Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Kiser grabbed the holesh ot ag ai n on the restart, and again Shobert passed him within a lap, as did Corsetti. That was it, Shobert was go ne. Corsetti fini shed second an d Kiser had to' sett le for th ird a nd a trip to the Last Cha nce Qualifier. Kiser nabbed the start in th e LCQ and raced with rookie Expert Nu nez for th e fu ll 10 laps. Kiser led all the wa y to th e chec kers, ' but N unez hounded him every inch of the way . Nunez pushed Kiser ha rd on th e fin al lap but cou ld n't ge t by. Sin ce th e top two riders in the LCQ were sla ted for the National , both rid ers transferred to the main event . Wh en th e 12 finalists lined up for the first-ever AMA 600cc Nationa l. the field included nine Expe rts and three Jun io r s (Kelly, Ki ser a n d Tresser). Tresser was fir st off the line in th e 25-lap main event , but by the en d of the first lap he had been dropped to fourth by new leader Day. seco nd pl ace Wilson and Carr . who was ru nning th ird. Shober t came off the 'line in fifth, f ollowed by Eklund. .Hames a nd Kell y. Wil son slipped off the pace on the next lap , allowing Carr to take over second and Tresser to move into third. Wi lson fell to fourth. wi th Shobert and com pa ny riding on hi s rear fender. Little cha nged until lap n in e when Carr went down in turn twd'and took . Tresser wi th him . " I hit a rut in that corner and the back end came around and sh oved me into the ha y bal es," sa id Carr. " It ha ppen ed so fast, I cou ldn 't react. And y ran into th e back .of me." " I was just trying to work Chris, find his lines, when he fell in front of me.... said H arl ey-mounted Tresser. The in cident allowed several rid ers to move thro ug h th e pack, ' a nd at the halfway pomt Day led Shobert . Eklu nd, Hames, Kell y, Kiser and J ones. In the final 10 laps. Shob ert a nd Eklund reeled in th e tiring Day. and. on lap 24 they both powered around th e leader at almost the sa me instant in tu rn th ree. H a rl e y-m o u n ted Eklu nd went by o n th e o utside, a nd Shobert do ve his factory H o nda und ern ea th Da y a n the ins ide. Shobert took the chec kers in first. Ek lund fini sh ed a close second and, after leading most of the race, Day had to settle for the show position. H am es ca me h o m e in fourth , follo wed by Kell y, Kiser , Jones, Wilson. Carr . Tresser, Nunez a nd Co rsetti. "W it h all the ruts and bumps in the race track, I didn 't thi nk most of to night's racing wa s all that competitive," said Ek lund. " Everybody had to race on one line. Bu t in the main even t I th in k me. Bubba and Keith Day put on a heck of a show." " T he last cou ple of laps I was just po le-pu tti ng away," said Eklund. " T hen I went o ut hi gh to see how that line, wo rked a n d it worked great. " " Go ing over th e bu mps was ki lling me," said Day. " I was hoping I could slow down and hold them off. but I slowed down a little too much." . Day was ridi ng a Can-Am bo rrowe d fro m Ra ndy Berema n. • -Result s 25-LA P 600ee NA TIONAL: 1. Bubba Shoben (Han): 2. Steve Eklun d (H-O); 3. Keith Day (C·A); 4. Pet e Hames (H-D); 5. Speedy Kelly (H-D); 6. Kr is Kiser (Hon); 7. Ronnie Jones (Hon); B. Don W ilson (C-A); 9. Chris Carr (H· D); 1D. Andy Tresser (HD); 11. J on Nun ez (W -R); 12 . Mark Crosett i (W R). 600e e NATIONA L CHA MP ION SHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Bubba Shoben (20); 2. Steve Eklund (16); 3. Keit h Day (13); 4 . Pet e Hames (11); 5. Speedy Kelly (10); 6. Kris Kiser (9); 7. Ronn ie Jo nes (B); 8 . Don W il son (7); 9. Chris Carr (6); 10. An dy Tresser (5); 11. Jo n Nunez (4); 12. Mark Crosett i (3). .. ~. " .. .' o' . . . .. ..:... . .. ' .' . .: . ", - ; ", . .: ~.. ~'. :. :..i . .: 0 :~.~<.:;~~l. i'.J?:/. : " , : . -: ' . ; ' .-"~ : ... ., ' ...... .: " ,.. 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