VOL. 50 ISSUE 31 AUGUST 6, 2013
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Steve Rapp (5)
managed to
hold off Tyler
O'Hara (29) to
win the Harley
final at Miller on
Sunday.
and I saved it."
O'Hara recovered to finish a
strong second, His best result
since winning the opening round
at Daytona. He was .857 of second behind Rapp at the flag, but
more than 10 seconds ahead of
defending class champion Michael Barnes, who completed
the podium on the Spyke's Harley-Davidson machine.
The top 10 riders start fresh,
each with 1000 points going into
the Red Bull Indianapolis GP to
kick off the four-race XR Showdown that will determine this
year's AMA Pro Vance & Hines
Harley-Davidson champion.
Rapp is in a good place attitude-wise going into the Shootout.
"It feels great," Rapp said. "I
wasn't even sure if I was going
to make this race, and thanks to
all the guys at Suburban HarleyDavidson and Aerostar Global,
I'm here and they gave me an
awesome bike… It's just a great
feeling; no matter what you run
on, it's always fun winning. I'm
having a great time, and there's a
lot less pressure and stress than
I used to have. It's fun coming to
the races again."
Veteran road racer David Estok
came from outside the top 10 to
qualify for the XR Showdown with
his fifth-place finish.
The 10 qualifiers now running
The win was Rapp's fourth
straight in the Harley class.
for the championship are Rapp,
O'Hara, Barnes, Harv's HarleyDavidson's Travis Wyman, Suburban Harley-Davidson's Ben
Carlson, Mob Racing's Shane
Narbonne, H&S Distributors'
Nicholas Hansen, Estok, Eco
Fuel Saver/Scrubblade's Josh
Chisum, and Longevity Racing's
Barrett Long.
CN
Final
1. Steve Rapp
2. Tyler O'Hara
3. Michael Barnes
4. Gage McAllister
5. David Estok
6. Darren James
7. Shane Narbonne
8. Josh Chisum
9. Nicholas Hansen
10. Logan Hanks
