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cRgmem ber'The Good Old rDays a gap to Jam ie Bowman and a hu ge margi n back to sixth-p laced Jason Parker. Kevin Hunt kept his Suzuki in fro nt o f Healt h Sys tems Kaw asak i' s Michael Fitzpa trick , wi th John Bowman, Jam ie's yo unger brother, back in nin th . Brandon Bash or e was by himself in 10th. The class titl e went to Ryan Meyer, the 16th-p lace finis her who finished the six-race series with 123 points, 16 ahead of Michael Fitzpatrick. McGrath en de d the season in third wit h 102. "I did wh at I had to do," Meyer sa id . "There we re so me prett y fast peo ple in the race. I had to hold mv own and finish the race. It was tough.~' n Daytona Internat ional Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Results: November 1, 1998 (Round 6 of 6) ·'uJ.lltmall f{tJrl lir'l{muldl f • SUNOCO GTO : 1. Da vid McG r.l th (5u 7.); 2. John Sc hee hs e r (Yam ); 3. Ste ve G rigg (Kaw ): 4. Jo h n Ashmea d ( Kaw): 5. Ja m ie Bowman (S uz) : 6. 1,1Stm Park er (Su1.); 7. Kevin H u nt (Su1.); 8. Michae l Fitzpa trick (K.1W); 9. Joh n Bowm a n (Su1.); 10. Brand on Ba..here (Suz ); t 1. Chad Sim on s (Suz) , 12. Robb Martin (SU1;) 13. ; Steve [A'C.lIl1P (Suz ): 14. Devin -Bru ley (Yam ); 15. Mike wa rren (H o u): 16. Ryan Mey er (Suz) : 17 . Phil ippe Kostezer (S uz ): 18 . Ma uro Ccred a (S u z ); l Q. Da r nel Sma llwoo d (Ho n);' 20. Ca rlos Fabia n (K.1W); 2 1. Davi d Stone ( Due); 22. Charles Meyers (Kaw): 23. Ilrett Si nger (Su z): 24. Ste ve Kessen ich (Suz) : 25. John Lo un sb u ry (Su z): 26 . Mario Martin (Suz). . T ime: 13 mi n.•33.059 sec. Dis tance: Seven la ps, 25 miles • Ave rag e sp eed . 110.339 mp h Marg tn of victory: 1.853 sec. SUNO CO GTO CSHIP POI NT STANDINGS IAftor 6 of 6 mu n ds) : 1. Ryan Meyer 0 2. ); 2. Micha el Fitzpatrick 1 (107 n w i n) ; 3 . Da vi d M cG r ath (10211 ); 4 . [ o hn Bo wrn ...n (7 1); 5. Er ic Wood (59/1) ; 6. (TIEl Ke vi n Hunt /Maum Cereda (56); 8. Scott Ruehle (55); 9. jason Pa r ker (50 ); 10 . Joe Del a n c y (42 ); 11. (T IE) Bria n Gibbs/ Jeff Short/Gra nt Lopez (35/ » ; 14. Chad Simon s chser q os hua Ha yea/ C horlcs (34); 15. (TIE) Juh n Scho Cho uina rd/ Brinn Pa rrio tt /Shane Prie to (32); 20. (TIE) Stev e C r igs; / Ma r k Lcd esrna y Richa rd Ale xa nder Jr./R ichilrd Conicelh / Brett Singe r (30). jIollyl'l/oodCelebrates 45 Y ears ofMo torcycle M enwries with DA~ VIN TAGE G.P. / ST UN T M AN G.P. HLM INDUSTRY / SPECJA L GUEST / LEGENDS c.n Friday, November 27th, 1998 LACR Palmdale, CA ~UPPORIm ~y LIG HTSTORM ENTERTAINM ENT - JAMES CAMERON UNITE D STU NTWOMAN 7 ASSOC IATION · VIEWFINDERS MC . S INTER NATIONAL STUNTMEN' S ASSOCIATION · PJ I • THO R · IMS • CYCLE NEWS ST UNTM EN'S ASSOCIATION · PANAVISION and STUNTS UNLIMITED B uellLightningSeries Final R ound: DaytonaInternational Speedway Graef's race and ,title By Henny Ray Abrams DAYTONA BEACH, FL, NOV. I his was Billy Graef's class. After qualifyin g on the p ole for th e Bu ell Lig h tn ing ra ce , w it h mo re than a six-tenths-of-a-second cushion, the Sheb oygan, Wiscon sin, ride r pu t his Hal 's H-D Buell to the front of the 16-rid er class and led all the wav. Th e margin of vict ory for his third wi n in th e se ries w a s 3.606 second s, which d oesn 't acc u ra te ly describe his dom inan ce. The three win s helped him to the title, by a comfor tab le 22 points over Valley Racing's Bria n Conley, wh o was fourth today . . "It kind of went the way I plann ed ," Graef said . "I just wanted to get off the lin e firs t and try to get a wa y. I got a good start and every thing was clicking . The bik e just ran flawless." G raef co m p leted the sev en-lap, 25mile race in 14 minutes, 55.960 seconds , at an aver age speed of 100.129 mph. Graef had company early in the race a s H arley-Da vid son of Greensboro ' s Dave McGrath too k off in pu rsuit of the front-ru nner. Graef started to edge away and , by the third lap, it was clear w ho th e win ner w ould be . At th e ha lfwa y po int, he had nearly tw o seco n ds in hand , with McGrath tryin g to kee p the pressure on - thou gh not for long. Miller Electrica l Construction ' s Jess T IN THE DIRT ~mOUlm ro P ARrI[IPA I[ DES ERT LEGENDS · MO TOCROSS LEGENDS · LOCA L LEGEND S J.N. ROBERTS· EDDIE MULDER · JOHN DeSOTO · JOHN RICE · MIKE RUNYARD • ERIC KEHOE MOUSE McCOY · JIM HOLLEY · KENNYZAHRT · DANNY LaPORTE ofTeam FMF · BROC GLOVER and RICK JOHNSON - .- JU! 1 NME Aff W . S 0 A - - The stage will be set for a grand prix that will incorporate a little bit of Hopetown, Elsinore. and some of the old Viewfinders GPs. The course will include a little asphalt. a little mud and maybe even a barn to fly through. To add to the celebration. the surf band known as THE ELIMINATORS will entertain between GPs and at the wrap party when awards are given out at the end of the day. 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