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DIRT TRACK A AG AN ATIO AL M R DN N CHAMPIONSHIPSER IES , Round 7: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds ..• .: . . 16 was mad e up o f Pa rker, Sp ri ngsteen, Kin g, Morehead and Camlin. One lap later , Carr also jumped into the action. "All those guys up front we re strong," Ca rr sai d . " It seems like both her e and (at) Springfie ld , if you have a big pack of riders, it's hard er to draft than it is if you just have one or two guys. Everyb ody is feedi ng off each ot her." T he fin ish cam e d own to Parker, Sp rings teen and Moreh ead m ak in g a ru n to the line. "I kn ew Jay was comi ng, but I thin k his bra ke p ro blem kep t him from ge tting as hot as he wan ted ," Parker said. "For abou t fou r laps we raced toget her a n he kept beat in g me to th e line," Spri ngs teen sai d. "I knew I was go ing to have to be close to him coming off four, so I cou ld ge t his draft. I stayed in his draft so long tha t I thought I tou ched his rear w heel before 1 pulled out. I tried to stay in there as long as I could, to ge t a dr iv e . I thi n k he be a t me b y half a w heel, maybe." " W e ll, w e ' v e h a d better d a y s a t DuQuoin," Ca rr said : "I reall y struggled ea rly on , but the track came to me, At thi s tr a ck , when it ' s loose d own th e straightaway, it' s hard to pull out and go by so mebod y. Aft er I moved to the bottom, my lap times dropped pretty dramatically thro ughou t the main event. I was ha ppy once the groove go t fu ller d own low." Landes was stro ng all d ay lon g and prov ed it with an eig hth-p lace finish . Cam lin ' s teamm at e , Ha ck er, a lso g ra bbed a no the r top -10 fin ish, endi ng up ninth. Dan Bu tler and H acker u sed th ei r battl e to ge t by Poo vey lat e in the race. "We put on a new tire for the ma in event, because we di dn't have eno ug h time to scuff one in, with no qualifying hea ts," Butler said . "We went out on a (Above) Ain't ready lor the rest home yet: Morehead (Iell) and Sp ringer (right) flank that "kid" Parker, who, at 37, was the youngest rider on the box. (Left) Jess Roeder co ntinued his winning ways in the HarleyDavidson Sportster Performance Series by scoring his second victory In as many weeks. fresh edge and go t a great holes hot, bu t man , w hen we went th rou gh three an d fou r th e fir s t tim e , everyone pu lled away from me like I wa s sitting still ." Finishi ng off the pace behind Poovey wa s Joe Kopp . "We d id pretty good the last half of th e race , but just got a real bad sta rt," Kopp said. " Early, I was ru nn ing high in one and two and it was a struggle. 1 was rea lly fas t through three a nd fou r and was making u p time , bu t I'd lose it all back in o ne and two. When 1 sa w tha t narro w groove co mi ng o n, I dro pped do wn on it. I was runn ing a lo t be tter the last half of the race, bu t by the time I got by Roed er a nd those guys, the lead pack was half a lap ahead." Ro ed e r, Bigelow, Varnes, Morgan and Sta nlev round ed o ut the finishers . Coo lbeth, Schna be l and Beattie all failed to finish. " It wa s a ma jor eng ine fai lu re th is tim e," Beattie sa id. "Two week s in a row, but this tim e it's really major ." "I d ug the footpeg in to the g ro u nd and it sp un around . Afte r the third lap I d id n't have a nyplace to put my foo t," Schna bel said . "I found a place to put it and sta rted to catch back up, but it was aw kwa rd and 1 fell back off the pa ce. I fell out of the draft and figured I might as well pu ll off . I kn ew with 20 rid er s out there, the last thr ee would all o nly get o ne point anyway. We've made the last three main s an d I' ve only picked up four points total." . Coolbe th's race ended with a shock failure on lap 19 after he had worked his way up to 13th, ri g h t o n tea mmate Kopp's rear wh eel. HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PERFORMANCE NATIONAL Darkness was rapidly approachi ng as the Sportsters took to the tra ck for th eir pra cti ce and heat races . Three heats we re used to par e the 29 en tries down to the 17-rider National. Series points leader Jess Roeder captured the first heat over Scott Stump and Billy Martin. Th e seco nd heat belonged to Shaun Russell, ahead of Mike Ha cker and Paul Bergstrom. Th e last heat saw Dave Camlin top Willi e McCo y and Brian Krornroy. The 17 riders hurried to the line for th eir 12-lap main . Roeder w as in th e bi gg est hurry off th e li ne, a nd he led Stump, McCoy and Camlin into the first turn . Ro ed er lo oked to ha ve thing s under control, with McCoy, Stump, Russell, Ca m lin and Hacker in a tight for mation. Th ey reeled in Roeder , with McCoy in front on lap four. Th at lead was sho rtIived , h ow ev er, as b oth Roed er and Ca mli n slam m ed by th e Te xan . At th e . halfw ay point, Russell moved into third a nd, wit h four laps rem ain ing, Cam lin too k the lead . Camlin actua lly pull e to a small lead , d which he held until the last turn of the last lap. Roeder captu red his third win of the yea r, with Camli n a close second. McCoy was also within stri king d istan ce bu t was forced to settle for third . Russell ended up fourth, as Stu mp repassed Billy Ma rtin o n th e last lap fo r fifth . Brian Krornroy, AI Eadie, James Hart and Greg Teague rounded out the top 10. Ha cker, Ryan Brown, Brian Thomas and John Oark wer e the rest of the finish ers. Paul Bergstrom, Bob Buffingt on ()l and Ga ry Rogers failed to finish. DuQuoin Slate Fairgrounds DuQuoin, Illinois Results: July 11 , 1998 (Round 7 01 19 ) HEAT 1 (10 1.lp§; 11 riders, top five tr,ln5fer) : 1. Stev e Morehead (H· D); 2. Scott Pa rl er (H· D); 3. Dave Ca mlin (H-o); 4. Dan Stanl cv (H·O) ; 5. J.R. Schnabel (H· D); b. Dale jenneman (H - O); 7. Mike Varnes (H ·O); 8. Billy Martin (H· D); 9. Jaime Aguilar (H· O); 10. Ky le Long (H-D); l 1. ji m Mcllvena (H-D> . Time: b min.• 11.871 sec. HEAT 2 no taps; 11 rid ers, top fiv e tr.an rier ): 1. Rich King (Hon ): 2, Ja y Springst een (H·O); 3. Brett Landes (H· D); 4. joe Kopp (H-D); 5. Steve Beattie ( H-D~; 6. Pa ul l y nch (H -D ); 7. josh Butler (H· D); b.De von Prit chard (H- O); 9. John Ni ckens III (H-DI ; 10. Ma rco Morello (H·O) ; 11. N ick Daniel: (li-D). Time: 6 min .• 14.291 sec. HEAT 3 no I. ps; 10 riders, lop fiv e tra nsferb I. a Chri. . Ca rr (H -Dl ; 2. Paul Mo rga n III (H·D); 3. Bryan . Bige lo w (H-O); 4. Ke n Coolbeth Jr. (H-D ); 5. Ke vin VatJ1t>5, (H· D); 6. Shaun Russel l (H· D); 7. Paul Bergstrom (H ·D ); 8. Cary Rogers (H-D); 9. Chris Evan.. (H-D); 10. .. Randy Sha nk n (H-D). Ti me : 6 min ., 17.71O!it"C. HEAT 4 (10 lap , ; 10 riders, lop fin tu n~feT): 1. Will Dav is (H ·D); 2. Terry Po ovey ( Han) ; 3. M ike Ha cker (H-D); 4. Dan Butler (H-D); 5. Ceo R..cede r (HD); 6. Jo hnny Murphree (H-D); 7. Bret Beyer (H-D); 8. Willi e McCo y (H -D); 9. Danny Koe lsch Jr. (H- D); 10. Steve Gill IH-D) . Time: 6 min., 13.628 sec . G RAND NAT IONAL (25 I~ps; 20 riders): 1. Scott Pa r ker (H ·D); 2. [a y S p ri n gxtee n (H· D); 3 . St e ve More head (H-D); 4. Rich King (He n): 5. Dove Ca rnlin (H·D); 6. ChrL.. . Ca rr (H-D); 7. Will Davis (H· D); 8. Bret t Landes (H-Dl; 9. Mike Ha cker (H· O); 10. Dan Butler (H0); 11. Terry Poovey (Ho e ): 12. JOt: Kopp (H-D); 13. Gl'O Roed e r II ( H · D) ; 14. Br ya n Bigel ow 0 -1·0); 15. Kevin Varn es 0 -1-0); 16. Pnul Morgan II (H-O); 17. 0.1" Stanl ey (H-D); 16. Ken Coo tbeth Jr . (H· D); l q. j.R. Sch na be l (H· D); :zo. Ste ve Beattie Ht · D). Time: 15 min.• 14.mn sec . AMA G RAND NATIONAL C H A M P IO N S H IP SERIES rOINTS STA ND INGS IAft er 7 of 19 rounds): 1. ScOtt Park er 0 2R/4 win s); 2. Rich King (87); 3. Chri.. Ca rr ('79); 4. Will Davis (74/ 1); 5. Jay Spri ngsteen (67); 6. C eo Roeder (63/ 1); 7. Kev in Varnes (5b·); 8. S te ve Mor eh ea d (S I) ; 9. Mike Hack er (43); 10. (T IE) Dan Sta nle /joe Kopp (42); 12. Bryan Bigelow (40); 13. Terry y Poo vey (36); 14 . Bn'U Lan d o (35); 15. Dol P Ca mlin (34); Y 16. 'icky Ha yd en (27); 17. Chris Eva ns (25); 18. j.R. Sch nabel (22); 19. Dan Butler (21); 20 mE) PolU} Mo rgan III/Stl'W Beattie (19 ) . HAR LEY-DAV ID SON S PO RT ST ER PERFOR · M AN C E N ATI ONAL (1 2 t aps; 17 riders ): 1. jes.. Roede r: 2. Da ve Ca m lin; 3. wilfi e McC ov; 4. Sb a un Russell : 5. Scott St u m p ; 6 . Bill y Ma rli'n ; 7. Br ian Kromroy; 8. AI Ead ie; 9. Jamt.'S Hart; 10. Greg Teague; 11. Mike H.1ckt.>r; 12. Ryan Brown ; 13. Brian Thomas; 14 John Cb rk; 15. Pau l Bt-rg. .tmm; 16. Bob Buffington: 17. . Gary 1Wg.", Time: 7 min., 41.259 sec. HARLEY· DAVID S ON S P O RT STE R PERFORMANCE SERtES POINTS STA 'Dl NGS (Aft., 5 of 13 rounds): 1. Jess Roed er 003/ 3 win s); 2. Dave Camlin (69/1); 3. Shaun Rus:-t,.'ll (68/1); 4. Scott Stu mp (61); 5. Billy Martin (57); b. Mil e Hacker (55); i . (' U Y Rogers h (53); 8. Willie ~l cCoy (51); 9. Brian Kromroy (.J6) ; 10. Tim Ea des (43); 11. To m McGrane Jr. (30); 12. Rvan Brown (29); 13. (T IE) Paul Ekr ,;strom / j.l"oun Flet~hcr (24); 15. la mes ....art (23); 16. Al Eadie (22); 17. Ro be rt Mille r (2 0 ; 18. (TIE) Yuhiko Hirau / Joh n Fa ulkner III (18); 20. (TIE) Bob Buffi ngton / Ceramy Rackle y (15). Brieflv... on our chass is problem s " I'm happy. I know Dennis and Gary are. too . They wer e needin g this finish as bad as I was .· Ju st sev en rac e s in to the 19·rac e seaso n, Scott Parker's win gives him an eve n more commanding, 41 ·point lead ove r Rich King " Parker has not only qualified for eve ry National. he has won four of the six that we re completed and has been on the podium at the other two. with a second and third. Terry Poovey is planning to return to more At the start of th e year. TC R's W ill Davis looked to be Parkers main challenger. but it has been a frustrating year for Davis and now his arm problems have heaped more frustra tion on him . "The last five laps. I'd have paid good money just to be able to pull off ." Davis said " -I thou ght I was going to end up going through the fence . I hadthis proble m at D el Mar last year , and I worked all winter on trying to help it. but It seems everything I've don e has just made rt worse . That was the best motorcycle I've ever had. That mo torcy cle is capable o f geltlng things do ne. It' s as fast as any motorcycle on that race track , jf I co uld just ride it like I was suppose d to. " Steve More head has also had a trying season to this poin t. but sees a light at the end of th e tu nnel. " Ga ry (S to lzenb urq) and D ennis .

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