Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Springfield Mile (Continued from page 7) group, Boody was running all alon e in n inth, an d Da y was 10th . Th e final fiv e laps produ ced Rolling Thunder Show racin g at its fin est as wh at had preceeded it wa s top ped on ly by th e fac t that the drama increased as the la ps clic ked off. Sh ob ert led the pack at the en d of laps 21, 22 an d 23, but as th e white flag was displayed it was Sco tt first across the line as the final lap started. With the crowd 's chee ring n earl y d ro w ning o u t the so u n d o f the engines, th e charge for the li ne ou t of tum four o n th e fina l lap was led by Shobert a nd a draft pass a ttem p t by Graham fell inches sh ort. Shobert's left fist punch ed th e air as he crossed th e line a nd G raham 's left fist sm acked hi s Honda 's 'gas tank in fru stration. Cro ssing th e line in a tight p ack ri ght with Sh obert an d Graham were, in order, Parker , Scan, Carr a nd Poovey. Jones took seventh in from of Da y an d Pearson, while Boody had dropped to 10th and cros sed th e line with his Hud Racing H onda running on one cylin der. "T hat wa s o ne 01 th e hardest ra ces I've ever run ," said Sh ob ert. "The bike wa sn ' t hooking up in th e Camel Challenge and (tu ne rs) Skip (Eaken) and Ray (P lu m b) and I go t our heads together and chan ged th e ch assis aro u n d. I've got to gi ve th em al l th e cred it in the world because you can't do it by yourself. It tak es a lot to set one up right." Runner-up Graham sai d, " There wasn 't any stra tegy OUt th ere toda y. I knew there was no/way I could draft by Bubba even though I tried to. There was nothing I could do abou t it (Bubba's winning). I want to thank Dennis Harris and m y brother, Troy, for all th e work the y've done on th e bike." Graham's brother Troy su m m ed up the intensity of th e racing: " I couldn't watch the last lap. I had to turn my back to it ." Although it had appeared that Parker was holding something back early in the race, perhaps in an attempt to "save" his rear tire, Parker said, "Lwasn't saving nothin', About the 15th lap I saw I was catching them and I started pitchin' it into the turns harder and I caught right up with them. It was so tough a race because wh en yo u 're running like th at yo u ca n get boxed in and go fro m firs t to fifth or si xth." Th e w in wa s Shobert' s 3 1st National victory - his 21st o n m ile tracks, a nd it gave th e Carmel Valley, Ca lifornia res ide n t a 20 point lead over Parker , l SI to 161, in the AMA G rand Na tional Championship Dirt Track Series, and a seemingly uncatchab le a dva ntage in the overall Camel Pro Series p oin t stan di ngs. Shob ert n o w h eads the CPS point standings with 176 poi nts and h is n earest cha llenger is road ra cer Wayne Ra iney who has 133. • Results 25 ·LAP NAnONAL: 1. Bubba Shobert (Hon); 2. Ricky Grah am (Hon); 3. Scott Parker (H· D); 4. Hank Scott (Hon); 5. Chr is Carr (H-D); 6. Terry Poovey (Hon); 7. Ronnie Jo nes (Hon); 8. Keith Day (Hon); 9. Scott Pearson (Hon); 10. Ted Boody (Hon); 11. Dan Ingram (Hon); 12. Rich King (Hon); 13. Doug Chandl er (Hon); 14. Pete Hames (H-D); 15 . Don Estep (H·D); 16. Don Howard (H-D); 17. Steve Eklund (H-D). TIM E: 14 min .• 36 .541 sec. AVERAGE SPEED: 102 .676 mph . AMA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DIRT TRACK SERIES POINT STANDINGS : 1. 8ubba Shobert (181); 2. Scott Parker (161) ; 3. (TIE) Doug Chandler /R icky Graham (153); 5. Chris Carr(143); 6. RonnieJones (118); 7. Terry Poovey (95 ); 8. Scott Pearson (93); 9. Don Estep (64); 10. A lexJorgensen (59). CAME L PRO SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Bubba Shobert (176); 2. Wayn e Rainey (133); 3. Kevi n Schwantz (132); 4. Doug Chandler (120); 5. Scott Parker (73); 6. Doug Polen (67); 7. Ricky Graham (66); 8. Chris Carr (62); 9. Dan Chi vington (61); 10. Jim Fil ice (51). I -------------- - cut out and mai' today - - II PEwaLeereraF:~TM I I '••u S r " .. r ~ .. II CHARTER Subscription Order Form I I I I I I I I I I I L 0 YES! I want to be a charter subscriber to Personal Watercraft Illustrated. That 's the fi rst 7 issues for $7.00. Name (please print clearly) 0 0 -----,.,•....- --,I Bihll mke with the Order enclosed C ec or Moneyfirst issue. (ma ke out paya ble to Cycle News) Charge my credit ca rd 0 Visa r . .~. . o Mastercard ~! Card Number Expiration date--l- - l_ _ Signature Address City State Ma il to : lip ~~~s;y~~~ :ea~~~fn~~ Illustrated P.O. Box 498 Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 Phone( Remember fo IlIdude ,our p.,m.'" or e"" uNl "'OI'metlOll wItJt your order . A. efMoc". er.dH eM" pt'OUuht, affflf - ".. ",.Jed'" ...""." of our I......,., ....... ---------------- "OUC".", .rtd ...-. ... be ~ lOt' II I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I ------ --- ------ ------------"at. 39

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