These results are best viewed using Courier (or any non-proportional font) as the Fixed Font for your browser. 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 HEAT 3 HEAT 4 Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 23 Kevin Atherton 1 42 Steve Morehead 1 43 Joe Kopp 1 1 Scott Parker 2 80 Rich King 2 9 Jay Springsteen 2 67 Mike Hacker 2 3 Ricky Graham 3 16 Ronnie Jones 3 41 Brett Landes 3 35Z Johnny Murphree 3 27 Dave Camlin Time: 5:45.236 Time: 5:48.439 Time: 5:49.650 Time: None due to restart SEMI 1 SEMI 2 SEMI 3 Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 84 Chance Darling 1 15 Chris Evans 1 21 Will Davis 2 29 Dale Jenneman Sr. 2 66 George Roeder II 2 89 Kevin Varnes Time: 4:44.963 Time: 4:43.880 Time: 4:38.525 BEER NUTS CHALLENGE (5 Laps) Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 80 Rich King 4 23 Kevin Atherton 2 42 Steve Morehead 5 67 Mike Hacker 3 43 Joe Kopp 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. Pos. Rider Name, Hometown Pts. Wins 1 Will Davis, Goldsboro, NC 289 6 11 Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA 117 2 Scott Parker, Swartz Creek, MI 285 5 12 Kevin Varnes, Pottstown, PA 107 3 Kevin Atherton, White Pigeon, MI 244 2 13 George Roeder II, Monroeville, OH 82 4 Rich King, Waterloo, IA 215 2 14 Ken Coolbeth Jr., Warren, CT 80 5 Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL 179 15 Steve Beattie, Burlington, ON, CAN 67 6 Ricky Graham, Salinas Valley, CA 176 16 J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI 61 7 Jay Springsteen, Lapeer, MI 157 17 Paul Morgan III, Centralia, IL 60 8 Joe Kopp, Mica, CA 155 1 18 Brett Landes, Los Gatos, CA 53 9 Steve Morehead, Findlay, OH 128 19 Dan Stanley, Bellingham, WA 51 10 Dan Butler, Waterford, MI 122 20 Willie McCoy, Richardson, TX 44 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 HEAT 3 Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider Pos. No. Rider 1 27 Dave Camlin 1 67 Mike Hacker 1 65Z Shaun Russell 2 35Z Johnny Murphree 2 9G Victor McAnally 2 94 Jess Roeder 3 77 Scott Stump 3 98 Bret Beyer 3 74 Billy Martin 4 68 Robert Miller 4 33 J. R. Schnabel 4 62 Paul Bergstrom 5 84 Chance Darling 5 65 Jason Fletcher 5 53 Gary Rogers 6 64 Alan Eadie 6 34Y Sean Lollar Time: 3:48.901 Time: 3:48.875 Time: 3:48.305 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. Pos. Rider Name, Hometown Pts. Wins 1 Dave Camlin, Rock Island, IL 150 5 11 Scott Stump, Langhorne, PA 41 2 Jess Roeder, Monroeville, OH 147 1 11 Jason Fletcher, Warrem, CT 41 3 Mike Hacker, Prince George, VA 106 13 Bret Beyer, Oshkosh, WI 37 4 Shaun Russell, San Jose, CA 105 1 14 Victor McAnally, Tulsa, OK 34 5 J. R. Schnabel, West Bend, WI 95 15 Jake Zemke, Paso Robles, CA 32 6 Johnny Murphree, Paso Robles, CA 93 1 16 Sean Lollar, San Jose, CA 30 7 Robert Miller, New Holland, PA 88 17 Chance Darling, Dayton, OH 28 8 Billy Martin, Stockton, CA 54 18 Donnie Krusinski, Colfax, NC 27 9 Willie McCoy, Richardson, TX 51 19 Paul Morgan III, Centralia, IL 25 10 Paul Bergstrom, Foster City, CA 49 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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