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(A b ove) Scott Par k er (1 1 ) and Alex Jorgensen battled for second. (Bel ow ) S teve Wi se flew to finish eighth. (Bottom) Steve Eklund (8). and Brad Hurst lo c k ed horns during their heat. Billy Herndon and Goss battle as Stev e Ekl und drops out. and Pearson. Day led the second sem i fro m wire-to-wire for the wi n and h is spot in the Na tion al. Last Chance Qualif ier Brow took ad van tage of a battle for second among Rich King, Parker and Pearso n to pull out his lead. Bro w took an easy win to grab the last spot on the National grid. Nat ional The field was varied fo r the Na tional with five Hondas, five Kawasakis, two Yamahas, two H arleys and one Ca n -Am on the 6-6-3 gri d. Kawasaki had posted a $5,000 bonus for a Green Meanie win. There was plenty of h a nd lebar banging on th e start among Sp ringsteen , G oss and J orgensen . The three fin all y sorted th ings out as they exited tu m four and headed toward the startfin ish li ne and the end of lap one . Springsteen held the edge over the shad o w in g J org en sen a n d G o ss. Hebb, Eklund, Herndon and Mer ten s followed. Springsteen held on through laps two and three, bu t on lap four Jorgensen flew past coming off tum four and that was it as far as the win was concerned. Mea nwhi le, Ek lu nd had m o ved from fifth to fourth at Hebb's expense and then dropped Goss fro m th ird. T he battle for second com menced on lap five as Eklund rolled right up on Springsteen 's rear tire . Two la ps la ter, Eklund was by and it wa s Sp ringsteen' s time to ride in third p lace. _ Behind the top three on la p eight, G oss, H ebb , Shobert and H ern don were battling for fourth as Mert ens and Jones debat ed eighth. Fu rt her bac k it was Poo vey, Day and Brow for tenth, while Kidd, Bradley and Scott contested 13th. The halfway flags in the 25 lap National saw J orgens en in complete command, not skipping a beat or making a mista ke. Springsteen, in seco nd, was still glued to Eklund and Shobert had moved to the front of the duel for fourth. Bro w was in 12th , but about to put on a display of outside passing that would move him to sixth by the finish. Mertens was quickly out after losing his exhaust pipe. O ne lap later, la p 14, Ekl und ended h is second place ride with a flat rear tire. "A rea l bummer," said Eklund later. " I' m not sure what happened since it was the same compou nd tire and air pressure I've been running for the past month." Jorgensen was set into a winning mode and wou ld finish with a five second marg in o ver Sp rin gsteen . Shobert was now in th ird and that set winner's circle ceremonies which were still ten la ps away. O n lap 16 H ern don moved into fourth for good. The Jones/Brow battle for fifth raged over the final laps. Bro w got by Jones one lap from the flag, bu t J ones returned the favor and finished fifth. "Pioneer Trucking is my largest sponsor and I wa nt to say I wouldn't be here without th em ," said J orgen sen . " Ano ther p lu s was having my Father here. He's a good luck ch arm for me." • AMA Grand National Championship/ Winston Pro Series: Round 19 Goss rules Peoria- TT By Gary Va n Voorhis PEORIA, IL , AUG. 15 Randy G oss dominated the 34th Annual Peoria TT and the Winston Pro Series champions h ip ch ase took on a new meaning as Ricky Graham crashed in .practice and did Results not ride. It was h is secon d n o points ride of the double-h eader wee kend and served to shrink his margin as-leader in the title 1. A lex Jorgensen (C-A ); 2. Jay Springst een (HD); 3. Bubba Shobert (Kaw); 4. Bill y Herndon (Han); 5. Ronn ie Jones (Kaw ); 6. Garth Brow (Yam); 7. Ter ry Poovey (Honl; B. Randy Goss (H-D); 9. Dave Hebb (Kawl; 10. M ike Kidd (Han); 11. Gary Scott (Kaw); 12. Dave Bradley (Han): 13. Keith Day (Kaw); 14. Steve Eklund (Yam); 15. TIm Me rte ns (Han). Time : 6 min.• 20.335 sees. (Record). chase to a 21 point ga p on Jay Sp ringsteen - 162 to 141. Goss is another five points back at 135 and Par ker holds th ird wit h 127. Graham crashed hard in p racti ce, just before time trials, in a spectacu- lar get -off over the Peoria ju mp. H e wa s h it by part of th e bike u pon . impact and com p lai ned of tro ubl e breat hi ng, upper ches t and m iddle back pa ins. H e decl ined a ride to th e hosp ita l, hoping to be fit enough to ride. H e waited almost an ho ur before go ing to the hosp ital for X-rays . Following Goss' wire-to-w ire domi nati on of the 25 lap National was Harl ey-D a vidson team m a te Scott II