Extreme indoor ice series.
SPEEDWAY REPORT
Round 7 – Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky - Friday 17th February 2006.
In the superb setting of the Rupp Arena in the Lexington Convention Center the 7th Round of the AMA / XiiR Ice Series took place on a bitterly cold Friday evening. It is confirmed that the Series has lost the services of Colorado youngster, Aaron Laird who has returned home with a broken wrist and will resume his college studies.
Also tonight as a result of bad weather, Indianapolis based Eddie Kelley was unable to make the event in time.
The first 2 heats were relatively tame affairs, as the Riders adapted to track conditions that were far more slippery than had been previously encountered.
They produced tapes to flag wins for the English pair of Scott Courtney and Gary Phelps from the favored pole position and in the 3rd heat we witnessed the progress that is being made by American rookie, Preston Dorfmeyer in this Series as he took a win from an outside gate from Chris Hathaway, Jim Terchilla and former Bradford speedway rider, Darren Pearson.
The 2nd round of qualifying heats resulted in valuable heat wins for Barlow, Ronny Kemp and James Mann although of those three only Mann secured a place directly in the Main Final, Courtney and Phelps both got the 2nd places they needed to join him, although Phelps had to do it the hard way as he was judged as the cause of the stoppage in the first start of Heat 5 and was put on the back line in the re-run.
The Last Chance proved costly for Ronny Kemp starting on the back row, as having done the hard work and got into 3rd place and therefore a place in the Main Final, overdid it on the last lap and took Meldrum off with the inevitable exclusion by referee Reeve as the race winner “British Bulldog” Barlow had already taken the finish flag with the heat result being awarded.
Courtney having won the draw for pole position on the grid in the Main 6-lap Final didn’t waste the chance and despite being chased all the way by Phelps, Courtney took top place on the Winners podium for the first time in the XiiR Series with Gary Phelps alongside him in 2nd place and Series leader Anthony Barlow on the other side.
With only 3 rounds to go, Barlow needs just 8 points in the 8th round at Lexington to take the Championship, but the battle is really on for the next 3 places as there are only 4 championship points separating Ronny Kemp, James Mann and Scott Courtney.
Qualifying Heats:
1. Courtney, Mann, Barlow, Kemp
2. Phelps, Meldrum, Pearson (ef)
3. Dorfmeyer, Hathaway, Terchilla, Pearson
4. Barlow, Meldrum, Pearson
5. Kemp, Phelps, Terchilla, Dorfmeyer
6. Mann, Courtney, Terchilla, Dorfmeyer
Last Chance: Barlow, Meldrum, Dorfmeyer, Hathaway, Terchilla, Kemp (x)
Main: Courtney, Phelps, Barlow, Mann, Meldrum, Dorfmeyer
Series Leaders : Barlow 98 pts, Kemp 58, Mann 57, Courtney 54, Phelps 44, Meldrum 34.
Round 7 – Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky - Friday 17th February 2006.
In the superb setting of the Rupp Arena in the Lexington Convention Center the 7th Round of the AMA / XiiR Ice Series took place on a bitterly cold Friday evening. It is confirmed that the Series has lost the services of Colorado youngster, Aaron Laird who has returned home with a broken wrist and will resume his college studies.
Also tonight as a result of bad weather, Indianapolis based Eddie Kelley was unable to make the event in time.
The first 2 heats were relatively tame affairs, as the Riders adapted to track conditions that were far more slippery than had been previously encountered.
They produced tapes to flag wins for the English pair of Scott Courtney and Gary Phelps from the favored pole position and in the 3rd heat we witnessed the progress that is being made by American rookie, Preston Dorfmeyer in this Series as he took a win from an outside gate from Chris Hathaway, Jim Terchilla and former Bradford speedway rider, Darren Pearson.
The 2nd round of qualifying heats resulted in valuable heat wins for Barlow, Ronny Kemp and James Mann although of those three only Mann secured a place directly in the Main Final, Courtney and Phelps both got the 2nd places they needed to join him, although Phelps had to do it the hard way as he was judged as the cause of the stoppage in the first start of Heat 5 and was put on the back line in the re-run.
The Last Chance proved costly for Ronny Kemp starting on the back row, as having done the hard work and got into 3rd place and therefore a place in the Main Final, overdid it on the last lap and took Meldrum off with the inevitable exclusion by referee Reeve as the race winner “British Bulldog” Barlow had already taken the finish flag with the heat result being awarded.
Courtney having won the draw for pole position on the grid in the Main 6-lap Final didn’t waste the chance and despite being chased all the way by Phelps, Courtney took top place on the Winners podium for the first time in the XiiR Series with Gary Phelps alongside him in 2nd place and Series leader Anthony Barlow on the other side.
With only 3 rounds to go, Barlow needs just 8 points in the 8th round at Lexington to take the Championship, but the battle is really on for the next 3 places as there are only 4 championship points separating Ronny Kemp, James Mann and Scott Courtney.
Qualifying Heats:
1. Courtney, Mann, Barlow, Kemp
2. Phelps, Meldrum, Pearson (ef)
3. Dorfmeyer, Hathaway, Terchilla, Pearson
4. Barlow, Meldrum, Pearson
5. Kemp, Phelps, Terchilla, Dorfmeyer
6. Mann, Courtney, Terchilla, Dorfmeyer
Last Chance: Barlow, Meldrum, Dorfmeyer, Hathaway, Terchilla, Kemp (x)
Main: Courtney, Phelps, Barlow, Mann, Meldrum, Dorfmeyer
Series Leaders : Barlow 98 pts, Kemp 58, Mann 57, Courtney 54, Phelps 44, Meldrum 34.
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