Kopp would end up 11th.
Pa r ker was ne xt to the fro n t an d
look ed to be making a bid to ru n away,
but King wo uld ha ve non e of that.
"The bike felt like it was hooked up
really good in th e co rner, so , didn't
back off it: King said . '1 guess ' should
have, beca use it (the rear tire) started to
go 10 laps fro m the end . The last five ,
was jus t ho lding on ; it was gone."
Varnes was righ t there in third until
he was set back by his USC tea mma te,
G raha m. King too k over the lead on lap
eight and Gra ham moved into second
two laps later . Posit ion s varied g rea tly
all around th e track.
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On lap 16, Parker retoo k th e point
I a nd the Kin g /Graham d u el slipped
backward.
"One tim e, Rich go t r eal sid ewa ys
w hen Sco tty passed us , and we bo th
(Below) After
fi nishing second in
last year's race.
Total Control
Racing's Kevin
Atherton struggled
to sta y with th e lead
pack th is year. In
the end, the former
H-D factory star
netted tilth.
(Right) Normally a
threat t o wi n on any
mile. Davey Camli"
finished a
disappointing ninth
at Indy.
John ny Murph","", (li·O); 7. Sha un Rus.....n (H· D); 8. Jim
Mdlvn\d (ff ·D); 9. Onu s 5l-1lgg.~ (l i· n); 10. Geo Roeder
n (H· D); I t. Jerry Vander koo i (H -D).
Timle; 6 min., 1 1.124~,
HEAT 4 no I.ps: 11 ri drn. top 3 tr.ansfr r): 1. Rich
King (Ho n); 2. Kc\'1n V"mcs (H-D); 3. Terry Poovey (HD); 4. Ken Coolbeth Jr. (H ·D); S. Dave Camlin (H-O); 6Brett Landes (H ·D); 7. Bryan 8 i~e1ow (H- o); S. Dale
Tl."RM'fNn (H-D); 9. J.an Segl.>d y (H-D>; 10. Nick Dansels
(H·o ); 11. Danny Kol.'lKh Jr. (H·D).
Ti mr: 6 min ., 14.G1 0 sec.
SEMI 1 (8 1",p5: 11 ridt!R, top two tnnd~r): 1. Dave
• u mlin (H..D); 2. Jim Sc mrer (H-D); 3. Chris Evans. {H.
D); 4. Dale Jennnnan (H- D); 5. J.R. Sch nabel (H-D); 6.
G~o ROI"d" II (H -m; 7. Sha u n Ruswll m om; 8. Billy
Martin (H- D) ; 9. W ill ie M cC o y (H- D) ; 10 . Danny
Kael'lChJr. CH
·D); 11. Kylt'wng (H-D).
Time: 5 min ., 2.033:ICC.
SEM I 2 (8 laps: ] 1 ri ders,. top tw o transfrrl: 1. Will
Davi s (H·D); 2. Mike Hackl., ;10. Mike Varnes {Hy
0>; 11. Greg Teague (H- D); 12. Devon Pritchard (H-D).
T hm-. b min. , 19.045 !ot!'C..
H EAT 2 (10 1..1"": 11 rideA, top 3 tnnd er l= 1. Joe
Kopp (H -D); 2. Scott Poul-,.,. (If- D); 3. St~ l· Mon'ht"dd
IH-O); 4. Bm Beyer (H.O); 5 . J.R. Sc- n.lbe l (H.O); 6.
h
Paul Betptrom (Hon); 7. Rand y TexkT CH·D); 8. Willie
McCoy IH -o); 9. Lo nnie Pauley (H- O); 10 . C ha nce
Darling IH-D); 11. Kyle Long (H ·D) .
T ime: b min. , 17.1% sec.
HEAT 3
l.aps: 1] ridrn, top 3 transfr rl: I . Kevin
Atherton (H-O) ; 2. Ricky Grah.am (Hon); 3. Paul Morgan
OJ (H-D); 4. Chris Evans (H -D); 3. Mike Had:« (H .D); 6.
no
· rle
·
S
0); 8. Randy Tex ter (H -D ); 9. Ian Seged y (H -D ); to .
. Devon Pritchard (H -D); 11. Doug Scaggs (K -D).
TIm e: S min.. 4.110 I«C RAN O NATIO N AL as laPI; 18 riden ):. 1. Srott
r.rM-t- (H -D); 2. Will o..vu. (H- D); 3. Rtch Kin~ (Hon); 4.
Rid-,y Grdh.lm (Hnn) ; S. Kevin Alht-rton CH-D); 6. Kt.'Vin
VartW"'i Uf ·Ol; 7. Dan BulIn HI-D ); 8. Jay Spring.-"I_n
CH-Dl; 9. Dave Ca mlin (H -D); 10. Paul Morga n III (H·O);
11. Joe Kopp IH -D); 12. Chance Darling (}-I·m; 13. Brett
Lande (H·D); 14. Stl:Ve Bcatbe (H-lJ l; IS. Terry Poovey
(H-D) ; lb. MIke' He cker (H · D) ; 17. Jim Sumner (H -D) ;
18. Steve MoreheO!od (H-D).
T lm e 1S eun, 30.138 sec.
AMA GRAJ'iO N A TlONAL CHAMP IONSHIP
POINT STANOINCS (afte r ] 5 of 2J rve nts): 1. Will
Da vi~ (253 / 5 wins); 2. Scott Parker (243 / 01 wins) 3 .
KPVin Atherton (214/ 2 winll); 4 Rich King (192/2 win!.);
5 . Da v" Cd m lin (155); 6. Rid.y Gr.hdm (144) ; 7. JdY
w
Spring:'i l_n (134 ); 8 . Jo Kopp (132/ 1 w in ); 9. Ddn
Butler ( 21); 10. Seeve \-t~he.ad (106); 11. Kevin VArnes
(98); 12. Mikr Hader (9)); 13. Ken Coolbeth Jr . (fll) ; 14.
Ceo Roeder II OJ ); 15. mE) Seeve Beattie/J .R. Schnabel
( &1); 17. D.1n Stanley (5]); 18. Pa u l Morgan IU (SO); 19
(TI E) Brett Undl!6/Willie Mct:oy (44).
Upcoming Rounds:
Round 16 ' Hagerstown . Maryland. August 23
Round 17, Springfield . Illinois. August 30
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but the' heavY tra ck condlttons had point . lead~'·
Will Davia troubled. ' I was concemedwth
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the way .vislon would be out there' lor me:
. ' . Maybe if didn't bother other people: With the
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" Th~ points lead th'ot W'ilJ Davi s enjoy~d early ';, calcium -~nd s~uff. I :W6 S really. getti~g sprayed .
in.·the year is now dwindling. Scott Parke r ' : do.wn. I. on:a~ .~~rrl ed. .ab~ut ~u~n ,"g out. of
has now closed to wtthtn 10 points. and the ' '.tearcffs. Y lslblhty wa~n t that big of a problem.
schedule prays to Perke r's strength. Of .the , a~ I wes ~lIy surpr ised ~en I took the leed..
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'1 ' Parke ha
-The motorcycle ran great - his ran great ,too.
eIght remaining races. SIX are rmes.
r as . b he l
b
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d ' th lth
now won .4 S mile G rand "National s: Dav is"
u~ e JU,s~ ,eat me. . ~ . tIC
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hopes have to be btioyed by his strong Pe:rfor. . second : ,It s ~y best fjnl~h on a mile. I can t .
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b th h
tt
. h' fi t m'l '.
argue With seco nd. That S ,way better t han I .
man~: u . e . as ye OWI" . IS rs Ie: ;'
, thought l'.w8s ' going to do l'lt th~ hegi~ning . of
II . .
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Davis' Te B teammate' Kevin. Atherton does .. ~t:'~~in. ~ent. "· ....
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' :d
to .k dv t g " f th bike-~'i h '
have 8 good record on the miles'. but' he will:
a a
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have .to dominate to' clo se on Par ke r- and ' . anyln er sd ~ a thonugh ~ °wo" eed spec t'accu' .
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. nd 9 . 10 ru e lin . even
9
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-Da:Vls . He IS 2.9 ~In!~ behind ~arker an . ~ .' lany for ' Parker. 'it ":itlS jus( as bad for .tough-·
h n .luckride S t eve Moreh ea d : Morehead atso
r
out 9 f first . R ~chK,ng an~ D ,:,ve .
rou nd o ut. th e to p .~ Ive . ~lOg ,IS 6' pom ta. changed bikes. Only to circle well back iii the
field until lie was black-flagged on lap 15 lor a.
behind. while Qlmlln IS down 9 8 .
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s'uspected'oit'leak: J .R. Schr;tabe ! al so :
The Indy Mole WIn was worthS5725 to S<:o.tt
swftchedlor h;s.sem i. but a hfth -plac:e .hnlsh ·
Pa~er. W1th. the other ~u,:" fimshers . . III • kept ~m out 'of the majn.. For Parker .it worked
DaVIS .and RI~h King. pte;:king.up ,$3 SO? and . to perfe ction . ".In hindsig ht. changing bikes
$2650. .respectively. .
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. ' was obviously the right thing to do. " Parker '
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. said. '" thiok
rule is 0 good one. and 0
Heavy mins hit .the fair on Friday. forcing ~ . lot of. riders used 'tt tonight. I liked the way ' the.
.postponement of,the traditional horse ~es on .' other c ~as 6 is was handling and asked . Bill
the mile . A 'double-header was hed a'"! Sat~rt'Nerner) if we COuld ch.ange. engines.
said
day: This pu shed th eti~e back f~r tr~ck . there wasn) enough t ime and Gt> wo.s too
preparation. Wi!h the forec8~t of late eveni.ng . risky. You miss 8 boJt or soJJ:lethingUk e that.
thunde.rstorms in mind. the normal qualifyin g
the next thing you know )"(?U're in trouble: We
~eats were dispensed with. and racing .started . we~ starting .on the second ' rCftN . anyway. ,so.
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with the four regular heats. The top 24. riders in : we only: gave up two rows : ~
the point standings were given front-row' starts
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as the 45 riders ";-ere ~ne(:t'up by their bingo Ceo Roeder II had to switch rides before ,
anything~tarted when' his regular ride. the
draw.·K evi n A therton became f ast q ualitier when he blistered the third lG-tap heat at' Eddie and Mike Adkin's Radng Harley.. couldn·t .
' . . . Ina.ke the 'trip up frOm Virgi!1ia. Roeder 1I .':OOe
.6 minu~es, 11.124 5e~"d5 . ··
his ow n Har ley to
sixth in 'his .semi. ·right·
Vv'h~I-packing had 'made for s' fast 'wide' track, ,behind Schnabel.
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