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wh eel nosed into the hill , I wicked it
on , but t he r uts ca u ght m e , and I
went a li tt le sideways over th e jump .
The bik e l anded good and ran har d
to th e lig ht, but I los t too m uch time
on the bottom."
La rge ' s fir st rid e would ho ld up for
third ov erall.
With fou r rid ers to go. it was time
for Watson's fi nal ri de.
" We length ened th e 8 0 0 so I c an
h o l d on t o i t th i s ti me ," Watso n
ex pl aine d. " I had a li ne picked o ut on
th e right side aga in, bu t J eff T hom as
saw a good lin e on th e ri gh t , so we
went there ."
With th e very rea l possi b ili ty that
his 800cc seaso n could c om e down
to this ri de, Watson hamm ered h is
Ho nda up th e fac e of th e jump . He
laid the bik e out to stay l o w , a n d
whe n he l and e d , t he th rott l e w a s
al r e ady p in n ed . The r ai n -so a k ed
crowd j um pe d t o their fee t w hen the
new f a st ti m e o f 3 .02 2 se c ond s
flashed on the board .
" The ra in started pourin g a co upl e
of gu y s before m e, bu t it let up o n m y
rid e," he said . " I took off, and it all
j ust worked out awe some."
The pressure was o n Strank , and
he ch os e th e left sid e for the Dr. Bob
Rac in g -bac ked Y a m a h a R 1 . He
gunned it off the lin e and was perfect
over the jump; he th en head ed up the
hill to th e timers. Easing off th e thr ot tle as he nea re d t he t o p m ay ha ve
cost him, but he st ill im proved t o a
3 .052 -sec ond ti m e. F ast er , but st ill
beh ind Watson .
" D a v e is o ne of the b e st rid ers
aro und, and he' s alwa y s a threat to
catc h you o n his las t run no m atter
what happens on his fi rst run ," Stra nk
said . " Ho pe fu ll y we' ll go to th e next
hill and get two good runs and finish
ahead of h im ." DeHart cra shed over
the dou bl e, sealing up Wat son' s wi n .
"I fi nally won th e 800 here," Watson
said. ''I' m just try ing to be a bett er rid er
so I don't ha ve to slow the bike down,
and to day it wor ked out for us."
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60shen Iron Horsemen Natio nal Hillclimb
Mi ddlebury , Indi ana
Results: September 14, 2003 [Round 9 of 121
800: I . Da ve Watson (Ha n): 2. Walte r Stra nk J r.
(Yam): 3. J am es Large (H-D): 4. Gerry Bennett (H·D):
5. J ack Mason (Yam): 6. Bobby Templeton (H·D): 7 .
J am es Wolfe (Yam ): 8. David Price (H- D): 9 . Paul
Kops (Suz) ; to . Anth ony De Hart (Ka w); II. Brandon
K re eg e r ( T ri ) ; 12 . T om Rei se r (H -D ) : 13 . Curt
Sne ll ing ( Ha n) ; 14. Ph i l Libhart ( H- D); 15 . Russ
Vanderveen (H-D) .
540: I. Phil Ub hart (T ri); 2. Dave Watson (Han) :
3. Mike Uvingston ( Ha n); 4 . Gary Bau er (Han ) ; 5 .
Anthony DeHart ( Kaw ); 6 . Wal ter Strank Jr. (Yam);
7 . Joseph Gero w ( Ha n ); 8 . Ken Bon nema (Ha n); 9 .
Jac k Mason (Han ); 10. James Wolfe (Han); 11. Crai g
DeHart (Han ); 12. Chad Disbennett (Tri).
800 AMA NATIONAL C'S HIP HILLCLIMB S ERIES
POI NTS STANDINGS (Afte r 9 of 12 rounds ): I.
Dav e Wat son (123/ 2 win s) ; 2 . Walter St ra nk J r .
( 121/4 wins): 3. J a mes Large (1 19/ 3 wins): 4. (TIE)
Chad Disbennett (86) /Gerry Bennett (8 6 ); 6 . Bobby
Tem plet on (80); 7. A nthon y DeHart (59 ); 8. Phil
Ubhart (5 1): 9 . Ja mes Wolfe (4B): 10. (TIE) Jack
M a son ( 4 1) / Ha r r y D enha m ( 41) / Da v i d Pr ice
(41 )/ Brandon Kreeger (4 1); 14. J eff Thom as (38) ;
15 . (TIE) Bob Cas Uedine ( I B)/ Rodney Smith (I B):
17. Jo hn Hamil ton, Jr . ( 16) ; 18 . Ja ke Lacefield ( 15);
19. Paul Kops (7) ; 20. Tom Reiser (4).
540 AMA NATIONAL C' SHIP HILLCLIMB S ERIES
POINTS STANDINGS (After 9 of 12 round s):
I.
Da ve Watson (13 2 /6 w ins) : 2. Phil Li bhart ( 105/1
win ); 3 . Cha d Disbenn ett (1 00 /2 win s) ; 4 . Walter
Strank Jr. (100 );. 5. Mik e Li vi ng ston (74 ); 6. Gary
Bauer (70); 7. J am es Wolfe (6 1); 8_A nthon y DeHart
(56 ); 9. Ken Bonn em a (5 6); 10. Michael Tem p leton
(45); 11. J oseph Gerow (4 1): 12. Paul Pinsonnault
(40 ): 13. J eff Thomas (37) ; 14 . Chris VanHying (36):
15. Paul Garrety (25 ); 16. J ohn Hamilton Jr. (22 );
17. Cra ig DeHart (20); lB, Ge rald Divelbliss ( 16): 19.
J ack Mason ( 14): 20. Charl;e Robe rts ( 12).
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