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r-~ C> '" twentieth pl ace an d re sumed riding rap idl y . Twenty .five lap s later h e w as in fifth p lace, b u t st ill over a half minu te be hind Rayborn . Third p lace be came the fo cal p oint. Pierce an d Fisher were disputing it som e twenty se conds beh ind Rayborn . Wad a . ran in to tro uble somewhere an d Fisher inh eri ted secon d place, but Pier ce was right on hi m . Fishe r th en fell off the pace as Pierce mo ved into second and Gen e Ro mero an d Pau l Smart took over th ird and fou r th . Pier ce was hustl ing, but Ro mero was con siste n tly b uilding a ma rgin of nearly tw o seconds per lap. Even by him self Calvin is fun to watch. Fis he r m oved back up to chal lenge Smart and Kel Ca rru thers (Yam) jo ine d the crowd. As Pierce mo ved o ut. it was Sm ar t. Fishe r. Rome ro, and Carruthers ; b ut Kel drop ped out wit h a cracked man ifold . One lap later Mark Brelsford (II-D) moved up to take h is p lace in line . Fisher held in second for seve ra l laps wh en Pier ce p itted and go t back o ut in six th spo t. Fisher pi tted two laps la ter and Brelsfo rd w as in second p lace, about 3 6 seco nds behind Rayborn. Yvon DuIlamel h ad n ow moved up in to fifth, fixing to smoke Pier ce and Sm art. That he did in sh ort o rd er , and was by Romero in to third pl ace o n lap 4 2. On the ne xt lap Brelsford coasted o u t with a bad thro ttle an d DuHamel w as second and m oving very , very fas t. Fishe r h ad co m e o u t of the pits in fourth p osition, which he he ld for h al f a dozen laps until Gary Scott (Ya m) got by . Neither could contest Romero for Howard Lyngaard 171 and Jeff March battled for th e Junio r win down to th e last lap. Then, inde p ende ntly, t he y both crashed . So . . . e, ,... N Ol ,...' N ~ C .., " ~ l1J Z l1J ..J U ~ U ( Aft er 125 mil es Rayborn took th e checkers. Jam es Deehan won . third pl ace . Though DuHamel had been gainin g a lot of ground, Rayborn took the ch ec ke rs w ith abou t 4 0 secon ds to spare . Rome ro h ad third locked, wi th Fisher in fourth , Gary Sco tt fifth foll ow ed b y Kenny Roberts . Ron Pier ce, an d Paul Smar t. Rayborn h ad ave raged at a record of 84.99 mph . JUN IO R FIN A L THE WEE KE ND TH E T h e Junior h ea ts showe d promise of som e dandy racin g in the final . Jim Evan s (Yam ) won the first round over J eff March (Yam ), and Jerry Gre ene (Ka w) over J immy Chen (Ho n) and Robert Pepper in the secon d . (Please tum to pg. 19) . ~ Calvin Lee Rayborn after his fo urt h w in in fo ur runnings of the Indy National-all on H-D . RACE OF Two form er National champs. Gary Nixon and Men Lawwill , didn't finish .