up in the air her e,' '' Strank added .
W es te rn h il lclimb co m pe t ito r
J aso n Smit h, fr o m Ut ah , fin ishe d off
th e ro und with a 10 -second run in hi s
first trip to Freema ns bu rg , and t hen
eve ryone else tr ied to fig ure o ut how
to c atc h Stran k .
Lar g e ' s t eam m ate Gerry Bennett
co nti nue d hi s final -ride heroics wit h a
9 . 14 3 -secon d ru n to cla im fifth ov er all . J eff T h om as h url ed h i s H o nda
CBR up t he t imers to stea l aw ay t hird
from Wa tson . Large was up next , and
he wa s loo king for .00 5 of a sec on d .
"I do n't k now ho w I co uld have ri dden m uch bett er on th at fi rst ride , bu t
we geared it up fo r t his run for a little
m or e spee d, " La rge sai d.
He ha d ano the r perfec t laun ch and
seemed o n his way to a g reat ru n , bu t
th e rut s on th e face of the fi nal ju m p
go t hi m . He left t he jump c om p letel y
sideway s, c li m bing all o ve r t he bike
to st ra ig hte n it o ut, bu t when it land ed, he had no m om entum left .
"We were rig ht t here for a f ast run ,
and I must h a v e k i ck e d i t o u t o f
gear ," Lar ge sa id .
W atson al so had hi s F actory Effex
Ho nda o n th e run and loo k ed like a
w inner ri ght up unt il th e fi na l jump .
"I co u ldn' t realIy see where I wa s
going up th ere," Watson said . "I went
over th e th ird jump wi d e o pen . The
fro nt end we nt str aight up, and I had to
ba ck way off t o m ake it to the tim er s."
Despite all of th e lost t im e, he still
ran an 8 .370 -second pass to move past
Th omas for th ird place and to hold onto
the points lead . Th e to p five were set,
and wh en Jason Smith had a problem
near th e top, Str an k had th e win.
"I' ve won th e fall race her e the last
three y ear s now , but t h is is the best
ride of my Pro c areer, " Strank sa id .
" Yo u ca n 't imagi ne t he a d re na li ne
go ing thro u gh yo u r b od y wh en y o u
go up a hill that fast, and everythi ng
is sm ooth , and it 's all wo rki ng fo r yo u
instea d o f ag a in st yo u . T od a y w a s
just aweso me ."
eN
Bushkill Valley Moton:ycle Club
Freemansburg , Pennsylvan ia
Results: Septem ber 7, 2003 [Round 81
80 0 : 1. Walter Stran k Jr. (Yam ); 2. James Large
(H-D); 3 . Dave Watson (Hon); 4. Je ll T homa s (Hon );
5 . Ger ry Ben nett (H· D); 6 . J ack Md son (Ya m); 7.
Jam es WOlfe (Ya m ); 8 . An tho ny De Hart (Kd w); 9.
Chad D isbenne t (Tri ); 10 . Bobb y T em pleton (H- D);
11. Bran don Kr eeger (Tri) ; 12. Harry Denham (H· D) :
13. J ason Sm ith (Yam); 14. Robert Castledine (H- D):
15. David Price ( H -D ).
54 0 : 1. Chad Disbennett (T ri) ; 2. Dav e Watson
(Hon) 3 . Walter Strank Jr. (Yam); 4 . J eff Tho m as
(Han); 5. Paul Pinso nnault (Hon); 6. Mik e Liv in gston
(Ho n) ; 7 . Ph il Li b h ar t (Tri ) ; 8 . Ch ris VanH y n ing
(Hon ); 9 . James Wolf e (Han); 10 . Gary Bauer (Hon);
1 1. Ant hony DeHart (K aw); 12 . Gerald Di velb liss
(Kaw); 13. Jo seph Ger ow (Ha n ); 14 . J ack Ma son
(Hon ); 15. Ken Bo nnem a (Hon ).
8 0 0 AMA NATIO NA L C' SHIP HILLCUMB SERIES
POINT S STAND ING S ( A fter 8 of 12 rou nd s ): 1.
Dave Watso n (108/1 win ); 2 . Walt er Str ank Jr . (107/
4 w in s ) ; 3. J a m e s La rg e ( 10 6/3 wins) ; 4 . Ch ad
Disbennett (86); 5 . Ge rry B ennett (7 4 ) ; 6 . Bo bby
T emple t on (70 ); 7 . Antho ny DeHart (53 ) ; 8 . Ph il
Libh. rt 149); 9. H. rry Denh.m (4 1); 10. (TIE) Je ff
Th o m a s (39) / J a mes W o lfe (39 ) ; 12 . B r a n d on
Kreeger (36); 13. D avid Price (33); 14. J ac k Maso n
(30): 15. (TIE) Rodn ey Sm ith ( 18)/ Bob C.stle di ne
(18 ); 17. J ohn Ham ilton Jr. (16) ; 18 . J ake Lacefield
( 15): 19 . J. son Sm ith (3 ): 20. J oseph Gero w ( I) .
54 0 AMA NATIONAL C'SHIP HILL CU MB SERIES
POINTS STANDING S ( Aft er 8 of 12 rounds): 1.
Dave Watson ( 118/6 Wins); 2. Chad D isbennett (9 6/2
win s) ; 3. (T IE) Phil Li bhart (90 )/Wa lter St rank J r.
(90 ); 5. Mik e Li vingston (61) ; 6. Gary Bauer (5 8); 7.
J ame s Wol fe (55 ); 8 . Ken Bonnem a (48); 9 . (TI E)
Micha el Temp leton (45 )/Antho ny DeHa rt (45); 11.
J eff T ho m as (3 7) ; 12 . Ch r is VanH y in g (36 ); 13 .
Joseph Ger ow (3 2); 14. Paul Pinsonn ault (29 ); 15.
Paul Ga rret y ( 25); 16 . J ohn Hami lton J r. (2 2 ); 17 .
Gera ld D iv elb lis s ( 16 ); 18 . Cr aig D eHart ( 14 ); 19 .
Charlie Robert s (12 ); 20 . J ack Mason (7 ).
Upcoming Rounds:
Round 9: Middlebury, IN, September 14
Round 10: Haydenville, OH, September 21
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