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of what I did. I was able to go up there and not get too excited and not get on the gas too hard. I just kept it smooth and was able to stay ahead of Chris." The top-four riders had pulled well clear of an excellent battle. Hacker, Smith, Harley-Davidson Motor Company/ Screamin' Eagle's Rich King, SJS Racing's Paul Lynch, Custom Chrome/Zanotti Racing's Jethro Halbert and White's Harley-Davidson/Iron Valley Harley- Davidson's Sam Halbert were all contend- ing for the fifth-place spot, which became fourth with Mees' retirement. King was able to get be Smith on lap 20 as Hacker held on to seventh. The Halbert brothers (Jethro and Sam) were slicing their way forward, battling back and forth in a family war. A late-race mistake dropped Jethro to a 10th-place finish. Halbert and Paul Lynch were both able to get by Hacker at the end. Reggie Amos Custom Homes/Shoei's Tim Eades moved up to ninth as Jethro Halbert filled out the top 10. Jake Johnson, R&D Machine/SJS Racing's A.J. Eslick, Honda Pro Oils' Nick Cummings, Lombardi Harley-Davidson/ KK Supply/R&D Machine's Dominic Beaulac, Aprilia USA/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports' Henry Wiles and Harley- Davidson of Canada Laurel Consulting Group's Steve Beattie rounded out the finishers. CN I-96 SPEEDWAY LAKE ODESSA, MICHIGAN RESULTS: JULY 1, 2006 (ROUND 4 OF 12) HEAT 1 (10 laps; 12 riders, top three transfer): 1. J.R. Schnabel (H-D); 2. Nick Cummings (H-D); 3. Jethro Halbert (H-D); 4. Shaun Russell (H-D); 5. Chris Hart (H-D); 6. Charlie Italia (H-D); 7. Johnny Murphree (H-D); 8. William Seyle (H-D); 9. Ricky Marshall (H-D); 10. Tom McGrane (Suz); 11. Josh Toungett (H-D); 12. Shawn Clark (H-D). Time: 3 min., 49.060 sec. HEAT 2 (10 laps; 12 riders, top three transfer): 1. Kenny Coolbeth (H-D); 2. Paul Lynch (H-D); 3. Tim Eades (H-D); 4. Sam Halbert (H-D); 5. A.J. Eslick (H-D); 6. Kurt Boehlke (H-D); 7. Nick Evans (H-D); 8. Jess Roeder (H-D); 9. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 10. Logan Myers (H-D); 11. Shawn Baer (H-D); 12. Brian Phillips (H-D). Time: 19 min., 15.642 sec. (Red Flag) HEAT 3 (10 laps; 12 riders, top three transfer): 1. Mike Hacker (H-D); 2. Bryan Smith (H-D); 3. Joe Kopp (H-D); 4. Dominic Beaulac (H-D); 5. Steve Beattie (H-D); 6. Henry Wiles (Apr); 7. Rob Pearson (Yam); 8. Kyle Whitis (H-D); 9. Joe Hartrich (H-D); 10. Scott Stump (H-D); 11. Chris Boone (H-D); 12. Raun Wood (H-D). Time: 3 min., 45.848 sec. HEAT 4 (10 laps; 12 riders, top three transfer): 1. Jared Mees (H-D); 2. Chris Carr (H-D); 3. Jake Johnson (Suz); 4. Rich King (H-D); 5. Willie McCoy (H- D); 6. Doug Lawrence (H-D); 7. Steve Murray (H-D); 8. Jon Cornwell (H-D); 9. Nichole Cheza (H-D); 10. Gary Rogers (H-D); 11. Ken Yoder (H-D); 12. Jeremy Thompson (H-D). Time: 3 min., 44.361 sec. SEMI 1 (8 laps; 12 riders, top two transfer): 1. Rich King (H-D); 2. Steve Beattie (H-D); 3. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 4. Chris Hart (H-D); 5. Steve Murray (H- D); 6. Josh Toungett (H-D); 7. Kyle Whitis (H-D); 8. Gary Rogers (H-D); 9. Kurt Boehlke (H-D); 10. Chris Boone (H-D); 11. William Seyle (H-D); 12. Brian Phillips (H-D). Time: 3 min., 03.305 sec. SEMI 2 (8 laps; 12 riders, top two transfer): 1. A.J. Eslick (H-D); 2. Dominic Beaulac (H-D); 3. Charlie Italia (H-D); 4. Willie McCoy (H-D); 5. Rob Pearson (H- D); 6. Shawn Clark (H-D); 7. Ken Yoder (H-D); 8. Jess Roeder (H-D); 9. Ricky Marshall (H-D); 10. Jon Cornwell (H-D); 11. Scott Stump (H-D); 12. Shawn Baer (H-D). Time: 3 min., 03.252 sec. SEMI 3 (8 laps; 12 riders, top two transfer): 1. Sam Halbert (H-D); 2. Henry Wiles (Apr); 3. Johnny Murphree (H-D); 4. Doug Lawrence (H-D); 5. Joe Hartrich (H-D); 6. Nichole Cheza (H-D); 7. Jeremy Thompson (H-D); 8. Nick Evans (H-D); 9. Tom McGrane (Suz); 10. Shaun Russell (H-D); 11. Logan Myers (H-D); 12. Raun Wood (H-D). Time: 3 min., 00.586 sec. GRAND NATIONAL (25 laps, 18 riders): 1. Kenny Coolbeth (H-D); 2. J.R. Schnabel (H-D); 3. Chris Carr (H-D); 4. Rich King (H-D); 5. Bryan Smith (H-D); 6. Sam Halbert (H-D); 7. Paul Lynch (H-D); 8. Mike Hacker (H-D); 9. Tim Eades (H-D); 10. Jethro Halbert (H-D); 11. Jake Johnson (Suz); 12. A.J. Eslick (H-D); 13. Nick Cummings (H-D); 14. Dominic Beaulac (H-D); 15. Henry Wiles (Apr); 16. Steve Beattie (H-D); 17. Jared Mees (H-D); 18. Joe Kopp (H-D). Time: 9 min., 13.154 sec. AMA FORD QUALITY CHECKED FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS (After 4 of 12 rounds): 1. Chris Carr (53/1 win); 2. Rich King (41); 3. Kenny Coolbeth (40/1 win); 4. Bryan Smith (38); 5. J.R. Schnabel (35); 6. Dominic Beaulac (29/1 win); 7. Joe Kopp (26); 8. Jay Springsteen (22); 9. (TIE) Jake Johnson/Jared Mees (21); 11. Nick Cummings (20); 12. (TIE) Shaun Russell/Sam Halbert (18); 14. Tim Eades (17); 15. Willie McCoy (16). UPCOMING ROUNDS Round 5 - July 8, Mineral Wells, West Virginia Round 6 - July 15, Saluda, Virginia C Y C L E N E W S • JULY 12, 2006 33 long. I'm just trying to get back into this thing. The track got a little slick, but my starts were really bad. I got a good start on the first start, but I spun a little bit. Then the second time I spun even worse. Bad starts... but that's been the story of my whole career. I'm happy, we came here and I wanted to finish 25 laps no matter what. We've been fast everywhere we've went this year. We just have to work the bugs out. It's going to take a little bit." 72 Tim Eades 9th Place "I think I screwed myself on the start," Tim Eades said. "Reggie [Amos] was telling me I was 15th after the first lap. To go from 15th and ending up ninth is not too bad. I was kind of hoping for a little bit more though. You want to do good at your good tracks and this should be one of my real good tracks. We put it in the truck here last year, so being in the main this year is pretty cool. I've had a bit of a cold all week and I just really ran out of steam with six or seven laps to go. My nose was running and I was coughing stuff up. I just didn't have anything left for them. I was able to get [Jethro] Hal- bert, who messed up a little bit. I got in the top 10 - we'll take the top 10 and move on. I've been training real hard and the bikes are as good as any body else's out there. This guy [his father, Mike] back here just works his tail off. I don't know anybody in the pits that works any harder. When you've got bikes like this, and a guy working that hard, you've got to get it on." 69 Jethro Halbert 10th Place "I felt really fast in the qualifying," under- stated Jethro after being fast qualifier. "I made it out of my heat race, this is the first time I've made it straight from the heat. I was up there pretty far and I thought I was going to get some more guys, then I kind of slipped off the groove and got sideways. I'll take a top 10. My brother and I were having fun for a while." Schnabel, Coolbeth and Carr celebrate their 2-1-3 finishes. Brothers Jethro (69) and Sam Halbert (43) battled in the National with both riders finishing in the top 10.

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