AMA P r ogres s iv e Insu ran c e U .S . F lat Tra c k Championships
Round 15 : Sciot o D owns
STORY AND PH OTOS B y
D A VE H OE NI G/F LAT T RA K F OT OS
COLUMBUS, OH, SEPT. 20
u al i t y Ch ec k ed C ert ifi ed Pr eOwned Ford' s Chris Carr sho wed
why he is go in g for his th ird consecu tive Grand National title as he was
able to adapt to th e changing track
th e qu ickest at S c ioto and cam e
awa y with h i s fifth AMA Grand
National win in 2003 .
Carr came from the m iddle of the
fro nt row to lead th e fi rst four laps of
th e 25 -lap main eve nt , on ly t o lose
the point to a fl ying Ge o Roeder II ,
the Oh i o n at i ve u sing th e c us hion
to goo d effect. But as i s so often
th e c a se on the p ea grave l tracks ,
the cus hi o n doesn 't l a st forever ,
and when th e low -li ne groove beg an
to form, Roeder lost h is edg e. Carr
went on to retak e the lead and score
the wi n.
" We d id what w e n eed ed t o d o
to ni g h t," Carr sa i d . " We b eat t h e
guy we ne ed ed to b eat a n d got a
bonus, too ."
With Carr in the lead off the start,
Moroney 's Harl ey -Dav idson /1800-
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(Above) Chris Carr (1) claimed his fifth
w in of the year at the Columbus Ha lf
Mile. Carr battled his way back after
being passed by Geo Roeder II (66)
early in the race. Roeder went on to
fi ni sh fifth.
Chris Carr is burying the competition
one race at a time
fa st ho g .com 's J a k e J oh nson
fo und himsel f in the mi ddl e of a
K T M Sp o r t m o t o rc y cl es / Jone s
Power sport s san dwic h, as tea m mat e s Joe Kop p and K e nn y
Coolbeth surro unded Johnson as
they pursued Carr.
The lar g e, highly partisan
crowd roared their approval as
the homestate hero, Roeder, was
working his c u s hi o n magic .
Roeder quickl y worked his way
t o the fr on t from his fifth -place
start. Roed er took the lead on lap
five and j ust sp lit from his com p eti ti on . Roeder left Carr, Ko pp ,
J ohn so n , Cool be t h a n d C h ri s
Hart in h is wake . KK Supp ly /
Schaeffer's Harley- Davidso n/ Las
Vegas Harley -Da vi dso n's Roed er
pu lled nearl y to a fu ll stra ig htaway le ad befo re t he dry i n g
track di d hi m in. Ca rr said that
he had f igured t ha t into h i s
ga me plan .
" It looked like Geo was going
to ru n aw ay , bu t the t rack w as
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