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Ted Boody, Rodney Farris (92), Doug Chandler (10), Alex Jorgensen (44) and Scott Parker fight for third during the main event. Jones, Rodney Farris and Hank Scott went into turn one five abreast at the stan of the second 10-lap heat race, and when push-came-to-shove on the one-bike-wide groove. it was Scott wbo led the group out of turn two. Jones and Graham (sponsored by Honda/Arai/Bel-Ray/Tsubaki/ND) quickly drafted by.SCOll on the back straight, however, and Farris moved the Ed Fisher/Nolan/Mike Sponseller/Gary Nixon Honda up to Scott's rear fender; Springer settled inw fifth. Farris bumped SCOll to fourth at the midway point, then joined in with Graham and Jones for a firstplace ballie that lasted all the way to the checkered £lag. The trio drafted and redrafted each other for five laps, and crossed the finish line almost side-by-side. Graham took the win by inches over Farris, and Jones claimed third, half a wheel back. Founh went . to SCOll and Springsteen rounded out the top five. The third heat started out as a battle between Chandler, Poovey and KK Aftermarket Supply's Steve Morehead, but ended with a come-frombehind SCOll Parker win that left the Harley fans cheering. "I gotan average holeshot and they jumped me off the corner and had 10 bike lengths on me," Parker said, "Then I slid off the groove on the first lap and they had 30 bikes on me, and I thought, 'uh oh, here we go.' I didn't want to go to the semi, so I got the gas on and got aggressive." The Team Harley rider spent nine laps working his way to third, riding the wheels off his Harley, charging hard into the corners. He drafted Poovey on the back straight on the last lap to take over second, then nipped Chander at the £lag to take the win. Morebead finished fourth. Former National Champion Steve Eklund led Boody and Carr into the first turn of the fourth heat, selling up a four-rider ballle that soon would be joined by Delaware's Eric Rausch. Boody immediately took the lead on the back straight and held it to the checkered £lag, bu t he was harrassed by the hard-charging trio all the way. Carr sellled into second for the duration, and Rausch bumped Eklund to fourth on lap seven, to set the finishing order. Boody, Chris Carr (201, Eric Rausch (96), and former National Champion Steve Eklund battle during the third Expert heat in front of a packed house at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. Semis The first 1O-lap Expert semi was a full-bore battle between Scott, Springsteen and Goss. It was SCOll who led Goss and Springer into turn one. Springsteen moved to second on lap four by diving hard into Syracuse's narrow, treacherous turn three, then took over the lead on lap fi ve. Goss claimed the top spot on lap seven, but SCOll retook the lead by diving hard into turn one on the next go-around. Springsteen brie£ly retook the lead on lap nine, and a three-way, side-byside finish at the £lag saw SCOll claim the win over Springer by the width of a wheel; Goss finished third a halflength back. The second semi was another barn burner. this time between Morehead. Rausch, Minnesota's Peter Hook and Tom Maitland of Michigan. More· head set the pace in the early going, with Rausch camping on his rear fender. Peter Hook dove hard into turn three to take the top spot on lap four. Morehead and Hook traded the . lead through lap eight, with Maitland moving into third and Rausch slipping back to fifth, behind Don Estep. Maitland drafred by both front runners on the back straight during the final lap, but Morehead and Estep drafted Maitland to take fir t and second at the £lag. Last Chance Qualifier' Goss. who missed the National by one position in both his heat and semi, finally made it to the main by winning the Last Chance Qualifier. He did it after a fierce race-long ballle wi th Hames, Hook and Tim Mertens. Mertens worked hi way from founh at the start to first coming out of turn four, heading for the checkers, but Goss took the last transfer to the main when he just managed to draft the Illinois Honda rider at the £lag. Prof Am Final Stump took the lead on the firstlapof the Pro/Am Invitational and never looked back. A four-rider ballle for second developed between Ray West, Steve Aseltirie, Scott Mohan, and Scott Sanders. The four fought for the entire 10 laps, with \Nestand Aseltine following Stump across the line to claim second and third. .Both Mohan and Sanders were in· .ured when thev col i