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AMA Progressive Ins ur a nce
U.S. F lat Track Se r ies
My OWN
RACE
28 S haun Russell 6t h
After struggling just to get the dough together to come to Daytona , Bartels' Harley-Davidson's Shaun Russell put together a decent night at the Daytona Short Track. Russell was fifth
after the first lap, and he stayed consiste nt to land sixth at the finish. "I didn't really make
any moves forward or backwards ." Russell said. "I raced w ith Joe Kopp for a bit, then Chris
Carr passed me , then I caught back up to Joe and passed him back. I felt good . The Bartels'
Harley is good . This is a good way to come out of Daytona ."
18
Te r ry Po ove y 9t h
This forme r Daytona Short Track winner [1997, 2000] had an 0(( night as he struggled to
come to terms with the cushy, mushy Dayto na surface. "What happened to me was that I
didn't get a good start , and it wasn't my kind of racetrack," the USC Racing/Ist Legalbacked Poovey said. "I couldn't run my line. I couldn't diamond it. I just had to roll around
the top like everyone else. I raced with Jake Johnson , and Igot by him, so that was okay. I
wan t to win this thing again, and I think that I can still win races , but they have to be on my
type of racetrack. ButI'll be going to 'em all."
41 Brett Landes I Ith
This former Daytona Short Track winner [199S] had
a rather med iocre run at Daytona - far from up to his
usual standards. The Qu aker State/Audiovox-sponsored Landes was 14th 0(( the start, and he only
improved to I Ith, chasing Poovey and Jake Johnson
most of the way. "I never really got close enough to
scrap with those guys," Landes said. ''A lot was going
on in front of me. I had my bike set up for the bottom as usual, and the track was really weird . I just
couldn't find anything to grab hold of, and I just struggled. I think that all of the guys who were planning to
run the bottom struggled. But hey, I was in the main. I just want to give a special thanks to
Audiovox, Quaker State and Z Galleries for helping me get here ."
74G Ronnie Jones 13th
This fanner Daytona Short Track winner [199 1]did
his family proud by making the main event while
wearing the number 74G of his brother, David Jones,
who was killed in a freak racing accident at the
Louisville Half Mile in 1980. The 43-year-o ld Oklahoman ran the bottom of the track in the main
event. bouncing through the holes en route to 13th
aboard his Terry Poovey-owned, A&A Racing/Arai
Rotax. "I always knew that David could make a
National. but he just never got the chance, " Jones
said. "I know he was helping me tonight . I just had a
feeling that I was going to make the main event if I came down here. That [line] is just
where I like to run. I've always stuck to it, and it has served me well. Tonight it was just so
rough down there that I couldn't get any mome ntum through the comers. It just wasn't the
fast line tonight ."
" I was coming forward," Carr said .
"Yo u know, this the type o f place that gets
strung out when it gets as slippery as it is,
and it's really hard to make up time. Every
time that you come up to a rider, it seems
like it takes you two or three laps to figure out how to get by him . I didn't go
backwards. I just had a very terrible firs t
lap. If I could have done that one better,
the result might have been a little bit bitter. Fifth isn't bad. It wasn't what we
wan ted, but I still re me m be r coming he re
in 1998 when I missed the main event and
then lost the championship by two po ints .
So fifth is pretty good ."
Russell held o n for sixt h , with Kopp
slipping to seventh. T he n came two
veterans in Springsteen and two-time
Daytona Short Track w inner Terry
Poovey, w ith fo rm e r Rookie of the
Year Ja ke Johnson ro unding out t he
top 10 .
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DAYTONA MUNICIPAL STADIUM
DAYTONA BEACH , FLORIDA
R ESULTS: MARCH
(ROUND
1
MARCH 17, 2004 • CY CLE N EWS
4 , 2004
21 )
GRAND NATIONAL (2s "P" 16 ride n ): I. J. .
R
Schnabel (Yam) 2. Bryan Smith (Hon ): 3. Joh nny Mu.-ph'ee
:
(Rot) ; 4. Willie McCoy (Rot) ; 5. C hris Carr (Rot) ; 6. Shaun
Russell (Rot): 7. Joe Kopp (Rot): B. lay Springs teen (Rot): 9.
Terry Poovey (Rot ): 10 . Jake Johman (Rot): II . Bre tt Undes
(Rot); 12. Kenny Cool beth (KTM); 13. Ronnle)ones (Rot);
'4. Steve Beattie (Rot); IS. Hike Hacker (Rot); 16. Rob
Peanon (Rot) .
Time: 8 min.• 43.572 sec.
AMA P ROGRESS IVE INSURAN CE U.S. FLAT
T RACK CHAMPIO NSH IPS STAN DINGS (After I of
2 1 rounds): I. J.R. Schnabel (23 / 1 win ); 2. Bryan Smith
(19) ; 3. Jo hnny Muoph 'ee (16); 4. Willie McCoy (IS): S.
Chri, Carr (14): 6 . Shaun Ru 1( 13); 7. Joe Kopp ( 12): B.
sset
lay Springsteen (I I); 9. Terry Poovey ( 10); 10. Jake Joh """,
(9); II. Brett Undes (8); 12. Kenny Coclbeeh (7); 13.
-Jones (6); 14. St eve Bea