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AMA National Hot Shoe S eries, Round 5: Indiana State Fairgrounds (Above) Steve BeattIe (26) rode aro und th e outside ot Geo Roeder II (66) to earn the 750cc Expert win at round five ot the AMA National Hot Shoe series in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Ju ne 15. (Len) Scott Stump (77) sneaked past Chance Darling (84) on the last corner for the 883cc main- event win. By Bert and Ty ler Shepard INDIANAPOUS,IN,JUNE 15 he only way to beat Roeder is to go hi gh er than h e do e s," T:JOcc winner Stev e Beattie said . "I b ea t him at No rwa lk la st yea r by doing the same thing. I hate riding in the roost: you jus t hav e to go above it. 1 have beaten Moreh ead w hen Roeder was not there and I hav e beaten Roed er when Moreh ead was not th er e. Now I ha ve beaten them .bo th a t their own game, but it wa s not in Ohio." The Canadian -born Beatti e was more than happy. He had just won the fifth s to p o n th e AMA Na tio n al Hot Sh oe Series circu it , a t th e Indianapolis Fairgrounds ha lf mile. Beattie and m ost of the exper ts, fres h ffo m the Terr e Haute Grand National Half Mile, wer e joined by a large contingent of Pro-Am racers to try, fo r the firs t tim e, the half mi le th at is encl osed by the Ind y Mile. The race was part of three days of events at the Fa irgrounds to benefit th e Riley Hospital for Children . Ryan Brown put in his best rid e of the '97 season to con vin cingly trounce the talent-laden 600cc Expert field . Tim Eades and Mike McKee won the 600 and 250cc portions of the Pro-Am program, respectively. Ex-Buckeye Scott Stump got the best of Chance Darling - and the limestone pea gravel - for the win in the 883 class. As with any new venue, there wa s a great deal of speculation as to wh at the ra cing su rface would be like. Everyone was more than pleased with it. "It kin d of re mi n ds m e of Yo r k, Pen nsylvania,''' said Kevin Varnes after he bea t Morehead in the second 750cc Expert heat race. Geo Roeder 11 kept his program o n a roll as he controlled the first 750cc Expe rt qualifier . Paul Morgan , Ryan Brown an d Kenny Coolbeth earn ed front-row starting spo ts for the 600cc Expe rt ma in with heat wins. Eades brothers Tim an d Joe, along wi th Mike McKee an d Josh Kno tt, co ll e c te d 600cc Pro-A m hea t wi ns. Chance Darli ng and Scott Stu mp continued to domi nate the 8830c class as they won their heat races. The 883cc main wa s the first to take to the half mile. Darling took control of th e main, and appeared as th ough he was out to increase his lead in the Hot Shoe po ints standings. Scott Stump and Billy Martin followed Darling from a distance. With half of the race completed , Stump s tarted to close on Darling . Stump closed to a bike length as the duo took the white flag. "For some reason I wen t to the bottom ," added Stump. Darling's o nly slip would take place wit h 300 feet left in the event. "I' m still trying to learn to rid e thi s thin g." he sai d. Darling we nt too high, and tha t let St u m p put h is Performance Ra cing Inc ./ KK/ America n Asphalt and Grad ing in front by a wh eel at the chec kers. Nick Humm el had to wi n the race to the first turn twice in 250cc Pro-Am. Joe Eades got off in tu rn one to bring ou t th e red flag. Hummel' s seco nd holeshot . looked as goo d as the first. McKee had the Hann um 's H-D /B&B Ent. /J&M Racing H onda on the m o ve after a lessthan-perfect start. McKee had to di sp ose of Jeff Land ru m and Pat Towl er befo re he was to ge t a cha nce to run wi th Hu mmel for the lead . McKee's win , coupled with point lea d er La nd ru m's third p lace, a llowed him to close to within two points of the Ohi o racer. Brown completely dominated th e 600cc Expert main on ' his K&N / Wh ite Brothers / AFAM e ntr y. Second p la ce was th e point of co nte n tio n. Paul Morga n III brok e free fr om Brett Bey er, Jason Sentell an d Kenny Coolbeth to clai m th e place mon ey . The sh ow spot wo uld eventua lly go to Jason Sentell as he got the best of Coolbeth and Beyer. 750 EX: 1. Steve Beattie: 2. CtL'O Ro eder II; 3. Steve Mort> h t·"d ; 4. Doug Davis: 5 . Kevin Varnes; 6. ' r. l l Buchana n; 7. Brian Bige low : 8. Mike Var nes; 9 . Pau l Lynch; 10. james Mcllvena. 600 EX: 1. Ryan Bmwn; 2. Pa ul Mor gan; 3. Jd!oOlI Se n tell: 4 . Kenny Coo l ~t h ; 5. Bret Beyer: 6 . C a ry Stogsdill; 7. J.R. Schn"'bcJ ; 8. Lonn ie Pauley; 9. Garth Ba..tian; 10. JU\h Butler . 600 PR O-AM: 1. Tim Ead l.'S; 2. Ch ris Huss ; 3. Joe F...IJes; 40. Ioeh Knott ; S. Mike Md

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