (14 ) and Bubba Shobert (67) on the front straightaway in the ·main. (Below) Sunday's vietor Harley's Scott Parker leads Steve Morehead and Jimmy Filice (1 7) on Saturday. Morehead earned a fourth and a sixth . action at Indy. Scott has been out of National competition since an accident at Louisville while Goss elected to sit out Peoria and Hamburg to allow his leg some added healing time. . On the machinery side of things, Bayland Raci n g 's Eddie Adkins came to Indy with a Harley- Davidson X R750 for Filice sporting fuel injection rather than carburetion. AMA Grand National Championship/ Camel Pro Series: Rounds 22-23 Twin Indy Miles star Graham, Parker By Gary Van Voorhis INDIANAPOLIS, IN , AUG. 24-25 Start to finish drama prevailed in the Stroh Mile Series rounds at the Indiana Sta te Fairgro u n ds as Honda 's Ricky G raha m starred in the nightti m e sh ow w h i le Ha rley - 10 Davidson's Scott Par ker' took top billing in the daytim e thriller. Graham 's first Camel P ro Series Mile National win of the year 'ca me by the margin 'o f about on e foot in a blanket finish so close everyone watching had their own version of the finish ing order. Officially, it was Hank Scott, Bubba Shobert and Ted Boody in second , through fourth . Parker's win was no less spectacular. although his margin of victory over Shobert was about one bikelength. It was the unfolding drama that Parker might, just might, break Honda 's and Shobert's domination on the mile. Parker not only did it , but did it in re cord breaking .style with an average speed of 102.047 mph. The battle for third went right to the finish with Graham edging Boody by less than two bikelengths, Shobert strengthened his position in the chase for the AMA Grand National Championship title. He now ·ho lds a 36-point margin -over Ted Boody, 2 10-points to 174, after Boody moved past Do ug Chandler into second in the points tall y. Bad luck co nt in ues to follow Chandler as he broke in his heat race o n Saturday night and finished 11th in Sunday's National. Chandler is third in points at 164. Parker holds down fourth at 146 points while Scott Pearson is in fifth at 129. .. Saturday Former National Champions Gary -.Sco n, a nd Rand y Goss returned to Time Trials Shobert hustled his Honda RS750 to a 37. I69-seco nd clocking o n the m ile ova l for top time of the 65 ri ders on hand to qua lify for th e 48 ri der program. Park er, Boody, Graham and Hank Scott, wi th a ll but Parker aboard Hondas, rounded out the to p five. Heats Shobert immediately took charge of heat one over Lance Jones, on a Tex Peel XR and Pete Hook a nd his Brent Thompson-built, Hal 's H- D of Milwa u kee-sponsored XR. Sh ift lever problems left Freddie Spencer I SuperTrapp Racing's Doug Chandler unable to shift gears a nd ended his ride just as it began. Hook eventually got the upper hand on Jones to finish second with Jones .sett lin g for third and the la st of three direct transfers to the National. Of note was the strong ride by Tammy Kirk on her Smitty's H- D XR from 10th to fourth. The heat was the quickest of the night, earning Shobert the choice of pole position, It was draft and pass show time in heat two as Parker came out on top of a to ug h dice wi til Hamburg HaH Mi le National winner Steve Morehead and Filice. Parker, on the Bill Werner-tuned XR, pulled out a six - . bikelength advantage at the finish wh ile Morehead grabbed seco nd by hal f a length in a stirring last lap dice ".with -Filice. The third heat saw as many as seven riders in the.lead draf t during the 1O-lap ra ce. The o nly constant in the show was Boody out front. Jon Cornwall moved h is Deeley HarleyDavidson XR to second at midway and held to the finish. Third, in a drafting pass a t the fin ish lin e went