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Menens in third, ahead of Rogers, Graham, Camlin, H a le, Du r e ll e, Bea ttie, Kiser and Darl ing. By the ha lfwa y point, Graham had ovenaken Pegram a nd Roeder, a nd th e order as they began th e seventh lap read : Graham , Pegram , Ro ed e r, Mertens, Camlin, Durell e and Davi s, a ll in close order. On th e eighth lap, Rogers blasted into seco nd, ahead o f Roed er. Camlin made his big move o n the white flag la p , a nd swooped past all of his riva ls and into th e lead. Graham wo uld have none of that, though, and drafted past as th ey made the mad dash towards the chec kered flag. Mertens also inched past, but Camlin he ld o n to finish third. " I thought I was going to hold them off, but I was just a lillie shan," said Caml in. "This is the first time that I' ve bee n in contention for the wi n since I broke my leg ," said Mertens, who spent most o f the 1991 seaso n heal in g. Ro u nd ing o ut th e top eig h t a nd fi n ishi ng close beh in d were Pegra m , Roeder, Durelle, Davis a nd Rogers. In the J unior cla ss, Perr ault was the o n ly rider to break into the 100 mphra nge, as he qualified fastest wi th a 35.775/ 100.628 lap and went o n to win h is hea t race. Bret Beyer and J ess Roeder, yo u nger brother of Ex pert George Roeder II, to pped th e o ther two heats. T he J ;"nior mai n was run in light dr izzle a nd under the th reat of heavy rain. Perrault led th e wa y off th e line a nd quickly esta blis hed a heal th y lead , bu t sudde nly slowed a nd was reeled back in . "T he ra in pi cked up a lill ie and I wasn 't su re how slic k it was," said Perra ul t. " I decided to back o ff a lit tle a nd th ey ca ugh t me." Roeder closed in a nd sto le the lead o n la p eig h t, o nly to ha ve Perrault rocket by on lap nin e a nd nail do wn th e win . The race fo r seco nd went dow n to the wire with Roeder hanging o n for the spot over Beyer , Ek lu nd, James Hart and T im Selb y. Forty Pro -Am rider s were pl aced into fo u r scratch hea ts, with the top six tra ns ferr i ng to the regular heats. Mik e Warner, T odd Dough ty, Bryan G ra ybeal a nd Mike H acker won th e scratch heats. Doughty a nd H ack er ca m e back to win the two reg u la r heat s. Like th e Junior main , the Pro-A m fin al left th e line in a light rain. H acker immed iat ely took co n tro l a nd moved out to a big lead, but " just got tired a nd tried to be ca reful." Raben Will ia ms sto le the lead from th e tiring H acker on lap five, a nd led Do u g h t y, H a ck er , Gra ybea l a n d Wa rn er a t the start o f la p six. In th e rem ain in g la ps, the top five riders rode nose-to-tail. On th e last la p , H acker p icked up the draft and slip streamed past his peers to earn the win. Warner, Do ugh ty, G ra ybeal a nd Wil lia ms cro ssed the li ne in that order. "This is my fi rst tim e o n a mile tr ack , a nd tha t d rafting is rea lly so methi ng," sai d Hacker. c¥ Results PR ().AM:: I. Mike Hacker (R tx); 2. Mike Warner (H· D); 3. Todd Do ughty (H·D); 4. Brian Str ong (W· R ); 5. Robe rt Wi lliams (H· D); 6. R yan Bro wn (HD); 7. J esus Crawlor d [R tx}; 8. Ro bbie G rid (H · D); 9. Alvi n Hend ley (W· R ); 10. Ned Strom (Ho n ); 11. Steve Wilson (W-R ); 12. Bria n Strong (W-R ). JR: I. Cory Perreault (W· R ): 2. J o ' Roeder (H· 0 ); 3. Bret Beyer (H·D); 4. j dl Ek lu nd (Rtx ); 5. j ames H art (\v · RI; 6. Tim Selby (W· R ); 7. Ty Howard (R tx); 8. Brent Arm brus ter (R rx): 9. Ray DUKan (Rtx) : 10. Roy Ha rt. J r. (Rtx) ; I I. AI Ead ie (Rtx ]: 12. Robert Mill er (R tx). EX : I. Ri cky Graham (Hon) ; 2. Tim Mert en s (H o n); 3. Dave Camlin (H -D): 4. Larry Pegram (H· D); 5. Geo rge Roed er (H- D); 6. Dave Durell. (H · D); 7. Will Davis (Ho n); 8. 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