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Kenny Coolbeth #2 rolls up to the starting line beside Bryan Smith #42 as Chris Carr #4 looks on after the sighting lap for the AMA Pro Flat Track K&N Filters presented by Motorcycle Superstore.com Springfield Mile round yesterday afternoon. Willie McCoy #59 and Jared Mees #1 are ready to roll. Jake Johnson #5 was slated to also start on the front row (based on his second place finish to Smith in heat 1) but was forced to start alone from the back row on his back-up machine after crashing unhurt in the dash for cash. The cream rose to the top in final, however, as all front row starters (including Johnson) finished in the 1-6 positions,
just .265 seconds apart. Pretty exciting stuff after 25 laps of action for sure.
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The senior member of Werner Springsteen Kawasaki Racing can be seen slotting in a new tire for the race at Springfield as the junior member of the team looks on. Bill Werner and Jay Springsteen have put together one heck of a team along with rider Bryan Smith to take the last two Twins Event wins at the Indy Mile and yesterday afternoon's running of the Springfield Mile.
Smith had to work for this one after 'missing the gearing' and not being able to pull away from the draft as a result. It made for some fast and furious mile action, and Bryan managed to lead the majority of laps, let alone the one that counted at the checkered flag. If the Monster Energy/Wossner Pistons/SuperTrapp/Millenium Technologies-sponsored Kawasaki 650 Ninja-based team gets the gearing right at the Canterbury Park Mile as well as at Arizona in October the rest of the field could be left scratching their heads again. And the Knoxville round in 12 days could see them come into their own on the half mile as well. Stay tuned as this season isn't over yet. He still holds down a solid 8th place in the overall standings with 164 points after his second win this season at the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile oval.
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Chris Carr gets ready to roll out for qualifying on the #4 Lancaster H-D/DFW Honda/Arai/
Wiseco/Red Line Oil-backed XR750 at Springfield on Sunday, Sept. 5th. The 7-Time former Grand National Champion and winningest active rider in the AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Series had the fastest practice time, qualified eighth, finished second to Jared Mees in his heat, and winning the four lap Dash for Cash. He came up .048 seconds shy of winning the final to eventual winner Bryan Smith and stayed in and led the lead group all afternoon long in the final 25 lap race. Carr's late season surge is a testament to his 26 seasons of competition and the experience that has come with racing in the greatest race series on two wheels. And it doesn't hurt that he has one of the best tuners in the business in the Kenny Tolbert. With two miles and a half mile left to go in the 2010 season look for the duo to be on or close to the podium to close out the season. He sits in the 7th spot in the overall championship standings with 173 points.
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Jared Mees does some knee bends just before rider intros at the Springfield Mile yesterday as his #1 Rogers Lake Racing/Blue Springs H-D/Rockysonline.com/Lucas Oil/Rod Lake-sponsored XR750 sits ready to go. AMA Flat Track Manager Mike Kidd talks with his crew just before the pole sitter is introduced to the crowd for the main event of round 14 of the AMA Pro Flat Track Series 2010 season. Mees had pole choice based on his fastest heat race 2 win over Chris Carr. The defending Twins Champion qualifed 11th after running fourth in practice, got second to Carr in the Dash and rounded out the podium with a fine run to third, coming up just .096 seconds back from winner Bryan Smith.
Jared now lies fourth overall in the championship hunt and is actually tied for third with Sammy Halbert #7 at 228 points, but Slammin Sammy holds the nod over Jammin Jared due to his season-opening short track win at Daytona. But you never count a defending champ out in the season hunt and The Jammer always runs strong on the miles (not that he doesn't on the other tracks) and with two mile tracks left on the schedule you can pretty much count on him having a very strong run in the season's final events.
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Willie McCoy gets ready to hop on his #59 H-D of Wassau/Independence H-D/Tucker Rocky/Speed and Strength/Arai-backed XR750 for final round qualifying for the Labor Day Weekend Springfield Mile on Sunday, September 5th. The Texan, who is of late a part-time competitor on the AMA Pro Flat Track Series Championship circuit, had a banner day yesterday by qualifying fourth after only having a 31st fast practice time. He went on to win the third heat over Kenny Coolbeth, Jr. on the #2 Screamin Eagle factory H-D by .031 seconds. Later in the day he ended up fifth in the Dash, and then ran with the lead pack, dicing for the lead with the full-time series regulars during the final 25 lap main event. He came in fourth just .124 seconds back of winner Smith. Talk about The Real McCoy! Great ride and showing by this seasoned veteran.
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The #2 H-D Motor Co/Screamin Eagle/Arai/Fox/Motion Pro XR750 of former 3-Time Grand National Twins Champion Kenny Coolbeth, Jr. sits in the foreground as The King of Cool and his team members discuss race stategy in their pit area at the Springfield Mile yesterday afternoon. Qualifying in the ninth spot for the day after having the third fastest practice time, Kenny got second to Willie McCoy in the third heat and came home fourth in the Dash. He finished out his day with a fine run home in the fifth spot in the main just .214 seconds back from winner Smith. He holds down the 6th spot in the overall standings with 207 points.
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Jake Johnson looks over his #5 Zanotti Racing/Schaeffers H-D/SuperTrapp/NJK Leathers/Leo Vince-backed XR as the riders are being introduced to the crowd prior to the 25 lap main event at the Springfield Mile. The former 2-Time Singles Champion qualified in the sixth spot after being fifth in practice on the day, managed to stay in Bryan Smith's draft during heat 1 by virtue of letting off late in the turns to get second in his heat, and then crashed unhurt in the Dash.
As a result, the 2-time defending winner of the Springfield Mile was forced to start from row four on his back-up machine in what would have been a front row start otherwise. He made it REAL interesting though, and was up to and with the lead group within a few laps in the final and finished in the 6th spot just .265 seconds back from Smith. With his great run through the pack to hang with the lead group the rest of the day, Jersey Jake moved to within 10 points in the overall standings to leader Joe Kopp, 252-242. His ride through the pack yesterday was inspiring and had the crowd on it's feet for the 14.32:205 time of the final event.
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Joe Kopp goes over some data with David Lloyd between a break in the racing action Sunday afternoon at the Springfield Mile. The #3 Latus H-D/American Agip/Lloyd Bros/
MotoConcepts/Jones Powersports-backed Ducati 1098 team started the day off strong by being second in practice and qualifying in the 7th spot.
Struggling in heat 1 to a fifth place finish, Smokin Joe then went out later in the program to win the 2nd semi over Steve Bonsey and Logan Myers. Coming off the outside pole starting position on the third row for the final, the 2000 AMA Grand National Champion led the best of the rest throughout the day in spite of not being able to run down the lead six pack of riders. He finished the day in the 7th spot in the main, 13.730 seconds in arrears to winner Bryan Smith, and almost 13.5 seconds back to 6th place finisher Jake Johnson, thusly keeping his lead in the overall championship standings to Jersey Jake 252-242. With two miles and a half mile to go in the season, Joe can't afford to lose any more points to the other competitors and will have to watch his back going into the Minnesota mile race this coming Saturday.
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The always exciting Springfield Mile round of the AMA Pro Flat Track K&N Filters presented by Motorcycle Superstore.com Series took to the Illinois State Fairgrounds yesterday to woo and wow the fans who purchase their seats only to rarely use them.
Yesterday was no exception as Bryan Smith on the #42 Werner Springsteen Monster Energy Kawasaki won his second Twins event in a row by beating out a pack of riders including second place on the day Chris Carr by .048 seconds and the lead six pack of riders that was covered by .265 seconds after the 25 lap main event. Smith once again held the point at the stripe to lead the majority of the race over the rest of the field, but even with what he described as 'missing the gearing' on his Kawasaki was still able to hold off the pack in the end on his Bill Werner-tuned machine. Jared Mees on the #1 Rogers Lake Racing XR rounded out the podium at the fabled mile oval.
Joe Kopp, who leads the overall championship over Jake Johnson 252-242 points, finished in the 7th spot on the day and lead the second pack of riders home from afar from the lead pack. The 7th through 15th place riders were only seperated by 1.033 seconds in what was a thrilling race between the first group as well as the second group. Sammy Halbert on the #7 Kings Kustoms XR led all other comers home in the 8th spot and now holds 3rd place in the overall standings over 4h place Jared Mees. Although both are tied in points at 228 each, Slammin Sammy holds the tie breaker via his season opening win on the short track at Daytona. Henry Wiles, who less then 18 hours earlier won the Springfield Short Track event as well as the Dash for Cash to wrap up his second Singles #1 plate in a row, came home 11th yesterday and now sits 5th in the overall standings with 224 points.
The series resumes action with round 15 at the Canterbury Park Mile in Shakopee, MN. on Saturday and with two mile events and a half mile left in the season, it's go time for everyone in the 2010 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Series.
Stu's Shots will have more throughout the week leading up to round 15 of the series to keep everyone up to date on the run down to the championship for the AMA Flat Track Grand National Championship. Don't go away because this thing is far from being over and it's been a great season of racing and a great mix of talent and machinery and there is no reason to think the season's last three events will be any different. Stay tuned and be there or be square!
You can read all of the race wrap-up's and results below from the fastest mile on the circuit.
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Here's Larry Lawrence's report on the great action at the Labor Day weekend running of the Springfield Mile from yesterday. Larry and I hooked up and made the 200 mile +/- trip to Springfield out of Indy and had a blast checking out all the racers, action and people on hand. Look for the great Double L to have some insider stories from the weekend event in the near future over on his bitchin site TheRiderFiles.com. Read on here:
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And here is the AMA Pro Flat Track release and story of the race:
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Dave Hoenig who has his great site FlatTrakFotos.com, is also the official AMA photographer for all things flat track, and does the stories as well for the AMA press releases. Here are a few of his shots from the mile yesterday over at AMA Pro Racing's Flat Track side:
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Here is Dave's site coverage of the Springfield Mile Labor Day Weekend classic with his results and soon-to-be-posted shots as of this writing:
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Here are the official results of yesterday's rip roaring affair on the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile oval thanks to AMA Pro Flat Track:
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Here are the official overall point standings for the AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship with three rounds remaining and the next event coming up on Saturday, September 11h at Canterbury Park in Minnesota:
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And this is the link to all of the results for the Springfield Mile from yesterday afternoon's fast action. The AMA Flat Track team has every session on this one that are all available in PDF form for better breakdown on all the action from yesterday:
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Motorcycle-USA.com has been doing a great job of promoting AMA Flat Track this season. Their report on Springfield isn't up yet, but will be soon based on past posts of their coverage. You can go here, though, to their flat track page and once they get it posted you'll see it near the top of their news items. In the mean time, you can check out all of their other event coverages they have online:
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The AMA Pro Flat Track Team, headed up by '81 AMA Flat Track Grand National Champion Mike Kidd and his brother Gary, and track prep master and former GNC competitor Steve Morehead has done a SUPER job this year in bringing AMA Flat Track back to the front in terms of timely running of the show, track prep and working with the promoters at each event to help ensure a good crowd and keeping the fans on the edge of their seats (if used at all when watching an exciting race of this magnitude!)
Major Kudos to Mike and Company for doing such a great job of putting AMA Pro Flat Track back on the map, and at top, where it belongs. If you haven't seen the new edition of The Rolling Thunder Show, it would behove you to get to your nearest event and track ASAP and check out the greatest show in racing on two wheels. This isn't your father's AMA Flat Track anymore, and you will be delighted in not only the great on-track action which has always been synonymous with this form of racing, but you will be amazed at the fine-tuning of the running of the program that Mike and Company have added to the show. It doesn't get any better than this, believe me! Great job Mike on a great year of racing!
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