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~ DIRTTRACK e ~ Led by G rand Na tional Champion Scott Parker (I), the Rolli ng Thunder Show hits the Iirsj turn at the sta rt of the Sp ringfield Mil e. J us t as he did th e previous week at San Jose. Parker left th e field behind a t Springfield. The win was his fourth straight at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Parker romps again By J ack Mangus Pho tos by Ber t Shepard SPRINGFIELD, IL,MAY 27 CO lt P a r ke r won hi s seco n d stra igh t Cam el Pro Series race of the year the sa me way he scor ed hi s first win the pr eviou s weekend a t the San J ose Mil e - in a runa wa y. Nati onal victory number two o n the year and the 32nd of Pa rker' s ca reer came in the Sprin gfield Mile a nd it was the fou rt h co nsec utive time the defendin g G rand Nat ional Ch ampion h a s won a t th e Illin oi s S ta te Fa irgrounds. Wh ile Parker rolled a long unchal len ged, a furiou s battle was waged behind him. As many as eig ht riders fought o ver th e runn er-up spo t th roughout mo st of th e race, a nd when the checkered flag came ou t it was H arley-Davidson factory team rid er Chris Carr, Pa rker's teammate. in that positi on, having n ipped Steve Mor ehead, who was aboar d th e Gardner & La wwill Harley, by in ches. " We di d the same damn stu p id thing and let tha t s.o.b. ge t away again ," said Carr aft er th e r a ce. More h ea d . exp lained: " We were racing so hard for position tha t he co uld pu t a good corner together a nd move a way from us. If we'd just fo llow ed and draf ted one ano ther rather than raced side-byside, we co uld have sta yed with him." Asked why they ha dn 't do ne that, Carr said, " We're sm art when we sit here talking to you gu ys (press), but . On the track it's a different story." S 6 Parker said, " All th ose guys started di cing it up a nd I said to m yself, 'I've got to ge t away,' a nd th a t's what I did. I loo ked back a nd saw th e lead I had after a while a nd I just held my pace after that :" T he victory moved Pa rker into the Ca mel P ro Series point sta ndi ngs lead by the nar row est of margins - one po int - over Carr, 82 to 81. Dan In gram , six th on the da y, is third with 50 points a nd Mor ehead is fourth with 47 points. With a n l l th p lace finish, J ay Sprin gsteen dropped from third in the point sta ndi ngs to fifth with a total of 46 points. I For h is winning effort in front of a n a ll but full house a t th e Illinois State Fairgrounds, Park er ea rned $5370 of th e $40,000 purse. Carr got $3565 a nd M orehead $2320. T ime Trials A tot al of 4<1 Expert s went up agains t tim er Gi l Dosm ega n 's clocks and the quickest of th ose was T exan Terry Poovey, wh o shrugge d off a dis located shou lder and logged a 35.916 second. 100.233 mph lap aboa rd hi s Marioneaux Racing Hon da that 's looked o ver a t the races by his bro ther, former racer Teddy Poovey. Poove y, wearing a brace on his shou lder, said, " It rea lly hurt when ii t happened (a t Ascot ) - it took nine . aspirins to d ull the pain so I could