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. -30- Connie Fleming American Motorcyclist Association Public Relations Administrator http://www.ama-cycle.org 614-891-2425