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26th July 1981 - Boston - National Championship
After a late change of venue from Brafield
to Boston (apologies to any fans who turned up al Brafield
- but sure they had a good day anyway) the National Championship
was competed for in the first race over 20 laps. Jerry Pinney
not having raced on shale before was determined to have a
go, being a white top (not for much longer) he went straight
into the lead and held onto it for 7 laps until overenthusiasm
took him into a very nice spin - nicely controlled but losing
him 4 places. Malcolm Goodman a great 'shale-driver' was waiting
his chance and took the lead despite great pressure from Mick
Bonner. Geoff Hughes Jnr retired early with mechanical faults
and Den Hornby had misfortunes in the 15th lap. Unfortunately
Mike Clements who was in fourth position stopped as soon as
the chequered flag went down and didn't wait for the red flag.
National Championship: 1st Malcolm Goodman,
2nd MickBonner, 3rd Harry Lowe, 4th Jerry Pinny
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