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AMA Grand National Dirt Track Series (8/31/97--Springfield)

2 September 1997

GNC1797/1-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES: ROUND 17 OF 23
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS, SPRINGFIELD, IL - AUGUST 31, 1997
25-LAP GRAND NATIONAL MILE MAIN EVENT
Pos No.	Rider Name, hometown		    Mach Laps Pts Sponsors
1   1	Scott Parker, Swartz Creek, MI	     H-D  25  23  Harley-Davidson Motor Co./Fick Escavating/HOG/YETI
2   23	Kevin Atherton, White Pigeon, MI     H-D  25  19  Benson Ford Jr./TCR/Accel/Bunzl USA/KTD/Dayco/MSR
3   3	Ricky Graham, Salinas Valley, CA     HON  25  16  USC Racing/Z Galleries 
4   42	Steve Morehead, Findlay, OH	     H-D  25  15  F&S H-D/KK/John Shepherd/John Dragoo/Motion Pro
5   9	Jay Springsteen, Lapeer, MI	     H-D  25  14  Bartels' H-D/RC Trucking/Bell/Dayco/Perf. Machine
6   21	Will Davis, Goldsboro, NC	     H-D  25  13  Benson Ford Jr./TCR/Accel/Bunzl USA/KTD/Dayco/MSR
7   67	Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA	     H-D  25  12  1-800-FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen
8   27	Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL	     H-D  25  11  1-800-FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen
9   16	Ronnie Jones, Oklahoma City, OK	     HON  25  10  Loral Lake Racing/Arai/Motion Pro/Fox/Red Line Oil
10  43	Joe Kopp, Mica, WA		     H-D  25  9	  H-D of Sacramento/H-D Inc./AFAM/Arai/D's Leathers
11  80	Rich King, Waterloo, IA		     HON  25  8	  Corbin Seats/Rogers/Shoei/Sidi/Hap Jones/SuperTrapp
12  89	Kevin Varnes, Pottstown, PA	     H-D  25  7	  USC Racing/Lancaster H-D/KK/Motion Pro/Arai/B&B
13  66	George Roeder II, Monroeville, OH    H-D  25  6	  Mike & Eddie Adkins Racing/KK/Winchester H-D/L.S.G.
14  41	Brett Landes, Los Gatos, CA	     H-D  25  5	  Donahue H-D/Audiovox/Quaker State/Arai/AFAM
15  84	Chance Darling, Dayton, OH	     HON  25  4	  Corbin/F&S H-D/Dick Ford/Turbo Blue/Arai/JT/Tsubaki
16  29	Dale Jenneman Sr., Grand Island, NE  H-D  25  3	  H-D Central/Frontier H-D/Stadium Bar/Tri Cities HOG
17  35Z	Johnny Murphree, Paso Robles, CA     H-D  25  2	  Bartels' H-D/Dodge Bros. Racing/Red Line Oil/Renthal
18  15	Chris Evans, St. Catharines, ON, CAN H-D  25  1	  American H-D Inc./Shoei/SuperTrapp/Jaybrake

Time: None due to restart
Margin of Victory:  .421 seconds
Fastest Qualifying Heat: Terry Poovey, Euless, TX - H-D, 2:24.742
Attend.: 17,500

PRELIMINARY EVENT RESULTS

HEAT 1				HEAT 2				
(10 Laps - Top 3 to Feature)	(10 Laps- Top 3 to Feature)	
Pos.	No.	Rider		Pos.	No.	Rider		
1	23	Kevin Atherton	1	42	Steve Morehead	
2	80	Rich King	2	9	Jay Springsteen	
3	16	Ronnie Jones	3	41	Brett Landes	
Time: 5:45.236			Time: 5:48.439			

HEAT 3                          HEAT 4                        
(10 Laps - Top 3 to Feature)    (10 Laps - Top 3 to Feature)  
Pos.    No.     Rider           Pos.    No.     Rider         
1       43      Joe Kopp        1       1       Scott Parker  
2       67      Mike Hacker     2       3       Ricky Graham  
3       35Z     Johnny Murphree 3       27      Dave Camlin   
Time: 5:49.650                  Time: None due to restart     

SEMI 1				 SEMI 2				 
(8 Laps - Top 2 to Feature)	 (8 Laps- Top 2 to Feature)	 
Pos.	No.	Rider		 Pos.	No.	Rider		 
1	84	Chance Darling	 1	15	Chris Evans	 
2	29	Dale Jenneman Sr 2	66	George Roeder II 
Time: 4:44.963			 Time: 4:43.880			 

SEMI 3                         
(8 Laps - Top 2 to Feature)    
Pos.   No.     Rider           
1      21      Will Davis      
2      89      Kevin Varnes    
Time: 4:38.525                 

BEER NUTS CHALLENGE
(5 Laps)
Pos.	No.	Rider		
1	80	Rich King	
2	42	Steve Morehead	
3	43	Joe Kopp	
4       23      Kevin Atherton  
5       67      Mike Hacker     
6       9       Jay Springsteen 

1997 AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES POINT STANDINGS
(After 17 of 23 Rounds.  Next event, September 1, Springfield, Illinois)
Pos.	Rider Name, Hometown			Pts.	Wins.	
1	Will Davis, Goldsboro, NC		289	6	
2	Scott Parker, Swartz Creek, MI		285	5	
3	Kevin Atherton, White Pigeon, MI	244	2	
4	Rich King, Waterloo, IA			215	2	
5	Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL		179		
6	Ricky Graham, Salinas Valley, CA	176		
7	Jay Springsteen, Lapeer, MI		157		
8	Joe Kopp, Mica, CA			155	1	
9	Steve Morehead, Findlay, OH		128		
10	Dan Butler, Waterford, MI		122		
11      Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA          117  
12      Kevin Varnes, Pottstown, PA             107  
13      George Roeder II, Monroeville, OH       82   
14      Ken Coolbeth Jr., Warren, CT            80   
15      Steve Beattie, Burlington, ON, CAN      67   
16      J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI           61   
17      Paul Morgan III, Centralia, IL          60   
18      Brett Landes, Los Gatos, CA             53   
19      Dan Stanley, Bellingham, WA             51   
20      Willie McCoy, Richardson, TX            44   

GNC1797/2-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
AMA HARLEY-DAVIDSON 883cc NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES: ROUND 8 OF 14
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS, SPRINGFIELD, IL - AUGUST 31, 1997
10-LAP H-D 883cc NATIONAL MILE MAIN EVENT

Pos No.	Rider Name, hometown		 Mach Laps Pts Sponsors
1   94	Jess Roeder, Monroeville, OH	  H-D  10  23  Las Vegas H-D/American Asphalt Grading Co.
2   68	Robert Miller, New Holland, PA	  H-D  10  19  Howell's H-D/Eastern H-D Dlrs. Assn./Saddlemen
3   35Z	Johnny Murphree, Paso Robles, CA  H-D  10  16  Bartels' H-D/Bartels' Perf. Prod./Metzeler/Big Twin
4   27	Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL	  H-D  10  15  1-800FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen
5   77	Scott Stump, Langhorne, PA	  H-D  10  14  Self
6   65Z	Shaun Russell, San Jose, CA	  H-D  10  13  Bartels' H-D/Metzeler/Big Twin/Arai/Renthal/Alpinestars
7   67	Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA	  H-D  10  12  1-800FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen
8   98	Bret Beyer, Oshkosh, WI		  H-D  10  11  James Hart/The Wrench/Dale's H-D/S&B Racing
9   62	Paul Bergstrom, Foster City, CA	  H-D  10  10  Dudley Perkins H-D/Red Line Oil/Loral Lake Racing/Arai
10  33	J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI	  H-D  10  9   John Parker Rac./Torque Center/Saddlemen/Klotz
11  9G	Victor McAnally, Tulsa, OK	  H-D  10  8   Myers-Duren H-D/HOG Arc #1/Hard Times Lounge
12  64	Alan Eadie, Bedford, TX		  H-D  10  7   Power Tan Racing/AE Motor Sports/Alamo City H-D
13  84	Chance Darling, Dayton, OH	  H-D  10  6   Corbin/F&S H-D/Dick Ford/Turbo Blue/Arai/JT/Tsubaki
14  53	Gary Rogers, San Jose, CA	  H-D  10  5   Corbin Racing/San Jose H-D/Custom Chrome
15  74	Billy Martin, Stockton, CA	  H-D  10  4   Skip Fordyce H-D/Bieffe/Motion Pro
16  34Y	Sean Lollar, San Jose, CA	  H-D  8   3   Hap Jones/Yoko/Corbin/Turbo Blue
17  65	Jason Fletcher, Warren, CT	  H-D  4   2   1-800FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen

Time: None due to red flag.
Fastest Qualifying Heat: Dave Camlin, 2:34.349

PRELIMINARY EVENT RESULTS
HEAT 1				HEAT 2				
(6 Laps - Top 6 to Feature)	(6 Laps- Top 6 to Feature)	
Pos.	No.	Rider		Pos.	No.	Rider		
1	27	Dave Camlin	1	67	Mike Hacker	
2	35Z	Johnny Murphree	2	9G	Victor McAnally	
3	77	Scott Stump	3	98	Bret Beyer	
4	68	Robert Miller	4	33	J. R. Schnabel	
5	84	Chance Darling	5	65	Jason Fletcher	
6	64	Alan Eadie	6	34Y	Sean Lollar	
Time: 3:48.875			Time: 3:48.305

HEAT 3                          
(6 Laps - Top 5 to Feature)     
Pos.    No.     Rider           
1       65Z     Shaun Russell   
2       94      Jess Roeder     
3       74      Billy Martin    
4       62      Paul Bergstrom  
5       53      Gary Rogers     
Time: 3:48.901                  

1997 AMA HARLEY-DAVIDSON 883 NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES POINT STANDINGS
(After 8 of 14 Rounds.  Next event, September 1, Springfield, Illinois)
Pos.	Rider Name, Hometown			Pts.	Wins.	
1	Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL		150	5	
2	Jess Roeder,  Monroeville, OH		147	1	
3	Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA		106		
4	Shaun Russell, San Jose, CA		105	1	
5	J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI		95		
6	Johnny Murphree, Paso Robles, CA	93	1	
7	Robert Miller, New Holland, PA		88		
8	Billy Martin, Stockton, CA		54		
9	Willie McCoy, Richardson, TX		51		
10	Paul Bergstrom, Foster City, CA		49		
11      Scott Stump, Langhorne, PA		41 
11      Jason Fletcher, Warrem, CT		41 
13      Bret Beyer, Oshkosh, WI			37         
14      Victor McAnally, Tulsa, OK		34 
15      Jake Zemke, Paso Robles, CA		32 
16      Sean Lollar, San Jose, CA		30 
17      Chance Darling, Dayton, OH		28 
18      Donnie Krusinski, Colfax, NC		27 
19      Paul Morgan III, Centralia, IL		25 
20      Brian Kromroy, Ononomowoc, WI		21 



1997 GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK 
MANUFACTURER POINTS
1. Harley-Davidson	365
2. Honda		240
3. Rotax		69
4. ATK			43
5. Wood-Rotax		42

1997 AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES INDUSTRY BONUS AWARD SPONSORS

Accel Performance, Arai Helmets, Avon Tires, Bardahl, Beer Nuts, Inc.,
Bell Helmets, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Harley Owners Group, Metzeler
Motorcycle Tire North America, Mikuni American, Screamin Eagle Accessories,
Shoei Safety Helmet, Corp., SuperTrapp Industries/Kerker Exhaust Products,
Travelcade/Saddlemen.

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