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.·DIRT TRACK<- '" .,-·.:-'.:< Round 12: OklahomaCity Half Mile . .' .. ·AMA Grand National Cham·pionshlp SerieS . . fie r led fellow heat w in ne rs Parker, Davey Carnl in, Kevin Atherton, Steve Mo rehead, Jason Fletcher and Terry Poovey. . In the opening IG-lap heat race, King . led Billy Herndon and Will Dav is into tum one and quickly pulled out a small lead. 'There's a lot of lines out there, and the Garvis Hond a is really working, " Kin g said. "This could be a good night. " H ernd on , Sprin g s teen and Davis were bunched in a brawl for second. Springsteen th rilled the crowd as he took seco nd from Herndon with an outside move on the start of lap five. Davis al so sli p ped by, and the A&R Honda rider dramatica lly closed on King . But King was up to the challenge. Sp ringer was a solid third, and Herndon held off G reg Sims fo r four th , but th ose three were all semi bound. Parker left little in doubt in the second hea t, as he led Andy Tresser and local hero a nd race promoter Ronnie Jones into tum one. "Get out front and hammer," Pa r ker said. " Rig h t now you can ride anywhere. If they keep the moisture in th e track, it 'll be a g reat main." Pa rke r's w as th e fastest hea t of the nigh t. Jones took over second by the end of lap one, but Parker was qu ickly pulling away. By lap th ree, Team Undo's Brett Landes was hounding By Dave Hoeni g Photos by Flat Trak Fotos OKLAHOMA CITY, OK JULY 30 , he Ha rley-Davids on facto ry race team returned to its regular form on the fast, smooth, banked Oklahoma State Fairgrou nds' half mile, as Scott Parker and Chris Carr d elivered a one-two p unch that left the othe rs reeling. Parker had won three out of the first five races on the AMA's Grand National tou r, but that was followed by six races w ithout a v ictory . Bu t at O kla ho ma City, the Harley-Davidson Inc./Bell/RC Co la /D'sLea thers/ H OG /Yeti-sponso red Parker took con trol of th e Dub Richa rdson Ford -lsuzu / Arr ow Promotions-promoted National ea rly on and . was never hea ded. "I've been wa tching Ste vie (Morehead ) getting all those holeshots," Park er said. "I decided tha t's what I had to do, and I just hammered it. Once I was out fro n t I looked back a cou pl e o f times, bu t everything was just right. It was pretty routine after that. " Following Parker home was his teammate and cu rren t GNC points leader, 1992 Grand National Champion Carr. "I had to work my way around Rich (King), and by the time I got that done, Scotty was long gone," Carr sa id. "I can 't blame anyone. Scott was just faster tonight. I thought I could gain through turns three and four, but overall he was just faster." Rich King put his Garvis Honda in the winner's circle for the first time this year by nabbing third. "Parker pulled away from the start, (Above) Team HarleyDavidson's Scott Parker scored his fourth win of t he year at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds oval. He now trails Chr is Carr by on ly four points. (Right) Chris Carr (4) overtook Rich King (80) and went on to finish a distant second. King held on to th ird , his best fin ish of the season. then after Carr passed me, I just wanted to pace myself and not do an ything stu . pid, " King said. "I tried some different lines, and I think I closed back up on Carr the last couple of laps. I w ish I could have done it earlier. It would have been more fun, but third is still pretty good." RC Cola sponsored their firs t challenge race of the year, and Parker also made off with that, edging Carr in a race that wen t down to the last lap. " It was a game of w ho's going to shu t off first," Carr said . "And I lost." "W e were both thinking, 'Oh no, we're in too deep:" Parker said. "But I found some traction first, and was able to bring theRC Cola H arl ey home first ." HEATS Fast qualifier for the da y, and earnin g the pole position for th e first heat was King, whose 1:37.51 four-la p quali- Jones . Land es worked and worked, finally taking the last transfer spot from Jones on the eighth lap. Kenny Coolbeth and Scott Stump had a spirited battle for fourth, with Coolbeth coming out on top. I The third heat saw the only red flag of the night. Davey Durelle led Jason Fletcher and Dav ey Camlin into turn one, but Fletcher got in too low, lost his fron t whee l a nd high-si ded . Fletch er wa s pitched in front of the pack, and

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