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SEARS POINT ..A. C E 1lN"'..A. V" ~ BriefIY_III_ Fast Food Menu for August Scott Parker landeS $4,500 .for his win as well as $3,200 from Harley-Davidson and. $300 from Bell Helmets for a total of $8,000 in purse and cOntingencies. Lance Jones won the AMA 883cc National main event by a counlry miie over Georgie Pr'Ice IV and Mike Hacker, who finished second and Ihird respectively, but the final results are unofficial pending a te'ardown of the top three finishers: machines by the AMA. Rather than tear. the bikes down at Rapid City, AMA .Tech Inspector Greg Crow chose' to' seal -the motors, which w·ill be torn down at the Denver Half Mile. Should any of the top three competitors tamper with the .seal or' fail 10 present their motorcycles at Denver, they will be disqualified, Georgie Price IV was sporting a new ride for the Rapid City'Half. Mile, havin.9 teamed up with Virginia leam owner Bob Norfleet. Norfleet wa~ campaigning his Harley-Davidson' XR750s' with Rusty Rogers aboard, but the two parted' after 'the Hagerstown Half Mile, "We paited ' company as friends," Norfleet said of his deal with Rogers, "We just weren't getting alOng with the racing too well, Its. sOr:!' of like he'S a free agent and I'm a free agent." . With his new 750 deal, Georgie Price "IV . is no longer completely under the wing ot the SpectrolM(lroney's Harley-David· son team, which fields bott'! 7505 and. 883s for team members Mike Hacker and Jason FlatCher. But Price has not cut the cord completely" as·he will continue to . ride a Spectro/Mor0l1ey's team HarleyDayidson in the AMA 883cc Natio'nal Se,ries, Sears Point Raceway will ,be serving up its own torrid motorcycle recipe made with equal portions of screaming engines and hot exhausts, all topped off with melted rubber, . as the main course of the IrSn" '".n." &"",,.i, ••,,,.it. C.'"..". ""1 .,"i"': -AMA Superbikes -250 Grand Prix -600 Supersport -150 Supersport -Harley-Davidson Twin Sport ...and more! How long had 'il really been si.nee .Ricky Graham last dove into his Grand National gearbag? ~I went to get my 'stuff 'together and I ljrabbed my race boots. I saw some bits of paper in the right one. So, I shook it out, and six mice fell out of It and scattered," . Paul Morgan III rode Rapid City aboard, ·the GardilerlWalter Brothers HarleyDaVidson of injured Californian Aaron HI,I, and the Centralia, lIIinois-baseq rider met with good results, HaVing made his , first Grand National at the Oklahoma City . Half Mile on July 29, Morgan. once again . Taced his way into the show via the first semi and then went on 10 finish eighth in . the' final. According to team owner ·Stave Gardner~ Hill may retire again, leaVing the Gardner ride open once again, though 'whether or not Morgan, who ,currently. has a' ride with, team owne'r Fred SChm\!lbach, will fill the position remains. to be s811n. Tickl't'i> at BASS tickl't outll't'i> or call Though he won his heat race, Scott Parker elected not to take part in ·the Crane' Cams Challenge. "I chose not to take part in the Crane Cams Challen,ge because they make us wear a bib that covers up all . our other sponsors," Parker said. "I do,;'t understand why we have to' do that. It is already called the 'C.rane Cams Challenge." I wouidn't mind' wearil)g a hat on . the' podium or something like that. But .lor $1000, it's not worth -covering up my primary sponsor, Harley-Davidson." Despite being handed a .17th-place finish after his chain reportedly' came off on the· 24th lap, Jay Springsteen still remains in a very solid fifth-place in the series StaOO-. 'ings with 100 'points and one win. By contrast, three riders with one vic10ry each - . Steve Beattie', Davey Camlln, and Bratt Landes - are hovering just outside the. top , . 10. It pays to be consistent. . (800) 870-RACE. ~ ~ the Sedalia Half-Mile. Will chalked up a solid win on his RS750 Honda, and shot into sole second place position in the race for the AMA Grand National Series Championship. Congratulations Will. WiH relied on Ton::o's MPZ T4R SyntheticlPetroleum Motorcycle Racing Oil for more horsepower and torque output. T4R flows freely when you st art a cold engine and maintains a heat resistant oil film when hol T4R is recommended for all 4-cycIe ATV and motorcycle racing engines. Try Torco - you'll be glad you did! . DISCOVER RACING'S BEST KEPT SECRET••• MPZ. 0 c; Ir--For-the-ne-arest--dea-Ier-I . ft" ~TORCO ~ " ...' -, call (llOOI 64&-5722 INTERNATIONAL CORP. _1tlRCO_ 9918 PIoI.-IIlwd. • SII1ta Fo SpIlngo, CA IlOS7O 1M2.-'FAX M9-CZl1