Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

R); 9. Willie McCoy (ATK); 10. Mickey Fay (Rtx); 11. Marc Gifford (W-R) ; 12. Mike Ha cke r (Rtx); 13, Je ff Annen (W-R ); 14. Ste ve Morehead (Rt x): 15. Steve Mayfield (W·R); 16. Josh Butler (Rtx); 17. C ha rlie O n' (ATK); 18. Bryan Bigelow (ATK). T im e: 11 rnln ., 31.765 St,'C . A MA G RA N D NATI ONAL CH AM P IO NS H I P SER IES POINT ST ANDINGS (After 10 of 19 ro unds) : 1. Scott Pa rke r (155/4 win s); 2. Rich King (143/1); 3. Chris Ca rr (137 /1) ; 4. Will Davis (125 /2); S. Steve Morehead (83); 6. Coo Roeder II (82); 7. Joe Kopp (SO); 8. Jay Springsteen (79); 9. (TIE) Brya n Bige low / Mike Hac ker (68); 11. Kevin Varnes (62); 12. Dan Stanley (60); 13. Davey Camli n (57); 14, (TIE) Steve Beattie / Ter ry Poovey (36); 16, Brett Landes (35); 17. Nicky Ha yd en (34); 18. Pau l Morgan III (33); 19. Dan Butler (30); 20. Chri s Evans (25), Hu sse fl. " w ho cfnc hed t h at ac hievem ent .by qua fifyi ng for Grand National Finals at Spring. : field and at Mmeralwells, We st Virginia, earlier 'in the-year. "I t 's just anot her number. but a lot of peo ple .w ill give you more credit . .if yo u have one . Ho pef ull y" we . . can u s e' it t o get s o me m ore ' money into the progra m. " Russell missed the main but ran a solid second to .Johnny Murphree In the A ndy Tresser Da sh For .. .. . Life. . (Above) Parker's bike blew up just as he crossed the finish line on the f inal lap. He pulled over, dropped the bike and stripped off all his gear f rom the wa ist up to throw to the crowd. (Left) Carr celebrates his ninth Peoria IT win. Upcomi ng Rounds: Round 11 - Rapid City. South Dakota , August S Round 12 - Joli et . Illinois. Au gu st 8 motocrossing wi th it. M y approach to the ·jump should be ·about 3S ~ph and as straig ht as I can be ." Even·the bes t-laid plans..: . . · Prior to .the· SOth.anniver sary Pe oria Tl'; defending champion .Jo e Kopp addressed the issue of press ure torepeat.:: I'~e got pre ssure on .rny self . " Kopp .sald. "ButI really think there 's more pres" sure on Chri s (Carr). because he's the favorite . I'm t he underdog : . but l.think thatwe'll have someth ing fOr them today . " .. . · USC Raci ng /Lan c ast e r H -D /D odge Brothers rider B~yan Bigelow ·was 'pretty confide nt that he w ould make the mairi event. ' Arid why not? Bigelo w has made t hem all except Dayto na in 1998 . " I got seve nth here at the Hot Shoe race." Bigelow said. . . ".W ith J ohnny Goad here . .it can only be better, But this.is just one .· . rac e . and there's 'a. lot moraof them to ·go, The~e ' s no sense in · ' J · ardizlnqour.who leseeson here-. " Biq elow. suffered a dislocat·eap . .ed shoulder in his main-event crash.: . .. . Leave ·i!.to Chris Carr to put"thi·ng ~ into their proper perspecti ve . . h . . . .. . : Ronnie .Jones was a surp rise entry in the ·SOt :anniversarYP eo' "in discussing what [t. would mean for him to y" in t he 50~h .ann iver: . . .. . '. . work on a stoc k-ca r-racinq ria. IT.- but J on es.. w ho is har d sary Peoria .Tl' : ." How m any othe r dirt tracks can- say that they . d h T ..C · · . . .. ff . . . . have run ' SO Nationals in a row? " Carr said.' ".1 think that thi s . a . , ca reer, sa i· tat · a m urnm ing s mad e him an a er that he is · . . . . . . . .co uldn ' t ref use. ·" The deai was that T.C . called me ·after Oklahoma special .moment not only for. the Peoria Motorcycle club, but for City and told me that if I co uld qualify for the Hall Of Fame race. , dirt -track "r cing . This day is a.validation. of the hist orical value o f a he wou ld give. me a bike to ride ." J on es .said. "Well .: I' d really . , . . .. Th t id.' d·d C . t ·t t .b . . t ·t· ? ' . ,.J.R • Schnabel took a hell ofa ride during the fifth scratch quali- : · . . our spo rt . . a sal. I arr expecti a e more co mpe l ive . . enjoye d ii.ding his Harley -Davidson,at O .klahorna City . .so I asked " I thinkso ' .. . said . ." No t onlv WI 1· UYS wan t t a .w.. I because I he I . lt fying .. eat .. h race.a he.went end over end .in the riqht-hander, near . .s . . . I Y ·1 g in it hi m if he migh t' have' a bike for m.e to ride at P eor ia; because ·s tne SOth b ut they WI 1wa .nt ta beat me. ·because .I seem t a· b e. one.place whe re yo u can qualify fort he H all Of Fame .race . ' the 'same spo t where Dave y Cam lin. had cras hedearner ·in the . ·1 ··· , . rs th cutn, · · that 's . e . . . day . " ljustqot caug ht outsi de of. the ridqe tha t .deve.lops over . the . benchmark to shoo t for at thisplace e·v· n though I• haven 't . -:» . . . He did: otherw ise I would n'tbe racing here. But itwould be' neat been here in a· couple of years : That' s goo d: because itwlll take to qualify and for that race and win it, becau se it's goi ng to be .there, and my fro nt end was hed out." .. some of the pressure off of me . l've got noth ing to lose: Let' s just .: such a his to ncal deal. ", J ones'. day ended when his .motorcycle . · . Will Davis had to be feeling a-bit more co mfortable about his . .. . . go race . .. ' ex pi r~~ in his heat race. ' posit ionin g in t he AMA·.Grand N ation al Cha mpionship S eries Chris C~rr's sentiments were 'echoed by Peoria M otorcycle Ciub To·m .cummings was proud to se~ thathis TCR ·team's work : ·points. stand inqs.cas he appea red loose and relaxed in the pits prior to the race; arid equally loose after it.. " I've trie d to get the 'president Dale Cramer.. " This is a big day :" Cram er sa id. . wi th the ATK 600 DT has not gone unnoticed . No less than · "Everything has turned out super . The·crowd is looki ng real good . four of the . pro duction- based dirt -track machines were being uti- ·holeshot (in the points race) for the past two yea rs .in ·a row now ." and the wea ther is beautlful.We work so hard every year to make . lized in competition . lnelud ing two by TCR ·s . W ill D avis and D avis said. " Arace at a .time is all we cando..Wejus\ gottakeep hatlling It .ou t . .Th is is a lo ng season .- tha t 's one t hing l 'v e. this race a litt le bett er, and every year we 've -come Lip wi th one Ronnie ..Jones. "W e always figured that the bikes were going to ... . learned ." . . two rmprovernents . We 're proud this place , and we ·re · very , sell ." Cunlmings said.."They. qlve someone a goo d place to start. · . ljust wis h that ATK wo uld finish dolnq what we've suggested: proud of our heritage ..... We 've made some chanqes from last yea r to this year for thls: ,D a n Butler had the luxury of betnq able to choose teams _.sort of - as the former Gardner Racirig rider had his old Greg Crow. Am ong the California ·continqent atte nding .the SOth-anniversary race .' We think t hat we 'll. be co mpe titive . " Davis certainly was . . tu ned 600 ·wait ing .for him in the pit s it" he needed it. " G reg's Peoria TT was veteran short'tracker Paul Iwanaga ; who"hitc hed runnj~g seventh after'a back·;-ow' start.' . . standing by .... said But ler. .who now occupies .a spot on Jo hnny . .,; ride ·with ·ri ding buddy .John Hiebolll . the latt er a .Peoria TT G oad 's US C · Racing /Lan c a'st er H-D /D odge B ro t her s · tea m. reguiar_ ''I' ve only ridde n this place twice· before . " Iwanaga said.. · Acc·ording to Corbin Racing 'team owne r C r a ig · Rogers . one of · "The first" time .. I was invited ·by the promo ters for that TV race : the ·absolute last Honda RX7S0 holdouts..the axe may finally hav e · ~Joh n ny's on the case . and we 'll try to get oudiike going good . but if we can' t - well . I've ridden that (Gardner) ·bike here:before. and the second time, my bike had prob lems . I like this place . I'm a fallen. .: Honda is selling ·o ff all of its HRC parts to .

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