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AHRMA Road Ra cing
Carolina Motorsports Park
PHOTOS BY PARKER LILLY
Nothing Could Be Finer
Than to Be in Carolina...
By PARKER LILLY
KERSHAW, SC, SEPT. 25·26
s fall descended on th e Ca rolin as, the
weather cool ed and AHRMA came to Caro lina Motorsports. Nestled in the hills so uth of
Ch arlotte, t his 14 ~tu rn co urs e in Ke rs haw,
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Sout h Carolina, was the site of the 12th round
o f AHRMA road racing - the pe nultimate ro und
before th e final at Barber Moto rsports Park.
Satu rday's ra cing saw t he Pre -1940 class
take t he gr een flag in t he fir st wave. W ill
Ha rdi ng mad e his move early, grabbing t he
hole shot on his 1936 Ind ian. Hard ing opened
up a co mm andi ng lead early, w hile Art Farley
put h is ha nd -s h ift Har ley in se co nd . Ral p h
Wessell roun ded out the podium . Ha rd ing
r epeat ed his w in o n Sunday, enabling him t o
keep his numb e r-o ne plate for another year.
Batt le o f th e Tw ins fo llow ed. Mark Hatt en
grabbed first place o n his Duca ti and o pened a
sizable lead en ro ute to the win. Moto Guzzi-
ride rs. As the laps wo und down , Miles pulled
up o n Hall's tail. He slipped past Hall on th e
final lap to take the wi n. Ern est Hilto n too k
th ird on his 1953 No rton.
David Temple put his 1972 Y
ama ha in the
lead in Sportsman 750cc competition. T im lile
pus hed his Triumph to m at ch Te mple's pace,
bu t he was unable to close t he gap. BMW·
mounte d Brad Phillips pushed th ro ugh a pac k
of rid ers and ca ught Lile o n lap five. Ph illips
ke pt show ing Lile a w he el a nd w as abl e to
make the pass o n lap six. Philips ke pt pus hing
to take second, w hile Lile he ld on to t h ir d
place . Temple repeated his win fro m Saturday
to ex te nd his cham pio nship lead.
Although the racing e nded ea rly, every one
was loo king fo rw a rd to t he final at Barbe r
Motorsports Park. Most championships are still
up for g rab s, and the se co nd an nu al BMW
Air hea d Invita tional w ill prov ide a grea t clo se
to th e season.
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mo unte d And rew Co well kept his head down
CAROUNA MOTORSPORTS PARK
in second . On lap th ree , Jan Sve nsso n w as
KERSHAW, SOUTH CAROUNA
pushing his Duca t! to close the gap to Co well ,
but to no avail. After lap fo ur, Cowe ll pushed
t o kee p the ga p constant a nd ta ke se co nd
place . Svensson took thi rd . Wit h tw o w ins,
Hatt en has put press ure o n Andrew Murra y fo r
th e cham pio nsh ip, w hich w ill be decided at th e
finals at Bar ber.
De nny C lar k fired up his grill as the racing
closed , p rov id ing ba r bec ue t o th e e nti re
paddoc k. It was d ifficul to wait out th e awards
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ce re mony, with t he sme ll of fres h bar becue
wafti ng t h r o ugh th e pits . As th e s u n w as
setting, be ve rages were passed ar ou nd and th e
be nch-ra cing started in earnest - a gre at end to
grea t day o f racing.
O n Sunday, the ra ce rs were greeted with
cool temperatures and an early race time , due
to th e a p p r o ac hi ng h urr ic ane . Ja ke Ha ll
grabbed the holes hot in Class ic '60 s. Man xmounted Dick Miles follow ed Hall's 1958 BSA
as t he y w orked thro ug h t he fir st wave of
RESULTS: SEPTEMBER
25·26, 2004
Sa t u rd ay
1 0 0 GP: I. Carl And e rson (Yam ); 2. Dua ne Har per
(Hon); J. Ca rl Nyberg (Aer). 150 GP ; I. PaulGermain (Due);
2. Jo nat han White (Due ); J . Larr y Poons (Due ); 4. Carl
Anderson (Yam); S. Robert Brangaccio (Due). ) 50 GP: I.
Paul Germain (Due); 1. Bob Daniels (Due); 3. Roger Swartout
(Kaw). BOT 2·STRK: I. Charles Easterling (Yam BEARS :
).
I. w..Jt Swean (BMW); 2. Glenn Nnwell (BMW); J. Ken Potts
(Mo t): 4. Gary Maucher (Nor): S. Michael Burke (BMW) .
BOT f ·l : 1. Mark Hatten (Due ); 1. Andrew Cowell (Mot ): 3.
)an S~"""" (Due) ; 4. Carl Tannenbaum (Cue) ; S. Cr.UgKane
(Apo-). BOT F-2; I. Andrew Cowell (Hot); 2. )an S~""""
(Due ); 3. Troy McAfee (SU ; 4. Rob Davis (SUI); S. Doug
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McPeek (Hon) . BOT f · ] : I. William Bewley (Suz); 1. Troy
Moma. (MZ); J. Brian Sawye,(MZ); 4. Br.od
Dav is (D RZ) . 50S l· ST RK: I. Terry Gates (Hon) .
SlM O N O : I. Mike Parker (KTM); 2. Trent Thomas (H Z}: l .
Brian Sawye< (MZ); 4. Ken Del>eI (Rot). SlMON O 2; I. Brnd
Davis (ORZ ): 2. C. Howard Fokes (Han); l . Tom Maron
(Yam); -4 . Gary rn Pie tro (KTM). SPTSMN )50: I . Scott
Turner (Hon ); 2. De nnis Clark (Hon); J. Ken Debelak (Han ):
4. Bobby McKaNn (Hen ); 5. MieNel Oari< (Han). SPTSMN
500 ; I. ~ Cowell (Tn); 2. ""'an Clary (BSA); J. ""'"
Phillips (BMW); 4. Greg Phillips (Han): S. TIm Ule (BSA).
SPTSMN 75 0: 1. Da vid Temple (Yam): 2. Jeff Gund lach
(Hot); J. ""'" Ph~i", (BMW); 4. J"""" Ile