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(Left to rig ht) King , Carr and Coolbeth celebrate a n the podium. Cool beth's ru nner- up fi n ish moved him to w ithin 13 point s o f second-place Kopp in the points. row," Mees said . "I do n't know how anybo dy d idn't fall off the start - it was pretty gnarly. Eve ryb ody was going for it. Igot by J.R., and the rest we re like a straightaway ahead. I tried to catch those guys . I put everything I had into it for several laps. I clicke d off so me awesome lap times and ca ught the m. "I do n't know w hat hap pe ned to Atherton, but I got by him," Mees continued . "T hen I was stuck on King for t he w ho le race . He was kind of ho lding me up real big in the middle of t he corners. His bikes ar e just so fast o n the straightaway. I cou ldn't just run up on him and pass him; I wo uld get right up o n him, but I cou ldn't get by. I t ho ught I could have done a lot better than fourt h. It's the best finish I've had on the big bike. I can't rea lly complain. Wh e n you know you cou ld do bet te r, you th ink, 'Why co uldn't I have do ne be tte r.? ' Schnabe l held down fif over Murp hree, th fast-closing SJS Racing/Parker Stores' Rob Pear son and Mor oney 's Cycle's Jake Johnso n. At he rto n and Doc's HarleyDavidso n/U SC Racing's Terry Poovey ro unded out the top 10. Poovey's assessment of the track was short and to the point. eN "I hate th is t rac k," Poovey said. FA RLEY S PEEDW AY FA RLEY IO W A , RfSULT AUGUST s: 7, 2004 (ROUND 9 OF 18 ) GRAND NATIONAL (25 lap s; 18 riders): I. Chris Carr (H· D); 2. Kenny Coolbeth (H-D); 3. Rich King (H- D); 4. Jared Mees (H-D); 5. J.R. Schnabel (H-D); 6. Johnny Murp hree (H-D); 7. Rob Pearson (H-D); 8. Jake Jo hnson (H -D); 9. Kevin Atherton (H·D ); 10. Terry Poovey (H- D) ; II . Joe Kapp (H-D); 12. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 13. Mike Hacker (H-O): 14. Bryan Smith (H-D); 15. Geo Roeder (H0 ): 16. Wi llie McCoy (H·D) ; 17. Ti m Eades (H-D); 18. Shaun Russell (H-D). Time: 9 rnin., 4 1.564 sec . AM A/PROGRESSI VE IN SU RA N CE U .S. FLAT TRACK CHAMP IONSHI P SERIES POINTS STAND · INGS (Aft er 9 of 18 roun d s): I. Chris Carr ( 165/4 wins): 2. Joe Kopp ( 136/ 1 win); 1. Kenny Coolbeth ( 121/1 win); 4. Jo hnny Murp hree (96); 5. Mike Hacker (90); 6. Jake Johnson (84); 7. J.R. Schnabe l (76/2 wins); 8. Willie McCoy (75); 9. Jared Mees (65); 10. Rob Pea rson (58); II . (TIE) Gee Roeder/Shaun Russell (53); 13. Rich King (4611 win); 14. Te rry Poo vey (43); 15. BryanSmith (42); 16. Jay Springstee n (40); 17. Paul Lynch (35); 18. Kevin Atherton (33); 19. Bryan Bigelow (28); 20. Brett Landes (27). www.cyclenews.com I Briefly.•. Continued from page 19 a first-time event, I tho ught it was good . It's a nice facility, and the fans are really into the racing. I hope we get to come back." The Farley event marked J.R. Sc hna be l's se cond 750 cc top-five finish this year. "I just have to get it in the main event," Schn- abel said. "Once we get it there, we're all right. Not much to say about my starts tonight. I don't know what else Babe [DeMay) can do for me. He's put hydraulic clutches on here for me. It works so good, but I still can't get off the start ing line. I put myself in a hole there . No one is to blame but me. Ou r bike was perfect . We had a top -three bike tonight, and I didn't do the job tonight. On to Rapid City." Ja red Mees found it hard to pass during the main event. "It was lucky that no one got off," he said. "We're gett ingthere. We're defini tely getting there. Every week we keep improving. I've never seen Johnny Goad so fired up. He said that was the best race he eve r saw me race. He said I kept my head dow n and was aggressive. Those comments were pretty good for me. I really can't complain. Now we have a long haul to Sturgisand do the same thing. I really want to thank everyone who has been helping me, Lancaster H-D, Saddlemen and Johnny Goad especially. He's put a lot of magic into th is machine . We' re just going to have to take the good with the bad." "For the most part, I just want to look forward, go to Rapid City and hope things are wo rking better the re," Jo hnny Murphree said after t he race . "I'm sure Rapid City will be about the same kind of track . It will be a real racy kind of track. We'll spend the next couple days trying to figu re out what to do different." CYCLE N EWS • AUGUST 18, 2004 21