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got air over the top and had a hard landing at the end .
The last rider in the 800cc class was
Large, fro m n ea rb y Colu m b u s, Ohio .
Lar ge w heeled the Reiser' s Cy cle Service / F&S H ar ley -David s o n /W hit e
Broth ers /KK M o torcycl e Su p p ly / CJ
Fram es H arl ey-D a vid son to the li ne,
looki ng fo r h is th ird st raig ht w in to
stre tch ou t h is poi nts lead in the cla ss.
Lar ge go t really sideways off the ra mp
bu t he wo rked the bike over the d ouble
a nd h ad it straig htened out whe n he
land ed . Even wi th all his problems getting to the timers, he still put in the lead ing 800cc time of the first round, a 6.577seco nd ru n.
"We ' r e s itting in first bu t I d on 't
thi nk it will ho ld up - people are going
faster," Large sa id. "When I came out of
the hol e, m y foot peg d idn' t go a ll th e
way do w n a n d I was m or e wo r ried
abo u t ge tting m y foot back on the peg
tha n the rid e. So we shou ld be able to go
faster, too."
.
Dresser was af ter his seco nd w in of
the yea r, and he let it all go on the bottom of the hill. He go t sideways off the
ra m p and h is foot slip ped o ff th e peg
over the d ouble, bu t he was d etermined
to hol d it on and he mad e it pa s t the
ligh t and in to the lead w it h a tim e /of
6.422.
"I wish I could have go tten a straight
ride th rough ," Dresser said . "Both of my
rid es were crooked. I was fort u na te to
stay upright. Still, I almos t wo n it."
W ith Petty o u t, Wa ll a ce Fowle r
rolled the bottom and then cra nked it on
for a sixth-overa ll time of 9.507. Man y
other com pe titors we ren' t ab le to pu t in
a seco nd ride; including Templeton.
" I took the nice, easv route on the
first ride and the bike ran phenomena lly," Tem ple to n said. "I go t a clean rid e
in, but I lost my front brake at the top of
the hill and go t major air. When I lan ded , it busted so me thing in the igni tion we got no fire for the seco nd round . I' m
happy w ith third , thou gh."
DeBusk took advantage of the ot her
co m p etito rs ' problems to climb u p to
fourth overall. Once aga in, he go t kicked
off th e seat ove r the firs t jump and he
actually land ed with his left foot on the
sea t. "Su per Boo ne " never backed off
and he finished wi th a 7.278-second ru n .
"The firs t ride, we d id a little heel-
Mike
DeBusk
gets
kic ked out
of the seat
over the
do uble• .
DeBus k
managaed
to save It,
but the
Kawasaki
rider cou ld
dono
better than
fourth.
clicker, so we didn' t 'w a n t to do tha t
agai n," Debusk sa id . "On' the second
ride, I rolled the bo ttom to set myself up
for the d ouble over the low pa rt of the
hill an d my feet got kicked up again."
Reiser' s Cycle 'Pro H illclim b team
captai n To m Reiser h elp ed La rge get
read y fo r the la st rid e of th e d a y; h e
needed a 6.421 to w in. "Ja m mer" took
off from the far left side of the starting
box and he lined up for the d oubl e perfectly. Just 6.158 seconds lat er, he had
his third straig ht win .
"I was a li ttle su rp rised we took it
away from Steve ther e - that seco nd ride
he made was pretty good ," Large sai d.
"It looked like a lot of people were getting kicked over the jump, so I made m y
m ind up th a t if I go t sideways, I wa s
go ing to lay low and take second place. I
came up the firs t one, it landed straight
and I let it go; then the bike di d the rest.
I'd like to thank my wife an d d aughte r
and a ll m y fans who ca me out today
a nd m y s po nso rs w ho keep m e o u t
her e."
l~
Grum py Valley
Laurelville, Ohio
Results: August 23, 1998 (Roun d 8 of 12)
540: 1. Terry Th om pson