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was also a time to experiment with tires for the track surface was very abrasive, but some riders felt the added edge that us ing a soft compound tire would gi ve them was worth the risk of the trea d being com p letely gone in 10 la ps. The top three finishers from eac h of the four heats wou ld transfer to the National. Heat one saw Morehead a nd Goss off and running. Morehead led wireto-wire for the win wi th Goss pressu ring, but not able to make the move he needed. Goss settled for second . Third went to R on n ie Jones after he maneuvered his way past Steve Eklu nd a nd Keith Day. The second heat we nt to a restart after Terry Poovey bumped leader Lance Jones off th e groove in turn th ree on lap one. T hat move cost Poovey $100, a penalty for ro ugh riding. All riders made th e restart . Gary Scott took the lea d w i th J ones , Springsteen, Poovey and Scott Parker following .Jones soon re tired . Springsteen pressured Sco tt all th e wa y, but Scott hung on for the win with Springsteen second. Po ovey grabbed th e las t tra nsfer. It was th e fastest heat of the even ing, giving Scott the pole for the National. There were five riders, led by Rob Cra bbe, all scra tch ing for the lead in the open ing laps of heat th ree. G raham mov ed past Sco tt Drake for th ird by lap three and set his sig h ts on Tim Mertens in second. Mertens closed on Crabbe as Graha m gobbled u p th e distance to th e fro n t runn ers. On lap six, G rah a m got sid ewa ys com in g off turn four , low-sided and slid into the outside track barrier. H e co u ldn' t restart th e bike a nd fin ally pushed it off to th e pits. Hank Scott, riding for Team H onda in place of injured Mike Kidd, inherited third and follo wed win ner Cr abbe and Mertens home for h is sp ot in the National. "It was just one of th ose things," said Graham later. "I just slid out and went down. T ha t's it." Graham continued to smile, somewha t weakly" and was n ursin g a bad ly ski nned little finger on his left hand. Tuner T ex Peel and Ronnie Alexan der worked to repair the m in or damage to the bike in hopes of landing a sp o t in the sem i. A restart was also on tap for heat four after a rider explod ed th e haybales in turn one. Jorgensen quickl y ducked into th e p its for new p lu gs while Boody debat ed on ch a ngin g to a harder rea r tire com p o u n d - he didn't. Four riders, includin g Bubba Shobert and Sco tt Pearson j umped the start and went to the penalty line. " T ha t was th e begin n ing of th e end of the night for me, " said Sh obert later. Boody didn 't wait arou nd on the green light and led the fu ll 10 laps to take the win. J orgensen wo rk ed his wa y around Cha r lie Roberts for second with Robert s holding o n to th ird at th e fini sh . eoil th elped eam Hammerwin. dwin. A dwin. 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Then compounded it with high performance ashless and metallic additives.The resulting multi-grade oilnotonly provides maximum protection for . engineand transmissionport but is totally coms potiblewith your clutch components. Could thisoilhave been developed with fewer resources? Could Team Hammer hove won by going slower? Chevron Custom Motorcycle O IfIImake il. your next oilchange a change forthe bett r. e ) Chevron Semis The two sem is would transfer only the winner from each to the Na tional. Graham, ready to ride, was listed as seventh alterna te. Altho ug h some alternates ahead of him scra tched, he did not get a start in g sp ot in eith er semi. A snafu did occur, however , with the first semi run nin g off with only 11 riders, leavin g first alternate Jon Cornwall si tting frustrated. Parker wasted little ti me in grabbing the lead of semi one as he exited turn one. Parker opened up a lead, but saw it evapora te wit h Dave H ebb 's crash. Hebb was uninjured . On the resta rt , Parker had to fight of.f Jay Beach in the final laps for the win. The win in semi two belon ged to Steve Hall after an early lap fight thro ug h traffic. .',,..:.:.:: :·:::.y.:~:;.~ :!-rJ·~;::!~2t:~:&i~:Y(;~·;~~"~:·.~\=:.'T'\V?!:t~~;:::::?::rY~;rJ!~f . St 200 MILE JACK PINE ENDURO ROUND 9 AMA NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP TERRY CUNNINGHAM Husqvama on DUNLOP 2nd John Martin Can-Am on DUNLOP An impressive overall, Terry, at one of the toughest Nationals. One step closer to your National Title. Thanks for choosing DUNLOP. More cycles ride on Dunlop ..... -.yother tlremtheworlcl. ~ ,DUlV.£O.P p.o. Bo x 1109. Buffalo. NY 14240 . 9