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ab le to wo rk his way back into the lead
an d take a narrow victory.
Joe Kopp's lit tle brother, Lonnie
Kopp, grabbed the holeshot in the third
heat and held off Hill for two laps. Once
Hill blas ted by, he pulled a full-s tra ightaway lead over Dale Jenneman , w ho
took second on lap four. Lon nie Kopp
h eld off J.P. Simonsen, but both were
semi bound.
The last heat also got off to a rocky
start as Don i H o leman a n d Pa u l
Berg strom t an gl ed .i n turn o n e .
Bergstrom was .able to make the restart,
but H ol ema n was d o n e fo r th e d a y .
When heat fou r d id ge t u n der-way it
was a great race as Dan Stanley broke
on top ove r Kenton Longcor, Mick ey
Fay and Ty Howard. Stanley appeared
to be pulling away until Fay caught him.
On lap four, Longcor and Howard made
it a four-rider battle. On lap seven,
Howard took over.
"Man I was motocrossin'," said the
excited Howard. "I caught a berm down
there on the inside of turn four and just
gassed it by them."
Fay worked his wa y aro und Stanley
for the last transfer.
SEMIS
Washington's J.P. Simonse;' led the
first semi .until turn one of the last lap
when L&L Racing's Longcor slammed
by. Team Saddlemen /F1anders-backed
Lance Jones was a distant third on his
factory-backed J&M Racing KTM, gaining the last transfer to the National.
Bret Beyer led semi two in to heat
one. But TCR's Atherton - his electrical
problems apparently cured - led at th e
end of lap on e.
"We ch an ged everything with the
electrics, that must have been it," said
Atherton after running 'away with th e
win.
Steve Beattie moved to a solid second
while Beyer, Troudt, John Hlebo, Eli
Price and Lonnie Kopp battled for the
last ticket to the main . Eventually it
b oiled down to a war between Hlebo
and Troudt, both of whom had fallen
earlier. Hlebo thwarted Troud t's best
cha llenges and sent Troudt to his van
for the day.
Stanley led Randy Deeke and Steve
Mayfield at the start of the last semi.
Stanley kept his B.B.R.P./Budweiserbacked Rotax narrowly in front of Mayfield while Joey Duvall, Jeff Annen and
Philip Lash clashed over third. On lap
five, La sh got a drive by both Duvall
and Annen pushing h is Topeka H-Dbacked KTM into his first National.
NATIONAL
"I' d like to just ge t a good start and
put them away, just like the heat," sai d
Parker of his race plan for the National.
But Kopp was quickest off the line
with Parker and King in tow. It took tw o
laps for Parker to squeeze by, then set
his own pace.
"After 1 got the lead 1 was just fighting the track," Parker said. "The jump
was really tough. It was so soft the ruts
would just push you one way then the
other. You were a t the mercy of the
bumps."
Joe Kopp stayed close the whole race .
"I could see him hit that jump sideways a few times," Kopp said . "I was
hoping 1 wouldn't clear the jump and
see hi m laying there, but every time he
was in tha t left-ba nder, and 1 had to just
keep chasing. He just didn 't make
enough mistakes."
Atherton joined King and Hill in
the battle over third. Hill took over on
la p six with a ll three staying close
until King stubbed his toe in turn one.
Hill pulled away as Atherton took
over fourth. Tresser se ttled in to sixth
place.
"I felt good about where [ was ru nnin g, bu t 1 was so re from that get-off
las t night ," Tresser said . "I did n't feel
like 1 could pus h it too ha rd, but [ think
1 could have moved up."
Then sud denly, Tr esser's race was
over.
'1 broke a half-link," lamented Tresser afterward . "I can't believe it. 1 d on' t
think I've ever broken a chain before."
(Left) Tight
600 NATIONAL (17 riders; 15 laps): I. Sco tt Parker
(H -D); 2. Joe Kopp (W-R); 3. Aar on Hill (H-D); 4. Rich
quarters: Kopp (43)
King (Ho n): S. Mickey Fay (Rtx): 6. Ty H oward (Rtx), 7.
and King (80) battle
Steve Be a tt ie (H-D); 8. Dan Stan ley (Rtx) : 9. Da le
Ienneman (Rtx); 10. J.P. Simonsen (Hen): 11. John Hl ebo
elbow to elbow.
In IHo n), 12. Ph ilip Lash (KTM); 13. Lance jones (KTM);
King finished fourth
14. Steve Mayfield (W-R); 15. Kevin Atherton (W· R); 16.
Andy Tresser (W-R); 17. Kenton Lcngccr IRtx).
in the National.
Time: 12 min. , 14.03 sec .
(Above) Defending
600 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STAN DINGS (a ft er 2 of 4 rounds): 1. Rich King (22) ; 2. (TIE)
600cc National
Chris Ca rr(20 / 1 wi n) /Scoll Parker (20 /1); 4. (TIE)
'Champlon Mickey
Mickey Fa y /joe Ko pp / Te rry Poovey (6); 7. (TIE)
Fay (1) was fifth.
Aaron Hil1/ Ronnie Jo nes (13); 9. Will Davis (0); 10.
(TIE) Roger Durkee/Ty Howard (9); 12. (TIE) Steve
(Below) (Left to
Beattie/Larry Pegram (8); 14. (TIE) Brei Land es / Dan
right) Kopp, Parker
Stanley (7) ; 16. mE> Dale Jenneman /Kevin At he rton
(6); 18. J.P. Simonsen (5); 19. (TIE) John H1ebo ill / Cra ig
and Hill get bus y on
Estene (4).
the podium.
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The 13th lap was unlucky for Atherton as be also found one of the holes in
turn one.
" It reall y hurt, but 1 wa s going to try
and putt around ," Atherton said .
"While 1 was trying to get it together I
s ta ll ed the b ike on the jump and
couldn't get restarted."
By lap 16 Parker was coming up on
lapped traffic, allowing Kopp and Hill
to close. Parker's lead was in jeopardy
for only a short time as he pulled away
again. Kopp closed down again on lap
24, but jus t couldn't mount a strong
challenge. Hill slipped off the pace as
well, and for most everyoneit was a
matter of just trying to survive to th e
end.
L~
Peor ia Motorcycle Clubgrounds
Peor ia, illinois
Results: J une 11, 1995 (Round 2 of 4)
HEAT 1 (10 I.ps; 9 riders, top 2 tr;msferl, J. Scott
P...ker (H·D) ; 2. An d y Tresser (w-Rl; 3. Rod ney Farris
(KTM); 4. Kevin At herton (w-Rl; S. Jeff Annen (w-Rl; 6.
Lana- Jones (KTM); 7. Bret Beyer (Rtx); 8. Joey Du vall
(W- R); 9. Dave Cmilin (Rtx).
Time::4 min ., 47.54 sec.
HEAT 2 (10 bps; 9 riders, top 2 transfer): 1. Joe
Kopp (w-Rl; 2. Rich King (Hon); 3. Philip Lash (KTM);
4. Steve Beattie (H-D); S. Trapper McDaniel (W-R); 6.
Joey Brock (Rtx); 7. Tom Tro ud t (W-R); 8. Ste ve Liberty
(Rtx); 9. Steve Gill (w-Rl.
T ime: No time due to red flag.
HEAT 3 (10 lap s; 9 riders, top 2 transf~d: 1. Aaron
H ilJ (1-1·0); 2. Da le Je nneman (Rtx); 3. Lonnie Ko pp
(R~; .4. J.P. Simonsen (Ho~); 5. Steve Mayfield