Round 1: Daytona Municipal Stadium
AMA GRAND NA TIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
After the race, Davis gave
legendary tu.- Skip Eaken
a quick ride to victory circle.
The win was Eaken's first
since 1996, the year that he
shared in two Springfield
Mile wins with Davey
camlin.
semis, which allowed only the winner of
each to take a spot in the 25-lap feature.
Bartels Harley,Davidson's jay Springsteen dominated the first semi. King
bumped and banged his way around
the track, with Saddlemen Racing/lancaster H-D/Dodge Brothers' Dan Butler
in the second semi ultimately taking a
, narrow win. jones got the sole ticket
from the third semi, and Coolbeth barely
edged
out
F&S
HarleyDavidson/KK/Shepherd & Dragoo's
returning veteran Steve Morehead in the
final semi to fill the program.
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GRAND NATIONAL
Pole sitter Davis carefully deliberated
and then selected a starting spot one
position to the right of the inside pole,
leaving Carr the opportunity to take the
low spot, which he did. To Davis' right,
Poovey, Landes, Russell and Hayden
fanned out toward the outside pole in
that order.
Davis won, the drag race to the first
turn, towing Carr, Russell, Landes, Hayden and the rest of the field onto the
back straight. Russell had gotten a great
start and was looking to be a contender
.. .
.
until he ran into turn three
and nearly crashed. From
there, he dropped back off
the pace, ultimately finishing way back in 14th,
ahead of Tysor and Steward - both of whom
entered and qualified for
their very first Grand
National race.
"I just turned into a
wuss," Russell said. "I got
off the line good and
thought, This is going to be
cool.' Then 1 almost
crashed. We just missed the
setup, but this is inspiration
for me to get ready for the
next race, because I can't do
tha t again - go from the
front to the b
