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>> IF YOUR WORLD IS FLAT TRACK
MOTORCYCLE RACING, YOU'RE
SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
IT'S THE SPRINGFIELD MILD AN
THE FINAL ROUND OF 2003
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HELLO EVERYBODY I'M BRIAN
DREBBER ALONG WITH STEVE
MOREHEAD UPSTAIRS.
THESE FOLKS HAVE COME TOUT SEE
NOT ONLY THE FAREWELL OF
SPRINGSTEIN BUT THE NEWLY
CROWNED CHAMPION OF AMA FLAT
TRACK RITION THE RIGHT THERE
IS CHRIS CARR.
ALONG WITH FACTORY HARLEY
DAVIDSON RIDER RICH KING
PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE
OPENING CEREMONIES WHILE FINAL
PREPARATIONS ARE MADE TO THE
TRACK IT LOOKS GREAT.
>> SURE DOES.
THE SPRINGFIELD MILE.
THIS IS THE TAJ MAHAL.
THIS IS OUR DAYTONA 500.
THE BEST RACING ALWAYS COMES
HERE.
WHAT A FIT PLACE TO END OUR
SERIES.
>> FOR SPRINGSTEIN TO END HIS
CAREER.
HONORING SOME OF THE FANS WITH
HAD NO SHORTAGE OF VISITORS
THIS WEEKEND.
SPRINGSTEIN IT WILL BE
SOMETHING ELSE WHEN RACING
CONTINUES WITHOUT HIM.
BUT JUST LAST NIGHT AT THE
SHORT TRACK, CHRIS CARR EARNED
ENOUGH POINTS TO THEN
CHAMPION.
NOW LET'S GO TO LARRY MEYERS
WHO IS WITH BOTH OF THE MEN WE
JUST SPOKE WITH.
>> FIRST I GOT TO TELL WHAT
YOU AN HONOR IT IS TO STAND IN
BETWEEN THESE TWO GUYS.
>> CHECK OUT THE STATS OF
THESE TWO WARRIORS AND IT
TELLS YOU HOW DOMINATING THEY
HAVE BEEN IN THIS SPORT.
SPRINGSTEIN HAS WON 43 RACES
AND THE GRAND NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP 3 TIMES.
CHRIS CARR HAS A WHOPPING 62
WINS AND 5 GRAND NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SECOND ONLY TO THE GREAT SCOTT
BARKER.
>> AND, JAY, JUST TALK ABOUT
RETIREMENT.
THAT'S MAKING ME FEEL OLD.
HOW DO YOU PICK THIS DATE TO
DO IT?
>> WELL THIS IS THE LAST RACE
OF THE YEAR.
AND 2003.
AND NEXT YEAR I AM GOING TORN
REAL SELECTIVE ON WHAT RACES I
GO TOO.
THERE'S BEEN BAD TRACKS FOR
YEARS AND YEARS AND I JUST AM
GONNA RIDE THE ONES I FEEL
COMFORTABLE AND STILL HAVE
FUN.
AND SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE
I'D LIKE TO GET MY OWN TEAM
GOING AND COME AND SEE IF I
CAN GET THE NUMBER ONE PLATE
FROM CHRIS.
>> OKAY.
HOW IS YOUR HORSE TODAY?
BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE
FANTASTIC, LAST RACE FOR JAY
SPRINGSTEIN AND YOU TAKE A
WIN.
>> WE TRIED SOME NEW
CARBREUATORS THAT WE BROUGHT
BACK FROM JAPAN.
WE THOUGHT WE'D TRY THEM
TODAY.
I TRIED THEM IN THE FIRST
COUPLE PRACTICE SESSIONS AND
IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING UP
TOP SO.
WE WENT BACK DO OUR STOCK
CARBREUATOR THAT WE'VE BEEN
RUN FOG YEARS AND YEARS.
NOW I'M BACK.
IT RUNS GREAT.
>> GOOD LUCK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CHRIS, I KNOW THAT YOU JOIN
ME YOU AND THE REST OF THE
GUYS IN THE PITS AND WISHING
THIS OLD GUY A BUNCH OF LUCK
TODAY JUST THE SIDE MAYBE OF
BEATING HIM LIKE YOU TAKE
FIRST AND HE TAKES SECOND YOU
WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
>> I WOULD BE REAL HAPPY WITH
THAT.
I WOULD EVEN BE HAP WI A --
HAPPY WITH A SECOND PLACE
BEHIND HIM.
ITS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO
RACE WITH A LEGEND LIKE
SPRINGER.
AND WE'RE GOING MISS RACING
WITH HIM WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAYS
NEXT YEAR HE SHOWS SOUP WE CAN
RUN SOME -- SHOWS UP SO WE CAN
RUB SOME ELBOWS.
>> WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT ON
YOUR PART.
FIVE SENATE -- NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE SET OUT TO
DO.
OUR QUALITY CHECKED CERTIFIED
PREOWNED TEAM HAD ONE GOAL IN
MIND THAT WAS TO RETAIN THE
NUMBER ONE PLATE.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE READY TO GO
FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
>> WE'RE GOING TO SEE A HECK
OF A RACE HERE.
JAY, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO
BE INVOLVED.
CHRIS, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO
BE INVOLVED.
ALL WE CAN SAY IS SAY, JAY,
GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
CHRIS, GOOD LUCK TODAY.
I KNOW YOU ARE GOING FOR
NUMBER SIX NEXT YEAR.
AND HANG ON TO YOUR HATS
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A
BARN BURN JER.
>> IF JAY SPRINGSTEIN COULD
WIN HERE IT WOULD BE FOR THE
SECOND TIME HIS FIRST CAME IN
2000.
AFTER LOSING THIS RACE BY
INCHES SO MANY TIMES STEVE WON
IT BY ALMOST A MILE.
>> I REMEMBER ONE THING ABOUT
RACING THE SPRINGFIELD MILE
WITH JAY IS THE SPEED HE
CARRIES ON ENTRY INTO TURN 3.
HE DOESN'T SHUT OFF.
>> HE DIDN'T SHUT OFF ON THIS
DAY EITHER AND IT BROUGHT THE
ENTIRE CROWD TO ITS FEET.
JAY SPRINGSTEIN AFTER SO MANY
YEARS FINALLY EARNED HIS FIRST
VICTORY.
HERE IS THE WAY IT'S GOING TO
GO TODAY AS IT HAS FOR SO MANY
YEARS.
FOUR HEAT RACES.
THREE SEMI-FINALS WILL BRING
ANOTHER SIX IN.
THAT IS HOW WE'LL SET UP THE
MAYBE EVENT.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HIGHLIGHTS FROM
THE HEAT RACES AS JOE COP
TAKES OFF.
SPRINGSTEIN IS IN THERE ON THE
NUMBER 9 BIKE.
SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HIM.
>> YOU GOT THE VETERAN IN
THIRD.
PUGA IN THE NUMBER 18 MACHINE.
>> OUT 234 FRONT IT IS KOPP
THEN THE 11 OF BIGALOW RUNNING
IN SECOND SPOT LONG TIME HONDA
RIDER BACK ON A HARLEY
DAVIDSON AND HERE COMES
SPRINGER FROM FOURTH TO
SECOND.
>> I TOLD YOU ABOUT HIS ENTRY
SPEED INTO TURN 3.
JAY JUST GETS A GOOD DRAFT
DOWN THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY
PULLS TO THE OUTSIDE.
>> JUST A LITTLE HITCH RIGHT
THERE BUT ON THE STRAIGHTAWAY
DOWN INTO TURN ONE HE TAKES
THE LEAD.
AND THE CROWD IS ON ITS FEET.
>> HE WAS RUNNING FIFTH OFF
TURN TWO.
IMAGINE THAT.
SO JAY KNOW WHAT'S HE'S GOT TO
DO.
HE GETS BACK THERE AND HE
KNOWS HE'S GOT JOE KOPP AND
FUGI OUT THERE AND HEY CAN GET
OUT THERE AND TRY TO NOT GET
IN HIS WAY AND MESS UP THE
AIR.
MAKE A GOOD CLEAN FAST PACE.
>> IN THIS HEAT RACE THREE
WILL TRANSFER TO THE MAIN.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT FOUR BIKES
RUNNING AND THREE WIDE GHIG
THE TURN.
KOPP HAS GONE BACK TO THE
LEAD.
ONCE AGAIN GOT FOUR BIKES JUST
WITH A SLIGHT SEPARATION FRA
THE REST.
ONE OF THEM ISN'T GOING MAKE
IT.
>> YOU CARRY AN AWFUL LOT OF
MOMENTUM THROUGH THE CORNER.
YOU DON'T WANT THE RIDER IN
FRONT TOUF GET HIS WHEELS OUT
BY HARLEY DAVIDSON.
THE LEGEND ROLLS ON.
AND BY SUZUKI.
MAKER OF INNOVATIVE
MOTORCYCLES, SKAOEFRTS AND ALL
TERRAIN VEHICLES.
JAY SPRINGSTEIN'S CHAIRS EMPTY
BECAUSE HE'S OUT THERE RACING
IN THE HEAT.
AND HE IS IN CONTENTION FOR A
TRANSFER SPOT.
COMING AROUND THE OUTSIDE
AGAIN THIS TIME IN SECOND
POSITION BEHIND THE NUMBER 3
OF JOE KOPP.
>> THEY FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER
THROUGH THE CORNER THEN JAY
SITS BACK.
HE RUNS UP BEHIND HIM.
THAT WAY HE CAN PULL OUT THE
SLING SHOT AND LEAD INTO THE
NEXT CORNER WITHOUT TRYING TO --
IF YOU PULL OUT TOO EARLY WHAT
IT IS IT TURNS IN TO BE A DRAG
RACE DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY.
THEN THE RIDER IN FOURTH AND
THIRD WHERE YOU GOT TWO RIDERS
RIDING SIDE-BY-SIDE THEY'VE
GOT ALL THE DRAFT.
SEE THE WAY THEY GET IN TUCKED
POSITION.
NOW HAND UP ON THE HANDLE BAR,
SET UP, OFF INTO THE CORNER.
THERE YOU SEE NUMBER 18.
RIDERS RUNNING SIDE-BY-SIDE
THEY'RE PUSHING THAT WALL OF
AIR AND IT'S BIG VACUUM.
>> THESE FOUR HAVE SUCKED
THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER AWAY
FROM THE REST SO.
IT'S FOUR MEN GOIRG THREE
SPOTS WITH TERRY POOVEY RIDE
LAOEDING THE WAY.
SPRINGSTEIN BRINGS UP THE
REAR.
HE'S GOT TO PASS SOMEBODY TO
TRANSFER TO THE MAIN.
>> ITS STILL EARLY IN THE RACE
AND THERE'S STILL THIS CHESS
GAME THING GOING O. BIGALOW ON
THE 11.
HE IS THE LEAST EXPERIENCED
RIDER AS FAR AS THE YOUNGEST
ONE OUT THERE.
SO THESE GUYS ARE PUTTING AN
EDUCATION ON BRIAN.
HE'S A GOOD YOUNG, SMART
RACER.
HE'S CAPABLE OF UPSETTING
THESE THREE.
BUT TERRY POOVEY IS A VETERAN
JUST LIKE JAY.
HE'S BEEN IN THIS SITUATION A
LOT OF TIME.
WHITE FLAG.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT.
KOPP MAKING A MOVE.
SPRING ISSTEIN IN SECOND
POSITION.
BILG -- I PIG ALOW BRINGING UP
THE I BIGALOW BRINGING UP THE
REAR.
>> BIGALOW IS THE ODD MAN OUT.
THEY GO DOWN THE BA
STRAILTWAY.
HERE COMES KOPP.
HERE COMES BIGALOW AND
SPRINGSTEIN JUST KIND OF
STALLED OUT.
>> HIS MOTORCYCLE DIDN'T
ACCELERATE.
SOMETHING LAID DOWN OFF THE
CORNER.
BUT BIGALOW THE YOUNGSTER I
TOLD YOU HE WENT TO SCHOOL THE
VETERANS THE WHOLE TIME HE IS
SITTING THERE IN A GREAT
POSITION.
>> SO TERRY POOVEY CROSSES THE
STRIPE AHEAD OF BIGALOW AND
KOPP WITH JAY SPRINGSTEEN
FORCED TO GO TO THE
SEMI-FINALS.
AND SOMETHING APPEARED TO HAVE
GONE WRONG WITH HIS
MOTORCYCLE.
WE'LL TRY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
THAT.
BUT IN THIS CASE A VERY
DISAPPOINTING SPRINGSTEEN WILL
TAKE HIS SEAT AND WAIT FOR THE
SEMI FINAL.
LET'S GO TO LARRY WITH THE
WINNER.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO SPRING
TAOELD -- FIELD EXPERIENCE IS
THE KEY.
ARE YOU BUYING THAT.
>> IT HELPED TODAY FOR SURE I.
KNEW WHERE TO BE.
AND THINGS RUNNING GOOD FOR
ME.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> THANKS.
>> TERRY31 AND
THE 10.
THE 16 GETTING READY TO GO.
AND WE'RE OFF!
THREE MORE TO QUALIFY.
>> A SUZUKI OUT IN FRONT FOR A
MOMENT ANYWAY.
BUT THAT MOMENT ENDED PRETTY
QUICKLY AS KENT WENT TO THE
LEAD.
>> LAST FEW RACES WE'VE HAD
KENNY AND CHRIS ARE JUST GLUED
TOGETHER.
NOW WE GOT A GREAT SHOT OF
THIS ON BOARD FROM CHRIS OUT
FRONT U. CAN SEE THE RIDERS
PULL UP BEHIND.
THERE HE GOES.
WATCH KENNY.
HE'LL SIT BACK THERE.
HE DON'T WANT TO RUN UP ON THE
REAR WHEEL.
HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO GET A
ROUN THE BIKE AND PULL OUT IN
TRAFFIC -- IN DRAFT.
>> THE TWO LEADERS PULLING
AWAY FROM THE REST AS A. J. ES
OLYMPIC IS BRINGING UP THIRD --
ES LICK IS BRINGING UP THIRD
POSITION RIGHT NOW.
>> THE ILLINOIS STATE TRACK
CREW PEOPLE HAVE DONE A SUPERB
JOB U. CAN SEE HOW WIDE THE
BLACK GROOVE IS ON THE RACE
TRACK.
WHERE YOU CAN GET THREE AND
FOUR RIDERS RUNNING
SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE CORNERS.
WE GO ON BOARD WITH CARR.
YOU CAN SEE HE'S CATCHING.
450E8' PULL TO THE INSIDE AND
SLING SHOT BY.
>> COOL FWOTH THE ADVANTAGE
ONCE AGAIN -- COOL BETH.
AND CARR AS LONG AS THEY KEEP
SWAPPING THE LEAD LIKE THAT
THEY'RE PULLING AWAY FROM THE
REST OF THE FIELD.
ESLICK IS BACK THERE.
>> YOU SEE THE GAP THAT CHRIS
HAS GOT.
WATCH.
WHEN THAT TRACK TAKES EFFECT
LOOK HOW FAST HE RUNS UP ON
IT.
HE PRETTY MUCH TIMED THAT
HIMSELF WHERE HE FOLLOWED A
LAP OR TWO POSSIBLE AND THEY
CAN PULL AWAY AND DECIDE THIS
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
COOL BETH AND CARR IN THE HEAT
RACE.
THREE TO TRANSFER.
THEIR TWO SPOTS SEEM TO BE
PRETTY SAFE.
BUT BEHIND THEM FOUR BIKES
TUSSLING OVER THE FINAL
TRANSFER POSITION.
HE PULLS UP RIGHT ON THE REAR
WHEEL, TUCKS TO THE INSIDE AND
SLING SHOTS BY HIM.
THAT'S NOT A REPLAY, FOLKS
>> CHRIS CARR AND COOL BETH
TRYING TO SETTLE THE ISSUE OF
WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS HEAT.
RIGHT NOW COOL BETH AND CARR.
LOOK AT THIS SCRAMBLE.
>> GOT A. J. ESLICK ON THE 16
BIKE.
McCOY AND ROTOR.
I MEAN THAT'S A PACK OF FOUR
FOR THE FINAL TRANSFER.
AND THIS IS THE WHITE FLAG.
>> ESLICK ON A SUZUKI DROPS
BACK INTO SECOND RIGHT NOW
BEHIND THE 59 OF WILLIE McCOY.
McCOY NOW WITH THE FINAL
TRANSFER POSITION IN HAND.
FIRST AND SECOND ARE PRETTY
MUCH A GIVEN WE JUST DON'T
KNOW WHAT ORDER.
HERE THEY COME WITH McCOY.
>> FOUR RIDERS, FOUR POSITIONS
BEING FILLED.
AND ESLICK COMES TO THE
OUTSIDE.
AND YOU CAN STANLEY HE HAS
BEEN QUIET THE WHOLE RACE.
HE IS COMING AROUND THE
OUTSIDE.
>> HERE COMES THE FINISH FOR
COOL BETH AND CARR.
CARR MAKE AS RUN AT HIM BUT
COOL BETH IS GOING TO TAKE THE
AND THE FINAL TRANSFER
POSITION TO AJ ESLICK ON THE
SUZUKI.
HE'LL JOIN THE WINNERS FROM
THE PREVIOUS HEAT AS WELL AS
CARR AND COOL BETH WHO HAVE
EMERGED VICTORIOUS IN THIS ONE
AND LARRY MEYERS IS WITH THE
MAN IN FIRST.
>> YOU GUYS PRIOR TO THAT LAST
LAP COME OUT OF TURN 4 RIGHT
TOGETHER.
YOU GAPED HIM PRETTY MAJOR.
HOW DID YOU DO IT?
>> I JUST RAN IN TURN THREE AS
HARD AS I COULD AND I GUESS I
GAPED HIM JUST ENOUGH.
>> IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED?
DID YOU WANT TO LEAD OUT OF
FOUR?
>> NOT REALLY.
BUT ONCE HE DIDN'T PASS ME ON
THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY I JUST
RAN IN AS HARD AS I CAN ADD IT
PAID OFF.
>> IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE HE IS
PLAYING A LITTLE MIND GAME AND
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE HE HAS
AND LET YOU KNOW -- GO IN
PREPARATION FOR THE MAIN?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
HE GOES OUT TO WIN EVERY RACE
YOU KNOW.
AND GEOFF KNIT -- DEFINITELY
I'M HAPPY YOU KNOW.
I THINK HE GOES OUT TO WIN
RACES.
>> GOOD LUCK.
>> THANKS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NEXT HEAT COMING UP.
AND THIS ONE INCLUDES MIKE
HACKER AND A BUNCH OF OTHER
GUYS.
BUT THE LEAD GOES QUICKLY TO
25.
THE DAYTONA WINNER A COUPLE
SEASONS AGO IN CASE YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER.
MURPHY ON THE 20 IS IN SECOND.
AND THIRD RIGHT NOW IS RUSSELL
IN THERE AND KEVIN BARNS ON
ANOTHER FACTORY SUZUKI.
>> MURPHRY ON THE 20 COMING
OUT OF THE DRAFT TO THE LEAD.
NO THE 28 RUSSELL INSTEAD WHO
HANGS ON TO THE NUMBER ONE
SPOT.
>> RUSSELL IS ACTUALLY
TEAMMATES TO SPRINGSTEEN ON
THE HARLEY DAVIDSON.
THIS ONE LOOKS PLENTY FAST AS
THE 28 IS OUT IN FRONT.
HERE COMES MURPHRY ON THE 20
BIKE.
WAY DOWN ON THE INSIDE BARNS
ON THE NUMBER 89.
>> MIKE HACK ON THE 67 JUST
HAD A GOOD RUN INTO THAT
CORNER HACHLT PULLED HIM IN
THERE PRETTY GOOD.
>> HACKER ON THE MER OWNI
TRANS MACHINE.
THEY GO THR
RE.
>> ACTION CONTINUES.
MIKE HACKER -- [INAUDIBLE PREB].
AS YOU CAN SEE HE DROPS BOUN --
DOWN.
>> WHEN YOU'RE OUT FRONT YOU
KNOW THEY'RE COMING YOU CAN
FEEL THEM TUGGING AT THE AIR
MIKE HACKER COMES ON THE
INSIDE.
MURPHREE FROM FIRST TO THIRD
AS THEY COME OFF THE CORNER ON
TO THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY.
JOHNSON IN THAT FOURTH AND ODD
MAN OUT TRANSFER POSITION WILL
HAVE TO GO TO THE SEMIS UNLESS
HE CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
THE 28 LEADS THE 67 HACKER
CREPT LD HAVE BEEN QUITE
DIFFERENT FOR THE NUMBER 9.
>> AND NOW WE ARE SET FOR THE
MAIN EVENT HERE AT THE
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR GROUNDS
THECHLT WORLD FAMOUS
SPRINGFIELD MILE.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
MOTORCYCLE RALSING YOU HEARD
ABOUT THIS ONE.
KEN COOL BETH WINNER OF THE
FASTEST HEAT GETS HIS CHOICE.
RIGHT BEHIND HIM POO VESHTION
Y THEN KING AND HACKER THEY
WERE THE WINNERS OF THEIR
HEATS RESPECTIVELY AND THE
REST OF THE MEN AND THEIR
MACHINES WILL START ACCORDING
TO HOW THEY WERE SEED.
AND THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING GO.
SO JAY SPRINGSTEEN'S GOT HIS
WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.
>> THE REASON THE RIDER'S ON
THE FOURTH ROW BECAUSE THEY'VE
OPTED TO SWITCH MOTORCYCLES
FOR THE MAIN EVENT.
>> ANY TIME DO YOU THAT YOU
ARE SENT TO THE BACK
LIKE THAT IN A LOT OF
MOTORSPORTS AND WE ARE INER
WAY.
25 MILES AND YOU ARE ON BOARD
WITH CHRIS CARR.
OH YEAH.
CRANK ITUP.
>> LOOKING AT THE 23 OF KEVIN
ATHERTON.
RIGHT BEHIND HIM CARR SITS IN
THIRD BEHIND COOL BETH WHO HAS
TAKEN THE LEAD.
KING TAKES IT BACK.
KEVIN GOING TO THE OUTSIDE
IMMEDIATELY.
KEVIN ALWAYS LIKES TO THEN
RABBIT WHEN HE COMES HERE TO
SEE IF HE CAN'T GET OUT THERE
AND SET A KBLISERING PACE.
>> YOU ARE GETTING A GOOD LOOK
AT THE NUMBER 67 OF MIKE
HACKER ON THE SUPER CRAFT
SPONSOR MACHINE.
>> SEE THAT ONE HAND DROP DOWN
TO THE SIDE OF THE GAS TANK.
THEY TRY TO MAKE THEIR BODY AS
PHYSICALLY SMALL AS POSSIBLE
TO TRY TO CHEAT THE AIR.
>> ATHERTON IN FRONT NOW.
A LONG FREIGHT TRAIN OF RIDERS.
YOU GET THAT ALONG -- A LONG
LINE LIKE THAT AND THE IDEA IS
NOT TO LET THE FRONT PACK GET
AWAY.
YOU COULD BE BACK IN 15th AND
STILL BE ABLE TO TOUCH -- LOOK
AT THAT.
TWO AND THREE WIDE ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE CORNER.
WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DID
PREPARING IN RACE TRACK TODAY.
WE GOT PASS ON THE INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE.
JUST LOOKING AT MURPHREE ON
THE NUMBER 20.
WHOA.
CHRIS CARR PAST A HANDFUL TO
TAKE THE LEAD.
YOU ARE RIDING ALONG WITH HIM.
>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
YOU JUST HONESTLY SEE IT FOR
YOURSELF.
YOU MADE A LAP INTO TURN 3 AT
THE SPRING FIELD MILE AND IT
DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN.
>> THANKS TO OUR ON BOARD
CAMERA.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRAP JURS
TO THE BACK OF CHRIS CARR'S
MOTORCYCLE AND LOOK SQUARE
INTO THE NUMBER PLATES OF THE
GUY BEHIND YOU.
>> YOU ABOUT FELL OUT OF YOUR
OWN CHAIR WATCHING THE ACTION.
THEY COME OFF WHOOP THERE'S
THAT WALL I. GOT TO LOOK AND
SEE WHERE I GOT ROOM.
I'LL FOLLOW KEVIN AROUND HERE.
>> FOR THOSE KEEPING TRACK OF
JAY SPRINGSTEEN YOU CAN JUST
GET A GLIMPSE OF HIM AT THE
TAIL END OF THAT LEAD GROUP.
THERE WAS A SPLIT OF TWO
GROUPS.
SPRINGER WILL START TO START
WORKING HIS WAY UP THROUGH
THERE.
>> YOU CANNOT LOSE TUFRP.
>> WHOA.
>> YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
GET TO THE FRONT BECAUSE YOU
GOT TO WORK STRATEGY.
ONE RIDER AT A TIME.
IT'S ALL ABOUT POSITIONING
YOURSELF TO BE ABLE TO WORK
THE DRAFT INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.
>> SO DOWN THE BACK
STRAIGHTAWAY THEY GO BEHIND
KEVIN ATHERTON.
CARR PULLS OUT OF THE DRAFT
ONE MORE TIME.
ATHERTON DROPS INTO SECOND
POSITION.
CARR TAKES THE LEAD AGAIN.
>> WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE
RIDER, WHOEVER IS LEADING DOWN
THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY, THREE
OR FOUR GUYS ARE GOING DRAFT
BY HIM.
THAT'S WHAT I MACHBLT GET THAT
MANY BIKES IN LINE THEY FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE TUGGING YOU
BACKWARDS.
ONCE THESE RIDERS START
FANNING OUT IT JUST A BIG OLD
POCKET OF AIR.
THE RIDER 6 BACK IN ABOUT
SIXTH POSITION IS GOING TO
FIND HIMSELF ENT THERG CORNER
MUCH FASTER BECAUSE THE AIR
HAS SUCKED HIM RIGHT OFF INTO
THE CORNER.
>> WATCHING THE STYLE OF YOUNG
BRIAN BIGALOW.
>> LOOK HOW CLOSE THE 67 AND
31 THEIR HANDLE BARS -- THEY
WERE ACTUALLY RUBBING ELBOWS.
>> I THOUGHT I FELT A TIRE
TOUCH MY NOSE THERE AS I WAS
HANGING OFL THE BACK OF CARR'S
MOTORCYCLE IT.
>> DOESN'T GET ANY CLOSER.
YOU TALK ABOUT GREAT RESPECT.
THEY'RE DOING THIS AT 130
MILES AN HOUR, FOLKS.
THEY HAVE -- THEIR PERIPHERAL
VIEW, THEY KNOW WHERE THE
OTHER RIDERS ARE.
AND THEY REALIZE YOU ARE LAID
OVER SO FAR IN THE CORNER THAT
THEY MIGHT CLIP A HANDLE BAR
AND TAKE YOU RIGHT OUT SO.
THEY'VE GOT SO MUCH RESPECT
FOR ONE ANOTHER.
NO FORMER RACE -- FORM OF
RACING YOU SEE ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
>> SEE THAT LEFT FOOT OUT NR
THERE.
GET A FEEL FOR THE GROUND.
IMJUST DABING MY TOE.
AND I'M SWINGING IT TO HELP
MANEUVER THE MOTORCYCLE
THROUGH THE CORNER.
>> AND RIGHT THERE BIGALOW'S
LEFT HAND JUST A FEW INCHES
AWAY FROM THE RIGHT KNEE OF
THE RIDEEX NEXT TO HIM.
>> IF SOMETHING GETS CLOSE
YOU'LL SEE SOMEBODY REACH OUT
AND TAP THEM ON THE TOE.
>> 130 MILES PER HOUR JUST
REACH OVER AND TAP THE GUY
NEXT TO YOU.
>> ATHERTON PULL HIS LEG IN.
THAT OUTSIDE GROOVE I MEAN
THIS TRACK JUST KEEPS GETTING
WIDER AND WIDER.
THEY'RE CHASING THE MOISTURE.
>> CARR DOWN ON THE LOW LINE
MAINTAINS THE LEAD THERE.
LOTS OF GREAT LOOKS FROM HIS
ONBOARD CAMERA AT ATHERTON AND
RICH KING AND THE REST.
HACKER BACK IN SIXTH POSITION.
AND THE NUMBER 9 OF
SPRINGSTEEN ABOUT THIRD FROM
THE REAR NOW.
>> YOU KNOW THEY THINK YOU'RE
RACING NOW THE STARTER WILL
COME UP WITH FIVE LAPS TO GO.
HE'LL HOLD THE BOARD AND YOU
BETTER HAVE SOMETHING IN
RESERVE BECAUSE ONE OF THESE
GUYS IS GOING PICK UP THE PACE
AND YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN
THE PACE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
>> GETTING ANOTHER GOOD LOOK.
THIS TIME AT MURPHREE WITH
KOPP ON THE 3 BIKE.
THE FEEL FOR THE GROUND.
AND THEY START TO CLOSE ON
CHRIS CARR IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE CORNER.
ALL KINDS OF ROOM TO BE ABLE
TO RUN TWO AND THREE WIDE.
WHAT A PACK OF RACERS HERE AS
RICH KING NOW GOES THE FRONT
AND EVERYBODY IS SETTING UP
THEIR STRATEGY FOR THE FINAL
FEW LAPS.
KING WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT HE
IS GOING TO DO.
HE SAYS HE IS GOING LEAD
COMING OFF FOUR.
>> SEE KEVIN'S BIKE WE'RE INTO
THE RACE.
WATCH THE HEAD ANGLE OF THE
NUMBER 23 BIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT GETS ON THE FRONT WHEEL AND
BELIEVE THAT HE THAT MESSES
WITH YOU.
>>.
YOU ARE OUT HERE RACING WITH
THESE GUYS AT THIS SPEED AND
THE GUYS BEHIND YOU ARE
WORRIED ABOUT YOU DOING SHIMMY
AND SHAKING DOWN THE
STRAIGHTAWAY IT'S HARD FOR
KEVIN TO STAY IN THAT TUCKED
POSITION WHEN THE FRONT END IS
SHAKING TLIK.
>> SPRINGSTEEN JAOUS AT
THIS -- JUST AT THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE MAIN PACK AS CHRIS
CARR'S FIRMLY IN CONTENTION UP
FRONT.
SO YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT
HEAD SHAKE IS NOT A STRATEGY.
>> NOT AT ALL.
SOMETIMES I MEAN WHAT THIS
SEEMS TO BE SO MANY LAPS INTO
THE RACE YOU CAN TRY SHIFTING
YOUR BODY WEIGHT FORWARD AND
BACK.
YOU CAN LOOSEN UP ON NE HANDLE
BARS SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
DEATH STRANGLE HOLD ON THE
GRIP.
MAYBE LOOSEN UP A BIT SO YOU
ARE NOT FIGHTING IT.
AND SLIDE YOUR BUTT FURTHER
BOOK THE SEAT IT WILL LIGHTEN
UP THE FRONT END AND GO
STRAIGHT DOWN THE
STRAIGHTAWAY.
BELIEVE ME HE IS TRYING
EVERYTHING.
>> CARR IS YOUR LEADER.
HE IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION
FOR THE FIFTH TIME JUST
CLENCHING HIS TITLE LAST NIGHT
AT THE SHORT TRACK.
CHRIS CARR OUT 234 FRONT.
HERE AT THE SPRINGFIELD MILE
TRYING WIN THIS ONE.
HE'S WON SO MANY TIMES HERE
BEFORE.
ATH EVERYTON'S BIKE IS STILL
SHAKING AND QUAKE BUT HE IS
STILL ON THE GAS.
>> WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO LATE
IN THE RACE I WANT TO SHOW
THEM SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO.
YOU GOT HAVE THAT MOVE FOR
LATE IN THE RACE.
>> WE HATE THEM BUT
>> WHILE WE WERE AWARE KING
WENT FROM FIRST TO THIRD A
COUPLE TIMES AS THE LEAGUE
CONSTANTLY CHANGES HERE AT THE
SPRINGFIELD.
MY BUT THE LEAD GROUP HAS
SEPARATED ITSELF FROM THE REST
ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE FIELD
STILL IN CONTENTION.
SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.
AND IT IS STILL CHRIS CARR
RIGHT UP IN FRONT THERE.
>> OVERCAST SKIES AND COOL
TEMPERATURES OUT THERE DOES
THIS HAVE THE MAKING TO BE THE
FIRST -- BEST EVER.
I WOULD SAY YES W. THE QUALITY
OF TALENT WE HAVE NOWADAYS BUT
THIS IS PHENOMENONAL SGLATION
CARR GOIRG THE LEAD ONE MORE
TIME AND KING SAYS NOT SO FAST.
I'LL TAKE IT INSTEAD.
SO RICH KING THOUGH FACTORY
HARLEY DAVIDSON NUMBER 100
WEARING THAT NUMBER IN
CELEBRATION OF HARLEY
DAVIDSON'S 100 TSES SAN
RERSRY -- ANNIVERSARY.
>> KEVIN SLAPPED HIM ON THE
LEG LIKE HEY PAL COME OW DON'T
NEED TO TAKE MY HANDLE BARS
OUT FROM UNDERNEATH ME.
A LOT OF RESPECT AMONG THESE
COMPETITORS AS YOU HAVE SAID
SEVERAL TIMES.
RICH KING GOING PAST CARR.
HERE COMES ATHERTON AGAIN.
YOUR STARTING TO SEE A 9 BACK
THERE IN THE SHAKY DISTANCE.
THAT IS JAY SPRINGSTEEN COMING
TO THE FRONT.
HE KNOWS IT'S TIME.
>> HE'S COMING FROM A LONG WAY
BACK.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET
YOURSELF IN POSITION AT THE
END OF THE STRAIGHTAWAY WHEN
THEY FAN OUT YOU SEE HOW WIDE
THEY ARE.
JAY'S LIKE LINE THAT IS
OUTSIDE.
IF HE CAN PULL THE THROTTLE A
LITTLE BIT LONGER AND DRIVE
AROUND THE OUTSIDE.
>> RIDING WITH FIVE TIME
NATIONAL CHAMPION CHRIS CARR
LOOK AT THREE TIME NATIONAL
CHAMPION JAY SPRINGSTEEN.
TWO SPOTS BEHIND HIM NOW
SPRATD BY KOPP A FORMER
NATIONAL CHAMPION HIMSELF.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> CLASSIC STYLE OF JAY
SPRINGSTEEN AND THAT OF RICH
KING.
SEE THE OVERCAST SKIES THAT
HAVE KEPT THIS TRACK IN TIP
TOP SHAPE.
MINIMIZE TIRE WEAR.
NOBODY'S FALLING OFF THE PACE.
THEY'RE ALL STILL THERE WITH
THE NUMBER 18 OF POOVEY
BRINGING UP THE REAR.
>> THIS RACE HAS BEEN WON SO
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS I. CAN
DRAFT BY YOU GOING INTO TURN 3,
LEAD OFF TURN 4 AND CHANGE MY
DPREX OR LINE OFF THE CORNER
TO HELP TRY TO BREAK THE DRAFT.
OR I FOLLOW YOU THROUGH TURNS
THREE AND FOUR, PULL OUT AND
DRAFT BY.
OR I'LL BE IN THIRD POSITION
OFF TURN FOUR AND DRAFT BOTH
OF YOU.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING SEE
TODAY?
>> YOU ARE TALK ABOUT JUST THE
WAY CHRIS CARR HAS WON THIS
RACE.
>> HE HAD A PRETTY NEAT LITTLE
NICHE HIS GITTY UP THE NEAR HE
WON IT.
CHANGED DIRECTIONS ONE TIME
OFF TURN FOUR AND JUST OUT
SMARTED THEM.
HE WOULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING
TO LOOK AT THAT THEY HADN'T
SEEN FOR THE REMAINING 24
LATCHES.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN FIVE LAPS
TO GO YOU PICK UP THE PACE AND
SAVE THAT LITTLE TRICK IN YOUR
BAG TRY TO PULL OUT THAT LAST
LAP.
>> CARR, KING, NOW ATHERTON
BOY THE INSIDE WITH KOPP RIGHT
BEHIND THE NUMBER 20 OF
MURPHREE IS THERE.
AMONG THE TOP FIVE AND SIX ARE
THE MEN WHO HAVE THE BEST
CHANCE OF WINNING HERE.
>> I LIKE THE 23 OF ATHERTON.
HE HASN'T BEEN THOIFT TOP
THREE SINCE HE STARTED THE
MAIN EVENT.
HE HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN THERE
INSIDE, OUTSIDE.
KEVIN IS THERE.
>> I MEAN HE IS THE ONE
SLAPPING PEOPLE -- PEOPLE THE
KNEE LETTING THEM KNOW HE IS
OUT THERE.
>> YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IN THE
GRANDSTANDS AND JUST ABOUT
EVERY RACEOR THE TRACK
WOULDN'T MIND AT ALL AS CHRIS
CARR SAID IF JAY SPRINGSTEEN
COMES HOME THE WINNER IN THIS
ONE.
HIS FINAL RACES A A FULL-TIME
TOURING PROFESSIONAL.
HE SAID HE WILL MAKE SELECTED
APPEARANCES IN 2004.
WHICH ONES HE SELECTS REMAIN
TO BE SEEN.
OUT IN FRONT IS CARR AGAIN.
>> THIS IS 100 YEARS OF HARLEY
DAVIDSON.
26 YEARS OF SPRINGSTEEN.
THEY GO TOGETHER LIKE WINE
FINE.
>> AND THE 89 OF VARNES WITH A
FLAT REAR AFTER WE SAID
NOBODY'S TIRES WERE GOING TO
GO AWAY.
WE JUST MEANT WEAR.
THAT IS THE AIR THAT WENT AWAY
IN HIS TIRE.
>> LOOK AT THAT MOTORCYCLE
SHAKE.
IT'S LITERALLY BOUNCING THE
FRONT WHEEL UP OFF THE GROUND
AND HE KEPT THE THROTTLE
TWISTED.
AL BE DARN HE DON'T DARN NEAR
LEAD NIGHT THE NEXT CORNER.
>> IN SECOND POSITION AND
THAT'S GOT TO THROW A LITTLE
BIT OF A SCARE INTO EVERYBODY
AROUND HIM EXCEPT THEY'VE SEEN
IT SO MUCH THEY'RE USE TO IT
SGLA KNOW KEVIN'S GOT A HANDLE
ON IT.
THEY TRUST HIM.
IF HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SAFE
HE WOULD GET OFF THE RACE
TRACK.
LATER ON THE MORE RUBBER
GETTING DOWN THE MORE TRACTION
THERE IS THE CHASSISS ARE
WORKING A LOT HARDER.
MAYBE THE SUSPENSION IS OFF
JUST A BIT.
>> SPRINGSTEEN JUST BEHIND
CHRIS CARR.
AND CARR PULLS DOWN TO THE
INSIDE.
SPRINGSTEEN STAYS ON HIS
TRADITIONAL HIGHLINE SO THEY
SEPARATE BY JUST THAT MUCH.
CARR GOES FROM LOOKED LIKE
FIFTH TO THE LEAD.
>> HACKING GOT TO GIVE HIM A
CALL.
HE WORKED HIS WAY UP THERE.
HE SKATED OFF THE GROOVES IN
TURN ONE AND TWO.
NOW HE IS STARTING TO COME
BACK THROUGH THIS ALSO.
WORKING THE OUTSIDE ON THE 67.
>> ON BOARD WITH CHRIS CARR
AGAIN IN THE CLOSING LAPS.
LOOK AND LISTEN!
HACKER COMING UP THERE.
SPRINGSTEEN IS RIGHT BESIDE OR
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
JUST SAW CARR GET PASSED ON
BOTH SIDES.
>> GOOD SHOT OF MIKE RIGHT
HERE.
LOOKING TO THE OUTSIDE.
HIS OUTRIGGER FURTHER EXTENDED
THAN JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.
IT HELPS TO HAVE SHORT LEGS.
SPRINGSTEEN GOES PAST CHRIS
CARR CARRYING AN ONBOARD
CAMERA.
HACKER JUST BEHIND HIM.
THAT WAS MURPHREE RIGHT THERE.
>> MAN THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY LIKE
IT AT THE SPRINGFIELD MILE.
>> OKAY WHITE FLAG.
>> WHITE FLAG IS OUT.
AND ANYBODY'S RACE AT THIS
POINT.
THEY'RE ALL STILL PRETTY CLOSE
TOGETHER.
>> CHRIS CARR SHUT OFF.
HE THOUGHT THE WHITE WAS THE
CHECKER.
HE SHUT OFF AND BOXED UP
MURPHREE AND MIKE HACKER AND
SPRINGSTEEN AND LET 123 GET
ASGLA HE ACTUALLY SHUT OFF.
>> SO RICH KING AND KEVIN
ATHERTON HAVE A GAP COURTESY
OF WHAT APPEARED TO AB MISTAKE
BY CHRIS CARR.
CARR IS BACK IN FOURTH
POSITION AND HE'S ON THE GAS