of Benny Carlson, the only rider
who could catch Eslick to win the
title, open wide. You could almost
hear the hyperventilation under
his helmet. Could these be hap-
pening? Was he going to snatch
away the title at the last minute?
The pressure was intense.
Then Eslick suddenly gridded
at the last possible second. He
needed seventh or better to en-
sure the championship, but he
was pretty beat up and hurting.
He was going to race no mat-
ter what, but suddenly finishing
outside of where he needed to
because of his injuries seemed a
real possibility.
Carlson was a ball of nerves
and unfortunately he let the mo-
ment get the best of him. What
could have been a golden op-
portunity for him to at least have
a fighting chance to win the title
went out the window when he
jumped the start and was given a
10-second penalty.
At the front, a five-rider break-
away formed. Carlson was in the
group, but effectively dropped
from contention for the win by the
penalty for anticipating the start.
New Jersey Motorsports Park
track specialist Shane Narbonne
ran off the track on his Six-Four
Motors, taking him out of the lead
grouping.
Late in the race Tyler O'Hara
slipped back on the Josh Chisum
Racing/Bartel's Harley-David-
son, leaving Suburban Motors
Harley-Davidson's Steve Rapp
and KWR/Millennium Technolo-
gies' Kyle Wyman to fight for the
win.
On lap 11 Wyman pulled the
pin, taking advantage in lapped
traffic to put a gap on Rapp and
O'Hara. And that was the break
he needed to hold on to the end.
His margin of victory was 1.667
seconds.
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(Left) Kyle Wyman leads Tyler
O'Hara in the Harley final. Wyman
took the win with O'Hara third.
(Above) (From left to right) Runner-
up Steve Rapp, Harley-Davidson
series champion Danny Eslick,
race winner Wyman and third-place
finisher O'Hara celebrate in Jersey.
