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The backs of.Chris Carr (20), Scott Parker (I), Dan Ingram (31), Jay Springsteen (9) and Ron ni e Jones were all their pursuers saw until Ingram cra shed. The battle for fifth spot after Ingram crashed was fought by Terry Poovey (18) and Dave Durell e (58). The nod went to the Texan Poovey over Minnesota's Du relle, The ba!tle for seven th went to Ohioan Scott Stump (77), who topped Curt Rehmert (50), l\hke Hale (l2N), Steve Morehead (42) and Will Davi s (2 1). Scott Parker (I ) went home $ 10,000 richer after winning the Camel Challenge, topping Steve Morehead (42), R usty Rogers (57), and Ro n nie Jones (16 ). horsepo wer no t hand ling . We are using th e mi ler I used a t Sacrame nto an d Sa n J ose." sai d Moreh ead as Lawwill a nd Denny Laube com p leted the change. Poovey was a lso ready fo r the restart after turnin g hi s rea r tir e. W ith three laps to be run o n th e resta rt , H al e wo uld have to su rvive a single fil e restart. H e was up to th e task and led Poovey a nd Morehead at the start of th e last lap. Moreh ead's gear cha nge was for the better a nd he stayed with Poovey as they closed o n Hal e. H al e mad e a sma ll slip in turn three and th e victo ry was Poo vey's over Hal e a nd Moreh ead. Farris , Brian Athe rton, Mar tin Lavoie and John Faulkner were head ed for the seco nd sem i. Californian Ca rr owned the last heal from door-to-d oor, as J ones a nd Will Da vi s foll o wed Ca rr fr om a sa fe dista nce for th e last two direct trapsfer tit ke ts to th e main. T he action in th e fou rt h heat was th e battle over fourth place . Donnie Estep , George Roeder' a nd Cu rt Reh mert had th e spot at o ne tim e o r anoth er. On la p eigh t, Estep slipped th e groove in turn ' three and made th e save o f the da y - one th at had to be seen to be bel ieved. Ohioans Rt h mert , Roed er. a nd Es te p we re hea ded to the second semi. Sco ll Sa u nders a nd Kell y Bo wlby would also ha ve a not her o p port u ni ty in th e second semi. With th e co ncl us io n o f the heats, a ll o f the Ca me l Ch all enge' part icipants had mad e d irec t transfers to th e main event. Semis T he first sem i bel onged to a pat ien t Stu m p on th e Su pe r T ra p p / Kiw i/ T subaki/ Sturnp In s.lSkat Racing / Earl's Race Team / John Bails H onda. Chance Darling a nd Steve Burkholder tri ed every tri ck th ey kn ew but co u ld no t for ce Stu m p to mak e a mista ke. T he Ma rion , Ohi o, p ilot had th e in side lin e bl ocked so co m pletely that both Darling and Burkholder tr ied to go arou nd th e o u tside o n th e narrow groove. Darling tried a nd slip ped in turns one and two a nd fell in behind Burkhold er. Crai g Estelle worked har d in fourth pl ace o nly to ha ve a so lo ge t0 [[ in turn th ree. O n th e last la p it was Burkho lder's tu rn to try to get arou nd Stump, but the Pen nsylvania racer added his nam e to the li st o f turn three victim s as he step ped 0 [[, lu ckily unhurt. Stu m p took th e win to advance to t he Na tio na l, w h i le r u n ner- up Darling, thi rd pl ace finisher Devon Pritchard, Bob Sweete n, Tim Best, Da rren Eri ch sen a nd J ohn H olmes were Last Ch ance Qualifi er bound. Rod Farris earned his p lace in th e main wi th a co ntrolled 10 laps on th e Gardner Racin g / Wa lt ers Br other s H arley. Lyn ch /Zoom Cycle H ·D In c. C u rt Rehmert finished alone in seco nd beh ind w in ne r Farri s, wh ile G eorge Roeder and Donnie Estep battled over start ing spots in th e LCQ. Martin Lavoi e a nd J ohn Faulkner a lso transfered to th e LCQ for o ne mor e sho t a t ma kin g th e main . . Camel Challenge Fast qualifier Rusty Rogers pl aced hi s H arley in th e middle of the groove for th e sta rt of the brief two-and-a -half minute, five-lap dash , while Parker had pa rt o f th e groo ve for the sta rt. " I am going to pr etend th ere is a $ 10,000 ca rrot o u t th ere," said Parker. H is teammat e Carr hoped for th e best b y u si n g a b uffed in tire. J on es co m mented ho w he pl anned to use his head a nd try not to ma ke a mi stak e. ' Mor eh ead summed it up by saying, " Sta nd back a nd wat ch a nd let 's get to it." Camel P ro Ser ies cha m p Parker nail ed the start a nd fo r a ll practical matters the 10,000 chec k from R.]. Reyn olds was h is. Morehe ad , Rogers , J ones, Carr a nd H a le waited for th e m istake th at never came and in just two minutes plus a second or so, it was o ver. Wh en R.]. Reynolds field rep La rry Haney asked Pa rker wh at he was doing wi th all of th e Camel Challen ge mon ey he had ea rned, Parker replied, " Trn putting it in th e bank and wat ching it grow! " Las t Chance Qualifier Curt Rehmert led th e cha rge for th e lon e remaining ticket to th e main , but the red n ag was di splayed after only o ne lap during wh ich T im Best and J ohn Faulkner had co me tog ether .in turns o ne a nd two. Both Faulkner a nd Best made th e restart. On th e restart, Rehrn ert went to the point o nce aga in a nd held off nurnero us att empts by Estep to ge t by. The win a nd the last ticket to the Nationa l went to Reh mert with Estep a d isappointed second. National With th e track as ab ras ive as a nyo ne cou ld remember , getting a good start and then keep ing th e wheel s in line was o f the utmost importance. Carr had th e first pi ck o f a start ing slot, then Parker , Sprin gsteen , Poov ey, J on es, 9