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tak e by A v ard in turn one . slo tti ng into fourth. A lap later th e fast est gu y on the tra ck was Fillm ore, and he promptly passed his teammate Carlson for the lead . " I was in third there, and I'm not sure wh ere I passed Dymond, " F ill m ore said . " But I pass ed Benny [Carl son] com ing into that Red Bull corner [turn tw o] . He c ame in a little w ide. and I got i n si de of h im . and from there I just tried to pu ll a little b it of a lead so I co uld rel ax. I felt great the wh o le time." It was still early in the race, eight laps in , when Avard chucked it down the road in turn on e after losing the fron t end . By th is time Pegram had w orked h i s way past D y m o n d a nd now he ld d own a sol id thi rd position , with the rest of the field starti ng to lose gro und on th e leaders, exce pt fo r Cha nd le r. Cha nd ler didn 't get o ff of the li ne ve ry we ll bu t w as now w orking his way to the fro nt of th e pa ck. By th e halfw ay po in t h e w a s up to fou rth position and chasi ng down Pegram . Fi ll more was thr ee seconds in fro nt of Ca rlso n . a n d he was f o u r seconds ahead of th e Peg ram / Ch and ler ba ttle . That battle was reall y heat in g u p as t h e r a c e w or e o n, wi t h Ch an d l e r struggli ng to fi nd a way past Pegram . "I got a bad start. " Pegram said . "It took m e too lo ng t o get a r oun d M icky. and the n tho se two ki ds got away [Fillm ore a n d Carls on] and I co uld n't c at ch th em. Th en Doug was right behind m e, and I had to pl ay it ki nd of defen siv e, W e w er e pretty mu ch the same spee d , bu t I d idn 't want to m ess up and let him by ." Chandler co n t i n ue d t o w ork Pe gra m wh il e t he k i d s up fr ont ch ecked out. By this po int, Dymond was almost 10 seco nds ba ck in fifth posit io n a nd run ni n g c o mp letely alo ne. The o rd er sta bil ized and stayed the same un til the chec k ers, with Fillm or e a solid fiv e sec onds in front of Carls on at th e l i n e . Peg ram a nd Chandler wag ed wa r until the secondto - l ast lap wh en Chand l er threw in th e t owel a n d se tt le d f or fo ur t h. D ym ond t o o k f i f t h , G a r y Tra ch y ended up sixth , and Avard worked hi s eN w ay back t o sevent h . Big Daddy's Soutb Boston Speedwa y Soutb Boston , Virginia Results : September 1. 2003 I Round 21 S/MOTO HEAT ONE: 1. Boris Cha mbon I KTM); 2. Ben Car lson ( KTM ); 3 . Brett La ndes ( Han); 4 . J eff Wood (Hon); 5 . M att Burton (Yam); 6. Rolla nd Fab ien ( Hon ) ; 7 . N ic k Danie ls ( Ha n) ; 8. Jason Palmer (Yam ) : 9 . Ro bert Miller (Ya m) ; 10. N athan iel Wilder (Yam ) : 1 1. Bro c k M cAllis ter ( Han) ; 12 . Har r y Vand erlinden (Suz) ; 13. Tho ma s Stevens (Yam ). S/MOTO HEAT TWO: I . Je remy McGrath ( He n): 2 . Kev in Schwentz (SUI ) ; 3 . Michael Metz ge r ( Han ) ; 4 . Mi ke Smith (Yam) : 5 . Steve Drew ( Ha n ); 6 . Gary Tra ch y ( Ha n ) ; 7 . Casey Ya r ro w ( Ho n ) ; 8 . Mark Cernicky ( Ha n) ; 9 . Tr avi s Mar k s ( Hon) ; 10. Williams B ak er ( Ya m); I I , J ay S h elto n ( KT M); 12 . Iv an Lazzarini ( KT M) . S /MOTO HEAT THREE: I . D oug C h a n d le r ( KTM) ; 2. Jeff Ward ( Han) : 3. Ma rk Bu rkhart (Yam ): 4 . T im Bemi sderfer ( Ho n) ; 5 . Don Ha rt ( Han) : 6 . J o sh Chisum ( Ho n): 7 . La nce J o hn son ( Ha n) : 8 . Steve J oh nson (Yam ): 9 . Mon t y Wa rsin g (Yam); 10. Aa ro n Ho we ( Ha n ) ; I I. Larr y Pegr am ( KT M ) ; 12 . Rusty Roge rs (Yam) . SmOTO HEAT FOUR; 1. Chris Fillmore (KTM); 2. Matt Pursley (Yam ): 3 . Micky Dym on d ( Ha n); 4 . Rick Pearce ( Han); 5 . Ja son Baldwin ( Ho n) : 6 . Greg T rachy ( Han); 7 , Brya n Bemisderfer ( Han) ; 8 . Co ry Call (Ha n); 9 . J osep h Kessler (Yam ) ; 10 . Davi d Guy ( Hon ); 11. Ma rk A vard (SUI ) ; 12 . Ku rt Marmor (GG) . S/ MOTO SEMI ONE; I . Mark Avard (SUl ) ; 2 . Gary Trachy ( Ha n); 3 . Bryan Bemisderfer ( Ho n) ; 4 . Cory Call ( Han ); 5 . T ravi s Ma rk s ( Ha n) ; 6 . Rusty Rodgers ( Yam) ; 7 . Jason Ba ldw in ( Ha n); 8 . Ha rry Vande rli nden (Suz) : 9 . Jos eph Ke ssler (Yam ). S/M OTO SEMI TWO : I. Rolland Fabien (Han) ; 2 . Larry Pegram (KTM ) ; 3 . Josh Ch isum ( Ha n) ; 4 . Don Ha rt ( Han ): 5 . Rob ert M iller (Y am ) ; 6 . J ason Pa lm er (Yam) : 7 . Monty W ar sin g ( Yam ); 8 . Bro ck McAllister ( Hen); 9 . Nathaniel Wilder ( Yam). S/MOTO MAIN: I . Doug Chandler (KTM); 2. Ben C a r lso n ( K T M) ; 3 . Ma rk A vard (S uz) ; 4 . K evin Schw entz (Suz) ; 5 . Ma rk Burkhart (Yam ) ; 6 . Mi ck y Dym on d ( Han) ; 7 . Ch ris Fillmor e ( KTM); 8. Do n Hart ( Ha n); 9 . Co ry Call ( Ha n); 10 . Br y an Bem isderfer ( Ha n) ; 11. Jeff Wood ( Han ) ; 12 . Mike Smith (Ya m); Mike S m ith (911) ra n well early afte r recovering from the tum o ne melee, but even tua lly prob l e m s sent him backward whe re he fini s h e d 12th. Here he leads M i c ky Dymond (4 31. who had a good rac e with a solid sixthplace result. Larry Pegram (5 2) g ives chase in the bac k g rou n d and ended u p with a 1 3th. 13. La rry Pegram (KTM); 14. Gary Trachy (Hon); 15. J osh Chisum ( Ha n); 16. Ja son Baldwin ( Ha n) ; 17. TIm Bemisderfer ( Ha n) ; 18 . Tr avis Marks ( Ho n) ; 19. Rob ert Miller (Yam) ; 20 . Jason Palmer (Ya m); 2 1. Mon t y War sin g (Yam) ; 22 . Mi chael Metzger ( Ha n) ; 23 . Rusty Rodg ers (Yam) ; 24 . Rolland Fabi en ( Han ) . U/L S/M OT O HEAT ONE : I . Iv an L allllrin i ( Hbg ); 2 . Larry Peg ra m ( K TM) ; 3 . M icky Dymon d ( KTM ); 4. Stev e Drew (Han) ; 5_ Matt Pursley ( KTM) ; 6 . Greg Trec hy ( Ha n); 7. Nathaniel Wild er ( KTM ) ; 8 . Doug Chandler (KTM); g. Gary Trachy (KTM). Nathaniel Wild er ( KTM); 9. Step hen Babi c ( Ha n) . AMA RED BULL SUPERMOTO C'S HIP POINTS STANDINGS (A fter 2 of 6 rounds) : 1. Mark Avard (34); 2. Mark Burkhart (27); 3. (TIE) Doug Chandler (25/1 win )/Jeff Ward (25/1 wi n) : 5 . Chr is Fillm ore (24); 6. (TIE) Ben Carlson (22)/Kurt N;coll (22); 8 . U/ L S/ MOT O HEA T TW O : 1. Chri s F i llm o r e J er em y M cGra t h ( 2 0); 9 . (T I E ) K e v in S c hwa ntz ( I B) / A lexandre Th iebaul t ( 18); I I. Steve Drew ( 16) ; ( K T M) ; 2. Ma rk Avard ( Hbg) ; 3 . Mark C ern ic k y ( KTM) ; 4 . Eri c Pinson ( KTM) : 5. Paul Wr igh t ( KTM); 6 . Stephen Babic ( Hon ); 7 . Ben Ca rls on ( KTM) ; B. Bor is Chambon ( KT M ); 9 . M ic hael Metzger (Hen} . Larry Pegram (14); 15. (TIE) Don Hart ( 13)/ Rolland Fabien (13); 17. (TIE) Cory Call (12)/ M;ke Metzger ( 12) ; 19 . Bryan Bem isderf er ( I I) ; 20. (TIE ) J eff U/L S/ MOTO SEMI ONE: I . Doug Chandler (KTM ) ; 2 . B e n Ce rts on ( K T M) ; 3 . G ary Tra ch y ( KTM) ; 4 . Nathan iel Wilder (KTM ) ; 5 . Stephe n Babi c (Hon). 12, (TIE) Micky Dymond (15)/Joe Kopp ( 15); 14. w ood ( IO)/Gary T rechy (10) . AMA RED BULL UNUMITED SUPERMOTO C'SHIP PO INTS STAND INGS ( A fte r 2 of 6 ro und s) : I. Chris U/ L S/ MOTO MA IN: 1. Chris Fillmore ( KT M ) ; 2. Fillm o re (4 5/1 wi n) ; 2. Larry Pegram (3 4 ); 3 . Ben Carlson (32 ); 4 . Gary Tr echy (30); 5 . Doug Cha ndler Ben Ca r ls o n ( K TM ); 3 . La rry Peg ram (KTM) ; 4 . Dou g Chandler ( KTM ) ; 5. Micky Dym on d (KTM ) ; 6. Dymon d (2 1); 9 . Steve Dr ew ( 18 ); 10. Mark Ave rd Gary Trach y ( KTM); 7. Mark Avard (Hbg) ; 8 . ( 14) . (29); 6. Kurt Nicoli (25); 7. Joe Kopp (22); 8. Micky BRIEF L Y••• One o f the vic tim s o f the rain on Saturday wa s th e Don C an et d e s igned Supermoto track . The reason was that the local red c lay like soil that the dirt sections were composed of wa s absolutely treac herous when a little wa ter was thrown int o the re ci pe . The problem wa s that a w hole lot of water was th row n into the mix. D espit e the fac t that th e Honda J r. Supe rmoto Challenge kids wo rked extensively on the track (see below) , it was going to be impos sib le to keep up with it all day o n Sunday · and for what loo ked like mor e rain on M onday . So Canel and his crew eliminated most of the dirt sections for M onday' s event s. leavmq only one small dirt jump eXiting the infield . The change altered the nature of the track co mpletely. changing the first co rner from a c h ic a n e in to a hairpin . which made fo r some awesome hac kers during the races . The original track had a hairpin . left-ha nd berm lead inq onto a table top , down a dirt st raight and into a nqht -hand hairpin . followed by a kicke r jump and then one last left -hand berm before the rest of the infield. M ost of the riders felt that Cane t and his crew did an excellent job of turning the track int o an ente rta in ing and fairly rain-pr oo f ven ue . The rest of the trac k rema ined much the same as the o riginal. The AMA address ed ride rs ' co mplaints abou t the dismal purse and odd payo ut struc ture at the inaugural round of the series at Lag una 8 eca . The second round at South Bo sl on not only off ered a larger purse , up 1 0 $5000 from $3000 for both the Unlimit ed and Red Bull class es, but it also changed the payout s to a more traduional struc ture. In both classes the purse was as follow s for fir st throug h 10th: $1000, $750, $600, $550, $450,$400. $350,$300,$300,$300 . In an effo rt to tie the AM A Red Bull Supermoto event in wi th the A MA Chevy Trucks U .S . S u p e r b i k e doubl eh eader at nearby Vi rginia International Raceway (VIR), $3 discou nt adm ission coupo ns to So uth Bo ston Speedway we re offered to anyo ne who had atte nded the event s at VIR earner in the day . Unfortunately for the fans, South Bo ston also shared VI R' s incle ment we at her prob lem s with plenty o f rain delays al bot h track s over the course o f the wee kend. Round three of the AMA Red Bull Sup ermot o Championship, whic h was to be held at Turne r Field in At lanta on September 27 . h a s been cancelled because of permit iss ues wi th the city of A tlanta. according to an AMA official. ~ We were told we we re permitted, then we we re told w e didn't meet the gO-day requirement lfor sec uring a perrrutl ." AMA direc tor of communica tio ns Keny Graeber said. Red Bull and PGI, who were pro rno tinq the race , were also led to believe they had the proper permits , G raeber said . " The city was in favor of it; they wan ted to make it hap pen . ~ Graeb er said. but their hands are tied . "T he city has no va riation on the gO-day permi t . - The AMA wa s no tifie d last M onday o f th e permit problem . G raebe r said the race . w hich wa s confirmed only two weeks ago , will be replaced - he expects to name a replace ment venue soon and that the AMA Red Bull Supermot o C hampionship will remain a six race series. The Turner Field even t is expected to be on the calendar for the 2004 series, G raeber said . Round two of the AMA Red Bull Supermoto series was suppo sed to be a one -day aff air much like a supercross. A t ro und one of the champ]ons bip at Laguna Seca . the racin g eve nts spanned tw o days, and. as it tum ed out due to the rain po stp on em ent, the South Bost on round ended up beinq run ove r the course o f thr ee days - not exac tly the way a Supercross is run aft er all. Nicky Hayden wa s an int erest ed spectato r at South Bost on Speedway, showinq up on Sa turday night to watch Ihe racing With his father Earl. Hayd en never got to see any actio n but rod e shotgun in thei r rental car, run ning laps arou nd the asphalt sec tions of the spee dway in an eff o rt to help d ry it out prior to the rains hitting again. Rumor has it that Hayden would like to run in an upcom ing AMA Red Bull Superm ot o event w ith bro ther s Tom my and Ro ger Lee. Stay tuned because last season at an ex hibi tion rac e at Ediso n Fiel d in An ahei m . C aliforn ia . he bea t Larry Peg ram and Kevin 8chwantz in th e main event on Sun day aft ernoon , showinq style that wou ld make the Euros worry. In a valiant effo rt to save the program on Satu rday night , Danny Walk· er rounded up the Honda J r. Supermoto Challenge riders and put them to wo rk shovehng dry soil on top of th e soa king wet clay to make It ridable. " The kid s wan ted to know what they needed to do to be able to ride. Wa lker said . " So we got out here and are doing everything we can to make the track ridab le . - Before the rains returned . just prior to wh en the semis we re supposed to start, the track looked absolutely amazing. Too bad it was all fo r nothmq . B A s it turns out. the Honda J r . Supermoto Challenge ende d up bei ng a victim of circ ums tance due to the weather and w asn't able to run on Saturday or Sunday , and it couldn' t be fit into the abbreviated M onday schedu le. It's too bad beca use the kids tried the" best to get things up and running for everyone on Sat urday n;ght. At least four of the factory KTM nders incl udmq Bons Chambon, Ivan Lazzarini, Doug Chan dler , and Ben Carlson all had difficulty restarting their KTMs after either spills or stalls. C hambon DNFd in hts Unlimited Superm ot o heat race after not being able to restart the bike afte r c rashing w hile in the lead. In the second 8upermoto heat race Lazzarin i wa s leading J eremy McGrath co mfo rta bly wh en he had a spill on the whit e flag lap and couldn' t get It to fire. The same thing happened to Chandler In his Unhmited Supermot o heat race. sending him to the se rnrs. "The bike co ughed, I hit the jump and shut the gas off in the air, and it just coughed and was dead ." Ch andler said , " The heat isn't doi ng us any favors, but we 've been having problems . The things are really rich on the bottom, and so they just don 't carburet very goo d. - He rolled to st op and got lapped befor e the bik e would restart . Ca rlson had th e exact same thinq happen to him as C harnbon . in the same co rner, but he eventually got It starte d aft er getting lapped. Mike Metzger was suppo sed to line up for the Unlimite d Supermoto heat rac e numb er two but wa s ins tead a spectato r o n th e fence righ t before the drop of the green flag. It turns out that when his team pulled his Honda CR500 off of the stand to roll it to the preg rid . they discovered that the bike had a flat rear tire , and there wa sn't enough time to change it before the start, meaning that M etz would have to go to the se mi to qualify . On Monday, howev er, he parked the peaky 500 to concentrate on the Superm ot o class . In an effort to address the rider s' co mplaints from the randomly drawn grid posit ions at roun d one at laguna Se ca , the AMA implemented dirttrack style scratch heats . w ith eve ryo ne starting fro m the fro nt row . to grid the riders for the heats later in the afternoon , The sys te m seemed w ell-rec ei v ed by most o f the ride rs . Wh en ask ed what he thought the best solutio n was. Jeremy M cGra th said that he felt a supercross-style fo rmat w o uld be the be st so lutio n. w ith heat s , semis and last- ch ance qualifiers . Former AMA Su perbike Cham pion Thomas Stevens was supposed to pa rttcipa te in the S upermol o class at So uth Bo st on on his Yamaha VZ450F. A broken fron t brake rotor. however, side lined St evens afte r a rep lacement cou ldn' t be found in the paddoc k . Wh en asked if the AM A expecte d to get a permanent transponder system in place for the AMA Red Bull Supermoto series this year, AMA Pro Racing vice preside nt An dy Lei sner said that it was unlike ly . " Ther e is a c hance th at w e ca n bo rrow a sys tem from o ne of o ur o the r se ries tow ard s the end o f the season , " he added ... But the sys tem that AMA Pro Racing uses cos ts almost $ 250.000 because we use only the best sys te m availabl e . " He adde d that they felt that it was likely that they w ou ld have a system in place for next seaso n, if eve ryt hing go e s accord ing to plan. Round one winn er Troy Lee De siqn Honda's Jeff Wa rd was co mpeting at Sou th Bost on wi th a broken rib . The injury wa s sustained in a crash at The Fay Myers Suzuk i Supermo to Classic, part of the Suzuki Cy cle Fest in Cop per M ountain, Colorado , the previou s w eekend . Ward said that he was having trouble getting the bike turned and leaned over on the South Bo ston track and wa s in pain whenever he took a breath . He to ughed it out 10 finish second to Chand ler in thei r S upermot o heat race on Satu rday afternoon after W ard led all but the final lap. cue e n e vv s S EPTEM BER 1 0 . 2003 23

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