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restart, as brake pro b lems dropped
h im to t he re a r of t he field .
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
SPORTSTER PERFORMAN[E
NATIONAL
Car r 's problems weren't over, as
Cool beth grabbed third on la p 23 .
Coo lbeth closed r ig h t down on
Kopp w hile
Murph ree
motored
away, but he could no t make a pass
on h is team mate a nd ha d to settle
Briefly...
Johnny Murphree noted after winning Sed alia, "It's
kind of cool winning this thing with Mike Wh eeler .
He was a little emotional after it was over. It was a
couple years ago that we lost Will Davis here. We got
second here last year. I got second the year before. It's
cool to win with Wheeler; it's cool for him, for sure."
fo r third .
Hart On Top Again
He had to survive a couple of restarts to do it, but Lombardi Harley-Davidson/Schott
Harley-Davidson's Chris
Hart once again topped the
Harley- Davidson Sportster
Pe rfo rmance National.
Josh Toungett fell in turn
two, caus ing the first red
flag. Th e second re d came
o ut as Merle Scherb, who
was leading on his Doc's
Harley-D avidso n Spo rt ste r,
fell hard coming off turn
two.
Hart was th e leader
when the race resumed .
Hart he ld off Cape Fear
Harley-D avidso n/D en nis
Th urlo w Racing's Rob ert
Le w is fo r t he win, w h ile FFR/Global Pr o d uc t ' s Scot t St u m p an d Lo w Count ry
H a rl ey -D av id son 's W illiam Seyle battl e d over third . Seyle took t he ba t t le, but
t hen faile d a pos t ra ce inspec t io n o f his exhaust system .
Frieze Harley-D avidso n/Belleville Hog Hill's Jo hn Clark was strong all day and was
cred ited with a fourth-place finish. West Bend Har ley-D avidso n/Mack Daddy Racing's
Jeremy De ruyter and de fending series champ Sco tt Scherb (Doc's Harley- Davidson/illinois Buell) battled back and fourth, with Deruyt e r ending up fifth. JB Racing's Brian Vincent came home seventh, over another of the Do c's Harley-Davidson riders, Brian
Thomas . Lima H ar ley-Davidsc n/ Ko neta Rubbe r Seal's Cory McDermitt held o ff fellow
Michigan rider Brandon Laursen (Wolverine/Laursen Racing) for ninth.
Hart now holds a 33-po int lead ove r defe nd ing class champion Scott Scherb in the
Harley-Davidson Sportster Perfo rmance Series.
HARLEY·DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PERFORMANCE NATiONAL ( 12 Iap>; 17 riders); I. Chn, Han; 2.
Robert Lewis; 3. Scott Stump; 4. John Cart<.; S. Jeremy Deruyter; 6. ScOtt Scherb; 7. Brian Vincent; 8. Brian Thomas ;
9. Cory McDennitt; 10. Brandon Laursen ; II .Joel Lace r; 12. Dean Standish; 13. Brett Pankey ; 14. Merle Scherb ; IS.
Brian Phillips ; 16. Josh Toungett; (William Seyte disqualified)
Ti me: Race was red-flagged.
HARLEY· DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PERFORMANCE SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (Aft e r S of B
rou nd s): I. Chris Hart ( 10 7/ 3 wins); 2. Scott Scherb (75); J . Robert lewis (71); 4. Cory McDermitt (67/1 win); S.
Je