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jump as he b lasted the lights w ith a
7.760 time. He hel d the fast time until
ro und two, when Jaso n Petty blistered
the hill, setting the time of the d ay. zand er' s secon d a ssa u lt on the staircase
proved slower, with a 7.796. Th e ' fir st
ride stiU secured Zander his third secend-place finish this year.
Greg Williams utilized a lot of body
la n guage to neg o tiate h is first ju m p.
Looking to settle into a groove, Williams
opened the throttle as he app roached
the third and fo u r th jump. Gelling
pushed ou t to the far left , he kept the
stre tc h ed fo ur-c ylind er w ound up .
Quickly re gaining hi s li ne, Will iams
roared over the top as he wheelied away
from the ligh ts to record a time of 8.686.
To win the Na tional Championship,
Will iam s needed to finish 10 po sitions
ahead of Jam es Large, or at leas t nine
positions ahead to tie. Williams' second
climb loo ked fast. He wrung the fourcylinder for aU it wa s wo rth over the last
ju m p . Bla sting th roug h the ligh ts,
Williams clocked a faster 7.811 - not fast
enough to win, but good enough to take
third place. Williams would finish the
year in second place, six po ints behind
Large.
Blasting onto the Dev il's Staircase,
Petty got an airy ex it off the first jump.
Coming o ff th e se cond ju m p , Petty
couldn 't hold on as the bike shot out
from under him, and he took a distance
of 190 fee t for his first ride . Round two
proved more fruitful as he pushed the
Gerencer-built Harley-Da vidson to its
limit . Pulling a good ho leshot, Pett y
skipped through the course, making the
climb u p the stai rcase look easy. He
powered over the top to clock a 7.564,
enough to set fast time of the d ay and
earn his second National win.
Large placed sixth for the day. The
"Jammer" put together two solid climbs,
clocking an 8.048 for his first ride and an
8.380 for his second. He only needed to
fin ish within seven positions of
Williams, and with a sixth-position finish for himself and a thi rd for Williams,
rookie Large claimed his first National
Championship, with 126 p oints to
Williams' 120.
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Devil', Staircase
Oregonia, Ohio
Results: October 12, 1997 (Round 11 0111)
540: 1. Terry Thompson (DSA); 2. Rick So ter lJl
(BSA); 3. Paul Pimonnau lt (Ho n) ; 4. Sco tt McN~l y
(H on); S, Tim fraz ier (BSA); 6. Paul Low e (Ka w); 1.
David Watson (Ho n ); 8: John Hamilton (Tri) ; 9. Ph il
Llbha rt (Tri) ; 10. Mi ke Wil son (Kaw); 11. Chad
Dis8ennett; 12. Michael Templeto n ( Ka w); 13. Jame s
Zu cc o (!Ca w ); 14. AI",n H os kin s (Hon): 15. Harr y
Schre ib er IKa w ); 16. Chris VilnHynin g (1ri); 11 .
Anthony Smoot (Kaw); 18. Chris Brown (Hon) ; 19.
Kevin Zu cco (Kaw); 20. Mike Pulver (Han); 21. Roger
McNeely (H an ); 22. Randy Dillion (Han); 23. Walter
Her rick (5uz); 201 . Jack Mioc uley (Hon); 25. Jere my
a
Thomas (Yam); 26. Jim O 'Con nell (Ha n); 27. Cath y
Tem pl et on (Ka w); 28. Joh n His lop (BSA); 29. Mike
o..8u>k (BSA).
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800: 1. Ja!iOn P~ (H-D); 2. Paul Zander (BSA); 3.
Grrg Williams (Hon); 4. Willie Price (H-D); S. Rodney
Williams (H-D); 6. JafTM5 urxe (H·D ); 7. Steve Dresser
(H-D); 8. Glrndal Prtty (H-D) ; 9. J..rr ThoITloQ (Yam); 10.
Rodnry Smith (Yam); 11. Mike Shobert (Tn ; 12. Robert
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Shreiner (K. w ); 13. Bob Templeton (iUlw) ; 14. Bob
ustJedine (H -D); IS . Bene We ndt (H-D); 16. C u rt
Snelling (H on); 17. w allece Fowler (Suz); 18. W. de
Williams (Han); 19. Ruuell vaederveee (H-O); 20.
Aaron Brown (Suz); 21. M.arIc SWrnl (BSA ).
AMA S40cc NATIONAL HILLCLIMB CH AMPIO NSHIP SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (Afte r 11
of 11 round.): 1. Paw Pinsonnauh (143/2 wins); 2. Rick
Soter (1 43/2); 3. Terry Thompson (100& /3 ); 4. Scott
McNeely (102/1 ); S. David WolfSOn (100/1 ); 6. Paul
lowe (94); 1. Michxl
T~pl~ (87) ;
8. Ted Wilkins
(86/ 2); 9. MkNeI Pulver (78); 10. Milo! Wu.on (49); II.
run frAZier (44); 12. Tyrone SmOot (33); 13. Phil Ubhart
(31); 14. John Hamilton (30); 15. Ralph I