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By Scott Rousseau
Photos by Flat Track Fotos
RAPID CITY, SO, AUG. 6
t th e conclusion of the Ra pid
Ci ty Half Mil~. second-pla ced
Kevi n Athe rton stated tha t he
wo uld like to for ma lly apologize
to allof the Ha rley-Davidson fans w ho
attended th e event only to watch him
and 16 ot her Harley-Davidson riders
get whipped on by a Honda. Rich King '
refused to join him in making such an
a pology .
For it w a s Kin g , th e 34-ye a r -o ld
Corbin Racing star, who proved that the
llonda R5750 - a mot orcycle th at th e
Japanese m anu fa cturer classifie s a s
"obsolete" - is s till ca pa ble of beating
th e best Harleys on the tr ack. That
proof came as he grabbed the holes hot
and led all 25 la ps of th e mai n ev ent
d uring th e Drag Specialties-presented
even t a t Blac k Hi lls Speedway. th e
AMA Gran d Na tiona l se ries' only midweek stop. wh ich was held in conjunction with the 47th ann ua l Stu rgis Rally
and Races .
King gave little indi ca tion of hi s
speed in the hea t races, bu t when it
w as all on the line i n the main , the
s tea dy-r id ing Iowan flat outrnus cled
t h e 16 Harl e y s an d th e on e o the r
Hon d a in the race to score his second
G ra nd a tional win of th e yea r - th e
first tim e in his caree r tha t he has won
twice in a single season. He ap peared
(Right ) An elated Rich King won the Black
Hill s Half-M ile. tt was the second win 01
the year for the Honda-mount ed rider.
(Below) King (80) leads the way early In
the 25-lap race . Here is chased by secondplace finisher Keven Ath erton (23), Scott
Parke r (1). Kevin Varn es (89) and the rest
of the 18-r lder field•
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