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" I saw him tryin g to break away,"
said Ca rr. "So I fig ured tha t if a n ythi ng, I was going with him."
By th e fifth lap, Par ker and Carr had
brok en a way fr om th e fi eld a n d
e n j oy ed a th ree-second lead o ve r
Atherton , wh o had passed Ingra m
short ly after Carr did. Five bik e lengths
behind Atherton , a war began o ver the
fourth place position . Ingram, Morehead , Jones, Graham , P eg ra m ,
Merten s and Da vis circled the track
with on ly inches separating them .
While Parker, Ca rr a nd Atherton
co ntinued to pull away, the positions
o f th e blob o f rider s behi nd the m
co ns ta nt ly cha nged, as eac h rid er took
h is turn in the fourth-place posi tio n.
O n th e l l th lap , Moreh ead sudden ly
slo wed o n the back stra ig h taway a nd
ret ired from the race.
" T he ca r b u re to r fell o ff ," sai d
Moreh ead in disgust. " If it 's not o ne
thing it 's a no ther ."
Wh en he slowed, Moreh ead narro w ly m issed being tagged by a few
of h is fell o w riders.
" Whe n Steve bl ew up, Gra ham
a bo u t rear -ende d h im, th en I bumped
into Graham ," said Mert en s. " It was
w ild ou t th ere."
At th e halfwa y po int, King p ulled
from the track with ' a flat tire after
runni ng o ff the pace in l lth.
Roed er was next to fall victim to a
flat tire, and nea rly slid out in front
of J o nes o n the 22nd lap.
" All of a sudden I was totall y
sid eways, I thought I was going to
crash," said Roeder, who ran as high
as fourth .
Meanwhi le, Carr a nd Pa rker began
to formu late th eir plans for th e fina l
la p.
"I knew th a t I cou ldn 't draft him
on the fro nt straight very easily
(beca use) there was a ta ilwi nd ," said
Carr. " I kn ew tha t I would have to
lead it ou t of four. "
Pa rker obviously had the sa me idea ,
a nd fo llo wed Carr as they began the
fi n al la p . Pa rker inc hed p ast h is
teammat e as they exi ted tu rn two a nd
assu med th e lead as th ey entered turn
three.
" I go t a little sideways wh en 1 was
co m ing off o f two, a nd he got by me,"
sa id Carr.
Ca rr tried desperately to draft past
Parker as they raced o u t of turn four
for th e last time, but to no a vai l. Parker
crossed th e fini sh line with room to
spare over Ca rr.
" The wh ol e race was o ne o f th ose
' w ho's tr ick in g w ho ' ra ces," said
Parker . " I th in k we were bo th feel in g
eac h ot her o u t."
Ath erto n ca me home in third, so me
I0 seco nds back, but well a hea d o f th e
p ack tha t bat tled over fourth.
Da vis led th e charge to wa rds th e
lin e, but in perfect form , G raham
pulled out o f the draft a nd sn uc k by.
to secure fou rt h. Althoug h Pegram
als o came q ui te close, Dav is held o n
for fift h . A di slance beh ind Pegram
ca me J ones, Mert en s a nd P oo vey,
whi le Ingram ro u nded o u t th e top 10,
well o ff the pace.
.
" I was goi ng down the back straight
with m y eyes closed and holding m y
br eath," sai d Ath ert on . " It was rea l
d us ty there, a nd I was worried abou t
my lu ngs."
" I did the bes t tha t I co u ld , 1 was
just figh tin g wi th my bi ke the wh o le
ti me," said G raham, who ap peared
disappo int ed wi th fourt h. " T h is
fo urth p la ce , fir st -pr ivateer s t u ff
su cks."
Junior National
McBee po wered hi s Woo d- Rotax
arou nd the tra ck fastest in th e first heat,
a nd led Sc h mu lbach , Va rn es a nd
Ho ward across the finish lin e. Heat
two saw a hea ted battle for the lead
that was won by Bo stro m , inc hes a hea d
o f Brei Beyer , Jaime Ag uil ar a nd
Mi ller , while Selby smoked -the field
in th e third and fin al hea t. Chasi ng
Selb y to the chec kered flag were Resso,
Al Eadie and Brent Armbru ster.
elby m ad e hi s inten tio ns clear at
th e flash of th e green light and grabbed
th e hol eshot at th e sta rt of th e IS-la p
National. Beyer a nd McBee ga ve chase
early in the race, and th e three riders
stead ily pulled away from fourth-place
Bo stro m.
McBee' s day came to an abrupt ha lt
on lap seven when his chain snap ped,
lea vin g Beyer a nd Selb y to duel for the
. win. T he two riders swa pped th e lead
numerous ti mes, but it was Selb y who
p la n ned ahead a nd greeted th e chec kered flag fir st. Beyer fin ish ed o nly .
inch es beh in d, while Bo stro m fini shed
a lon ely third, so me th ree seco nds la ter .
" I was j ust where I wa nt ed to be o n
the last la p ," said Performa nce Ti ntl
Shoe il K&N / Mo tull W hi te Bros.!
Mot ion Pro /Mo m -spo nsored Selby.
" It made th in gs a lo t easier whe n
McBee dropped ou t."
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Results
John Resso II (7B) passed early leader Jess Roeder (69F) for Saturday's Junior win.
Sunday's Junior winner, Tim Selby (86Z), edged Bret Beyer (85K) at the finish _
Sa tu rd ay
TIME TRt ALS: I. Ricky Graham (36.77-1 s<"C.J
97.895 mph ); 2. Chris Carr (37.266); 3. Will Da vis
r
(37.268); '1. Larry Peg a m (37.363); 5. Kevin Atherton
(37.4.10) 6. Davey Camlin (37.507); 7. Sco tt Parker
;
(37.560); 8. Donn ie Estep (37.581); 9. S.