that's what I did."
Bigelow made no excuses for
being passed.
"I had a bike that could win, I just
didn't do it," Bigelow said. "All in all,
the track was pretty good considering the rain and all. The moisture
came up during the red flag, and I
think everyone toned it down quite a
bit. Chris [Carr] was just too tough,
too tough to beat. He's on a roll after
Peoria."
Saddlemen/Lancaster HarleyDavidson-backed Mike Hacker finished fourth for the second week in a
row. The young Virginian was able to
stay close to Bigelow, but was never
quite able to challenge him.
Bartel's Harley-Davidson/Corbin/
PJl's Jay Springsteen rode home an
uncontested fifth.
The race for sixth was hotly contested, early as F&S Harley-Davidson/Larry Zumbrun's Sam Lowe,
JAB Computing/SuperTrapp's Paul
Lynch, Custom Chrome/American
Suspension's Gary Rogers and Bartels' Shaun Russell provided the closest action. Lowe and Lynch fought
down to the last lap, when Lynch
squirted into sixth for his best finish
of the year.
After running fast all night Rogers
faded to 11 tho
"Early in the race, I saw Carr running high, so I went up there too,"
Rogers said. "He's a smart guy. We
were fast all night, but I just got tired.
It's been a long time since I've run 25
laps, especially running up front."
Johnny Murphree rose from the
first-lap carnage to capture eighth on
his Coziahr Harley-Davidson/Mem-
souri Harley-Davidson's Kenny Cool-
backed Champion held off Geo Roed-
phis
Murphree
beth round out the top 10 over Rogers.
er most of the race, but Carr made a
slipped by Shaun Clark (Ithaca Motor-
Joe Kopp had set fast time of the
late-race charge to knock the KK
cycle Works/Cayuga Tool & Die) on
night, when he won the first 10-lap
Supply/Las Vegas Harley-Davidson
the last lap.
heat with a time of 4:09.593. The
backed Roeder to third.
Shades
mount.
Yet another last-lap pass saw
Corbin Racing/Dave Burks Motor-
Bryan Bigelow and Paul Lynch
Corbin/Dave Burks' Motorsports/Mis-
sports/Harley-Davidson of Missouri
battled over the second heat, but
(Abovel In the
aftermath of the
big crash, Chris
CalT went on to
claim his sixth win
of the season,
taking a
commanding lead
In the series title
chase In the
process.
(Leftl Mike Hacker
(671 finished fourth
for the second
race In a row. Jay
Springsteen (91
was fifth.
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