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Springsteen had the start wired, and after that it appeared that the only way he could fail would have been if he suffered mechanical failure. "I got the start, and I went about five laps, then I looked back coming off two," Springsteen said. "I saw I had a little bit of a lead. I went a few more laps and looked back again. I saw I had a good lead. After that I said, 'I ain't looking back again: I just tried to keep a solid pace going:' Hayden had looked strong all night, and he used a good start to put himself in a strong position for a good finish. "Some guys made some mistakes, and turn one was pretty good to me," Bayden said. "I got right up there with those guys. Kevin and I were dicing the whole race. I got around him with about five laps to go, and that was it." Third place was surely hard-earned for Carr. "I'm pleased; I'm really happy," Carr said. "When you start on the second row in a place like this, anything can happen. I don't know where I was that first lap, seventI, or eighth. I just moved up one at a time. Then, for a while there, it felt like I couldn't gain on the guys:' Bigelow's strong fifth-place ride matched his best Grand National finish. "It seemed like everyone in front of me that looked back and saw me, they would change their line and go way to the inside," Bigelow said. "That just made it that much easier.-It was one of the strangest things I've seen. People were giving it to me, it seemed like. I think (with) a few more laps I could have caught Chris and those guys, but you've got to get off the line with them to run with them. One of these days I hope to do it the easy way, but for now this will have to work:' Early in the race, King made a bad mis~e going into tum one. '1 was about fifth at one time - it was early in the race," King said. "But I got real squirrelly going into one. Me and Parker got together. I was going down, and he knocked me back upright. That moved us both back. I just couldn't make a charge. The harder I tried to go, the worse it got:' Parker's view was much the same. "He (King) got wobbly going into one and did a horn dance," Parker said. "I thought he had it straightened out. About that time, I was coming under him, and I thought he was just going to drift on high, but he straightened up and hooked back down. We bumped pretty good; I put my hand up to say sorry. When you do something like that, you feel bad, but there really was nothing either one of us could do. I was just hoping that we didn't hook handlebars and do something really stupid, but we got out of it:' Landes made the most ,of a bad situation. "I started way back - I could barely see 17th," Landes said. "About the 10th lap, I found I was able to run it in real hard into the corners. I finally got to where I could work the front end. Then I just started getting one at a time. Morehead wasn't even in sight; then I reeled him in. The next group was Hacker and Rich King. I think one more lap and I probably could have got them, too. I'll take this. After the heat race, I didn't even feel like I could ride a motorcycle. We changed everything on the motorcycle. We had to go back to the basics; then I started feeling comfortable again. We'll take it and go on to Harrington:' "I got a bad start, and that was it," More!lead said of his ride. "I got to racing with Hacker, and we just got into one another's way. It was pretty uneventful. We fumbled around all night, trying to get going. Any time you put your foot down and hit yourself on the back of your head, I'm not going to go fast on a night like that. But I sure am tickled for Springsteen:' Teague had mixed emotions about his squandered front-row start. "I just got a bad start, but other than that we had a good night," Teague said. "You can't expect to get your first time out, but I felt pretty good. I felt like I was gaining energy every lap. At the start, I got sideways and pointed it towards the wall, and the second and third row was catching me by then. All in all, it felt good:' _ Hagerstown Speedway Hagerstown, Maryland Results: May 8, 1999 (Round 2 of 22) HEAT 1 (10 laps; U riders, top three uarn;£e:r): 1. J.R. Schnabel (H-D); 2. Joe Kopp (H-D); 3. Rich King (H0); 4. Kevin Varnes (H·D); 5. Jason Sentell (H·D); 6. Ken Coolbeth Jr. (H-D); 7. Dan Stanley (H-D); 8. Shawn Clark (H-D); 9. Brett Landes (H· D); 10. George Rich.tmeyer (Yam); 11. Garth Bastian (H-D); 12. Wade Camlin (H-D). Time: 4 min., 02.553 sec. REAT 2 (10 laps; 12 riden, top th.r:« transfer): 1. Kevin Atherton (I-{-O); 2. Greg Teague (H·O); 3. Steve Morehead (H-D); 4. Johnny Murphree (H-D); 5. Shaun Russell (H·D); 6. David Rayburn (H-D); 7. Marco Morello (H-D); 8. Brent Armbruster (H·D); 9. Jaime Aguilar (H-D); 10. Ken Yoder Jr. (H-D); 11. Randy Shank U (H-D); 12. Jim Mellvena (H-D). Time: 4 min., 01.840 sec. HEAT 3 (10 laps; 12 riders, top three transfl!d: 1. Jay Spri.ngsteen (H-D); 2. Nicky Hayden (H-D); 3. Bryan Bigelow (H~D); 4. Mike Hacker 0:-1-0); 5. Paul Lynch (HD); 6. Willie McCoy (H-D); 7, Billy Martin (H- D); 8. Dave Camlin (H-D); 9. Joe Eades (H-D); 10. Jerry Vanderkooi (H~D); 11. Phil Libhart (Tn); 12. Joey Brock (H-D), Time: 4 min., 01.541 sec. HEAT 4 (10 laps; U riders): l. Will Davis (H~D); 2. Chris Carr (H-D); 3. Scott Parker (H-D); 4. Goo Roeder II (H-D); 5. Mike Varnes (H-D); 6. Dan Butler (H-D); 7. Steve Beattie (H·D); 8. Cary Rogers'(H-D); 9. Paul Bergstrom (H-O); 10. Chris Boone (H·D); 11. Chris Evans (H-D); 12. Kyle Long (H-D). Time: 4 min., 02.139 sec. SEM.I 1 (8 laps; 12 riders, top three transfer): 1. Mike Hacker (H-D); 2. Brett Landes (H-D); 3. Ken Coolbeth Jr. (H-D); 4. Chris Evans (H-D); 5. BiUy Martin (H-D); 6. Brent Armbruster (H-D); 7. Jerry Vanderkooi (H-D); . Wade Camlin (H-D); 9. Randy Shank U (H-D); 10. Sh.un Russell (H-D); 11. Gary Rogers (H-D); 12. Mike Varnes (H·D). Time: one, due to red flag SEMJ 2 (8 laps; U riders, top two transfer): 1. Dan Butler (H-D); 2. Dave Camlin (H-D); 3. Johnny Murphree (H-D); 4. Paul Bergstrom (H-D); 5. Ken Yoder Jr. (H-D); 6, Paul Lynch (H-D); 7. Sh.wn Clark (H-D); 8. Marco M.orello (H-D); 9. Garth a.,stian (H-O); 10. Phil Libh.rt (Tri); n. Jason Sentell (H-D); 12. Kyle Long (HD). Time: 3 min., 16.990 sec. SEMJ 3 (8 laps; 12 riders, top two transfer): 1. Geo Roeder U (H-D); 2. Kevin Varnes (H-D); 3. Dan Stanley (H-D); 4, Steve eealhe (I-I-D); S, WiJJie McCoy (H-D); 6. Chris Boone (H-D); 7. Jaime Aguilar (H-D); 8. Jim McIlvena (H-D); 9. Joey Brock Q-I-O); 10. David Rayburn (H-D); 11. Joe Eades (H-D); 12. Goorge Richtmeyer Jr. (Yam), Time: 3 min.• 17.595 sec. GRAND NATIONAL (25 laps; 18 riders): 1. Jay Springsteen (H~D)i 2. Nicky Hayden (H-O); 3. Chris Carr (H·D); 4.. Kevin Atherton (H-D); S. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 6. Joe Kopp (H-D); 7. J.R. Schnabel (H-D); 8. Scott Parker (H-D); 9. Dan 8utler (H-D); 10. Mike Hacker (HD); 11. Rich King (H-D); 12. 8rett Landes (H-D); 13. Steve Morehead (H-D); 14. Greg Teague (H-O); 15. Dave Camlin (H-D); 16. Ceo Roeder II (H-D); 17. Kevin Varnes (H-D); 18. WiU Davis (H-D). Time: 10 min., 04.156 sec. B.rieflv.u·.. AMA GRAND NATIO AL DIRT TRACK SERIES POINTS STANDlNGS (After 2 of 22 rounds): 1. Nicky Hayden (33); 2. Chris Carr (32); 3. Jay Springsteen (31/l win); 4. Brett Landes (26t 5. Will DaVIS (24/1); 6. Rieh King (21); 7. mE) Ronnie Jones/Kevin Atherton (15); 9. Bryan Bigelow (14); 10. Joe Kopp (13); 11. (TIE) Kevin VarneslJ.R. Schnabel/Ken CooJbeth Jr. (12); 14. (TIE) Scott Parker/Johnny Murphrc.c (11); 16. (TI.E) Dave Camlin/Dan Butler (10); 18. (TIE) Mike Hacker/Terry Poovey (9); 20. Toby Jorgensen (7). HARL"EY-DAVlDSON SPORTSTER PERFORMANCE NATIONAL (U Lops; 17 riders), 1. Gary R~gers; 2. Shaun .Russe~; 3. Wil~je McCoy; 4. Robert Miller; 5. Nate Walt; 6. Michelle DiSalvo; 7. Joe Eades; 8. Billy Martin; 9. James Ha:rt; 10. Paul Normandin; 11. Scott Stump; 12. Tim Eades; 13. Joe Duvall; 14. Rob Gette; 15. Kyle Long; 16. Brian Kromroy; 17. Paul Bergstrom. Time: 5 min., 10.994 sec. AMA HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PERFORMANCE SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (After 1 of 15 rounds): 1. Gary Rogers (23/1 win); 2. Shaun Russell (19); 3. WiUie McCoy (16); 4. Robert Miller (15); 5. Nate Wait (14); 6. Michelle DiS.,lvo (13); 7. Joe Eades (12); 8. Billy Martin (11); 9. James Hart (10); 10. Paul Normandin (9); n. Scott Stump (8); 12. Tim Eades (7); 13. Joe Duvall (6); 14. Rob Gette (5); 15. Kyle Long (4); 16. Brian Kromroy (3); 17. Paul Bergstrom (2). Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 - Harrington, Delaware, May 22 Round 4 - Springfield, Illinois, May 30 frame, and yOu get relaxed, whereas right now I'm not.as relaxed as I normally am." . .lay Springs_n had a brilliant day. bui it did"t come without some suspense. -About H>. laps into the race. the brake pedal started going'down farther and farther. anll that got me talking to myself: ·Please. brakes, don't go out.· don·t· go. out!'" Springsteen said. "I.got the checker.ed flag, I went into one - no brakes at all. I swor:e ) was going to hit the hay bales trying to .get if stopped. but I m~de it through it. ,Then, coining up to the, start-finish line, I was like Fred Flintstone. trying to get stopped." .Sprfriger's' team of' Jim Kelly and Joe Sisha were.quick·to' point out. "It·waS just a jam nut.'Hayden's TOIl).CU!TlIl;ings fjacing. teammate . backed off the.inaster cYlinder.' We never had a l('Ivln .Atherton acknowledged the mind problerrrwitJi the bra,k~. just the1am nut. " . ,game'. "I made a couple of mistakes after . ,'.'" hallway," Atherton said. "My mind is just. not Maybe'it's the Las Vegas ,Harley-Davidson .in focus like if 'always is 'from' rac.irig week·in sponsorship" but G4tc? RoecI8r II made a big. and week out. ,I' fe.el I'm in the 'best shape of ' gamble on tires befo're the Grand National. . my life, but Ijust haven't been 'riding an XR750 "We toed to r'Un,a t)unlop, bot it didn't ;"'ork," on a dirt track for over a year nOW. That's a big' . Roed.er· said. "We can only. try. We weren't deal. We'Il' be all right~ get us a couple of more working ioo bad. ,but we thought we'd take a ",ces. I'm iust disappointed in those 'last cou- gamble:We'knew we weren't going to win. so' ple of laps. Ijust got tired. and I think my mind we tried something: It was hit Of miss... Miss. " .is not where I'd like yet. You get that mind , '. Roeder'finished in' 16th place. '!" It's only two races .into a 22-.race season, but Nicky Hayden. is leading the' AMA Grand National Dirt 'Frack'Series_ Hayden also leads th'e AMA's ·600cc SuperSport road race series. and .he credit~ his road raCing chores , for his early-season dirt track success. "' think 'road racing three' back-to-back' weekend's before coming in here helped m'e a little bit," . Hayden said. -just being ready' to race. ·mental.. Iy. . .

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