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Jay Springsteen (9) and Ted Boody (12) dice for a midpack position; Boody finished seventh with Springer falling back to ninth. Chris Carr (20), Pete Hames (32), Steve Eklund and Randy Goss (6) battle in the National; Goss got eighth while Eklund beat Carr and Hames. couldn't gain the advantage; both went to the National. Semi number two was all Boody, who led the pack across the stripe on every lap, Terry Poovey and Pete Hames pulled even with Boody at limes, but the Oklahoman held out for the win, Hames finished second with Poovey third. Last Chance Qualifer Morehead got the jump at the start of the Last Chance Qualifier, appeared to miss a shift before turn one. but still led the field at the end of the first lap. It was Tom Maitland leading lap two as the race turned into a threerider ballie between Maitland, Morehead and Poovey. The positions changed on every lap, but Poovey drafted past the other two when it counted to win a near-photo finish and take the last transfer to the main event. National Shqbert sat on the pole for the start of the 25-lap National, and Goss chose the spot right behind him, lining up on row two, even though he could have started on row one. Goss' move was calculated to provide his Harley with the best possible traction for the stan. Carr found himself starting on the third row, in the loose dirt on the inside of the front straight. When the light turned green it was Graham with the holeshot, but Shobert motored by on the back straight. ScOll followed the two Honda pilots across the line on lap one with Springsteen, Ronnie Jones and Parker in tow. SCOIl and Graham swapped posi· tions for the next three laps, while chasing Shobert. Jones, meanwhile, had broken free from the second pack and moved up to the top three. SCOIl led Shoben on lap five, but Shobert was back on top on the next goaround. Graham and Shobert seemed to make a break for it on the 10th lap, and SCOll had his hands full with Jones. For all practical purposes the race for the lead ended on lap 12 when Shobert pulled free. "They were holding me up in the turns, and I got by in three and broke the draft," Shobert said. With Shobert clear, the action focused on the heated bout for second. SCOll and Graham swapped back and forth, lap after lap, with Jones starting to fall baCk. Jones held a comfortable lead on a pack made up of Boody, Parker. Goss, Chandler, Springer, Eklund and Carr. By the 22nd lap. Shobert had a two-second The ever-consistent Bu~ Shobert won again at Indy and opened his point lead to 56 points over Harley-Davidson-mounted Chris Carr. lead as the ballle for econd continued to rage. As the pack came down the front straight ,to take the checkered flag, Shobert took an easy win with SCOll holding off Graham. Ronnie Jones held onto fourth with Parker, Chandler, Boody, Goss, Springer and Eklund rounding out the top 10. "We stayed with them for a while," Jones said. "Maybe we can beller it tomorrow." A disappointed Carr said, "We tried a new combination, but we'll go back to what we used at DuQuoin for tomorrow. " "I gotta use all my experience to run with these guys. they're 24 years old." the veteran SCOIl said. . "It really wasn't that exciting to· wards the end, but it was if you were on the bike'," Shobert told the large crowd. - Results NATIONAL: 1. Bubba Shobe" (Han); 2. Han!< Scan (H-O); 3. Ricky Graham (Han); 4. Ronnie Jones (Han); 5. Scott Pa",er (H-D); 6. Doug Chandler (Hon); 7. Ted Boody (Hon); 8. Randy Goss (H·D); 9. Jay Springsteen (H·D); 10. Steve Eklund (H-D); 11. Ch,is Carr (H·D); 12. Pete Hames (H-D); 13. Don Howard (H-D); 14. Tammy Kirk (H-D); 15. Lance Jones(H·D); 16. Terry Poovey(H·D); 17. Dave Hebb (H·D). AMA GRANO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPI CAMEL PRO SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Bubba Shobe" (229); 2. Chris Carr (173); 3. Scott Parker (162); 4. Doug Chandle' (124); 5. Ricky Graham (111); 6. Ronnie Jones (88); 7. Ted Boody (83); 8. Pete Hames (80); 9. Ste.. Eklund (77); 10. Steve Morehead (67).11. Hank Scott (63); 12. Randy Goss (58); 13.ITIE) Scott Pearsonl Jay Springsteen (55); 15. Rodney Farris (53); 16. Sammy Sweet (49); 17. Alex Jorgensen (48); 18. Tom Maitland (32); 19. Tim Mertens (28); 20. Terry Poovey (27).