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·DIRTTRACK . AlIA Grand NatIonal Championship Series . Round 13: Peoria M.C. Clubgrounds Initial feedback from sources who viewed the program on television indicated that the program was wellreceived. GRAND NATIONAL Ben Bostrom grabbed the initial lead when the 17-rider final shot off the line, but Carr had cerolainly gotten off to a good enough start from his position on the pole as he trailed both Ben Bostrom and King, looking very much like a cat playing with a pair of mice before devouring them. King was the first to get swallowed. Ben Bostrom then appeared to be having trouble getting through turns one and two, and that was exactly where Carr made a pass for the lead as the duo came 'off the second corner on lap three. From there, Carr settled in and once again played out that familiar Peoria rhythm in his head, pulling further and further away on each circuit, aboard his Kenny Tolberttuned XR600. "He (Bostrom) made a 'couple of bobbies and I went right by him," Carr said. "You got to be smooth and race the racetrack, because the racetrack will hurt you more than a racer. After eight years you get that rhythm going, and it's always the same." After Carr began his annual checkout, Ben Bostrom then fell victim to Tresser, who left the Bostrom brothers to settle a family feud. In the meantime, Parker and Atherton were on the move through the field. Parker wasted little time threading his way through the King/Bostrom and left off. Wait and Deeley Harley-Davidson's Steve Beattie made it into the show with Pegram: "We've been having bad luck all day," Pegram said. "We broke a valve spring in the scratch heat and jumped the line in the regular heat and finished fourth. We've been coming from the back all day, but we're going fast. Now we'll just have to get a good start from the second row in the main." After being rather quiet to this point, Washington IT rider and reigning AMA 600cc National Champion Mickey Fay led Terry Poovey and Ty Howard into the main event via the second semi. "I was trying to count them up, and with practice, I'll have about 116 laps by the end of the day," Fay, a former factory Honda rider, said. ''Just give me a hit of oxygen and I'll be right there. I'm 37 years old, and that's my excuse nowadays." Parker regained his composure to take the win in the last semi after clashing with Eric Bostrom, who finished second over Price. (Above) SCott Parker (1), here leedlng Eric Bostrom In the third . .ml, had to claw and scratch his way through the pack In . the National and by the time he had control of second, carr WlI8 already long gone. (Right) A thrown chain ended Kevin Atherton's hopes In the Invitational reca, but he rebounded for a third-place finish In the National. Ul'm never real impressive at Peoria," Parker said. "But I've already passed a lot of people today. "They say thaf I can't IT," Parker joked dryly. '1 can IT, but I can't beat Chris at Peoria." GRAND NATIONAL INVITATIONAL Lights, camera, and plenty of action could be seen when CBS Sports went on the air nationwide with the AMA Grand National Invitational, a one-hour live program that featured two separate 10lap heats as well as a separate, nonpoints-paying main event. CBS announcers Ken Squier, Ralph Shaheen and Larry Maiers delivered the commentary as 17 riders took to the track for a $20,000 main event. There was drama right from the beginning as both Ca rr and Parker jumped the start of the race and were sent to the penalty line, giving another favorite, Kopp, a clear advantage. But while Kopp did in fact take the early lead, Carr supplied the fireworks during the race by coming from several seconds down, putting on a Jeremy McGrath-like charge through the pack with Parker in ·tow before catching Kopp on lap 17. Parker then displaced Kopp and ran away in the final eight laps for a convincing win. Kopp held on for second at the line while Parker filled out the podium in third. "That was great," Carr said. "We were able to show what we could do on National tel€'tision." Bostrom /Tresser feuds, starting his weave on lap II and sewing it all up by lap 15. After that, a look at the lap charts showed that Carr was turning laps in the low 27- to high 28-second range, and Parker was doing the same. The rift neither grew nor shrank. Afterward, Carr wasn't surprised to hear it. "I figured that the guy to beat here