m~!nd'!e~~P~iP Series· Round 11: Missouri State Fair Speedway
By 08". Hoenig
Photos by Flat Trak Fotos
SEDAUA, MO, JULY 22
ith' the 1995 AMA Grand
National Championship Series.
already nearing the halfway
point, it could be argued that
Will Davis has come closer than
anyone to not winning a Grand National
round. The hard-eharging North Carolinian has led in practically all of the
rounds thus far, only to fade back to just
off the podium in most of them. It's
been worse than that, too, as unsatisfying results have been mixed with the
heartbreak of suffering a mechanical
failure while leading on the white flag
lap at the Springfield Mile as well as flat
failing to qualify for the lima Half Mile.
He has visited the podium twice, with
thehigh points of his season being a second-place finish at the LaSalle Short
Track followed by a third-place finish at
the Dallas Half Mile one week later. But
any way you look at it, Davis was having a trying season, and he was due.
When all was said and done at the
Missouri State Fair Speedway, Davis
finally had added his name to the everincreasing list of winners in the 1995
W
Grand National Championship Series.
With eleven races in the book, nine riders have scored wins; only defending
Grand National Champion and current
points leader Scott Parker has multiple
wins - with three.
Despite overnight rains, the half
mile, located on the site of the Missouri
State Fair, started the day dry and
dusty. Frequent watering, however, produced a very raceable track, allowing
Davis on the R&
