AMA Grand National Dirt Track Series Results: Canterbury Park
15 September 1997
GNC1997/1-2 OFFICIAL RESULTS AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES: ROUND 19 OF 22 CANTERBURY PARK, SHAKOPEE, MN - SEPTEMBER 13, 1997 *15-LAP GRAND NATIONAL MILE MAIN EVENT Pos No. Rider Name, hometown Mach Laps Pts Sponsors 1 1 Scott Parker, Swartz Creek, MI H-D 15 23 Harley-Davidson Motor Co./Fick Escavating/HOG/YETI 2 80 Rich King, Waterloo, IA HON 15 19 Corbin Seats/Rogers/Shoei/Sidi/Hap Jones/SuperTrapp 3 3 Ricky Graham, Salinas Valley, CA HON 15 16 USC Racing/Z Galleries 4 23 Kevin Atherton, White Pigeon, MI H-D 15 15 Benson Ford Jr./TCR/Accel/Bunzl USA/KTD/Dayco/MSR 5 43 Joe Kopp, Mica, WA H-D 15 14 H-D of Sacramento/H-D Motor Co./AFAM/Arai/D's 6 9 Jay Springsteen, Lapeer, MI H-D 15 13 Bartels' H-D/RC Trucking/Bell/Dayco/Perf. Machine 7 83 Paul Morgan III, Centralia, IL H-D 15 12 Coziahr H-D/Jim Psaute/Larry Pillard/Robinson Rac Eng 8 21 Will Davis, Goldsboro, NC H-D 15 11 Benson Ford Jr./TCR/Accel/Bunzl USA/KTD/Dayco 9 98 Bret Beyer, Oshkosh, WI H-D 15 10 S&B Racing/Suburban Motors H-D/AirBorn Coatings 10 67 Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA H-D 15 9 1-800-FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen 11 22 Dan Butler, Waterford, MI H-D 15 8 Gardner Rac./Walters' Bros. H-D/KK/Millennium Spts. 12 19 Paul Lynch, Street, MD H-D 15 7 M. Lynch Trans./Ridge Sheet Metal/SuperTrapp 13 89 Kevin Varnes, Pottstown, PA H-D 15 6 USC Racing/Lancaster H-D/KK/Motion Pro/Arai 14 42 Steve Morehead, Findlay, OH H-D 15 5 F&S H-D/KK/John Shepherd/John Dragoo/Motion Pro 15 27 Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL H-D 15 4 1-800-FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen 16 80X Bryan Bigelow, Au Gres, MI H-D 13 3 Marine Transport/Saddlemen/Marshall Dist./Wiltse Chev. 17 26 Steve Beattie, Burlington, ON, CAN H-D 7 2 Deeley H-D Canada/Shoei/Tsubaki/MSR/Champion 18 66 George Roeder II, Monroeville, OH H-D 2 1 Mike & Eddie Adkins Racing/KK/Winchester H-D/L.S.G. Time: 10:08.714 Margin of Victory: 2.834 Seconds No Qualifying Heats Attend.: 8,500 *All races shortened due to inclement weather. PRELIMINARY EVENT RESULTS HEAT 1 HEAT 2 (8 Laps - Top 3 to Feature) (8 Laps- Top 3 to Feature) Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 1 Scott Parker 1 21 Will Davis 2 43 Joe Kopp 2 9 Jay Springsteen 3 42 Steve Morehead 3 26 Steve Beattie Time: 5:22.213 Time: 5:26.294 HEAT 3 HEAT 4 (8 Laps - Top 3 to Feature) (8 Laps - Top 3 to Feature) Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 3 Ricky Graham 1 27 Dave Camlin 2 67 Mike Hacker 2 66 George Roeder II 3 98 Bret Beyer 3 80 Rich King Time: 5:23.155 Time: 5:27.160 SEMI 1 SEMI 2 (6 Laps - Top 2 to Feature) (6 Laps- Top 2 to Feature) Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 83 Paul Morgan III 1 89 Kevin Varnes 2 22 Dan Butler 2 19 Paul Lynch Time: 4:05.751 Time: 4:07.806 SEMI 3 (6 Laps - Top 2 to Feature) Pos. No. Rider 1 23 Kevin Atherton 2 80X Bryan Bigelow Time: None due to restart 1997 AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After 19 of 22 Rounds. Next event, September 27, Sacramento, California) Pos Rider Name, Hometown Pts Wins 1 Scott Parker, Swartz Creek, MI 327 6 2 Will Davis, Goldsboro, NC 303 6 3 Kevin Atherton, White Pigeon, MI 282 3 4 Rich King, Waterloo, IA 245 2 5 Ricky Graham, Salinas Valley, CA 206 6 Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL 199 7 Jay Springsteen, Lapeer, MI 183 8 Joe Kopp, Mica, WA 179 1 9 Steve Morehead, Findlay, OH 145 10 Dan Butler, Waterford, MI 130 11 Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA 127 12 Kevin Varnes, Pottstown, PA 113 13 George Roeder II, Monroeville, OH 90 14 Ken Coolbeth Jr., Warren, CT 80 14 Paul Morgan III, Centralia, IL 80 16 Steve Beattie, Burlington, ON, CAN 78 17 J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI 65 18 Dan Stanley, Bellingham, WA 56 19 Brett Landes, Los Gatos, CA 53 20 Willie McCoy, Richardson, TX 44 1997 GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK MANUFACTURER POINTS 1. Harley-Davidson 411 2. Honda 274 3. Rotax 69 4. ATK 43 5. Wood-Rotax 42 GNC1997/2-2 OFFICIAL RESULTS AMA HARLEY-DAVIDSON 883cc NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES: ROUND 10 OF 13 CANTERBURY PARK, SHAKOPEE, MN - SEPTEMBER 13, 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 27 Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL H-D 10 19 1-800FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen 3 67 Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA H-D 10 16 1-800FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Spectro/Saddlemen 4 33 J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI H-D 10 15 John Parker Rac.//Torque Center/Saddlemen/Klotz 5 65Z Shaun Russell, San Jose, CA H-D 10 14 Bartels' H-D/Metzeler/Arai/Big Twin/Renthal/Alpinestars 6 62 Paul Bergstrom, Foster City, CA H-D 10 13 Dudley Perkins H-D/Red Line Oil/Loral Lake Racing/Arai 7 9G Victor McAnally, Tulsa, OK H-D 10 12 Myers-Duren H-D/U-Save Auto & Mach. 8 98 Bret Beyer, Oshkosh, WI H-D 10 11 James Hart/Dale's H-D/The Wrench/S&B Racing 9 35Z Johnny Murphree, Paso Robles, CA H-D 10 10 Bartels' H-D/Bartels' Perf. Prod./Metzeler/Big Twin 10 74 Billy Martin, Stockton, CA H-D 10 9 Skip Fordyce H-D/Bieffe/Motion Pro 11 53 Gary Rogers, San Jose, CA H-D 10 8 Corbin Racing/San Jose H-D/Custom Chrome 12 84 Chance Darling, Dayton, OH H-D 10 7 Corbin/F&S H-D/Dick Ford/Turbo Blue/Arai/JT/Tsubaki 13 17K Brian Kromroy, Oconomowoc, WI H-D 10 6 Widman H-D/Jim Wagner/Tsubaki/Accel/Scott/Yar 14 68 Robert Miller, New Holland, PA H-D 10 5 Howell's H-D/Eastern H-D Dlrs. Assn./Saddlemen 15 63 Robert Buffington, Prairie du Chien, WI H-D 10 4 Tilley H-D/F&S H-D/Siendt Motors/Bell/Dad 16 26E Yuhiko Hirao, Brea, CA H-D 7 3 CCS Racing/Shoei/DID/Dunlop/AFAM/WP/RS Taichi 17 98A Thomas McGrane Jr., Gap, PA H-D 1 2 1-800FASTHOG/Moroney's H-D/Diem's Cycle/Mother's Time: 7:18.768 Margin of Victory: 3.807 seconds No Qualifying Heats PRELIMINARY EVENT RESULTS HEAT 1 HEAT 2 (5 Laps - Top 5 to Feature) (5 Laps - Top 6 to Feature) Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 27 Dave Camlin 1 94 Jess Roeder 2 33 J. R. Schnabel 2 35Z Johnny Murphree 3 84 Chance Darling 3 62 Paul Bergstrom 4 63 Robert Buffington 4 9G Victory McAnally 5 68 Robert Miller 5 26E Yuhiko Hirao Time: 3:43.705 6 98A Thomas McGrane Jr. Time: 3:42.589 HEAT 3 (5 Laps - Top 6 to Feature) Pos. No. Rider 1 67 Mike Hacker 2 65Z Shaun Russell 3 98 Bret Beyer 4 74 Billy Martin 5 17K Brian Kromroy 6 53 Gary Rogers Time: 3:42.335 1997 AMA HARLEY-DAVIDSON 883 NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After 10 of 13 Rounds. Next event, September 27, Sacramento, California) Pos. Rider Name, Hometown Pts. Wins 1 Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL 188 5 2 Jess Roeder, Monroeville, OH 186 2 3 Shaun Russell, San Jose, CA 134 1 3 Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA 134 5 J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI 119 6 Johnny Murphree, Paso Robles, CA 116 1 7 Robert Miller, New Holland, PA 104 8 Paul Bergstrom, Foster City, CA 76 9 Bret Beyer, Oshkosh, WI 71 1 10 Billy Martin, Stockton, CA 70 11 Willie McCoy, Richardson, TX 61 12 Victor McAnally, Tulsa, OK 50 13 Scott Stump, Langhorne, PA 41 13 Jason Fletcher, Warren, CT 41 15 Brian Kromroy, Oconomowoc, WI 35 15 Chance Darling, Dayton, OH 35 17 Jake Zemke, Paso Robles, CA 32 18 Sean Lollar, San Jose, CA 30 19 Donnie Krusinski, Colfax, NC 27 20 Paul Morgan III, Centralia, IL 25 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