Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Car r stretche d hi s lead o ut to 40 yards by the finis h. 600 National T he main event took fo rever to ge t un derway as a lmos t every rider had h is m echa ni c doi ng some thi ng. Finall y the gr een light flashed and it was Aselti ne wit h the in itial lead over Carr, Ekl u nd, Fisher, Strong a nd the o thers. For three la ps Carr was a ll over Aselti ne befor e he found an open in g. By lap fo ur Ca rr had a lready esta blished a 20-yard lead . Mea nwhil e, Fay passed Fis her bu t the two of them co n tin ued to pass each other back and forth un ti l la p nine wh en Fa y took control of th ird. In the middle o f the pack Kell a nd Pegra m were swapp ing posi tio ns sever al times eac h lap. F ina lly Pegra m took control and went after Wincewi cz, slid ing by him o n la p I I to ta ke over eigh th . Gra ham passed Stro ng 10 take o ver fifth behind Hil l. Stro ng e n ded u p se ve nth with T resser movin g u p to sixth. Up front, Carr was a lrea dy half a lap ahea d of Aseltin e wh en th e Canadia n 's rea r tire we nt fla t. Aseltine completed two la ps before call ing it a ni ght. With three la ps to go , HarleyDa vids o n / Arai / Ha p j o nes v'Tsubak i.' Alp i nes tars / W hite Bro s'! Works Perf . vHog : Wa sh / Yoko -Ra ceg ea r -s p o nso red Ca rr beg an lap pin g the backmarkers a nd he led Fay a nd Fishe r across the li ne a nd into win ner 's circle. Carr domi na ted the series this year wit h five win s in eig h t races, as no o ther ri der won mor e tha n o nce . T he series' top-ra n ked Junior rider was Kris Kiser of Kana , H aw aii, who finished fifth in th e poi nt standi ngs. Junior National Nin eteen J un ior class riders com peted in two hea ts fro m whi ch six in each wo uld adva nce to th e mai n event. Andy Tresser ha ndily wo n th e first hea t, and Da n Stan ley, who was riding with a sepa ra ted shoulder he suffered the nigh t befor e, won th e second. / In the main event Kell was o ff th e line q uick wi th Pegram rig h t on h im. P j - L'Rilcv's/ Sm iu y's/ Mike Camphouse/KK/ Arai/Ts uba ki /MJ USA / J e ff C hi sam-sponsored Pegram took over the lead o n lap two and never looked back , leadi ng Kell a nd T resser across the line. Pro-Am Allan Mcbee a nd J.P. Simonsen won the heat races in th e P ro-Am su p po rt program, but in the main event Steve H yson took th e lead on a restart and jumped o ut to a lead that no one would challenge. Jim Davis Ra ci n g /Irvin Paul-b ack ed H yson was fo llow ed across th e line by Malt H olden a nd Simsonsen, who led the in itial start but was put o n the pe na lty line for jumping th e restart. • Results 600 NATIONAL: 1. Chr is Carr (H-D); 2. M icl

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