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- '" N " '" " e, N .... '" 0' M >- :;: " '" 3: w z w ..J U >- U fro m lap eigh t o n wi th just one han d. He ca me in, and I was stan di ng righ l there , an d ... •h at' s wn v he t oo k the extra lap . to ge t e\·ery bo.dy ou t of the way ' cu z he co uldn ' t do an ything , he just figured he cou ld n 't d o any thing. An d h e carne in. and he ca me to a st op ...he co u ld not gra b o r p ull in th e cIu tch .. .i f he had be en forced to change Rea rs h e co u ld n o t h ave finished th e race . S o h e sto pp ed and let it go o n th e gro und and Mike came o ver and he touched h is sho u lde r and J im wen t " Aww ueghh eh" and he damn nc ar w en t up to th e ce ilin g. He j us t sat there for severa l min u tes and ... we ll, sat th ere . It w as an unb el ievabl e race. " An und er st a tem en to Perh ap s I've devo ted t oo mu ch to J im Rice in this acc ount. If I have, I apolog ize to the rest of th e field. I d on't th ink so . Man v more rid ers d id , in th e ir ow n ' v , rnan y spect acul ar thin gs. ray There is n o th in g like th e mi le . JUNIORS Earl v favorite Steve Droste blew d uring ' qualify ing , giving Texan Jim Rawls an early advantage . But Scott Brels fo rd took that honor away from hi m during th e h ea t in which Steve Nich ols came from behind to ga m er thi rd. A nother co me-bac k performance was staged in the other Junior he at, this time Gary Caldwell wicked h is BSA fro m fifth to third on the fin al lap to RESULTS J U N I O R MAIN Scott Bre lsford Re x Barrett Jim Rawls Larry Gi n o Tom Whi t e Matt Falc one r To m Horton Gary Caldwell B r ian Le p tan te Joe B rown Steve Ni chols I van Sh lgemas3 2 5 NATI ONAL J im Rice Kenny R ob ert s D ic k Mann Re x Beau cha mp C huck Palmgren G ene Rome ro Joh n Hatel ey Mar k Will iams M ert L awwi ll Dave Alda n a To m Rockwood T od Sl oa n Dave Se h l Eddie M ulder Dave Hansen E ddie Wirth Gary Scott Frank Gillespie Ron M oore D on Castro trail Rex Barrett (Tri) and Arizona 's Brian LePlan te (T ri) . \l' ith th ese six hold ing do wn th e fro n t row, second line starters La rrj Gino, Brown, Ivan Tom Ho rto n . Jo c S h ige rnasa , Mau Falcon er and Tom \l' h ite had a ' ro ugh fiel d to co n te n d wi th . Fas t he a t winner Brel sfo rd brok e fro m the p ole and gra b bed th e lead. b u t on the o u tside came Steve . 'icho ls to pass him o n tum tw o. Scott q ui ckly regaine d the p oint d o wn th e b ack straigh t and never was headed during th e l -l-lap event. . T he , s to ry was very d ifferen t fro m secon d pn back. Tw ice the secon d place rid er drop ped out wi th mechan ica l problem s. Nich ols was th e firs t to fail on the fif th lap , an d LcPla u te wen t on lap 1 I, giving Brelsfo rd a co mman ding eigh t second lead . Before LePl an te blew, ' he had a te rr ific di ce with Raw ls fo r th e secon d slot. Barrett soon j oined in an d by lap nine, Horton also em e rged in fourt h. When Brian blew , Hort on bri efly h ack ed his w av into seco n d but co u ld n ' t h ol d it from R awl s. Then tr agedy struc k Hort on , to o , as his engine went on the last lap . Barre ll came from n owh ere to take over thi rd and the n seco nd as he p assed Rawl s in th e final tum. Gin o grabbed fo ur th from Tom Wh it e and Matt Falc oner, rid ing Eddie Mulder's sp ar e Triumph , finished sixth, th e last mach ine st ill running. H-D T rl Yam Tr i Tr i Tri Tri BS A T ri Ya m Yam Trl BSA Yam BSA H·D Yam T rl Trl Trl H·D BSA Tr l Tr i H·D T rl T ri Trl T ri Nor T ri Tri Scon Brelsford w inn ing the Junior Ma in. 1 111 • I ' ., ( ( Z""o .) ,~ r .,rh Pro flat -trackers on their prototype mounts. Aldana, M ann , Hat elev, Burres. Rice.