(Left, left to rig ht)
Gra ha m, Parke r and
Davis party It up on
the podium.
(Below) Wimer's
Harley-Davidson
teamma tes J ess
Roeder (left) and
Scott Stump (right)
in the
finished
AMA BB3cc National.
The win wa s Roeder's
first in National dirt
track competitio n.
'-2
·efII VI .
BrI
• • •
- - - - -=-- - -#-~-----Several riders. most notably Scott Parker and
Steve Morehead, were weal in the rider's meeting .over their.dlsapproval of s~me of the new 1996
dirttrack rules. The riders are specifically upset over
two rules: The new fuel guidelines. and the rule
which nowmakes ';t legal for a riderto swit h motorc
cycles at any time during the night only if he can
prove that his qualified motorcycle is incapable of
competing (e.g. mechanical faUure). "I don't like the
· new bike rule.". Parker said. "6 ther you can switch
.bikes or.you can't. lt shouldn't matter whether or not
. it's broken. Why should I have to break mymotorcycle to switch'il if it's not runn ing right? Because you
· can bet if it come's down to the championship. anyof
us canfl nd waysto doihet..-The rule istoo qray.
Makeit black and white." Morehead was equally displeased 'over' the fuel gUidelines. which lower the '
allowable specihc gravity and could render certain
brands illegal. "That's stupid." Morehead said. '
"Theycan't even supply us witha list of what's leg~1
and what's not. They want us to test and find out
· whether it's legal or 'not. They've never .even bothered to check fuel except at Daytona,-and who the
, hell is gonna cheat at a short track? This Rob King
