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kai/ERC/Bel-Ray/ND/RK Chain Honda when Dave Hebb fell in the infield on lap one. Chandler held third until the finish. Graham was sitting on the pole for heat four, and was third oU the starting line, behind Carr and Texan Terry Poovey, but he gOt knocked off the track in the first turn and by the time he gOt back into the race he was running near last place. At the end of lap one, Carr held the edge over Bryan McDowell, Eklund's Gardner Racing teammate, Pete Hames, Poovey and King. Graham was charging through traffic. Hames was riding a motorcycle borrowed from Illinois Junior Kevin Kwaterski after his own Harley sheared the teeth out of the camshaft pully and bent the valves during practice. After qualifying on Kwaterski's bike, Hames said, "change everything," and the Gardner Racing crew frantically ripped the fork, shocks, throttle and -carburetor of( Hames' bike and put them on Kwaterski's mOtorcycle. It was Iucky for Hames that he had been gridded in the fourth heat. " The hard work paid off when Hames took second by following Carr's H-D Motor Co.lShoei/ Hobie/Hap Jones/RS Taichi Harley-DavIdson all the way to the checkered £lag. Poovey finished third to send fourth-place King to the second semi. Graham was also semi bound after placing fifth, as was McDowell, who finished sixth. Semis Three-time National Champion Jay Springsteen of ~r, Mlchi-gan, was third of( the line at the start of the first IO-Iap Expert semi, worked his way into the lead by the 'Ricky Graham (3) took second in the main event after battling with Rich King (80) in the second semi. end of lap one and won the race with a five-second edge over Canadian Jon Cornwell. Californian Winky Freitas finished third. King hounded Graham for the full 10 laps in the second semi, but Graham held the lead from start to finish to earn a direct transfer to the National. King's second, and McDowell's third sent both riders to the Last Chance Qualifier. Last Chance Qualifier King grabbed the holeshot and led the LCQ from wire to wire to claim the 15th and final starting spot in the main event. He also turned in the second-fastest 10 laps of the night, finishing in six minutes, 33.56 seconds, just .14 of a second off Pearson's Pace in heat two. Cornwell AMA/Camel Pro 'Honda Super Cycle Weekend, June 26-28 took second; Freitas finished third. Junior National As the riders lined up for the main" event, Wood-Rotax-'mounted Darell Davis, winner of the first Junior heat race and the second-ranked rider in the Junior National point standings, found himself in an excellent position to close the gap on point leader Bryan Villella. Villella failed to qualify for the main event when he finished ninth in the first heaL Only. the top six Junior riders in each heat transfer to the final. Davis also wouldn't be challenged by fast-qualifier Scott Stump, who fell during heat one and did not transfer. Davis, sponsored by Ron Wood! ShoeilTsubaki/Hog Wash, and heat-two runner up Kris Kiser, argued over the lead going inrr the first turn on lap one. Davis he.d the advantage as the pack entered the infield, while Honda-mounted Kiser dropped to third, trailing Ricky Graham-protege Jon Nunez. Kiser went down before the first lap was over, falling in the tight switchback just before the second jump, taking out heat-one winner P.]. Sanchez and Erik Graybeal in the process. By the midway point, Davis settled into a two-second lead over WoodRotax rider Nunez, who was pulling away from Steve Aseltine, Troy Norris, Jay Skidmore and Craig Howard. The top six positions remained unchanged all the way to the checkered flag. Jack Mayer Jr., Superbikes, 250 Grand Prix and Pro Twins challenge the laws of gravity at every hair· ra i,sing curve. "1bu've never seen anything quite like it. It's a special treat for the whole family, and it's just an hour north of Milwaukee. For tickets call: ~ EJ" "1.800.942.RACE ~ I _.-' ROAD AMERICA (Wisconsin) 1·800·992-7224 FOUR MILES OF FUN! Get your Saturday/Sunday combo tickets early. Discounts available until June 19, 1987 Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 53020