Shobert (1 ) led the start of the Busch-sponsored National. Tra iling are Carr (2 0), Jones (1 6 ), Parker (11). Pearson (95) and Graham (3).
Factory Harley-Davidson pilot Chris Carr flew to a National win and
two track records in Peoria. He also took second in the Camel Chall.enge.
AMA Grand National Championship/
Camel Pro Series: Rounds 11/10
Carr wins, breaks records at Peoria 11
By Ty van Hooydonk
Photos by Bert Shepard
PEORIA, IL, AUG. 14.
H arl ey-Davidson fac tory rider Ch ris Carr
h ad a record-settin g day at the 40th Annual
Nation al TT in Peoria as he defeated Honda's Bubba Shobert an d teammate Scott
Parker..
Despite concern over overly
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tors , sett ing the a new trac k singl elap reco rd during qualifyin g with
h is time of 25.754 seco nds. Carr
himself held the old record of 26.018,
set in 1986.
"We first wen t o ut and I didn 't
th ink I' d be anywhere near (the
record), " said Carr aft er tim e tri al s.
"As th e day goes o n, th e track's go ing
to slow down a little bit."
T he track, which had not seen
mu ch ra in in weeks , didn't slow
down eno ugh to stop Carr from also
fini shing the 25-lap final in a record
time of 10 minutes, 58.387 seconds,
beating Shobert 's 1987 record by
more th an 19 seconds.
Shobert , who won both races at th e
Peoria Motorcycle Club Grounds in
1987 (Carr placed second each tim e)
led the race in the early stages. But
Shobert.was slowe~ by lapped traffi c
as he tri ed to regain the lead at the
end.
" It was really hot," Shobert said.
" I tried to pace myself. Ch ris was just
getting back at me for last year. He
didn't make any mi stakes."
Shobert didn 't get a chance to fight
with Carr for th e win as he was forced
to fighi off Parker un til the last '
corne rs of the last lap.
" I ma de a mistake in turn three.four and Bubba got away," Parker
said. " I just got a little sideways. I
though t, hey, got to give it 130
percent. I hi t a little hol e."
Parker 's m iscue did not put him
in danger of losing third pl ace, as
he finished well ahead of H ondamou nt ed Ronnie J ones and H arl eym ounted R ick y Graham , wh o
rounded out the top five.
Parker 's con solation was holding
on to the Grand National Championship standings, with 157 points
to Shobert's 147. With the win, Carr
