Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

AMAIProgressiv e Insurance U .S . Flat T r ack Championships Round 6 : Jop lin 66 Spe e away (L eftl Carr (Ieftl j o i n e d the Corbin o ne-two o f K o p p (center! and Coolbeth (rig htl o n the J o plin podium. (Ri ght) Paul Morgan III grabbed h i s f o urth career Harley-Davidson SportsterPerlormance Series main event v ictory at Joplin. Morga n ride s f or the Moroney 's Harley-Davidson team. place fin ish . Po o vey had mov ed u p to H art gave up the lead on lap t h r ee, e ighth b efore D avi s dropped him t o with McCoy muscling b y on e lap ninth . later. M organ and McCo y p ulled well STA NDINGS (A fte r 6 or 20 rounds): 1. Joe Kopp (9 1/1 win); 2. Chris CO" (B2/1 win); 3. (TIE) Will Dav is (60/1 win) / Rich King (60) ; 5.(TIE) Kevin Varnes/Mi ke Hack er (49) ; 7. Kenny Coo lbeth (46); 8. 1 0 w as clear of Hart, who then battled Smith another r ider m i red i n a slump . S ad- and Scherb fo r third. Smith t ook over J.R. Schnabel (45/1 win): 9. Johnny Murph (36); ree 10. Nicky Hoyden (34); 11. Bryon Bigelow (31); 12. (TIE) Geo Roeder lIiTe" y Poovey (27); 14. (TIE) Brett Landes (25)/J ay Springsteen (25) ; 16. (TIE) dl e m en/ L an c a s t e r Harley - Da v i dson/ o n lap nine , and t h e final order was Willie McC (21): 19. Greg Tysor (19): 20. Robert oy D odg e Brothers ' Mike Hacker strug- se t. Scherb finished a cl o se f ift h , gled a ll day. behind H a rt. Round ing out the t o p "I put mys e lf behin d th e e igh t b a ll Victor M c An a ll y m oved his wa y u p e arl y an d coul dn't g e t m y stuff to sixth from the back row. McAnally t ogethe r ," sa id Ha c k er. " Y o u h ave t o b i k e as hi s Myers D u r e n Harley - Lewis Jr. ( 17) . HARlEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PeRFORMANCE MAIN (12 laps; 17 riders ); 1. Paul Morgan III; 2. Willie McCo y; 3 . Bryan Smith: 4 . J am e s Hart; 5. Scott Sc herb ; 6 . Victor McA na lly; 7 . Br i an Th omas; 8 . Wiley Duvall : 9. J ohn Faulkn er III; 10 . Mark Witha m; HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PERFOR MANC E SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After 1 of B rounds ): 1. Paul Morgan (24/ 1 win): 2. Willie McCoy (20): 3. (TIE) James Hart (16)/ Bryon Smith (16): 5. Scott Scherb (15) : 6. (TIE) Brian Thomas (13) /Vi ctor McA naily ( 13); 8 . Wiley Du vel l (1 2) : 9 . Jo hn Foulkner (1 1); 10. Mock Witham (9) ; 11. (TIE) Michelle Disalvo(B)/ Kyle Long (B): 13. John Grant (7); 14. Jason Lorge (5): 15. (TIE) Jeff Landrum (4)iTimmy Mitchell (4): 17. Vuhiko Hirao (3): l B. (TIE) Gerry Booher (2) / Bret Sowders (2) / Bri an Kromroy (2). w as ab o a rd B r i an K rom roy ' s back- up b e really fa st to get f r om t he b ack up Tommy Hey den (23/ 1 win )/S hawn Clark (23) ; 18. 11. Kyl e Long; 12. Miche lle Disalvo; 13. Jo hn Grant; 14 . Jason Lo rg e ; 15. T i mmy Mit c h ell ; 16 . J eff Landrum; 17. Yuhik o Hirao. to t he f r o nt, a n d we j ust w ere n 't t hat D avids on -back ed S p o rtst e r broke dur- fast tonig h t. I felt like we rode g o o d in ing practic e . B r ian Th o ma s bro u ght the m a in , j ust a l ittl e t oo late. I t h ink I yet another Ji m Wagner/Widman 's learned a lo t toda y. H opefull y w e can H a rl e y -Dav idso n rid e home in sev - get our stuff t ogether a n d get bac k t o enth. Harley -Davidson o f North Texas' w here we w ere last year. It's a long Duv a ll ended his night i n e ighth after yea r. W e still have a lot o f races left. " ru nn in g a s h i gh as fourth . John T ea m Po well /H -D of W est B end' s F au l k n er III w o r k e d his way up to J .R . S chn abe l cl o s ed o n H a c k e r late n inth o n his B ill' s H a r l e y -Da v ids o n / in t he r a ce, but the W iscons i n it e wa s The well off his H ou s t o n-wi nn in g p a c e , Fau lkner passed 1stl eaglejWidman ' s W re nc h- backe d Sportster. fi nishing 11 t ho M emphis Sh ades /Co zi - Harley -Davidson 's M a r k W itham on a hr H a r l e y - D a v i d s o n ' s Kevin Varnes the last lap. li m ped home 12th. G ardner Racing 's Jop lin 66 Speedway Joplin, Missou ri Results: June 2, 2001 [Round 6 of 201 Ste v e B eattie, M orone y 's Paul Morgan III a n d KK Supply /La s V egas Harley D a v i d so n ' s Geo Ro eder rounded o u t th e top 15 . eN HEAT 1 (10 laps: 7 riders. top three transfer); 1. Ken Coolbeth Jr. (H-D); 2. Gee Roed II (H-D); 3. J.R. er Schnabel (H· D); 4. Mik e Hacker (H-D); 5. Will Davis (H-D): 6. GaryRogers (H-D): 7. Kyle Long (H-D). Time: 3 min ., 31.137 sec. HEAT 2 (1 0 laps ; 8 riders, top thr ee transfer): H -O SPORSTER PERFORMANCE 1. Rich King (H·D): 2. Steve Beattie (H-D): 3. Terry Poo vey (H· D ) ; 4 . Sha un Ru sse ll ( H· D ) ; 5 . Kev in Vame s (H-D) ; 6. Willi e McCo y (H· D) ; 7. TIm Eades Morone y ' s H arley -Davids on /Bu ck/ Fast Plat es ' Pau l M o r g an III (H-D): B. Bryan Smith (H-D). Time: 3 m in .• 33.4 19 sec. HEAT 3 ( 10 laps ; 8 ri ders. t op three tr ansfer ): captured t h e fou rth H a rl e y -Da v idson Sportster 1. Joe Kopp (H-D): 2. Johnny Murphr"" (H-D): 3. Perform a n c e N a tional of his c aree r at Ja so n Tye r ( H· D) ; 4. Ro be rt Lew is Jr. (H· D) ; 5 . Rog er Lee Hayden (H-D) ; 6. Donn ie Steward (H· D); Joplin. Mo r ga n w a s ab l e t o dri v e aro und h i s C entr a l i a , Ill in o i s , neig h b or , p o les i tter J am e s H a r t , on l ap three fo r th e l e a d . M o rg an then h eld 7. Jim Sumner (H-D): B. RoyMiller (Suz). Tim e: 3 m in., 33.796 sec. HEAT 4 (1 0 laps; 8 riders, top thr ee tr ansfer) : 1. Chris CO" (H·D); 2. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 3. Nicky Hayden (H-D); 4. Paul Morgan III (H-D): 5. Poul Lynch (H-D); 6. Jess Roeder (H-D); 7. Bob Vbema (Duc); B.Jay Springsteen (H-D). off defending series c h a m pio n Will ie Time: 3 m in .• 33.465 sec. SEMI 1 (8 laps ; 9 rid ers, top three transf er): I. McCo y fo r th e win . Th e DPC Rac - Mike Hacker (H-D); 2. Will Davi (H-D); 3. Roger Lee s Hayden (H-D): 4. Robert Lewis Jr. (H-D): 5. Gary Rogers (H-D); 6. DOnnie Steward(H-D): 7. Bryan Smith (H-D); B. KyleLong (H-D); 9. Jim Sumner (H-D). ing/Kegel's Harle y -Davidson -backed McCoy stayed right on Morgan 's r ear wh ee l , b u t could n't crack Morgan's advan tage. Co z i ah r Harley -Davi dso n /Mem - TIme : 2 mln ., 52 .23 sec. SEMI 2 (8 laps; 10 riders, top three transfer ): 1. Kevin Varn es (H· D) ; 2 . Paul Mo rgan III ( H· D ); 3 . Shaun Russell (H-D): 4. Paul Lynch (H-D): 5. Willie McCo (H-D): 6. Tim Eades (H-D): 7. Jess Roeder y (H-D): B. Bob Yberna (Duc); 9. Roy Miller (Suz); 10. ph i s Sh ad e s ' Ha rt le d th e 1 2 - l ap Jay Springsteen (H· O). Time: 2 min ., 54 .118 sec. main int o t u rn o ne w i th M o rga n , GRAND NATIONA (25 laps. \ B riders); 1. Joe L Kopp (H-D): 2. Ken CoolbethJr. (H-D); 3. Chris CO" (H-D); 4. Johnny Murphree (H-D): 5. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 6. Rich King (H-D); 7. Nicky Hayden (H-D); B. Will Davis (H·D); 9. Terry Poovey (H-D): 10. Mike Hacker (H-D); 11. J.R. Schnabel (H-D); 12. Kevin M c Co y and W il e y D uvall bun ched r ight b eh ind h im . Wid m an H arle y Davids on /Nall i n R a cing 's Sc ot t Varnes ( H· D ) ; 13 . Steve Beattie ( H· O) : 14 . Paul Sch erb 'p u s h e d h is way i n t o con - Morgon III (H-D): 15. Goo Roeder II (H-D); 16. Roger Lee Hayden (H-D) : 17. Shoun Russell (H-D); lB . Joson Tyer (H-D). t e n t i o n, with W idman Harley -Dav idson/Jim Wagner -backed Bryan Smith also headed to the front. 18 JUNE 13, 2 00 1 • cue • e Time: 8 rnln., 55 .672 sec. AMA/PROGREssIVE INSURANCE U.S . FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINT n e _ s BRIEFLY••• A nasty crash during a qualifying heat knoc ked Bartels Harley-Davidson 's Jay Springsteen out for the night. About two laps in. Wi llie M cCoy was leading the heat into tum one. McCo y took a violen t fall. and his bike gat hered up Springst een. who cart -whee led off the track as M cC oy lay motionless in the middle of tum one. A shaken Spring steen retired to the pits. Aft er shaking the cobwebs out. M cC oy returned to actio n. Springer' s mechanic. J oe Bisha. co nfirmed that Spri ngsteen had hurt a wrist. his neck and was jus t all-around sore. ' He'll be all right in a co uple of weeks. ' said Bisha. Qualifying Notes: Will Davis' engine proble ms turned over the first heat to Kenny Cool beth. It was over two seconds faster than the other three. Ric h King. Chris Carr and J oe Kopp's heat times were all within three tenths of a second of each other. Wi th a short field of riders. two semis were run instead of the normal three. Three riders would advance from each. Mi ke Hacker ran away wi th the first. while Kevin Varnes took a photo-finish win over Paul M organ in the second. Joe Kopp's Grand N ational Championship titie defense is gelling str onger. Kopp now holds a nine-point advantage over the man he depo sed. Chris Carr. Pre-season favorites W ill Davis and Rich King are suddenly 3 1-points down . Kopp picked up $5305 to go with his 23 points. It was a solid eff ort for the whole Corbin Team. besides Kopp' s and Co olbeth's to p two. the Hayden brothers Nicky and Roger Lee finished seventh and 16th. respect ively . C h ris C arr is fast becom ing Kopp's main challenger. ' 1 didn' t know it was Joe behind me. I was st ill try ing to go forward ." said Carr. "I didn't get defensive or anything. I just wanted to make whoever it was work real hard to get by me. He had to. I made him wo rk for a while. but once he got by me he had a good head of steam going. He was wo rking the best of everybody ." B a d luck continues to dog Will Davis. Davis was holding off a persis tent Kenny Coolbet h in the first heat when his XR failed. ' W e broke something. I don 't really know what - piston, crank. cam, something. ' said Davis. " It started tyin g up. I saw what place I was in and tried to salvage a transfer. as long as I'd hold it wide open it wo uld run. but as soo n as I backed off . it would just shut down. ' Davis was forced on to his back-up in the semi and he was able to grab a second with a last-lap pass in the first semi. "The back-up bike is a good motorcycle. but it just didn't run like the other one. ' Davis said. 'In pract ice I was turning in the high 20s and on the back-up it was 2 1.7s and 8s.· T e r ry Poovey rolled an XR750 out of the t ruck and parked the fastest Honda left on the c jrcuit. " I haven't ridden a Harley in four or five years. but I feel okay about tonigh t ," Poovey said. ' I've never been on that bike until here to night . so ninth. for me that's pretty good . That' s why I got off the Honda. results . I just wasn't' gett ing any. I'm only going to ride the Honda at Du Quoi n and Sp ringfield. The half miles are too hard on the Honda. You have to twing le it on the half miles and then It breaks the case s. there just aren' t eno ugh spare parts. ' Bryan Bigelow feels he has reached a turning poin t in what has been a frustrating season . ' 1 though t I should have been up there a littl e closer. but fro m a seco nd-row start. fift h's pretty good.' said Bigelow . " It's like back to normal, the way Bryan Bigelow likes to race. Everythi ng is worki ng. and I' m starting to get my confidence back. W e' re 11th in the points . Anytim e last year if you 'd have said I was 11th in the points I'd have been pretty mad. The way the year has been going. it hasn't been real friendly. My co nfidence hasn't been very high all year . but this is a big boost. I know everybody talks about their team. but these guy s work harder. for me. than anyone ever has. It was a good building day for us. I think we can do a littl e bit better. I can' t wait for the rest of the year now ." Johnny Murphree also hopes to see the light at the end of the tunnel. ' I' m starting to feel like I need to make points every week. and I need to do better and bett er. " said Mu rphree . ' 1 was really looking forward to this race. All week long I was looking to be the fastest guy here. but I just never really got fast . I just kind of drove around. I'll lake a fourt h out of the deal. that' s for sure."

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