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00 00 ~ ,.......; cit").. . >C\l """ ;j ..0 """ v .~ Bryan. " Hit Man" Hardin (70) had no problems finding traction at t he start of the main event at the Kalamazoo Invitational Indoor Pro Ice Race. In t hi s sequence of photos. Hardin looped his Honda butmanaged t.o recover and fi~ ish f ourth. Dan Ingram (31) took the w in. AMA lovitationallndoor Pro Ice Race Series: Round 4 Ingram n·ps Morris on Kalamazoo ice By Marshall Lafferty KALAMAZOO, MI , JAN. 16 Lansing, Michigan's Ed Morris, who has con tested the annual Invitational Indoor P ro Ice Race Series every year since it began 12 years ago, had an all bu t perfect n igh t in Kal amazoo 's Wings Stadium. But a ll but perfect only co un ts in ", " Fast Eddie" lost on ly o~e ma~ch race ~nd ha? the lead in th e eig ht-man fm al until turn two during th e last lap wh ere Dan Ingram , who also had lost only o nce going into the fina l - to Morris, stuffed hi s Honda in~ide and slid by for th e win. , Asked later how Ingram h ad · gotten b y, Byro n M 0 IIoseau, Aram , Moto X Fox and Steve Franstead- answe~~d, 14 spo nsored Morris ." With an arm and a I~g, "ma n" H e. the~ shrugged a nd said, That s racing. T h i d i h fi I G h ir m t e in a ,:"ent ~o .art Brow, who has ':"o~ s~ x senes titles, .and Bryan H ardfin finished fou n h. H di ar t." s per ormance w!is note~orthy m that he. ~ad been involved in a head-on collision involving hi s pi ckup truck the week before th e rac e and "snuck out of the hospital " to Ohi h . h d com peea tTro y, lO,t e rug tan t a t Kalamazoo. Black eyes and bruised knuckl es were visible evidence o f th e stree t acci de n t. H ardin started o ff the main event . h . . h I' hi w it a ~p ga n uc w ee re on I S College Bike Sh op-sponsored Honda that s ta rted o ut in th e right directio n but soo n t~rn.ed him ar~JUn~ so th at he was facmg th e cha rgi ng flel.d that was head ed by In gram, Morns and Brow. The o fficia ls red-flagged th e race even th ough o nly one rider was in vo lved in th e mishap and thus a vo ide d what could have been a no ther head-on for H ard in. On the restart Hardin was starting from the penalty hne from where he f?u,ght his wa y up to fourth at the finish . W· · h 27 " he at" I di ms m t. e eat races ea mg J~ni~:~~:kn~la~~~J~,~~~vi~~r~r~~ jerew , Morris, Don . Estep, Brow, I N ' La SIT' ngram, ovice unce u at y, irn Merten s, Juni or Mark Wyskiel , Chuck Springsteen , and Hardin. S ponsors hi .f o r I ngrarn , t h e rp night's big winner, comes from his father Sam Ingram, Diamond Chain d Sh . H I Th 23 Id an Del e J?ets. e. -year-o C~mel Pro. Senes compet~tor, a lo ng with Morris, Brow, Hardin and the . " rest of the com petitors m the mal~ event, were Honda-mounted. Results MAIN: 1. Dan Ingram (Hon); 2. Ed Morris (Hon); 3. Garth Brow (Hon); 4. Bryan Hardin (Hon); 5. Chuck Springsteen (Hon); 6. Launce Sulaty (Hon~ 7. Don Estep (Hon); B. Tim Mertims (Hon).