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See Arnerlco's Best Pro sl 24th An nua I AMA CHEVY TRUCK MOTOCROSS NATIONALS run time was fast e no ug h fo r fo urth overal l. The 800 s p ic ked up a little in th e se cond ro u nd but W a t s o n ' s time s e e m e d s afe . F ra z ie r had a nother solid run , bu t the bumps ne ar th e to p hurt his time. "I lost tim e at the top wher e it's a ll che wed u p . I cou ld n't keep th e rear wheel hooked u p ." He finis hed th ird . All eyes were o n Large 's Ha rle y as team o wner Tom Reiser pu s h ed the bike to th e line . Large really nai led the bottom of the hill. "The bike was running go od and it a ll came t o g e t h e r on th e second pass," Large said . "Th e bik e dropped right in th e groove , and I didn't overjump th e bottom like I did o n the first run . The bike wa s re a lly pulling aw ay from me on th e long part of th e hill , and I let her hang it all o ut. " A p erf e ct r un nett ed Larg e t he le ad, with a tim e of 7 .906 . "T hat ride fe lt as s mooth as s ilk . like I wa s ridin g a Cadillac ," La rg e sai d . Bo bb y Templeton t r ied to improve his first · round 8 .636 by starti ng on t h e righ t, but his bike drifted to th e left near the to p and bo unce d off line in the ruts. Templeto n he ld on for fifth , behind Petty , with a time o f 8 .282. "I got in the wrong lin e up th e re n ear t he to p , a nd it was a lo t ro ugher," Templeto n said. "We we nt faste r, b ut it wa sn 't q u it e e no ug h . Th e re we re thre e 8 .2 -s e c ond ru ns , but ours was the highest. " Wats o n d ec ided to go last in h is a ttem p t to sna tc h th e fas te s t ti me ba ck from Larg e. E v er ything was going well until h e hit th e hump . On ce aga in , the ba c k e n d k icked , s lowing him ju st en ough to land h im in second place. '" was jus t hanging on up t he re , the bike was going really fast, and I k ne w if I could get in a clean run it wou ld be pretty good ," Watson said. La rge took the win , with Watson , F razie r, Petty and Templ eton follow ing the leader. eN Milestone Hillclimb Productions Cluboro unds Delbarton . West Virginia Results: May 7, 2000 (Round 1 of 15l HIGH POINT (Ya m) : 8 . $30,000 PURSE Upcoming Rounds : Round 2 - JeHerson, Pennsylvania, May21 Round 3 . Sleel City, Pennsylvania, June 4 saoo,ooo .;;;.. G... .' 'RrlRES L I.. H ......UCK ~ RIDER POINT FUND Sunday, May 28 Memor ial Day Wee kend .r <" T eam Green W eekend t~ S chedule of Events [j!jjEf FRIDAY, MAY26 AmateurS p: 8 ign·u am Race Format One lon gmoto R iderFee: $20 ALL CLASSES Adm .$50(FriiS t/S TicketNo Refund) a un. Camping: $30pervehicle SATURDAY, MAY 27 AmateurS ign-up:7 am Race F ormat Onelongmoto R iderFee 520 ALL CLASSES P P ro ractice:3:30 pm Adm .$40(Sat/S un.Ticke No R t efund) Camping: $20 per vehicle S N A MAY 28 U D Y, Adm $25 . 1251250CC Pro NationalMX Championships Qualifiers: 10:30am M ven 1 . 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