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'D GrandTR CK pionshipSeries Round3: Delaware State Fairgrounds IR National Cham , T A AMA NATIONAL (17 rid e rs, 25 la p s): 1. Sco tt Par ker (U-O); 2. Steve Morehead (H-D); 3. Rodney Farri s (H-D); 4. Will Davis (Hon); 5. Jay Sp r ingsteen (H-D); 6. Rich King (Hon); 7. Steve Beattie (1-1·0); B. Chris Eva ns (U·D); 9. Ge org ie Price IV (II-D); 10. Kevi n At herton (Ii-D); 11. Geo rge Roeder n (H-D; 12. Ronni e Jones (Hon); 13. Chris Carr (H-D); 14. Terry Poovey (Han); 15. Rusty Rogers (HD); 16, Dan Butler (H-D); 17, Kev in Varnes (Hon), Time: 11:07.34. HARLEY-DA VIDSON 883 NATIONAL 112lap'; 16 riders): 1. Matt Wait; 2. Mike Ha cker; 3. Ceorgie Price IV; 4. Sco tt Stu mp; 5. Jay Spr ings teen; 6. Robert Mille r; 7. Doug Beattie; 8. Na te Wait; 9. Tom my Colson; 10. Keith jacobse n: 11. Paul Bergstrom; 12. Ga ry Roge rs; 13. Jim Mcllv ena , 14. Dan Brown; 15. Ma rk Miller; 16. [a mes Hart. AMA GRAND NA TIONAL CHAMP IONS HIP NATIONAL If he wa sn't beforehand, th e star tin g l in e d ebacl e th at preced ed th e Nati ona l more than put Parker into the proper m ind-set for the r ace, and he attacked the tr ack with a vengeance for the duration. "I guess that star t really tor qued me off," Parker sai d, "Then I said t9 mysel f, ' Th is is stup id.' It fired m e up, an d I said, 'L et' s get it on boys.:" With Parker, M oreh ead , Farris, Davis and Springsteen fan ni ng out fo r most of th e race, th e best ba ttle on th e track was betw een the tw o Canadians - Evans an d Beattie, who t raded si xth an d seventh p lace after disposing of Ro ger s, who had been running sixth before dropping off the pace. " It felt like a Canadian National ou t th er e, " Bea t tie said. " We always run head to head at the Cana dian races." Beattie continued to run it i n the dir t, w hile Evans stayed on the rubber. " I t was go i ng pretty good, " Evans said, "I'm stillleaming to set the bike up for th e groove. I t was bl ood y twitchy in th e m ai n ." It wasn ' t long before th e two ri d er sw er e joined by K ing, who h ad been cont ent t o pr o wl around b eh ind them before m oving up to issue a ch allen ge. K ing' s p at i en ce m et with success. H e was ab l e t o h andl e b oth r i ders an d m ov e in to sixth place, w her e h e w ou l d stay fo r the r est of th e r ace an d th us r em ain in f o u r t h p la ce i nth e series stan d i ngs w ith 30 points. " We b roke o ur number-on e bike in th e l ast pra ctice ses si on, " K ing sai d . " Then m y clutch star ted to go south on the starting line and I had to rea d just it. Th en it came back, an d I had to ad ju st it ag ain. George (Garvis) w o r k ed on the bike all night long, but it p aid off ." N obod y could r eel in Parker, wh o pu t in th e kind of domina ting p erformance th at h as vi r tu ally co me t o b e expected of him at every race. Nonetheless, while u p front, Parker k ept a cl ose eye on th e processi on behirid h im. But ba r ring a m echanical failur e, he needn't h av e worried. " A f ter I dropped d own on th e bot- (Left) Matt Wait put in an inspired ride to win the Harley-Davidson 883 National . (Below) Parker cel ebrated his win at the fir st National to be held in Harrington since 1984 with event prom oter John Zimmerman (left). tom , I felt like a duck ou t" of water on th e groove," Parker said . "Bu t Morehead must have been struggling too, so I j ust rolled i t o n out to t h e checke red flag. It w as awesome. I ju st did m y norm al d eal and w on ." 1'X Delaware State Fairgro unds Harr ington, Delawar e Results: May 6, 1995 (Roun d 3 of 24): HEAT 1 (S r id e rs , 10 la ps, top 2 t ra ns f e rj rL : Rodney Farris (H -D); 2, Chri s Evans (H -D); 3. Georgie Pri ce IV (H -D); 4. Dan Butler (H- D); 5. Georg e ROt.'CIcr U (H·D); 6. Larry Pegram (H-D); 7. Jason Fletch er (H-D); 8. Robert Lewi s (H -O). Time: 4 minu te , 29.10 seco nds. s H EAT 2 (10 riders, 10 la ps, lop 2 transfer): 1. Sco tt Parker (H:' O ); 2. St eve Moreh e a d (Ii· O ); 3. Ja y Sprin gs te e n (H- D); 4 . Chri s Ca r r (H-D); 5. Kenny Coolbcth [r. (H·D); 6, Ja mes H art (H-D); 7, Mik e Hack er (H-D); 8. Brett Landes (Hon ); 9. Les Washbon (H-D) ; IO/lan Segedy (H -D ). Ti m e: 4:24.84. HEAT 3 (IO ride rs, 10 laps, lop 2 tran sfer); 1. Will Davis (Hon); 2. Kevin Atherton (H-D); 3. Steve Beattie (HD); 4, Davey CamIin (H-D); S, Chance Dar ling (H -D); 6. Ronni e Jon es (Hon); 7. Scott Slump (Hon ); 8, Jeff Eklund (H -D); 9, Ted Taylor (H-D) ; 10.Jim Mc1lvena (H- D), Time: 4:29.30. H EAT 4 (10 riders, 10 lap s, top 2 tra nsfer): 1. Kevin VamL (Ho n); 2. Rusty Rogers (H-D); 3. Terry Poo vey 'S (Hon ); 4. Rich King (Hon); 5. Pau l Morgan (H- D); 6. Jess Roeder (H- D); 7. Willit. McCoy (H·O ); 8. Randy Shank · (H- D );.9. Da v id Lloyd (Ho n) ; 10, Harold Dorsey (H en) . Tim e: 4:27.71. SEMl t (10 rid~rs, S l a ps, top 3 tra nsfer): 1. Rich King (Hon); 2. Dan Butler (H-D); 3. Jay Springs teen (H-O); 4. Will ie McCo y (H~D); 5. Chance Darling (H · D); 6. Je ff Eklund (H-D); 7. Jaso n Fletcher (H -D); 8. Les Washbon (H·O); 9, Jim Mc1lvena (H·D); 10. lames Hart (H-D), T ime: 3:36.50. SEM I 2 (10 ri ders, 8 laps , top 3 tra nsfer) : 1. George Rod er It (H·D) ; 2, Chris Carr (H -D) ; 3, Terry Poovey (Ho n); 4, Davey CamIin (H -D); 5. Harold Dorse y (Ho n) ; 6. Mike Ha ck er (H-D) ; 7. Scott Stump (H on); 8. Jess Roeder (H-D); 9. David Lloyd (Ho n); 10. Robert Lewis (H-D) , , Time: 3:36.45. SEMI 3 (IO ri ders, S lap s, top 3 transfer): 1. Steve Beattie (H· D); 2. Ronni e Jon es (Hon); 3. Georgie Priv e (H·O); 4. Breit Landes (Ho n ); 5. Ken ny Coolbcth (H ·D ); 6. Larry Pegr am (H-D); 7. Paul Morgan III (H·D) ; 8. Ian Scgedy (H -D); 9, Ted Tay lor (II-D); 10, Rand y Sha nk II (H-D) , Time: 3:34.05. SERIES POINT STANDINGS " (Afler 3 of 24 ro und s): 1. Jay Spri ngs teen (39/ 1 win); 2. Sco tt Pa rker (3711 ); 3. Steve More head (32); 4. Rich King (30); 5. Brett Landes (28/1); 6. Will Davis (28); 7. Ropnnie Jones (26); 8. Kevin Athe rto n (21); 9. Geo rgie Price IV (17); 10. Rod ney Farris (16); 11 . Chri s Carr (13); 12 . (TIE) Ge o rg e Roed er II / Terry Poovey /Chris Evans (11); 15. Stev e Beattie (9); l b. Davey Caro tin (6); 17. Kenny Coolbeth Jr. (5); 18. (TI E) Kevin Va m cs /Will ie McCoy (3); 20, (TI E) Ted Taylur /Rusty Roge rs (2). Upcoming Rounds: Round 4 - Springfield, Illinois, May 28 Round 5 - La Salle, Illinois, June 3 , son XR750 'for the first' tim~ since his' heart' 'reverse the decision. The appeal board actual- "We're talking with one of the auto manufactLIrwrerichinq ride at last season's Del Mar finale, " Iy voted for me. but Merrill Vanderslice wouldn't ers right now 'about sponsoring it," Morehead "I'm back for a couple anyhow - this orie and ' go for it We're still ,waiting to get our appeal said, "The track is banked, and it's in a bowl,: 'Spriri9tield," Carr said. ' "Then I'll miss' most of . money back. It ain't gonna hurt-us. We've still , and people cari bring in their motornomes and , ,' camp abov e the turn s, They

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