Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

· ling. ~H e · tooK some exira time t o help me · set up the machmeas well." Darling finished seven th. ln .his sem i aboard the unfamiliar machine. For his win at the Denver Half Mile, Will . J----1. Davis eamed$4500 of the $31,000 purse, · Larry' Pegram showed up at Denver decked Ronnie Jones pocketed $2850, while third- · placed Scott Parker went home 'w ith $2100 . .. in his pcx:ket. (Right) series point leader Chri s Carr (4) did all he co uld t o sneak past Bill y Herndon (19), but the Texan held Carr t o a d isappointing 10lh. Carr continu es to lead t he po ints race with a seven-po int marg in. Pa rker (H· D); 2. La rry Pe gram (H o n); 3. Billy Herndon (H on ); 4. Aaron Hill (H-D ); 5. Terry Poovey (Hon); 6. Ben Bostrom (H-D); 7. Davey Durelle (HD); 8. Mike Hacker (Hon); 9. Tom Tro udt (H-D) ; 10. Bret Beyer (H·D); II. Brent Armbruster (H -D); 12. Lee Parker (H- D); 13. Kelly Larkin (H-D ). T ime: 3:46.31. HEAT 3 (11 riders. 10 la ps, top 2 tra nsfer) : 1. Ron n ie Jon es (Hon); 2. Ja mes Ha rt (H-O); 3. Stev e Mo r ehead (H -O); 4 . Geo rge Roed er 11 (H- O); 5. Ken ny Coolbe th (H- D); 6. Sco tt Stu m p (Hon); 7. Allon McBee (H- D); 8. Chance Darling (H-D); 9. Jim Sumner (H-D); 10. Dale Jennema n (H-O); 11. Oin t Vahscoltz (H-D) . Ti m e: 3:43.80. HEAT " (11 rid e rs, 10 (;IpS, lop 2 tr an s fe r): 1. W ill Dav is (H o n); 2. Kevin Atherton (H-D); 3. Rodney Fa rris (H- D); 4. Ma tt Wait (H- D); 5. Kris Kiser (H on ); 6. Jeff Eklu nd (H- O); 7. Kevi n Va rnes (H- O); 8. Bria n A nderson (H- D); 9. Jeff Die tz (H-D); 10. Tommy Colson (H -D); 11. Dav ey Ca mJin (H -D). Time: 3:43.82 SEMI 1 (1) rid ers, 8 la ps, top 3 transfer): 1. Aaron H ill (H-D) ; 2. Scott Stu m p (Hon); 3. Steve Morehead (HD); 4. Bret t Landes (Ho n); 5. Matt Wait (H-D); 6. Dave y Durelle (H-D); 7. Kevin Varnes (H-D); 8. Bret Beyer (HD); 9. Tommy Colson (H-D); 10. Jim Sumner (H-D); 11. Jess Roeder (H -D); 12. Gordon Schopie ray (H- D); 13. Lee Parker (H-D). Time: 3:01.34. SEMI 2 (13 rid ers. 8 taps, top 3 transfer): 1. Rodney Farris (H -D); 2. Terry Poovey (Ho n); 3. Willie McCoy (H- D); 4. Jeff Eklund (H-D); 5. George Roeder 1I (H-D); 6. Dale Jenneman Sr. (H -D); 7. Jeff Dietz (H-D); 8. Bren t A r m b r uste r (H-D); 9. Ted Taylor (H-D) ; 10 . Allon McBee (H-D); 11. Stev e Aselnne (H-D ); 12. Kelly Larkin (H-D ); 13. Mike Hacker (Hon) . Time: 3:02.30. SEMI 3 (12 riders, 8 laps, top 3 tra ns fer ): 1. Chris Carr (H-D); 2. Mike Hale (H-D ); 3. Billy Herndon (Hon); 4. Kenny Coolbeth (H-O); 5. Kri s Kiser (H a n); 6. Ben Bostrom (H -D); 7. Chance Darling (H-D); 8. Davey CamIin (H-D); 9. Tom Troudt (H -D); 10. Brian Anderson (H-D ); 11. Clint Vahscholtz (H-D); 12. Man: Gifford (H-D~ TI me: 2:57.44. 600 S UP PORT (15 ri d ers, 15 l.lp s ): 1. Kris Armentrout (Han); 2. Ada m Saba dra Jr. (Rtx); 3. Jesse Sa nc hez (W-R); 4. Victory McA n all y CR ; 5. John tx) Faulkner (Yam); 6. Eric Bostrom (W-R); 7. Ty Howard (Rtx); 8. John H iebo III (H on ); 9. Ala n Eadie (Rtx); 10. Joey Duvall (W-R) ; II. Lee McAnally (W-R); 12. Mike Guinn (W-R); 13. Paul Mo rgan ill (Rtx); 14. John Griffin (Ho n); IS. Mike Reid (Rtx). T im e: 5:47.35. N ATIO N AL (17 r iden, 25 bps): 1. Will Dav is (Ho n); 2. Ronnie Jones (Ho n); 3. Scott Par ker (H- D); 4. Rich King (Han) ; 5. Kevin Atherton (H-O); 6. Rod ney Fa rri s (H -D) ; 7. Aaron Hi ll (H -D); 8. Larry Pegram (Ho n); 9. Billy Herndon (Hon); 10. Chris Ca rr (H-D) ; 11. Scott Stump (Hon); 12. Jay Sp ringsteen (H-D); 13. James Hart (H-D) ; 14. Terry Poovey (Hon); IS. Willi e McCo y (H-D); 16. Mike Hale (H-D); 17. Steve Morehead (H-D ). T im e: 9:07.43. AMA GRAND NATIO NA L CHA MP IO N S HI P S ERIES POI NT ST ANDINGS (After 15 of 22 ro unds); 1. Chris Ca rr (202/ 3 wins); 2. Scott Parker (195/ 4 wins); 3. Steve Morehead (155/ 3 wins); 4. Will Da vis (130/1 wins); 5. Ronnie Jones (105/ 1 wins); 6. Rodney Farris (104); 7. Aaron Hill (90); 8. Rich King (72); 9. (I1E) Larry Pegram (I)/Brett Landes (65); 11. Kevin Atherton (61); 12. (I1E) Davey CamJin (I) / Georg e Roeder UIJason Fletcher (63 ); IS . Kenny Coolbeth Jr . (44); 16. Terry Poovey (41); 17. Ricky G raham (39/1); 18. Mi ke Hale (35); 19. (TIE) Billy Hemdon l/ay Springsteen (29) . a out in set 'of black, white and florescent orange.I.eathers, the colors of his road race . sponsor. Erion Racing. Pegram's Sponseller Racing-backed machine was painted in simi- . Iar fashion. . Backing the A&R Racing Honda RS750 that Will Davis raced to Victory' are Bell, Mother Fletcher's .Nightclubs; Max Leathers. SBS, James 'Hart competed 'at Denver with a ' Fun Products, Moti on Pro . Torco•. Wiseco heavily taped left knee. ' 1 popped it out at Pistons: Road Rider, ·Performance Machine, Rapid City on Wednesday night: said Hart. Po~dertek. C:A.~ . Construct ion, Lo uie's. . "lNe have it taped up pretty' good, but it hurts Splitfire and his Wife and son, Rh onda and prettybad," Hart put the·pain out ·of his mind · COl!!. ' . and r aced tca n impressive 13th in Ihe . . National. . Though the original Saturday night race was -". . . , ' . rained out, a hearty crowd of 6971 tumed out . . . for Sunday's show. 'We probably had about ' . Dunng Sat~rday ~tght s rain delay, Total Con1000 less spectators tum out: said promoter !"ol RaCing s KeVIn Ath~rt?n CO~'d be heard Chris .Agajanlan. ' Considering the .rainout J oking about his race machinery. Hey, I have a nd all . we're ' ve ry pleased wit h the way my HondaCR250 in the back of my van," he things turned out. Since we had to run' the ' quipped. '1'11 race that thing ~ they decide to race during the day; the track groOved iJp and run tonight. The knobb ies olJghta hook up · the crowd wasn't trealed to the great raCing real gOod: . tliat a nighttime· half mile' can provide." Even · .. . ' so; the-'c rown cheered with approval when After runnin'~ seventh in the eanystaqes o{ Agajan ian announced that the y wou ld be the National, Bartels' Harley-Davidson's'Mike ·back ai the facility in .95. ' .' . Hale dropped off.the pace with a fading rear ' brake. ' Man, we can't get that thing figured Because of time restrictions and the threat of . .cut," said Hale, who battled .with fellow road bad weather; scratch heats were allminat- · racer Larry Pegram· before dropping out. ' 1' ed and 'the point .standi ngs were use d to ' think there might have been air in the tine, ~ determine the heat race lineups. 'we should · was pretty spongy." Hale was credited with do ih at all the time: shouted more than one 16th. ' . ·rider dur ing ttie .riders' meeting..' Let' s just always pretend that lt might. rain." Talk of a Ro unding out th e 17-rid er Na tional was road race style timed practice session has Steve Morehead. The Findlay Flyer started been heard.· . 15th, and had worked up to 11th when he crashed out of contention in tums three and After crashing hard and damaging his motorcyc le at the pre v io us Nati on a l , O hio ' s fo ur : ' Every o ne ' was ju st foll owin g each Chan c e Darling co mpeted at De nve r other: said Morehead, who was uninjured in · abo ard the F&S Harley-Davidson backup the crash. ·t got tir ed of that r eal quick, 'and . machine of Steve Morehead. "' really want went to the top. It got sideways and I went ' . to thank Steve for helPing me out: said Dar- -' doWn." Y MH A AA

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