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Terry Poovey (1 8 ) kept Davis at bay for half of their heat race before D avi s slipped by. Poovey topped a furious battle for third in the final. AMA 600 National Championship1)irt Track Series: Final Round Will Davis (21 ) celebrates his second 600cc National win of the season w ith runner-up Steve Morehead in t he Dixie w inner's circle. Davis dominate's Dixie Speedway. By Dave .Hoeniq Photos by Flat Trak Fotos WOODSTOCK, GA, OCT. 23 Will Davis charged p ast early leader Steve Moreh ead on lap three then held off the rep ea ted challenges 6£ Morehead, putting his Shoei/L ive Wire/Avery Davis/Cox H-D/ Tex Peel/Diamond-sponsored Harley-Davidson into the winner's circle for the second . , , . ume th~s season at the fI~~1 Davis (2 1 ) forced his way by Morehead for the lead on lap three of t he fi nal. Morehead continued to challenge w ith no brakes. Larry Pegram t ook command at the restart of the Pro-Am f inal and rode to victory over A.J , Snoop, who passed Kirk Hayes on the last lap. . 600cc National of the season at DIXIe Speedway. " It's been a lo ng time since my first win at Daytona; I love this place," said an elated Davis. Mor ehead, who was riding the injured Don Estep's Wood-Rotax, posted the fastest time taking his Wheelin Works /KK Motorcycle Supply/John Dragoo/Storz-sponsored mount to a 18.973 lap. Dan Ingram was the only other rider in th e 18's at 18.986. Kris Kiser (19.027), Mark Gruber (19.031), Davis (19.052) and David Reeves (19.138) rounded out th e hea t race pol e-sitters. There were 49 entries with 15 Juniors and 34 Experts. . " , he ,fIrst heat saw Scott Stump Jump m!o the lead on ly to have DaVId MIller take over on lap two . L3;P thre~ saw Morehead move fr?m thud .to first as Stump started a stide back into the pack. Morehea~ pulled av:ay for the fastest heat at 3:11.432. M~ll~r he ld down second easi ly o~er Wil fie M<;Coy, who had passed RICk Grub~rwIthtwo laps left. Stu~pand Charlie 0:r followed on their way , to the semi . J u ~ ior Scott Mohan ~Iipped his Continental Cycles/Q!1let Storm/ CastroIlBell /Tsubakl -spo nsored Harley-Davidson by Dan Ingram on lap tw.o .of heat two and ~eld off the h3;rd ndm~ Expert class nder for ~he wm .. J UnI o rs DavI~ L loyd, J Im Hollister and.Rob Majeski led Garth Brow to the firs t semi. Another Junior class rider, Kris Kiser, took hea t three from new Expert Craig Este lle , Kiser, aboard the injured Recil H art 's Ro tax, took his H art R acin g/ Arai/ Diamond/ Honda Maui/Kiser Honda-sponsored .mo unt to the second fastest h~at urne, Estelle wa~ a saf~ second WIth Scott Scherb taking thud from Steve Aseltine as Danny Angel 'and Robert Lewis followed. The fourth heat was 'all . Chris Carr's on his Harley-Davidson Motor Co .lShoei/ RS Taichi/Tsubaki /Sunoco/Hog Wash /White Bros .lWork Performa~ce Pro ductssponsored Harley. Cruber held a so lid second w~Ile John Faulkner passed.Gary DaVIS WIth two laps left for thud. Ste~e Kasten~ and Dean Faulkner ran fifth and sIxth: Terry PoO\~ey rocketed mto the lea~ on h.eat fIve,. but at the halfway po~nt WIll DaVIS took ~ommand. Eric Graybeal, ,!"ammy KIrk, Bryan Har~m and MIke Hale v:ere also desuned for the second serru. The last heat ;saw Da,:e ,Hebb lead every lap on hIS Gaskm s Funeral Home/Mach !lNolan/Hog Wash/ Canton Automotive/Dave Hebb RacinglT-Shirt Shoppe-sponsored Harley-Davidson. Kevin Atherton battled with Tim Merte ns over second as David Reeves moved up to challenge, Reeves slid down in turn one on lap six giving Mertens back 'th ird . Hebb and Atherton cruised home easily in front of Mertens, Bill Newkirk, Scott Adams arid Bob Brooks. The firs t semi was an exciting race as Lloyd jumped into the lead but Aseltine took over on lap three. Orr moved up to second on lap four and was pressuri ng Aseltine. Orr tried to sli p under Aseltine in turn three but got in too hard, hit him, almost saved it, a nd finally high-sided and ended up by the wall with hi s Harley ri ding him. This bro ugh t o u t the red flag. The shaken Orr was unable to make repairs in time for the restart, elimina ting th e . Spri ng N ational Champion. a