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Dirt Track (Below) King celebrated the win by taking his daughter, Amber, on the victory lap. (Right) With the win, King (center) pulled to wi thin six po ints of second-placed man Scott Parker (fifth at Rapid City ) in the series standing s, while Carr (right) stretched his ser ies points lead to 53 over Parker. themselves from the rest of the field . Despite Roed er 's fierce cha rge, Carr kept the Ohioa n at bay until the last lap. Ente rin g turn three, Ro ed er dro v e aro und the ou tside and cho pped down in front of Carr, with his d rive off four carrying him to the win. Joe Kopp had mov ed to a solid third over McCoy , Jones and Ken Yoder. The las t hea t featu red anot her heated battle for first. Dan Butler led Davis and Hayden in the first turn wit h Bu tler and Davis ab le to hold their positions, while Ste ve Bea tt ie m ana ged .to cli m b into th ir d . Th ree laps in , Ha yd en ret ook th ird and tried to close on th e fleein g 'leaders. Da vis was all over Bu tle r and on the last lap he tried to drive deep into thr ee - on the ou tside. Wh ile the leaders duked it ou t, Hayden rap id ly closed the ga p. Butler s ta ve d off th e cha lle nge of Davis, and Hayden was a closing third . Beattie led Shaun Russell to the semis. SEM IS Mike Hacker, Shau n Russell, Beattie and ) .R. Schna bel led the firs t semi into turn one, with Russell leading the way at th e end of th e open ing lap. Ha cker man a ged to p u s h h is 1-800FASTHOG / Mo ro ney 's Ha rley -David a> son-backed Ha rley forward with Beattie a> ~ dro p p ing Rus sell to thi rd , w he re he an came unde r attack from Schnabel. ~ At th e halfw ay poi n t, th e top tw o g: positions wer e set with Hacker well in g' control over Stylemaster Cus tom Motoroct cycle's Beattie. Schnabel held third as 18 Russell desperately tried to ga in that last transfer. As the lead ers took the white flag, Russell tried to go around the ou tside of Schnabel in turn thr ee, but Russe ll's ga mble faile d to pay off, a nd he crashed. The Te a m Po w e ll / Sun o cobacked Schnabel was home free. McCoy and Springs tee n led the last se mi , bu t BF /LFA /M ich igan Harl eyDavidson Deal er s-backed Ron nie Jon es soo n forged h is wa y to the fron t. McCoy held tough for seve ra l laps, but finally , had to defen d his seco nd-place position from the adva nces of Springsteen. Th e H arl e y -Da vid s o n of Dalla s / Eagle Security-backed McCoy was ab le to kee p the Bar tel's Ha rley -Dav idson / Real McCoy-sp on sored Sp ringsteen in check . Mike Varnes topped a race- long battl e 'with Dan Stanley for fou rth. GRAND NATIONAL As lightning flash ed in the d istance, the 25-lap Nationa l go t und er way wit h Roeder and King hi ttin g tu rn one first. But it was Kevi n Varn es w ho led the fray at the com p letion of the 'first lap. Ro ed er the n b la sted to th e fro n t as Varnes locked on to his rear wheel. King and Carr, mean whil e, were dueling over third when the lead ers tan gled - givi ng King the window of opportu nity he was looking for. "I had to s h u t off and g e t o n th e bra kes hard ," Varn es s aid of his near ' enco u nte r with the wall. "I shou ld have been ahead of him, I guess." Kin g ro ared o ff w ith Roed er s till holding down second . After a few laps Carr and Varnes regrou ped and closed on Roed er. "I got goi n g a little too late," Carr said. "I found where I needed to be and ' started charging; I was just a little late to catch Rich. That's the wa y it goes. We did what we needed to do - we beat the guy we needed to beat and got a few gu ys in between us." Ro ed er m a d e a la st-ditch s ta n d against both Carr and Varn es. "I tan gl ed up with Varnes and tha t kind of blew my conce ntration there for a couple of laps," Roed er sai d later . "I got in to him coming off tw o. 1 kn ow it screwed him up and it scr ewed me up too." With three lap s to go, Carr took secon d, bu t Roeder was n ' t a b o u t t o g o down q u ie tly. On th e last la p Roed er d ove und er Ca rr ex iting tu rn two and led him down the back straigh t an d in to turn th ree. This is w he re Ca rr's p lan we nt in to effect. "The last lap 1 came int o tu rn three , kind of beh ind him," Carr explained. "I s tarted to roll to th e o u tsi de. I h ad noticed late in the race, that he had been lighting it up pr etty hard off the bott om groove. 1 knew that he wo u ld try to protect the bottom a nd 1 was h oping h e wo u ld. light it up aga in: He spun wors e than he had all nigh t, so I wa s able to go around him ." "I sho uld have beat Chris, but 1got all sideways coming off four," Roeder said . "I got on the gas too hard . I got too excited again. I'll get it together one of these days, We were go ing goo d all da y, we knew right from the time we un loaded it was fast. We knew we had a shot." Watching for the mistak e tha t never came , Varnes was stuck in fourt h. "I was trying to p lay ca tch- up a nd Carr and I were p retty much runn in g the sa me line, so it was hard to gai n on him ," Varnes said. "I ca ugh t back u p with Roeder, but he and Ca rr we re runnin g side by side an d I d id n' t have an ywhere to go ." Davis d rop ped a ll th e way to 11th af ter his s tro ng start, a nd Hacker had wo rked h is w a y as hi g h as se ve n th before dropping to 12th. Springs teen actually worked his way up to 13 th fr om a 16th -pl a ce s ta r t. McCoy , Beattie, Sch n abe l a nd Jo nes rou nded ou t the finis hers. SUPERTRAPPSUPERTRACKERS T he Su p e rT ra cke r hea ts w ere b ro ugh t o u t a s s oo n a s th e G ra n d Nationa l winner' s, circle was com pleted. Mik e Hacker and Michelle DiSalvo had their Harl eys leading the first heat until Team Powell /Hall's Motorsports' J.R. Schnabel brought his Suzuki to the fron t. Schnabel took the lead temporarily as Hacker fl ex ed s o me new found muscl e o n hi s 1-800-FASTHOG / Mo roney ' s Harl ey-Davidson-backed Harley . Hacker retook the lead on ly to lose it once again at the finish line. DiSalvo dropped third to Bob Buffington until the last lap when she slipped her Mod esto Harley-Davidson /Super Tr app-sponsored Harley back around Buffingt on 's Su zuki. The seco nd heat was led off the line by Brian Krom roy with Rob Millerand Steve Morehead righ t behind. The first lap sa w Morehead lead in g a tight form ati on of Rob M ille r, Kro rnroy , Jo e Kopp, Roy Miller and Scott Deu bler. Morehead and Miller were joined in their battl e by the Dick's Suz u ki / Dave Burks Mot orsports' Suzuki of Ko p p. Kopp took over the lead at the halfway po int a nd p u t so me d is tan ce between himself and the battle for second . After a racelon g battle, Miller had his Howell's Harl ey-Davidson / Fin ish Line T ech / Sa d d le m e n -b a cke d Ha rley in fr o nt of Moreh ead ' s KK Motorcv cle Supp ly / F&S Harl ey-Davidson-backed Suzu ki at the end . As the last hea t was coas ting into the pi ts, a light spri nkle began to fall. Soon it turned to rain, a nd th e ma in even t was not to be. By virtue of his fast heat tim e, Schnabel was awarded the w inner 's s ha re of th e purs e . A ll rid er s receiv ed one point toward the Su perTra p p Su perT racke r Series C ha m p ions hip . CN Black Hills Speedway Rapid City , South Dakota Results: August 11, 1999 (Round 11 of 19) HEAT 1 no la ps; 9 ri ders, Ken Coolbeth Jr. (H -D); 2. Kevin top th ree tran sfe r); 1. V.:lmL~ (H -D ); 3. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 4. J.R. Schna bel (H-D); 5. Mike Hacker (H-D); 6. Brent Arm brus ter m:-D) ; 7. Lonny Kopp (HD); 8. Roy Miller (H· D); 9. [aimc Agu ilar (H-D). Ti me: 3 min.• 51.593 sec. HEAT 2 (to lap s: 9 rid er s, to p three tr an sfer]: I. Ric h King (H -D ); 2. Steve Mor ehead n .-I·D); 3. Scott Par ker (H-D); 4. J.1Y Springste (H-D); 5. Mike Varnes en (H- D); 6. Garth Bastian 0-1-0); 7. Dan Stan ley (H -D); 8. Billy Martin (1 ); 9. Joe y Brock (1'1-0), -1-0 Time: 3 min.• 52.912 Sl'C. H EAT 3 (to la ps; 8 rid ers, top th ree transf er): 1. Gt'O Roeder II (H- o); 2. Chris Carr (H-o); 3. Joe Ke pp (H-D); 4. Willie McCoy (H-D); 5. Ronnie Jon es (H-O); 6. Ken Yode r Jr. (H- o ); 7. St.. ve Liberty (l-i-D) : 8. Brian Shirley Jr. (H-Dl, Ti me: 3 min., 53.318 St."C. HEAT 4 (to lap s; 8 riders, top thr ee transfer): 1. Dan Butler (l-l-D) ; 2 Will Davis (H- D); 3. Nicky H ayden (H- D); 4. Shaun Russell (H-O); 5. Steve Beattie (H-D); 6. raul Lynch (H-D); 7. Dale Ie nne ma n (H-O); 8. Larry Mars h(H-D), ' Tim e: 3 min.• 53.648 sec. SEM I 1 18 I~p s; 11 riders, lop three lr~ nsfe r) : 1. Mike Ha c ke r (H -O) ; 2. St eve Bea tti e (H -O) ; 3. J.R. Schnabel (H-D); 4. Paul Lynch (H-D); 5. Dale jc nneman (H- O); 6. Bren t Arm brust er (H-D); 7. Lonn y Kopp (HD); 8, Larry Mars h (H- D); 9, Roy Miller (H -D); In. Shaun Russell (H-O); 11. Jaime Aguilar (H-O). T ime: 3 min .• 08.110 sec. SEM I 2 (8 I ~ p s; 11 riders, top three transfer): 1. Ron ni e Jo n es (H- O); 2. Willie McC o y (H· D); 3. Ja y Sp rings te e n (H - O); 4. Mike Var nes (H- D); 5. Dan

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