Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

qui ck. I think that we had this bike hand ling better than we had my 750 tonight." Kopp's Suzu ki came u p lame ea rly in heat tw o, leaving Hacker as the man to beat, and H a ck er called o n all of hi s GNC ex p e rien ce to keep h is H a rl eyDa vid son XLlOOO in co n te n tio n with Mille r, whose Suzuki wa s clearly getting off the turns and d o wn the s traig h taways w ell . Ha cker ma de up for it by keeping the roa rin g twi n pegged at the entrances to the turns, usi ng mom entum to roll around Miller for th e lead. Hacker followed th e lin e per fectly, beatin g Miller across th e stripe, while B&B Racin g / Art Scaggs-sponso red Joe y Brock finis hed thi rd , well behind the leaders, aboard his Harley-Da vidson XLlOOO. With all 12 riders gridd ed fo r th e m ain event , More h ead pulled the holeshot ove r Schn abel, Kopp, Hacker and Landes as they fu nneled into turn one. Kopp began inch ing up on Schnabel after they crossed the stripe to com plete lap one , an d he go t ar ound the '96 AMA G rand Na tio na l Rooki e of th e Year in turn three. H e w asn't the fir st rid er to d o it , but Sch na bel pulled in, lat er claiming that he tho ught the bik e was seizi ng . He would be credited with seventh . By the tim e the race was over, half th e fie ld h a d to p ark i t d ue to mechanical or electrical probl ems. Up front, how ever , Kop p slipped by Morehea d in tu rn th ree o n lap three . Mea nwhile, Hacker wa s attem pting to mai nta in tou ch w ith th e th em, but Kromro y go t und ernea th h im on lap five. Fro m there th e tw o battled to the fin is h, as th ey d is tanced them sel ves from La ndes'. Kromroy was ru n ni ng a lower line, while Hacker ma in tained his mom entum style. Hacker prevail ed . Kopp wa s sti ll atte m p ting to ho ld off the tenacious Morehead w hen the w hite flag wa s shown. That's w hen More head made his move attempting to cut underne a th Kop p off two . Bu t th e ve te ra n rid er bobbl ed - an d nearly threw it away - allo wi ng Kop p to eke ou t a lead down the ba ck s tre tc h . No t to b e ou tdon e, Mo rehea d ran Kopp d own again, shoo ting unde r him off the fourt h turn, blocking Kopp's d rive and wi nning the d rag race to the flag. Th e crowd lo ved it, and so d id Morehea d . _ "I had my legs d raggin g behind me and everything else," Moreh ead sa id. " I . wore all the hair off m y ass . But th at showed that th ese th in gs ha ve m e rit . They' re fast righ t out of th e box . I' ve won a ra ce , Ko p p has won o ne and Schna be l has won one . You can ' t get mo re competitive than tha t. SuperTrapp is promoting the heck out of it. (SuperTrap p's) Alex Rossbo rou gh is a big shot in the arm , and with Suzuki th ro wing in that contingency money, this is a hell of a deal." CI/I Allen County Fairgrounds Lima, Ohio Res ults : June 26, 1999 (Round 3 of 10) H EAT t «6 ' .Ip S; 7 r i d e rs , ,All Ir ~n sre r ) : 1. I .R. Sc h na be l ($ u z ); 2. Steve Moreh ead 15 u7.); 3. Brian Kromroy ( Buc ): 4. Bre tt Land es (Du e); 5 . Robert Buffington (H·D); 6. C ary Rogers (Suz ); 7. Robert Miller (H-D). H EAT 2 (6 laps; 5 rid en , .11 tr.ansfe r) : J. Mile Hacker (H-D ); 2. Roy Miller (502 ); 3. Joey Brock (H-D); 4. Ivan earl ($uz); 5. Joe Kopp (Suz) . SU PERTRA PP SUP ERTRAC KER MAI N (12 laps; 12 riders): 1. Steve Morehead (Suz ); 2. JOt.. Kop p (5uz); 3. Mi ke Ha cker (H -Dl ; 4. Brian Kromro y (Bud; 5. Brett Landes (Dud; 6. Roy Mi1I~r (Suz); 7. J.R. Schnabel (502); 8. Joe y Brock (H -Dl ; 9 , Iv a n Ca rl (Suz); 10. Robert Buffin gto n (Su z j: 11. Ro bert M ill er (H- D) ; 12. Ca ry Roge rs (Sua). S U PE RT R A PP SUPERTA C K ER S ER IES POI NT S S T A N D I N G S (Af le r 3 of 10 round s) : 1. S te ve M o r e h e a d (bl /1 w i n) ; 2. Jot' Kop p (5 3 / 1) ; 3 . J.R . Sch n abel (51/ 1); 4. Bre tt Land es (43 ); 5. (TIE) Bria n Kro mroy ZMi ke Hacke r (40) ; 7. Rob ert Mille r (36); 8 . Joey Brock (28); • . Rich King (26); 10. Robert Buffin gton (l B); 11. Ro y Miller (13); 12. Scott Deubler (II); 13. rnsi Ivan Carl /Scott Stum p (10); 15. Gary Rog ers (7). Upcoming Rounds: Round 4 - Indiana polis, Indiana, July 3 Round5 . Du Quoin, Illinois, July 24 _. __..... ® o.. .R.ID~ ,"-lUng p - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - ~ ORDER FORM 0 YES! Start my subscription immedi ately to Cycl e News. 1 ye ar / 50 iss ues for $42.00. 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